Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926.

Shannon News, 26 March 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1926.

The attention of persons qualified to have their names placed on the parliamentary electoral rolls is drawn to a public notice appearing in to-day's issue of this paper. Now that the law .requires persons .to register immediately they become qualified every such , person would he well advised to see that his. or her name is put .on the roll. It will be observed that persons whose names are already on the roll or who have'heoome registered since the rolls closed for printing at the general election need not apply for registration, but these persons, if they change their address, must notify the new address to the Registrar.

Some members of the Levin Fire Brigade came to Shannon on Wednesday evening to , test the water pressure, and ascertain whether it would be 'effective for fire extinguishing purposes. . For some time it has been recognised that Shannon should possess its own fire brigade, and Supt. Connor, and Messrs Milnes, Johnson, and .Procter;- conclusively proved the efficiency of the local water supply. On the night of the test two fine leads of waiter were obtained from the fourinch main Dunning along the main street. Ift is unfortunate that the town is noit wholly reticulated, the principal streets only possessing mains suitable for fire-fighting purposes.

The work of installing the" olertric light at the Shannon railway station and yards was completed on Wednesday afternoon. In the evening the lights were operating and were a big improvemenftl ion the kerosene and hurricane lamps which have done service for so long. The Department has made a, .good job of the work and the lighting of the station and yards will be much appreciated toy both the public and the railway staff. Three 200watt lights have been erected in the yards, one at each end Avhere the points are worked, and the other at the cattle yards. The semaphores are also lighted by electricity, while'mere ■ are two lights in the goodshed. A strong light has ibeen erected at the main gate entering the station, the offices and platform being well lighted by 60 candle power half watt bulbs

As the outcome of a meeting recently held in Shannon to consider the formation of a lire brigade, which Mr J. C. Milnes, of the Levin Fire Board, addressed, half a dozen members of the Levin Fire Brigade, under Superintendent Connor, visited Shannon on Wednesday evening to test the water pressure for fire fighting purposes. Unfortunately, very few }>ereons .knew they were coming, otherwise there is no doubt tlieire would have been a large crowd present, as the question of the efficiency of the pressure of Avater for fire fighting has been douibted by many. The first trial was with a single lead from the iinchmain in Plimmer Terrace, or.posite Mr H. Hook's, a fchree-quarbr inch nozzle being Used. The r-'tuJl, we believe, was a surprise to tr.ose who had claimed that there was not (sufficient pressure. The hose was turned in the direction of the railway station, the. water being carried tight over the building. A double lead a half and five-eighth nozzle was also tried and .this was equally as satisfactory. A move was then nx'c to Hio Are- plug in Stout Street opposite Mrs Maepherson's 'residence. It Js a six-inch main in this street and with a single lead with a three-quarter nozzle, the water was quite comfortably carried into Plimmer Terrace A double lead was also tried fit the same spot, In conversation with Superintendent Connor at the conclusi-jn he whs quite satisfied that the presswre off the plugs he had used was sufficient to fight a fire in a ouesttorey building. The pressure was 801bs during the trial.

Mrs W. Law, of Qhinepania, Bay of Plenty, is visiting her sister, Mrs Wilkinson, of Vance Street. Notice is given in this issue that motor drivers' licenses expire on the 31st inst. Holders of licenses, by returning same to Mr J. T. Bovis, 'i own Clerk, with fee of ss, will have new licenses issued to thenu Business places in Shannon are invited by the Deputy Mayor (Cr. E. Butt) to •close on Saturday from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. on the occasion of the Athletic Cluib's Sports to be held in the Domain. It is likely that the official opening ,of the new Gorge Road will take place during the first week in May. The Board's intention is to ask the Prime Minister to perform the ceremony. | A huge black and white boar estimated to weigh 4401bs was captured in the MakO' Mako district by a party of Pahiatua sportsmen, accompanied by a well-known Mastertoai pig-hunt-, er. The unusual size indiuced the party to skin the whole carcase and a Master-ton taxidermist will be entrusted with the task of mounting the (body. When completed this should form a unique trophy. Unfortunately the other huge boar captured near Masterton was not mounted.—" Age." An instance of the miner's luck, such as was not infrequent on the Auckland goldfields at one time, was mentioned in the course of a civil case at the Auckland Supreme Court. It was the experience of two men who took up a tribute in a claim at Coromandel 25 years ago, and met with a patch of gold that, in the course of a few months, gave them a return of £5000.. The net proceeds to -them, after deducting royalties, amounted to about £4OOO. A Wairoa orchardist has come across a wonderful instance of bird wisdom. A goldfinch built her nest in the fork of an apple tree, and apparently considering it was not safe from heavy wind, she procured a piece of stout twine and, after attaching it to one branch, passed, it round,each of the other limbs and brought it ■round to the starting point, where the loose end was fastened with adhesive clay. The nest was therefore securely laced round. ■ ,

"In all my experience I have never known.the police to 'bring a case of this kind; there is no jiust reason for suspicion and not one tittle of evidence against accused."' These words were used by .Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., in the Hamilton Magistrate's Court on Saturday, when dismissing a charge against a married woman, Agnes Lena Courtney, of stealing between July and October of last year 29 gramophone records valued at £6 10s 6d, and a gramophone valued at £5 12s from .a dealer, Thomas Allen.

"If we can't play our golf—a game that is supposed,to be played toy gentlemen—without having to resort to disgusting raffles and the devices used by some clubs, then we ought to be ashamed of ourselves," remarked' a member of the New Plymouth Golf Club indignantly, when it was suggested at the annual meeting that the Club should consider going in with some other sports bodies of the town and organising a big art union as a means of providing funds to pay off its overdraft. "There is too much talk about finance and not enough about golf in the club," be added, and his sentiments were received with popular acclamation.

An extraordinary situation has arisen in connection with a Wanganui local body's negotiations over the rent of a section it owns. The tenants originally offered "a sum which was considered too low, and it was agreed that arbitrators should decide the issue. The arbitrators disagreed, so an umpire was called upon, and his decision was a price much lower than the tenant's first offer. This the local body declined to accept, while the tenants refuse to pay more. The result is that the parties are still.bargaining.

Speaking at Dunedin, the Hon. \V. Nosworthy said the success of the Exhibition was fthe more fremiarkalble when it was considered that in ten months there had been a decrease of £1,166,954 over the .ear/responding period <of last year in the amount of money coining in from, overseas owing to the drop in the value of exports. Added to this, unfortunately, there had (been an increase oil' £;>,- 487,686 in the amount of money going overseas, principally foir manufactured goods. He hoped the 'Exhibition would have its effect next year and thereafter in a greatly increased demand for New Zealand-made goods.

/Instead of going to school on Friday morning, a youngster of 12., who lives with friends outside the Hamilton borough boundary, decided on a walking trip to Taranaki (says the Waikato Times). Leaving the pony which he usually rides to school in the adjoining paddock, he commenced to walk to Te Kuiti, when he was picked up by a motorist who conveyed him to the King Country centre. His benefactor had an idea, however, that something was wrong, and upon arrival at Te Kuiti communicated with Hamilton, as a result of which the youngster was apprehended and returned to Hamilton. A tauich of pathos was lent to the affair by the faet that •the little fellow wanted to walk to Waitaxa to see his father, a widower, from whom he has- been separated for some time.