Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER l, 1925.

Shannon News, 1 December 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER l, 1925.

Mr S. Henry, at one (time on the local poet office staff, but now; in the Wellington office, was a, visitor during the Meek end.

Mrs D. McLaggan, who underwent an operation in the PelmerstOn North Hospital last week, is reported to ibe progressing fayouratfly.

Amongst the performers at the C.P.R. social to be held in Tqkoiriia.ru on Wednesday night will toe Mr Howard Andrew, who will render monologues.

Rev. A. F. and Mrs Stewart received advice last evening that their son, William, who has Ibeen ill in Wellington for the past week, had taken a turn for the worse, Waving contect.ed blood poisoning. They immediately left for Wellington by motor.

The local returned soldfiiers meit on Thursday evening whan the final wind up social evening for the season took place. There was a large attendance over whom Captain White presided. The evening was devoted to cards and musical items and -a most pleasant time was spent. .

Mr Freeman, of the Shannon IMotor Service Depot, has Ibeen fjoirturiate in securing the Hupmotoile Agency for this district. The reputation the Hupp holds is so well kruqwn that comment is unnecessary. Mr Freeman' invites anyone interested id have) a trial spin so that he can demonstraSte the qualities of the car*

Only a small yarding of cattle came forward .at the Shannon monthly stock isale yesterday, the majority of Avhich changed owners at prices which showed a slight easing off. No sheep were yarded. Following are Hig prices realised;' Fat cows £4 'to £5, forward cows £3 to £3 15s, store cows 50s to £3, empty heifers from 35s to £2 ss, springing heifers £7. Aged mare £7.

The Christmas Fair in the Druids' Hall is to be opened toy Mr J. Linklater at 2.30 p.m. on Friday next. The following competitions will be closed during the Fain Gentleman's lugi silk shirt, crochet and embroidered supper cloth, men's pyjamas, dainty voile dress, hoy's suit, Felix cat, hoiy's cricket sei't, clamena, igiramaphone, dressed doll, rag doll, doll's toed, boiled ham, Christinas dinner, Christmas cake, tea, and the guessing the weight of the sheep-prize a .bag of sugar. The shooting gallery, quoits, candle-lighting, nail-driving, and hat-trimming competitions will be arranged for evening events on tooth nights.

It is with .sincere regret we announce the death oi Margaret Dawn, the only surviving daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Rotoertshawe, of Shannon, which sad event occurred at Nurse Linklater's private hospital on Sunday evening. The deceased, who was only in her ninth year, entered the hospital ion Friday, passing away as stated above. Her death is made all the more sad as it is only two months ago since Mr and Mrs Itobertshawe's eldest daughter passed aAyay at Aucldand. To the sorrowing parents will toe extended the deepest sympathy of the community in ( the sad loss they have sustained. \ The funeral takes place at Dannev.irkc | this afternoon.

As will foe seen .on page 4 HoAvard Andrew's great realisation sale wliieh lias been ttie .talk of (be whole of the 'Manawutu, is merging ,into a greater Christmas Carnival Sale and tongai'iis will be more numerous than ever.' in all departments there have been tremendous reductions and ladies or gents desiring an outfit for Christmas can save money by purchasing from this up-to-date emporiuoni. A large stock of suitable and useful presents are there to select from either "for her" or "for him." Arrangements have been marie for parceling,ujp presents so that customers can post them direct from the shop.*

Constable Shannon, who returned from the Old country last weeK, yviil resume his duties, at .Shannon to-mioa--row, CjOnstaDie Tumulty, who has ibeen (relieving during the former's absence, returned tQ Wellington this morning.

In a latter to 'the "News," it he Returning officer for Manawatu says: "Your correspondent who* states that only 391 votes were polled at Shannon at the rec-emt election is very much in error.. The number of votes" polled at Shannon totalled 827."

