Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1926.

Shannon News, 23 March 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1926.

Messrs A. and L. Seifert and J. Kilminster to-day notify that persons with dog or gun trespassing on their (properties will he prosecuted.

The Harvest Thanksgiving service will be held inVhe. Methodist Church on Sunday next, when the church will be decorated with produce, fruit, etc.

The Methodist Harvest Thanksgiving sale of' produce, fruit, clothing, etc., -will be held in the Parish Hall on •Tuesday, March 30th, in the afternoon and evening. There will be stalls for clothing, produce, sweets and cakes; fruit and vegetables; bran tub for the little" ones, and numerous competitions. Afternoon, tea can toe procured also supper in the evening.

As a warning to persons who are in the habit of getting over or through .the fence at the Domain whenever there is any gathering on the ground ■where the public have to pay at the gate, the committee of the Athletic dub intend taking drastic steps to stop this sort of thing toy handing over to the police anyone caught in the act of entering without paying.

Miss Sinclair, infant mistress at the local school, has very kindly donated to the school a large box of chocolates to be awarded as a prize for a. competition to be decided upon toy the committee. At the committee meeting on Thursday night it was decided that a letter thanking Miss Sinclair be sent to her.

Shannon residents are reminded that a large proportion of the business firms ar,e closing on Easter Saturday. That means a late night may be observed on Thursday preceding Good Friday and the Arms will close Friday, Saturday and Monday, reopening on Tuesday. An advertisement appears on page 1 of those who are observing these (holidays and the public are kindly invited to do their shopping accordingly. "My only vice ig tobacco,'' said a debtor under examination in the Supreme Court at Auckland, before Mr Justice Herdman. "It costs me 6s a week." "Smoking," Observed Mis Honour, smilingly, "is not a vice." He did consider, however, that the weekly expenditure upon tobacco was rather large.

At the Stratford Police, Court,'J. B. McCandlish, a Rowan farmer, was charged with allowing noxious weeds to flourish on his farm. "It is a glaring case," said the Inspector, "and one in which I would ask for a heavy penalty. The man's farm is a seething mass of ragwort and he makes a boast that he will not but it." A fine and costs of £lO 10/- was imposed.

Many thousands of acres in the East Coast district had, during the past 15 years, gone raipidly back from the production viewpoint, said Mr .1. Jessep, a member of the Meat Control Board, in an interview. Much of this land was Crown land, and there was about 50,000 acres of land close to Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, Where blackberry had got away through the neglect of the Crown in handling the land. The land was all good country and should be producing many fat sheep each year. The East Coast was one of the few places in New Zealand where there were large areas suitable for closer settlement, and he hoped that the Government would carefully consider the question of the development of these lands. Closer settlement .combined with judicious use of fertilisers would give the greatest possible increase in production.

While examination results were under discussion at the Wanganui Education Board's recent meeting a member remarked that intelligence teste should be applied to some) examiners, as well as to the pupils.

About 20 quinnat salmon were caught, at the mouth of the Rangitata river, South Canterbury, the other morning by Mr George McCullouigh, of Teniuka. The heaviest fish weighed 241 b, and two others' turned the scales' ait ISU> and 17£lb respectively.

It is said that, as a result of the Government's action in encouraging the production of wheat, there will be a big acreage sown in this cereal in South Canterbury next season. Already a start has been made with the work of (breaking up old grass pastures.

Wild,pigs are (plentiful just now in the Paparangi district, and in many cases, they are becoming hold in their quest for food, visiting cleared areas quite close to homesteads and causing a good deal of mischief toy rooting grass-sown lands.

Addressing the North Canterbury Hospital Board on Tuesday, Dr. Malcolm McEachern, of Canada, said: "Your hospital sysem'in New Zealand is going to degenerate unless you meet the needs of your people, and these needs are not being met to-day to the fullest extent,'-'-

The conductor of a popular Wangaskill as an equestrian during an interskill as a equestrian during an interlude at a recent' engagement. The result disclosed that his art with the baton far surpasses his ability on horseback, and that the Prince of Wales is not the only one who suddenly forsakes the saddle. .

■The Shell Company has signified to the North Island Motor Union its intention of removing all its advertising signs which now so disfigure the roads and detract from the natural beauties. It is hoped that county authorities will follow the good example of the Shell people and see that the other, offenders follow suit. These signs are in many, cases dangerous as' they tend to the neglect of legitimate .notices, and it would he a good thing if the surfacemen were instructed by the county engineers to have them all taken down.

A good story was related by the Rev. J. Ernest' James at the Congregational Union meeting at Auckland. He was referring to churches "so cultured that they had no time for the common people." The minister of such a place went on vacation, his pulpit was filled by a "popular" preacher and the church was so crowded that at one service two sons of; the aibsent minister had to sit on the pulpit steps. One remarked to the other: "Wait till father comes back, he will soon get rid of this crowd." "Yes, and he did," added Mr James.

A letter from an apparently disgruntled ratepayer, hinting that a new set of councillors was urgently required, was received at the monthly meeting of the Horowhenua County Council on Saturday. Among other things the writer alleged that the chairman (Cr. Monk) had made a statement at a meeting some months ago, to the effect, thai, if the main highway proposals were carried, the rates would he reduced. The chairman emphatically denied making the statement and explained that he had said that, if the proposals were not carried, then the rates would certain jy go up. The letter, which aroused much laughter, was marked "received."

