Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1925.

Shannon News, 24 November 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1925.

Last week Mrs W. H. Gunning, who has not .been in the best of health for some time, left lor Rqtorua, where it is Hoped she will ibeneftt in health.

The (final social of the year will be held >by the Returned Soldiers in' the Druids' Hall on Thursday evening at 7.3 Q p.m.

Mr A, Boyd, late of Shannon, bu't who is at present working on a contract 'ait Waione, near Dannevirko, had the misfortune on Saturday last to s.t'ep on a chisel, which severely cut his foot, severing an artery. Alter 'receiving first aid lie'Hvas conveyed into P'Ongaroia, a \ distance of (ten miles, being in a state of collapse when'he reac'heu there, "\yhere he re- ' ceived medical attention.. ,He is nowreported to be progressing satisfactorily.

A final reminder is given af the Shannon Choral'.Society's concert to be held in t the theatre on Thursday night, when Jho hest concert of the season will be given. As tickets are selling .well, patrons are advised to get there early as the programme will start sharp at 8 and there will be no interval as the programme is a lengthy one.. The male section will be augmented and doubtless, the public will patronise* such a programme, and assist such a society.

The Rev. E. T. Cox, of Wanganui, 'was a 'visitor to Shannon on Monday and in company with Mr Howard Andrew, visited the iPmyor House. Mr Cox was very interested in the undertaking' as. Wanganuii is about to be connected with'Mangahao. He also paid a visit to the local school and, said it, was the most up%>-date playground he had seen. He took particulars .as to cost, etc. He is an enthusiastic bowler and was surprised : to find the local green was lit up with | electric light, which he .said beat s | Wanganui. I

"Wonderful New Zealand." was screened at the Maoriland Theatre on Friday evening to a large and enthusiastic audience. The film was. one which New Zealand proud, of and the photoplay was splendid. Mr Fama, during the screening, gave many interesting sidelights on native plants and ibirds and Maori legends. l-Je als.o spoke on the advantages of publicity for New Zealand in general and Shannon in particular, pointing out the great advantages we have locally, for attracting tourists, manufacturers, and settlers. The scenes of Mangahao were greatly appreciated by the local audience and many well known faces were seen on the silver sheet. The picture certainly reflects credit on the Government Publicity Department and also the local picture proprietors for screening it in Shannon s 6 soon after its release.

The illustrated educational lecture given in the Parish Hall by Mr H. Foston the other evening was well attended by children and adults, every available seat being occupied. Before starting Ins lecture Mr Foston gave •the audience an opportunity of handling and examining gold in'its natural state, some fine .samples of quartz being passed around. The subject of the lecture "Westward Ho! Where Aorangi rears her stately head," de<p!cth"ig the Wonderful West Coast ot New Zealand, was very interesting, and was made more so by the fine collection of lantern slides showing life in its different phases in those parts and the beautiful scenery of the Southern Alps. At the conclusion of trie address, Mr R. L. Tippler, chairman of the School Committee, thanked Mr Foston, ,and .Mr White, headmaster, also expressed the gratitude of the teachers and children and thank eel- the audience for their support as half the proceeds of the evening were going towards the school fund. Mr Foston, in returning thanks, said he hoped in a year or so to visit Shannon again, when he would' give a lecture on a different part of New Zealand,

A simple accident occurred to a lad named Jim King, son qf Mrs T. King, of Stout Street, on Thursday afternoon. Git appears ia small stick wasthrown at nun which struck him beliind the- knee severing a small artery winch necessitated receiving medical attention. The other evening, owing to an axle breaking, a mqtor lorry held up traffic for some-time on the road to Mangahao near the first hairpin bend. Two .parties returning ito Shannon had to transfer to motor cars isent from Shannon, their own curs being brought into town as. soon as it was possible to remove the damaged lorry. During the motor cycle sports at Rangiora on Saturday, L. 'C. Monkman was severely injured in"the head and leg through a collision between two machines travelling at fast speed. He is recovering.—Press telegram.

The party of British bowlers, which is now in "Australia, and is coining to New Zealand, consists of -20 Sects, 13 Englishmen, 4 Irishmen, 3 Welshmen, and 17 ladies.

, For selling a single cigarette to a child far a penny a GreytoWn Chinese shop assistant was fined £2 and costs. The Magistrate pointed out that it was an. offence .to sell cigarettes or. tobacco to any child under 15 years of age, even though they were sent by their parents to purchase them.

An interesting visitor to Gisborne is Mr: William Higgins, a i\ T ew Zea-land-er, the present world's champion sheep shearer. He has repeatedly shorn a sheep in 28 seconds, and on many occasion has done 100 sheep in two: hours, before breakfast. His best record for one day is 406 -sheep shorn in nine hours. On one occasion he shore 23 sheep in 20 minutes.