A correspondent writes drawing at- | tention to the condition of _ Kingston | road on the -Maker ua swamp; which he states, is qn u par with some -of the roads in the backblocks, 'being quite impassable for vehicular traffic in the winter months, while it is only with difficulty it can be travelled .over during the summer months; taking half an hour to cover one mile. He writes, that it is four years since anything has been done to this piece of road, and he wants to Know if those responsible tor Keeping it in repair intend to do anything during the summer months, to make it passable, or is it their intention to wait until the wet season before attempting anything. ' On Monday while Mr. Flutey's milkcart was being driven into Otaki a motor-car was met on a narrow portion of the Eahui Eoad, with the result that the cart capsized- over a steep embankment. Considerable damage was done, while milk cans were battered almost beyond recognition. The driver, luckily, jumped clear. The newest train on the line, the daylight "Limited" is not being well I patronised at the Wellington end, but on the Auckland section is being freely used by the public. Requests have been made for an observation car to be placed on the train, but this is not likely to be acceded to. There is a feeling that the train lias not come to stay, and that soon it will disappear from the railway timetable. An exceedingly painful accident betel an'employee of tire N.Z. Go-op. Dairy Co., named Arthur Currie at the Frankton butter factory last week. Currie, who is aged 40 and married, had his right arm above the wrist through getting it caught between the barrel of a churn and the gear frame. He was taken to the Waikato Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate the arm below the elbovy.

At the last meeting of the Tauranga Hospital Board a letter was received from the Controller and Auditor-Gen-eral covering two cheques of £4 16s each, received from two members of the Board, being refunds of travelling expenses drawn by them on occasions when travelling in a /private car owned by a fellow member of the Board, requesting that they be placed to the credit of the Board, and receipts' forwarded.

"A good many ■of the toys on the market this Christmas will ho of German make,'' said the manager of a Dunedin importing firm to a reporter. 'The toys from Germany will mostly he mechanical. Large quantities oi toys are also coming from the Continent and from Czecho-Slovakia. In addition, the Americans are sending out a number of toy engines and such like. For the higher class of goods, though, the English makers still hold their own." The managei said that the Germans, toy their low costs were fast coming back to the New Zealand market!

A sharp rebuke was administered to a police constable by Mr. Wyvern Wilson, S.M.; at Hamilton. The low tone in which the officer was reading ,a statement made to him by the defendant in a case prompted his Worship frequently to tell the constable to speak up, and at last in exasperation his Worship. told the clerk of court to take the statement and read it. "You know," said his Worship, addressing the constable, "that regulations state that unless a constable can speak up and give evidence clearly he shall not ibe deemed an efficient member of the police force."

The Southland County Council at its last meeting was the recipient of a tersely-worded communication from an irate ratepayer, denouncing in a most severe criticism the efforts of council to improve the lot of the poor ratepayer. This irascible correspondent stated that he would pay no rates until the council attended to a" drain on his property. He accused the council of wasting the money of the people, enjoying itself a.t the expense of the fairmer, and endeavouring to put the farmer off the land. The writer concluded a scathing denunciation with words to the effect that the council were a 'dirty lot of robbers."

On Sunday, travellers on the Cam-bridge-Arapuni r<oiad may have 'Observed a sight which can only he described 'as pitiable in these tiroes of plenty—tot of a young married couple and their children tramping the highway. On Saturday evening they arrived in Cambridge from Ngaruawahia, having previously walked from Auckland. The unfortunates, on arrival in Cambridge penniless, burdened with a young (baby and luggage, were cared for by the local Salvation Army and Charitable Aid Board representatives. Against persuasion they' set cku* on Sunday morning to walk to . their destination, and their plight in ' 'the rain throughout the day can well be imagined. The .husband stated it had taken five days to reach Cambridge.—lndependent.

