Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1926.

Shannon News, 25 June 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1926.

A donation oi' 10s has beeii (received by the Borough Council lire-m Mr E. Gingell, towards the cemetery funds. —A letter of thanks is to he forwarded to Mr Gingell,

Owing to the serious illness of his brother, who resides at Waimate, in the South Island, M.r A. Hunt, accompanied 'by Mrs Hunt, left for the South yesterday afternoon.

•The fortnightly dance held under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild of Ven. Bede's will be held on Tuesday ■evening in the Parish Hall. The Maori Orchestra will provide the music.

At the Domain on Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m. a football match will be played between a team from the Shannon School and a fifteen selected from the Koputaroa and Poroutawhao' Schools.

A gospel meeting will D.V. be held in the Ballance Street Hall on Sunday next at 7 p.m. The subject will be "Christ and the Sinner,, and Salvation Security." The speaker will toe Mr D. Balneaves, and all are heartily invited.

At the Council meeting Gr. Thwaites said he had seen persons coming from the reserve near the railway station with shrubs. He recommended that a notice be erected warning persons that they will ibe prosecuted if caught damaging shrubs in . the Borough reserves.—The recommendation is to be.put into effect-immedi-ately.

The Bowlers' Ball will take place in the Druids; Hall this evening. During the past few days an energetic committee have been busy making the final arrangements and no pains are being spared to make the function one of the most successful yet hold. The Jazzmanian Orchestra from Levin Was been engaged to provide the music and as the floor lias received a special preparation, .nothing will be found wanting from the dancers' point of view.

Mr and Mrs Bishop were heard to great advantage in Levin on Wednesday night when they were singing in the Century Ball at the Combined Concert of the Levin, and Foxton Methodist Church Choirs. -They had a very appreciative audience and were encored for their items, giving four solos and two duets. For the duet they received a well deserved double encore. Both M:r and Mrs Bdshop are taking part in the coming Shannon Choral Society concert to toe held next month.

The opossum trapping o-eason opens on the 20th July ant closes on the 31st of August, both days inclusive.

The ten licenses granted l>y the Ohinemuri Licensing Committee have heen allotted as follows.—Waihi, 4; Paeroa, 4; Waikino, 1; Kerepuhi, 1.

A dog that defies the tramway 'regulations is the property of a Wanganui East resident. In order to follow its mistress into town it lias learned to jump on the tram on the blind side, away from the conductor's watchful eye. Once aboard, it ■endeavours to find concealment behind an overcoat. But the other day its loyalty .received a set back, when H travelled all Hie way into town, only to find that its owner had alighted at an intermediate stop.

•That rep. fixtures should be arranged in (both the third and fourth grades, to stimulate the interest of promising young footballers, was the opinion expressed by Mr W. Neville last night at the weekly, meeting of the Horowhenua District Bugby Management Committee. It was, observed Mr Neville, in these grades that the Committee had to look for the players of to-morrow, and they should ge given the incentive to play good and better football. The question is to be given careful consideration,

At the last meeting of the Horowhenua Rugby District Management Committee, Mr W. Neville drew attention to the short-sighted policy some senior teams were adopting in playing two spells of only 40 minutes duration each, lie observed that if senior teams persisted in this practice, it would mean players being, in all probability, at a disadvantage when it cam© to playing in a hard rep. game with 45 minutes each half. The Management Committee ruled that, if possible, senior and .junior clubs, at least should adopt the 90 minutes game.

The financial difficulties which cans

ed the arrest of American schooner

.Margaret Sterling and her detention ! at New Plymouth for three weeks are reported to be settled and the vessel will leave for Wanganui in a day or two to complete the discharge of her I lumber cargo.

What's .in a name? At least one speaker was befogged at the Castlecliff citizens' meeting last Saturday evening when the names were mentioned that now prevail in the seaside district. The 'beach is named Castlecliff, the bowling club Wanganui West, and the public school West'bourne. The speaker: said that there was so much complication and tangle that one would be excused for not knowing where he lived, and boarding the wrong tram when leaving town.

Among a number of very interesting points raised last night at the Horowheuua Rugby District Manage-, .lment Committee - meeting was that promoted by Mir J. Casey. He suggested that, at the end of the.present season, a certain percentage of the money standing to the credit of the Grounds Accounts shall be devoted towards the provision of dressing sheds for junior players. At present, he declared, the Horowhenua district was top-heavy with many senior and few junior, third, and fourth grade loams, and he commended the- suggestion to the consideration of the Management Committee, as it would prove a direct encouragement to younger players. The possibilities in the suggestion are to be investigated between now and one month hence, when a report will be brought down to the Committee.