Shannon News FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1926.

Shannon News, 18 May 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1926.

Quite a number of local residents arid their families are residing at the seaside during- the school holidays.

The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Go.'s payout for butter-fat. supplied during the month of April will be 1/C per lb.

Mrs Eric Gunning and family, who have been spending a few weeks' holiday at Paekakariki, have .returned home.

The fortnightly dance held under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild of Ven. Bede's will be held in the Parish Ball this evening. >. A meeting of all those who are interested in the proposed enlargement of the Buckley Drainage Distinct, will be held in the Counciil Chambers at Shannon on Saturday next at 2 p.m. A full attendance is requested. . Yesterday afternoon Mo.unsey arid Co., auctioneers, acting on behalf of the Public Trustee, offered by auction a property in Grand Street, Shannon, "on account •€ the estate of G. Brown (decease.*}. Jlhere was a very small attendance of the public and the property was passed in. The Cribbage; and Chess Club will commence a series of evenings on Thursday evening next at 7.30 p.m. in Beard's Buildings (upstairs). There will be cribbage, chess and 500 cornpetitions. The public are cordially invited and as the charge of admission for ladies and gens is only Is, it is anticipated a large number will avail themselves ■of this •opportunity to spend their winter evenings. During the spell in the ShannonWanderers football match on Saturday, Roberts, the captain of the local team, discovered he had broken the small toe of his right foot. He continued playing in the second half, ana although he suffered pain, continued to play an excellent game. As a result o'f his accident he will not be able to take his place with the team during the next two o;r three weeks.

To mark the occasion of the closing of the Croquet Club's season, the President (Mrs Clayton) entertiiined the members at her residence on Wednesday, to a book afternoon. There was a good gathering of ladies and a pleasant, afternoon was spent. The President reported that the season had been most successful, both financially ' and otherwise and the Club had been able to make .a donation of £lO towards the top-dressing of the croquet lawn. During the afternoon a book-and a code competition was held, the winners, Mrs C. C. Franks and Mrs Laurvig, each being presented with a Paisley cream jug. Opportunity was also taken to present Mrs A. Mason with a handsome copper vase, which had been donated ■by Mrs Brown, for the champion singles player of the Club.

On page" 2 Howard Andrew, Ltd., in their replace advt, advise parents to keep the children warm and offer special vailue in children's coats and underwear. The .steamer Haranga is how in the roadstead at Gisborne loading a large cargo o.f veal and boneless bee! for Italy and France. With shipments from other ports the Haranga will secure a complete cargo of frozen meat for these two countries. A short time ago it was reported to trie Department of Internal Affairs mat pukeko were so numcirous as to. become a verilable ipo&t at Koputaroa, and were destroying the crops. J Ins week an officer of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society investigated the complaint, but saw only lour bird* A local observer suggests that the pukeko is. wise enough to know when the shooting season opens and thai this accounts for the officer's failure to locate the birds in any numbers. It is fact that tins handsome native has' multiplied rapidly m the swamps along the railway. They may be seen in hundreds almost every mornin"- from the train, and it is a common thng to see a dozen round Koputaroa and even as far front the main swamp as Fairfield.

Sneak-thieves are still at work in Levin. On Saturday night Mr F. Rout, the Foxton-Levin -mail carrier, left his gauntlet gloves in a pocket, of his overcoat which was lying on a seat of hie car, parked by the Post Office, but when he returned to don his gloves they had disappeared.

Acting on the principle of self-help, the Horowhenua Referees Association are holding a dance on the King's Birthday (June 3rd), in the new Concert Chamber, the proceeds from which will be directed towards the fulfilment of a desire to consolidate their finances. There is little doubt but that the dance, will enjoy full support from footballers and the foot-ball-going dancing public.