A property in Queen Street, Masterton, has been sold at £65 per foot. Next Court day at Otaki will see a lengthy list of motorists called upon to answer to charges of excessive speeding. Most of the breaches occurred on Saturday while returning from the Levin races. The vital statistics for the urban : areas of the Dominion for the month of October show that the total births registered amounted to 1055, as against 1054 in September. The deaths in the same month were 512, a decrease of 50 "Peeping Tom" was in evidence at Otaki on Monday night, but timely interference by the police prevented him from accomplishing his purpose. A;i 1 exciting chase resulted,.but the lupins, afforded friendly shelter for the person j wanted. J On Saturday a Taranaki farm of I 125 acres fenced ~n& with a two-room-,ed building was sold for fifteen, shillings an acre. It is covered with rag- ] wort and blackberry. The firewood on it is said to be worth £2 an acre. The property is five m.les from the railway and on a good road. Cycling on footbaths in Otaki is becoming very prevalent and several accidents have ocevrred of ree'ent date. On Monday a lit -le girl was knocked over and severely shaken, being lucky to get off without broken bones. Hoavever, as the police, are now on the warpath the practice should cease. Under the strcs of excitement an old Wanganui wc:nan voted twice at the recent erectiens. '• She voted once .at the. Keith Street booth and then walked over to another table and voted again, reir.embering ■ '''evidently, thy injuetion to- "vote . early and often." Before the court defendant said slie was sor:y for what she had done. She was imprisoned until the rising of the court.

A marked increase in solar activity is reported by tev. G. V. Hudson, of Karori, Wellingto ~. He states that a very extensive g oup of sunspots is now * visible near the eastern limb of the sun, and is favourably placed for observation duriirr the early part of next week. There has been great solar activity for some time past and the sun's insc has net been clear of sunspots since August 17th.

A witness giv'v.g evidence in the, Opapa railway ace'dent case in the Napier Police Court said that the speed of the train was so great that wken endeavouring to s" ut a window in the carriage lie was i hrown back into a ladv's lap. Mr. Lolan: "What do you weigh?" Witney: "About eight stone." Mr. Dol n: "And did you stay on the lady's lap long?" Witness: "No. sir; I had my wife with me, and'besides t-j-e lady was a Salvation Army lassie."—Napier "Telegraph. " "Last week I collected the Maori dog-tax and the half-crowns came to light with out ai:/ trouble. I don't think they liked the look of the man accompanying.me v.ith a gun. It seemed to have a very, good effect," reported the traffic inspector to the meeting of the Manawatu County Council yesterday. The "ma i with the gun," it may be explained, accompanied the inspector to shoot nay dogs whose owners refused to regis Lor them.

The cost 'of electric heating Ox schools iwas illustrated by an account for £29 which has been received by the committee of the N'ewtown Central School for two months' supply of current. The chairman of the committee asked the Aucklard Education Board to assist the committee in finding the money "I am afraid it is too easy to turn on,'' remarked Mr. A. Burns, chairman of the board. Electric heating would have to bo cut out, but the board would consider the question of assisting in the payment of the present account.

As the result of many appeals made •to the Salvation Army, Commissioner Hoggard has concluded negotiations for the purchase and furnishing of a home in Wellington for aged ladies. The building secu.-od is situated \n Brittomart Street, Berhampore, and will be under the control of Brigadier DennisoH, an officer who has had many years of experience in Army work. The acquisition' of 'this building is the second so secured during the past few months, a property in Auckland devoted to a similar purpose having already) proved too small for the many applicants desiring admission.

To relieve women shoppers of the bother of carrying parcels, a French inventor has designed a shopping basket which, \rh. n filled, can bo wheeled like a baby-carriage. Tho basket is of wicker construction, and light enough to be carried easily. When it is empty tho wheels of the carriage fit inside the basket, and the handlo swings down over the sides. "When it is to be filled with bundles, the wheels are removed and the handles are swunj? back. Then tho wherl axle is fitted and locked in brackets that are lowered at the bottom. The HI is locked down by the insertion of n pin through projecting loops, and tho shopper is ready to wheel her purchases home.

