Shannon News TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1926.

Shannon News, 6 July 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1926.

Mrs A. J. McCurdy, Mayoress of i Upper Hutt, is visiting her daughter, Mrs C. Thomas, of Plimmer Terrace. The vital statistics for Shannon for the month ending June 30th are: Births 3, deaths nil, marriages 2. Mr T. R. Lane, postmaster at Mangahao, has received notice of his transfer to Hastings. A meeting of ladies, convened by the Mayoress (Mrs B. Butt), is called for Friday evening next at 7.30 p.m. in the Library room to arrange a Hospital Day for Shannon. '

Mr J. Ligglns notifies in this issue that trespassers on his land at Shannon known as portion of the Woods' Estate and Wickllffe's, now in the occupation of Mr Bert Galloway, will be prosecuted.

To-night at the Parish Hall, the Fanners' Queen Committee will hold a dance in aid of funds towards their candidate. George's Orchestra will provide the music and a pleasant evening's dancing is in store for patrons.

The Gribbage Club continued their tourney last Thursday evening, when there was again a good attendance and a most pleasant time was spent. Mrs Hennessey secured most games in the ladies section and Mr Whibley was the winner of the men's prize. ■Mrs Bert Wilkinson won the prize among the euchre players.

• In connection with the Moutoa Car T nival the Sports Queen Committee held a shop day in Shannon on Saty urday. During the afternoon a numher of competitions were held. Mr Coultard, of Whitanui, won the dinner. This was the only result announced, the winners of the other competitions will be made known at a later date'.

About two years ago the Post and Telegraph Department decided to have the Shannon Post Office painted. In the meantime tenders have been called on three different occasions, and finally the tender- of Messrs Bradley and Rankin, of Palmerston North, was accepted, with the result that the successful contractors made a start with the work of painting the building yesterday.

As will be seen .by the programme of the Shannon Choral Society to be held in Maoriland Theatre on Thursday, July 15, advertised in to-day's issue, the public are .in for a real good programme The six choir items include "The Lost Chord," "Moonlight" (test piece), "Comrades in Arms," "Croon Song," "The Belle of St. Michael," and Pinsuit's "Spring Song." The choir, which now numbers 45, have put in good work and will have plenty of scope for their talent in the pieces selected which are varied and of a very high standard. The choir will be assisted by Madam Lola Maries, who is taking the principal part in the Bohemian Girl in Levin, Miss Aim, who : needs no introduction as a vocalist, Mr S. Kingston possessing a very fine tenor voice from Palmerston North will be welcomed back to the district, whilst Mr R Bishop, who has been so successful in recent competitions and secured the gold medal at Napier last year, will assist in the solos. Miss Dore'en Saunders, a clever elocutionist, and also a winner of many prizes in competitions, will supply the elocution, as also will Mr Howard Andrew. The instrumental part will "Be supplied by Mrs S. Kingston, Palmerston North, and Misses Blackwood and Burgess, of Mangaore. Ticket holders will have the preference till 745 and the public "are advised to secure them. Members are asked to make special efforts for the last practice on this coming Thursday in Parish Hall, and final rehearsal, Tuesday, July 13th, in the Theatre.

Howard Andrew, Ltd., report that they served hundreds of customers on the opening day of their sale. The sale is being coninued for 14 days and bargains in all departments will be greater than ever.

Riding a bicycle on the footpath might find its own excuse where the road surface is in a bad condition, but this cannot ."be said of Cambridge Street. While returning home on Saturday night a pedestrian had a parcel knocked out of his hand by the handle bars of a bicycle as it whizzed past, while in another street a little child was knocked over by a reckless cyclist. Some steps to enforce the by-laws regarding the carrying of lights and footpath riding seem overdue.

The Power Board ball committee has its scheme of decorations well in hand. All the festoons and decorative streamers and the lighting devices are well-nigh complete and the way, is now clear for the successful functioning of the hall in the Concert Chamber on Thursday night.

Much discussion lias been common of lute on the question whether the ag'e of chivalry is past, says a Canterbury paper. A splendid example of modern manners was witnessed by a Geraldine motorist on a public road the other day. It was getting late, and semi-darkness veiled the land, when he discovered that a tree had fallen across the road and had completely blocked it, A good Samaritan he stopped and warned 40 motorists of the obstruction. Only two of them remembered to say "Thank you," and many were irritable at being stopped.

"Welt; if I must give my opinion on the competitions," said Mr E. D. Taylor, Supervisor of Music in Schools, at Christchurch recently, "I have to say that 1 do not approve altogether of children's solo competitions. They stimulate the children to individual effort, of course, but what usually happens is that the teacher does all the work and the child simply does what it is told to. If it doesn't win it is disappointed, and if it does is inclined to think a little 100 much of itself. The end of all competitions should be co-operation, and I am more in favour of junior choirs, singing games and dramatic folk songs."

A remarkable assertion was made by counsel during the .hearing of/ a case in Auckland. He said that New Zealand had suffered from one of the most unjust judges, with the possible exception of Judge Jeffreys, that ever sat upon an English bench.. So much so that the majority of the members of the Bar of Auckland not. only assented to a request, but signed their names to a petition saying that the judge was a menace to the administration of justice. They had said what they thought and had suffered for it when they appeared before the judge referred to.

One would say that old methods were useless in modern warfare, but when Vioe-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes planned the attack on Zeebrugge he used the same tactics as Drake did against the Spaniards, but Drakes legalised pirates grappling with anenemy ship never met such a hurricane blast of steel as met this little band of 2000, who went right in, spiked the guns, and then blocked the canal, and so wrote one of the most glorious pages of Britain's naval histoTv The whole episode has been re-acted and filmed, thus placing on record one of the most daring exploits of the late war. The film comes to the People's Theatre for a matinee and evening showing on Thursday.