The Kaitieke County is shortly having a function to formally declare open the road down tine spiral from Wiaimarino to Raurimu. Two Ministers of the Grown, the 'Prime Minister and the Minister of Lands, have signified their intention of being present, and it is intended to make a function ol it, just as Franklin County did when the Rangiriri road was formally opened. At that time Auckland rejoiced, and as this, from the southern point of view, is just as important as the Rangiriri was to Auckland, it is supposed Wellington and all intervening territory will rejoice, and there will probably be a large representation of all the magnates o$ the civil world.

At the Foxton Court on Friday H. Osborne and R. McMurray were charged by W. Berry, Manawatu County Council traffic inspector, in that they committed a breach of the regulations governing the-conveyance &f passengers in excess of the number allowed by license. The inspector said that on February 27th, defendants carried 44 territorials in one lorry whereas the license only provided for 30 and 37 instead of 30 in the other lorry. The penalty fixed for each breach was £2O. The defendants could have taken out temporary licenses which was not done. Mr Bergin said that the Defence Department had ' asked defendants to convey territorials from Levin to Foxton on the date in question. Osborne had explained that Jie could only carry the number specified in his licenses, and if an excess of that number were required he could not undertake their transport. The Defence Department had replied that he could obtain permission from the Mayor of Foxton to take a number that would not endanger the safety limit. Hie had obtained such permission from the Mayor who, however, , had no power to grant permission. Osborne had already paid £65 per year in license fees. The Magistrate j said he was satisfied that there was ' no wilful intention to break the law and he entered a conviction with costs 7s in each case.'

A Levin party on their way to a dance at Shannon IZZ. JUS'ht, met with an accident through the driver mistaking a, turning on the Ihakara mil. The occupants of the car were fortunate in escaping with slight injuries, but they suffered a severe shaking. Fairly extensive damage was done to the car, which, it is understood, required towing back to Levin. It is understood that those concerned are practically recovered from their experience.

It is difficult to imagine a woman who could get on a tramcar with a baby and go-cart, leave the car with the baby only, and then neglect to call at the lost luggage department for what was a perfectly good gocart. Yet such Unngs happen every week, as was freely demonstrated at Wellington on Thursday afternoon, when the whole of the stage of the concert hall was 'Occupied by the stock-in-trade of an "old curiosity shop," goods which had been found in tramcar6 during the year, and never subsequently inquired for. A sale was held.

An illustration in the Dominion of Saturday last rto which is appended the title, "The Hermitage, Mt, cook," bears a striking resemblance to a familiar view of Mt. Egmont from the Dawson Falls House. The picture is said to be,one of the many beauty spots included in the grand tour prize lor the best essav oil .the subject "What the Motion Pictures . Mean to our Community," wliich is being conducted by the ..Dominion. No one questions the scenic beauty of Mt. Cook and The Hermitage but why confound them 'with this Taranaki resort. "There's many > slip," etc., however'; and no doubt both places will find favourable mention in the essay wliich secures the prize.

An interesting event in Dunedin last week was the third Philatelic Congress of New Zealand and Exhibition, of postage stamps. The exhibition was displayed at the Art Gallery and attracted many visitors whose attention was held by the excellent collections of stamps, which included many valuable exhibits and some notable novelties. A Levin exhibitor, Mr S. Rolston, junr., received sever'il awards. In Division 1, his collection of stamps from the (British Solomon Islands was so complete as to receive the honours, while in Division 6T, any ?*acific Island or Group, and Division 78, any- one British Dominion, he received second class /awards, there being three and five entries respectively.

When a motion for daylight saving came 'before the Dunedin -City Council, Cr. Clark moved that the council should support the proposal. On previous occasions, he said, the council has expressed its approval,"and he assumed that it had not changed its opinion. Cr. Scott, who seconded the motion, said he could not see why the legislators stood against the proposal. Perhaps they did it for personal reasons, and not on the merits of the case. Cr. MacManus, the Council's sole Labour representative, opposed the motion, on the ground that other reforms would have the desired effect. Shorter hours of work, he declared, would do the same thing as the proposal. Cr. Scott: "Why ! not have no work?"' Cr. MacManus: "Some of you do very little at any time." Every other councillor warmly supported the motion, which was carried.

House-hunting has its amusing side, •despite the fact that it can be the most heart-breaking business in the world. The wife of an Auckland business manager, who was seeking a house on behalf of her parents, found that the problem of securing a rented house in a suburb near the city was more difficult to solve than the average estate agent would have one believe. Accompanied by her sis'ter, she combed the suburbs for four days this week, looking at all sorts of places, and .in Hie process spent over a pound in tram tares. At last she heard of a place which promised to fulfil her wants, but her hopes were dashed to the ground when the agent remarked: "I don't think there is a bath, but that difficulty can be easily overcome. I can arrange* with the Municipal Baths that you can have a nice hot bath once a month!."

An amusing incident which occurred recently on the motor trip from Wanaka to Queenstown, via the Crown Range, is .told by one of the occupants of the car. An American who was travelling in company with two lady friends, found much to interest the party on the run over. Passing through Gardrona and up the Valley, the driver was rather taciturn, but the American kept a fusiiade of questions going. "What are all those heaps across the river?" he asked. After explaining that 'they were tailings from mining activity in the early days the driver again lapsed into silence. "It would make the trip much more interesting," said our American friend after a while, ."if you would point out the different things and' .places, of interest as we go along." By this time the car was making its final effort to reach the top of the saddle. Soon there spread out thousands of- feet below, a magnificent panorama of the country on the other side. "There," said -the driver, taking one hand off the wheel and pointing, "is the Kawarau River winding in and " "For God's sake," yelled the American., agitatedly, "keep both your hands on tne . wheel and never mind the scenery."