Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1926.

Shannon News, 29 June 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1926.

Influouzii is very prevalent at Mangahao-, several residents from there

(having .been removed to the Palmerston North Hospital lor treatment.

In connection with the Moutoa Hall Carnival, the Farmers’ Queen Committee are holding a dance in the Moutpa Hall on Friday evening next. H. George’s orchestra will provide the music and as only a small charge is being made for admission there should be a large attendance.

In this issue an excellent suggestion is made to Shannon and district 'visitors to Palmerston North, these cold days, to go to Freeman’s Luncheon Rooms, The Square, for a basin of hot soup, ready from 10 a.m., or- a good meal during the day. -

Two accidents occurred at Manga liao at the latter end of last week. Mr Chris Briscoe, who- was engaged in -the ibtish skidding logs, slipped and broke his ankle; while Mr Geo. Delaney was struck by a falling tree, receiving injuries to his foot and hack necessitating his entry info the Palmerston North Hospital for treatment.

The religious welfare of the workers at No. 3 Camp, Mangahao,. is not being forgotten. The Revs. Farnell (Anglican) and' Stewart (Presbyterian) visited there on Tuesday of last week and during the afternoon a number iof families were visited, while in the evening a service was held in the Y.M.C.A. Hut, which was conducted by Rev. Mr Farnell, the Rev. Mr Stewart preaching. The service was well attended and mutch appreciated and an invitation -extended to both clergymen to come back soon.

The Shannon Borough Council is in receipt of the' following letter from .the managing secretary of the Palmerston North Hospital Board:— “I have been asked by the Health Department to take steps to enable this Board to be in a position to establish temporary hospitals in this district, at short notice, and otherwise combat any epidemic of influenza which may occur within the next few months. In this connection 1 should be glad to know whether yOtur Gouncil would be prepared to authorise Mr Boris, the town clerk, to act as this Board’s representative in Shannon in this matter. As you are aware, it is most desirable for a person on'the spot to supervise the establishment of a temporary Hospital, and it will be an advantage to both the Board and the. local antbori ties if unnecessary expenditure is avoided. If this is agreed to, 1 will be. in .Shannon at an early date, and will discuss this matter further with the Town Clerk.”

In announcing the opening of their gigantic clearance sale, Messrs Howard Andrew, Ltd., draw attention to tile fact that every department of their shop will be closed on Friday next for marking down purposes.

“Where did he live?” was a question put by counsel to a child witness in the Supreme Court at Auckland. “He lived in a bouse,” was the reply. “Where?” “Next to a shop.’’ “Where was the shop?” “Next to the corner.” “Where was the corner?” ‘Along past our place.” Counsel did not pursue the point further.

Mr T. F. Martin, counsel to the Municipal Association of New Zealand in reply to a request for an states that a Council should not opinion 'in regard to petrol pumps, sent to a “container” being placed under a footpath, on the ground of the rule of.law that any person who allows any dangerous thing to be brought on his property is absolutely liable for damage caused thereby, whether he has been guilty of negligence or not.

Many sawmillers and some of the older Maoris have always contended that the durability of yellow pine was equal to totara provided it did not come in actual contact, with the ground. This seems to have been verified Sn Waipukurau recently where an old 'building which stood for over sixty years, w r as pulled down to make room for a brick one. The building bad boon erected Avith two. classes of timber,, white pine and yellow pine. The former was quite riddled with the borer, but the yellow pine was absolutely sound and as good as the day it was cut.

Cambridge has experienced a fair number of weddings recently, but at Haw era on Wednesday last there were seven in one day, while at New Plymouth one day recently there were ten and nearly as many the following day. ,

The r’oxton ratepayers have authorised by 224 votes to 51 a loan of £6OllO to supplement the insurance money on the building destroyed recently by Are, to provide a new Town Hall at a total .cost of £BOOO. The plans for the new Hall were prepared by Mr M. K. Varnham, of Levin.

At a meeting at Cambridge- of ere dito.rs in the bankrupt estate of Ernest Claves I-ladfleld, several creditors stated that all tiie satisfaction they could get from defendant when they asked for their money was to be sent a bundle of tracts. One of these gave the Biblical quotation, “What doth it profit a man,” etc.

An insulator on the Horowhenua Power Board’s 11,000 volt line in Bartholomew Road, broke down early last evening, resulting in an interruption which lasted for a little over a quarter of an hour. The circuit involved was the main transmission line between Shannon and Levin, and the “break” . plunged the whole lown into darkness with a suddenness that was diseoncertiing to those without candles or oillamps. When the repair gang arrived the cross arm was almost burnt off, but the work of replacement was expeditiously carried out and the service soon restored. Horowhenua is distinctly fortunate in respect to break-downs, .which have been comparatively few ' .since the service was first introduced.