In Melbourne recently Mr J. B. Merrett, the New Zealand egg expert, staled that, having successfully established New Zealand eggs in the London market, he would facilitate the export of eggs i'rom Victoria during the coming season. Large orders had- been offered him, but New Zealand interests were unable to supply the quantity. Victorian poultrymen were being offered part of the orders It was. intended to ship 300,000 dozen eggs from Melbourne.

An amusing interlude between the magistrate arid a country youth, prosecuted for the breach of a by-law, disturbed the general solemnity of the proceedings at the Invercargill Police Court on a recent morning (states the "Southland Times"). "Do you work?" asked the magistrate. "Yes," replied the youth gruffly. "How much do you get a week?"'further queried the magistrate: "A quid," w.as the abrupt answer. "Right, fined half a quid," retorted the Magistrate, amidst hearty laughter from the whole court.

A' newi type qf clock with ,a square dial and no hands is being tested at Waterloo and other London terminal railway stations. The time is shown by figures on two small panels, instead qf by hands pointing- to numerals on a round dial. A new panel Is let down automatically as each minute passes, and the hours are changed the same way. .The clock, which is driven by electricity, is controlled by a master clock of the ordinary type. It is easier to read the figure than hands at a distance, and for that reason the time-piece is particularly suited, to railway stations. On the new clock the time appears just as it does. in time-tables. Thus, at 12.30, all that you see' are the figures 12-30.

Spurious coins, which made,an appearance in Auckland some-weeks ago are still in circulation, says the New Zealand Herald. The coins, mostly naif-crowns, are hardly distinguishable as counterfeit on a casual glance, but when compared with the silver coin are at once recognisaJjle. . They are slightly heavier than the genuine coin, and the. milling on the inner edge, which usually proves too much for the counterfeiter, is entirely absent. Lead appears to l principal ingredient in. the alloy, and the coins make definite tracings when put to paper. That the spurious article may nevertheless..ibe taken as genuine is evident from, the fact that a local firm received # counterfeit half-crown from its bank. An employee had no difficulty in breaking it into four pieces in his hands after it had been recognised.

Bobbed hair and short skirts are getting some of our married ladies into unexpected situations (remarks the Auckland "Star"). . Mdst of them like to be taken lor a year or two younger than the almanac says, but there is a limit to this sort of thing. The other evening a lady ,who lives in an Auckland suburb arrived home rather annoyed and said: "Here, how old do 1 really look?" She was told that tin an affidavit her age would be assessed at probably 25 years. "Well, this is \ what the tram conductor gave me," she said, and threw on the table a child's ticket for the first section. As ( a matter of fact she is. petite, girlish j in figure, and bobbed hair, and wears the fashionable short skirt. Moreover, she admitted she was not looking up when she held out sixpence lo the' conductor. When she found in her hand fivepence change and a halfticket, she nearly wept. She, a married woman for at least two years, to be taken for a iChit of a girl—— l However, she bottled up her indignation until she got home and then told her folk how she had been insulted. "All right," said the husband, "we'll go ' down, to the theatre on Wednesday, and see if we can get the ticket office to insult you again in the same way." -i

A return presented to the Auckland Education Board showed that there 'i j are 66,160 pupils attending the public j schools in the province. j | The new Boys' High School at Napier is on «a site of 34 acres and will be one of the most up-to-date in New | Zealand, the Hawkes Bay Herald remarks.

A painful injury- befel a little girl of about 10 years while playing with a boy of her own age at Hamilton East. The youngsters had managed to get possession of a pair of hedgeclippers,_and while the boy, lan Graham, was using them, the girl, Molly Matheson, put her index .finger in between the blades. The top of the finger was cleanly severed, and the child had to be conveyed to hospital to have the digit cut back to the joint.

Here is an advertisement from an Indian newspaper published in English; "Mahomedsman, hair cutter and clean shaver. Gentiemen's throats cut with very sharp ia"zors, with great care and skill. N:> irritating feeling afterwards. A trial solicited."

The bronze beetle is again making its appearance among fruit, and a good spray for its suppression may be made by -mixing onei pound of arsenate of lead pewder to every 50 gallons of spray. This will also serve the purpose of desti oying cqdlin moth. The black aphis is showing its head among stone fruits, but this may be combatted with, a tcaspoonful of black leaf 40 to.every gallon of spray used.

Hawkes Bay is suffering from abnormal weather conditions this year. Tor some time the province has been swept by hot, dry winds, until one day last week, when a storm broke over the country in the Hastings district. This was i ollowed •by severe frosts which did untold damage' to the stone fruits, while apples and pears were also reported to have suffered. Thousands of tomato plants were ruined toy the weather's vagaries, and a large r amber of growers are faced with a big loss of labour and re-planting costs.

The following- er'taph is to be seen at Monk's Kirby, near Rugby:—"ln memory of Eliz. I.lott, wife of John Mott, who died October 24, 1726. Married 44 years, and the mother of 42 children. A loving' wife, a tender mother, scarce lefL behind her such another." In Conway churchyard is this one: —Here 'lyeth ye body of Nichs. Hookes, of Conway, Gent., who was ye 41st child of-his father, Wm. Hookes, Esq., by Alice, his wife, and v e father of 27 children, who dyed ye 20th day of March, 1637."

