Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1926.

Shannon News, 11 May 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1926.

Constable Shannon is at present doing relieving duty at Pongaroa. Mr E. J. Aim, son of Mr ,J. Aim, of Shannon, lias been appointed an assistant master at the Whan garni ,1 iinior High School. Mr Aim takes up his new position at the beginning of the next term, May 26th. On Saturday evening as a car driven toy Mr Murphy, of Foxton, and »‘donteining vsev’eral occupants, was going round the turn at Buckley to ascend the Ihakara Hill, something went wrong and the oar dived over the hank, landing upside down at the bottom. Fortunately the occupants all got clear. The car was got back on to ; the road on Sunday. ' morning and on examination was found to he only slightly damaged, and was able to proceed under Iter own power to Foxton.

Some time during Thursday night three Maori boys, aged 12, 14 and 15, stole Mr J. Aim’s motor car from the shed where it is kept, and drove it to Mar ton, where the car was-.found on the roadside.- This, aroused the suspicion of a policeman, who later arrested the boys, who at the time were seeking benzine. The hoys, who belong to Kuku, had walked to Ohau, where they hoarded the train for Shannon. The car, which was not damaged, was brought back to Shannon on Saturday by its owner. Mr Aim was not aw r are the car had been taken until notified by the police.

During the flood of last week the wing of the Buckley floodgate in the Koputar-oa stream was washed away. Acting on advice from Wood-ville thgt the river had again .risen to- a height•of ten feet above normal, a' working bee of twenty-one. men, together with six horses and four scoops set to work iOtn Sunday morning to- block the breach, and after a strenuous day’s work ■ were successful in combating the -flood water. Fortunately the river was not as high as reported. Yesterday morning the river was still rising as at 9 a.m. -it was reported there Was 3ft- of water above normal, and by ten o’clock it had. risen another foot. A number -of men were engaged on Monday .in finishing off the repairs carried out -on Sunday to the Buckley floodgate.

Mr Alfred Seifert, one of the candidates fair the Horowhenua Power Board, and a member of the Board since its inception, was a visitor to I.ovin to-day. He expressed regret to a “Chronicle” representative that he had not been able to address the electors at various owing to the fact that for the present he is actively engaged in the management of the big Miranui mill, of which he is managing director. He assures the electors of his close attention to the interests of the Board as in the past, and invites a continuance .of their support. .Mr Seifert mentioned one or two interesting points in regard to the consumption of power by the flax industry, which took 800 horsepower of the total 1300 allotted to the Board. He said the installation of electric motive power meant the scrapping by the Miranui. mill of an 'efficient plant valued at £3000; and the same thing in equal or lesser degrees applied to all the other mills in the district. One effect of the mills taking so much power at once was that the Board had an assured revenue from the very outset-. In Ihe case of the Miranui mill this amounts to £4OOO a year, and there can be little doubt that the substantial receipts from the flax industry were a factor in enabling the Board to- carry on without the necessity of striking a rate. At the same time Mr Seifert contends that the Board has at all times given full and careful consideration to the other phases of its load and points to the fact, that the first concession possible is to lie given to the dairy industry as -evidence-of its interest in the farmers’ position. He appreciates the confidence reposed in him at. previous elections and invites a continuance of it on Wednesday.

The fashion display by Howard Andrew,. TJch, drew a very large and appreciative audience last night at the- picture theatre, and as the ‘different ladies displayed their ' frocks, etc., they were warmly applauded. The first, display consisted of costumes,- frocks, coats, etc., whilst the second was of evening dresses, wraps, fur coats, etc. As' advertised, the firm are offering a reduction of 10 per cent, on airy goods shown last night. The new girls’ school costume was shown off to advantage.*

Among the visitors at the (returned soldiers’ re-union an Friday night .was Potty-Officer F. C. 'Pennell, D.C.M., late 'Of the Navy, who saw service timing the war at Dogger ißank, Zeehrugge and in ih-e Battle of Jutland. Mr Pennell now resides at Tokomajru. At the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North yesterday morning, P. Gill .pleaded guilty to being drunk while in charge of a motor-car at. Shannon. A fine of £lO and 9s costs was inflicted. On a charge of procuring liquor dicing the currency of a prohibition order, be was fined £-2 and costs 7s, whilst a fine of £1 and 7s costs, was imposed for employing a. person without- a license to drive his car., Mr G. P. Galley has withdrawn as a candidate from the llorowhenua, Power Board election. The Daylight Limited Express b* 1 - | tween Wellington and Auckland will I cease ‘running after June 5.