Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926.

Shannon News, 3 August 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926.

The fOirtnigShtly meeting of the Borough Council will le held iu ton Council Chambers this evening.

At midday yesterday the aeroplane, which has been making an aerial survey of the flood area, circled over Shannon; giving residents a splendid view of the machine.

The contractor’s, who have been painting the Shannon post office, completed their wotrk yesterday, and the building now bears quite a presentable appearance.

As the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Order, the GovernorGeneral, ,9Lr Charles Fergusson, will lay the foundation stone of the,new Masonic Temple, which is being erected in Stout Street, o.n the afternoon of Monday, August 21. •

Mr W. Philip, of Palmerston North, has been appointed headmaster of the Koputaroa School and took up Iris duties there 'yesterday. Mr Philip was for some years headmaster of the Tokomaru School, but owing to ill-liealth resigned. During the past three years he has been farming at Shannon and Palmerston North.

Queer, things are often discovered when the long grass on the roadside is cleared away. One of the Borough workmen engaged in (Clearing the grass on the footpath in Ballance Street yesterday, unearthed a. set of false teeth. As no one has heard of the loss of any teeth, it is wondered if the owner has missed them yet.

The secretary of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of an invitation from the Foxton Chamber for representatives from, the Chamber and lady friends to attend a social evening at Perreau’s Rooms at Foxton on Monday evening next. A local representative has been asked to speak on any subject touching the commercial welfare of the district as a whole.

The following .are the names of winners of competitions drawn last week in connection with the Hospital street stall and dance:—Box of chocolates, Mrs S. V. Trask (Palmerston North); hospital cake, Mrs L, Satherley;’ pair of hoots, Mrs F. Eagle; fruit stand, Mr his. Aim; set of jugs, Mr S. V. Trask; Roach’s cake, H. Kilminster; box of knives; Mrs Aim; sack of coal, Messrs Christie and Lester tied. The results of the competitions for the two lots of cigarettes, mirror and dress will not be made known for some days.

As a result of the recent mild rains and warm weather mushrooms have made their appearance at Papakura, near Auckland.

It is a poor flood that does no pood to a community. Thousands of rabbits and hares have -been destroyed in tiie Foxton area this week, says the Manawatu Herald.

One-tenth of the Dominion's population is connected with the Civil service and is. therefore concerned with unproductive employment, remarked Mr A. Hobson, president of the Napier Chamber of Commerce at the last meeting, “and it is an important matter to consider,” he added.

With regard to the prospects of New Zealand obtaining supplies of flour or wheat to carry on until the new season’s harvest is ready, a Canterbury merchant said he did not think there would be any difficulty about tliis. It was true New South Wales had over-sold and that she would probably have to draw on supplies from other States, but he did not think New Zealand would find much difficulty iin obtaining her requirements from Victoria or South Australia. -

As a typical prologue to “The Knock Out,” to be screened at the De Luxe Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday, will be a two minute three-round boxing match between two midget kiddies who will. try for tire knock out. The proper ring officials, as at a regular tournament, will be introduced. This novelty should be very attractive.

Cows to the number of 66,010, tested under the New Zealand Herd-test-ing Association, have averaged 232.02 lb butterfat for the past season, according to the statement of Mr C. M. Hume at Hamilton. A total of 8945 2-year-old cows tested by the association averaged 190.411 b butterfat over a period of 235 days, 8353 3-year-old cows 213.241 b butterfat in 241 days, and 28.712 matured cows 245.281 b butterfat in 242 days.

The fifth test match between Australia and England begins at the Oval on August 14th. Twenty-three designs have been submitted in collection with the Wei--1 liugton Citizens War Memorial. They i will be judged by Mr Gummer (pro- ! lessional adviser), Mr Firth (Chairij man of the Executive), Mr Fair (Soi iicitor-General.) ;l A Sydney hank teller recently broke : a £1 bundle of sixpences to give a ! customer change, and found that it contained 40 half sovereigns. The I bundle was paid into the bank as h £l, but the depositor cannot be trac- ; ed.

The flood waters on the Miranui road, north of Shannon, had receded sufficiently on Saturday to permit of motor cars getting through to and from the North. There is still a considerable amount of water in the swamp and it will be some days before the mills can commence work.

Mr John Burns, who was for twenty years in charge of the Government stamp (printing department, agrees will) recent criticism on the new stamp issue. He says: “The new stamps are certainly crude to me. Their sizes does not suit the design, the shades of colour (deep blue and mauve) do not favour the design, and the paper they are printed on it totally unsuitable. It is a pity they were ever put into circulation.”

A New South Wales country sawmiller who. closed down on account of the Workers' Compensation Act received the sympathy of a friend a. few days afterwards. “That’s all right," said me timber man, “the Act is a blessing in disguise. It will give me the excuse I want to get in the money owing me by a long-winded lot of people in this district.”

A. Levin resident who went to> Taranaki on Monday last says that the rail journey from Levin to New Plymouth seemed to be more in the nature of a trip % the- sea, than one across country. North of Wanganui whole valleys were covered by water slips were fairly frequent and incident followed incident as the miles unreeled. By Friday the scene had completely changed—valleys A’ere green once again and barring driftwood, there was little indication of a flooded countryside until he came to the Makerua country.

As a result of the recent flood waters of the Manawatu river eating away a portion of the bank at the Fitzroy bend at Palmerston, there has been brought to light a number of moa footprints in the papa substratum which at this point juts out into the stream. Similar footprints were discovered in the same locality several years ago, and weie cut out and placed in the Palmerston North museum. Tree stumps standing’ up in the papa, bed as they grew have also been revealed by tlie recent flood, footprints of prehistoric animals have been found in many countries. These footprints are made by the- beast or bird in the mud of river banks which is subsequently dried or baked by the heat of the sun, the impression thus forming a kind of mould. The next flood fills, in the imprints with fine sand and' they are thus preserved until eroding waters reveal them again years later.

Describing tlxe {light from Christchurch to Foxton to ti Standard representative, Captain Wilks said that Captain Buckley 'experienced no difficulty whatever on the run up and there wits a following wtind. The distance between the two points was approximately 300 miles. The machine was a D.H. 0 (De Haviland), equipped with a 200 horse-power Siddeley Puma engine. The average air speed was 00 to 05 miles per hour. Captain Buckley left the aerodrome at 10.25 a.m. and followed the usual air route to Blenheim, flying at 5000 feet. The plane then turned and made a direct line across the Straits which are 15 miles’ wide at this point. The altitude was altered prior to leaving Blenheim to' 10,000 feet to enable a safe passage across the Straits should the plane develop engine trouble. In explanation of /this; (Captain Wilks said that, generally speaking, for every 1000 feet a plane was in the air a glide of one mile could- be allowed in the event of a forced landing. Thus, flying at a height of 10,000 feet, Captain , Buckley could have reached either coast in the event of encountering trouble halfway across. After crossing the Straits,’tire plane passed over Cape Terawliiti and followed the coast up to Foxton, arriving there at 1.15 p.m.