Near (TUensaker, in Norway, is a grass and. trree-grewn tumulus, 60fthigh and over 300 ft. in diameter. Dateless legend says it contains a .-;tone chamber in which are the re. mains of an unknown king, lying on a coach between two white horses. In IS7O an attempt Avaa made to open the mound, but after several perilous falls of tons of earth and sand the excavators abandoned the work. Archselol gists are now preparing to make a fresh attempt to test the truth of the tradition. - -

A spray that is now taking the place of .boiled lime-sulphur, which is apt to burn the foliage even with a 1-125 strength, is a mixture of 81bs finely powdered sulphur, ilbs freshly slak ed lime, one pound casein spreader, from a quarter to half-pound of soap and 100 gallons of water. The method of preparation is: Having boiled the .soap in a gallon <>f water use this "liquid to mix the other ingredients (which have been previously gifted to gether) into a p'aste, gradually adding the balance of the water. The soap is useful in helping to mix the ingred- [ ients.

Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, lias ordained as priests Count Claude D'Elbee and his brother-in. law, Viscount de. Seze, in a modest chapel at Louvain. Among the nuns visible'-through -the screen was Sister Claire Marie, the former wife of Count D'Elbee, and a sister of Viscount cle Sezc. During- the war Count D'Elbee served as a staff officer. Four of his six brothers were killed at the front. Count -.D'Elbee, conducting his first service, administered communion to the nuns among whom was his wife, whom he saw. for the last time.

It is said that every race and every nationality has its own manner of innghig", which is often quite distaste, fui to others, writes the London cor. respondent of the "Star." Some savage tribe!?, when they sing, make a noise that to Europeans sounds more tike howling; but even among Euro, licans themselves there is a considerable difference between the styles of dinging of the various countries. The ftalians arc generally said to be the singing nation of Europe, but it is doubtful whether the people them, selves actually sing more than do the English, the Germans, or the Dutch Probably the reason for their reputa. tion is that their singing is smooth and agreeable in tone, even when it is not at all expressive. It suggests easo and pleasure. The Dutch sing in a slow.half-complaining manner that is in keeping with their farmerlike characters; their circumstances cause them to be always careful and on the look-out for difficulties, and this is shown in their manner of sing, ing. The Germans, on the other hand, ar e martial in style, and .sing most of their music as 1 hough it were marches, while the English sing in a robust, firm, but constantly varying manner. The Russians sing in more varied manners, but then, their try is itself bigger and more varied.

Supporters, of a carillon as a monument in Wellington held a meeting and decided to agitate far the erection of a tower and bells, preferably as part of. the memorial. The Wanganui Chronicle reports a drop of about 20 per cent, in the price of cattle of late weeks, due largely to the .market having been flooded with stock from Hawkes. Bay, where pasture is short. Described by the Magistrate in the Waitara Court on Tuesday, as being "a bit Irish," a Maori defendant stated: "When I smack a woman I always twist her nose." Needless to say, this "bull'' caused "some amusement in the court.

Among the speakers at the International Prison Congress, held in Lon- ' don recently, was Dr. Simon Van der Aa. Discussion has arisen whether anyone can claim a more alphabetical priority. The opinion seems to be that Dr. Aa's only possible rival would be an Aaron or an Abraham in his own family. The first name listed in the London telephone directory is C. E. Aagard, and in the Post Office directory Stephen Aal.

A little boy at a Wanganui school was kept home for the-day, and the following morning he was questioned jy llio lady teacher as to why he was absent. The lad replied that there was sickness in the home, and the teacher, always being suspicious of anything in the way of infectious diseases, instructed the lad la bring a note from his parents giving the reason. The text of the note was as follows: "Twins in > the house, not catching."

Messrs Marchant and Sons, of Cardiff, have. sold, .to Dr. 11. A. Cameron, of Paraparaumu, the valuable eight-een-months-old Friesiau bull, Coldstream and the youngster was railed to, its new home this week. The bull is unique in butt erf at backing, being from Pontiac Princess, with 831 lbs of fat, the dam of which Westmere Princess Pietertje, has a record of 939 lbs.- 'His'.sire-was King Alcartra Pontiac. The dam. of (he latter, Alcartra Clotiiikle Pietje, made a world's record of 11451bs of fat, and produced twin calves within two days of completing- her test.

Publicity, rightly applied, is capable of creating a wonderful stimulus to.the intrinsic value of a country's natural beauty. This ..is exemplified by Hawaii where, states a New Zeafander recently returned from that remarkable island, the revenue derived, from tourists has been increased to seven times what it was a few years ago. The visitor attributed this almost solely to the advertising campaign launched toy the Islands administration, which kept the attractions of their island home continually before the notice of the American travelling public.