The Minister in 'Charge of Publicity (Hon. G. J. Anderson) advises that during the last -quarter there was despatched Kwerseas the following publicity material: !16 transparencies for window, display, 675 coloured lantern slides, for lecture purposes, 1365 •photographic enlargements, 7457 whole plate photographs for reproduction and album, purposes, and 109,000 booklets and folders for distribiution to approximately a thousand points of contact, .including shipping and railway agents, 1 libraries, schools, hotels, etc., throughout the world. Enquiries from overseas as to the possibilities oif obtaining employment in New Zealand numbered 208. Cinematograph film despatched exceed 60,000 foot.

The post office officials frequently get. blamed for letters that go astray, out too seldom are they given credit lor using wise discretion in the delivery of letters that are wrongly addressed. A prominent '.Cambridge resident received a letter, the only direction given being his. name and the address "Bainbridge, New. Zealand." This letter, which came from England, was delivered to the correct addressee without any loss of time.—lndependent. A useful Innovation and one that will appeal strongly to the travelling public is being introduced ,bjf the Post Office from December Ist. The scheme provides that a person may, when making a savings bank withdrawal, obtain a letter of credit that will enable him to draw any portion of this sum at times and places suitable to himself from any inoney-_ order office in | the Dominion. The limit'for which j this amount is ■available is £SO, and ! the charge will vary from 6d~Xja 2s 6d 1 according to the amount required. , A youth who attends a school near Westport will have Armistice Day well imprinted on his mind for the rest of his. life. For misbehaviour he was called out for six "cuts." On receipt of, the first he gave a sharp cry, and just then the school .clock gave warning of the hour at which two minutes' silence was to be observed. The boy was s'ent to his place in the meantime and after the class had stood for the prescribed interval, the teacher, evidently absorbed in thoughts of the past, forgot to call the lad up for the balance of his "cuts." Needless to say he was not I reminded of the omission.

A list issued by an American railway, of property left behind in the trains includes some unexpected articles. Among them are snow shovels, music stands, vacuum cleaners, boots, trousers, coats, artificial arms, cork legs, and glass eyes. Out of 10,000 articles there were 1200 umbrellas, 3000 watches, 400 bunches of keys, 300 pairs of gloves and (500 pairs of goloshes. But nothing is more remarkable than a discovery made the other day by a firm of cleaners in the London suburb of Ealing. In the jacket poeket of a suit brought in on a Monday morning was found the marriage certificate of a man who had been married the previous Saturday. .

The dinghey lost fboan the launch which had so. perilous, a nun toKapiti last, week has been washed ashore at Hokio. It was located above high water mark on the beach north of the Hyderabad by Mr H. Kilsby, of Levin, yesterday afternoon and was made secure. The dinghey had to be cut adrift owing to! a huge sea capsizing it. On communicating with the owner, Mr C. Dawson, of Foxton, it was found that he and Captam-Larsen went down to Kapiti by the Kennedy on Saturday to bring the launch back. They intended to keep a look-out tor the missing boat with a view to picking it up. - ' ,

"Sure 1 can drive a machine—you watch," said four-year-old Willie Barwood, of San Francisco, to two companions of his own age a few weeks ago. He "borrowed'' the car of Mr \V. Brittain, and kicked on the starter. The car leaped across the street, crashed into a garage, wrecked Mr Brit-i tain's car and another machine, and startled the entire neighbourhood. A message was telephoned to police headquarters and when the constables responded they found Willie trying to hack out of the wreckage, hut still at the wheel. "Well, anyway I drove it,"'said Willie, when the policeman took him home.

A suggestion that the fashion of shingling originated during the French Revolution is made by a correspondent of the Daily .Mail, who quotes the following passage from the "Histoire des Salons de Paris" of the Duchesse d'Abrantes; "At the - time when France was plunged in mourning and beheld each day the slaughter of her children, most of the women who were cast into prison, toeing' desirous of saving their wealth of hair, had adopted the practice of anticipating the executioner by cutting it off themselves. When later they were released from prison they appeared with short hair. The first of them all was Madame Tallien. As she was the perfection of loveliness the fashion suited her and she continued it. However, the fashion became general and it was generally referred to as *une coiffure a la victime.'"