Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926.

Shannon News, 6 August 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926.

The fortnightly dance held by the Ladles’ Guild of Veh. Bede's will be held next Tuesday evening in the Parish Hall.

In this issue Mr L. Riichardson, Nathan Terrace, advertises for sale sittings of eggs from, purebred utility Black Orpingtons.

An enjoyable time was spent by those who attended till© Cribbage Club’s weekly tourney last evening. The winners were:—Grib: Ladies, Mrs McLaggan; gents, Mr A. Mason. Euchre: Mr J. King.

Mrs Taylor, of Auckland, who has been visiting her son, Mr F. H. Taylor, of Ballanoe Street, left Shannon on Wednesday to stay with her youngest son Rev. C. Ri. Taylor, of Greytown.

Prior to the commencement of business at the Shannon Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening a vote of-sympathy was ""passed to the Mayor (Mir E. Butt) who, recently suffered a bereavement by the death of his brother.

A meeting of representatives of local bodies will be held early this month, in connection with the Mana-watu-Oroua River Board’s scheme to straighten 'the Manawatu river. At the Shannon Council’s meeting on Tuesday evening the Mayor (M;r E. Butt), Gr. Spencer and the Town Clerk were appointed to represent the Shannon Borough.

Dealing with the proposal recently authorised by the ratepayers to raise £7OO for renovating and making additions to the present Council Chambers, the Town Clerk reported at Tuesday night’s Council meeting, that a local resident has offered to advance the money at 6 per cent, for a' term of ten years. The Council decided to accept the offer.

Evidently Shannon i,s not in the same position as -other places in respect to unemployed. The Borough Council .offered to provide work Jor ■unemployed, putting some .of the footpaths in order, but only one man started. As it was impossible for the work to be carried out Iby one man, it. has now been decided to call tenders for the work and another job has been found for this workman.

At the Shannon School. Committee meeting .on Wednesday evening members were loud in tlieir praise of the great interest taken in the children by the whole of the teaching staff. One member' stated that the co-oper-ation they had shown during the past two years was most pleasing and gratifying to the committee. It was decided to forward letters of appreciation to the teachers of both tike main and infant school.

Howai'd Andrew, Ltd., have on page 2 a special list of between season s bargains, which readers would do well to peruse.

In view of the rep. march between the Combined team and Hawkes Bay at Palmerston on Saturday, all interclub matches have been postponed.

The continuous stream of forfeiting by clubs throughout the football •season, year upon year, lias been a long-standing source of annoyance to players, referees and management committee. 'The latter has now decided to make full investigation into •the trouble, which involves an expenditure that is absolutely unwarranted, and will be dealt with at the next meeting of the Management Committee.

Car-drivers who essay to reach Foxton via Wirokino are still faced with a stretch of water between 1 and \\ miles in length, and unless the driver is familiar with the road the trip is one of many hazards. The LevinFox ton char-a-banc service has again started, but there are many difficulties to face en route, and tire overland car services to Palmerston and elsewhere are using the Shannon road.

From remarks passed last night at the Horowhenua Rugby Management Committee meeting it would seem that remarkably few footballers in this district are covered by ‘insurance. Contrary to expectation the more experienced players are no exception (which is a surprising tiling) amt they consider the advantages of insurance only when they are injured. In the future steps are to be taken to ensure that every player has subscribed to the insurance fund.

It is rumoured, says an exchange, that the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company is considering the erection of manure works to enable its suppliers to obtain fertilisers at cost price.

Whitebait from the Waikato River is now being marketed. Two kerosene tins of the fish, the first to be railed from Tuakau this season, were despatched on Friday, and, it is understood, realised about £6 per tin. Further supplies have come to hand since and have been selling in Tuakau for 2s a lb.

Do schoolboys bet? Well, according to a Sydney scribe, several pupils of Scotch College, Melbourne, had a “tarpaulin muster,” and raised 7s 6d, which they invested with a local bookie, and by m'eans of “funds” betting, knocked it into £47 10s in one afternoon.

A rather unusual thing happened at the Dargavillo golf links on Thursday moaning, white 'Messrs G. J. Malioy. and E. W. Toogood were playing. Mr Malloy made a fair drive, when a seagull swooped down on the ball and carried it about 100 yards up the fairway, making the drive' a real good one

It is stated, in the annual report of the Commissioner of Police (presented to Parliament on Wednesday), that the number of prosecutions against hotelkeepers during the year showed an increase of seventy-three as compared with the preceding year. There were 561) prosecutions, resulting in 294 convictions, during 1925, as against 487 proso'cutions and 256 convictions in 1924.

“The number of affiliated clubs is 18, the same number us the previous year,” states the annual report of the Wellington centre ; of the New Zealand Bowling Association. “The membership is now 1507 as against 1454 last season, an increase of only 23 members. The increase in the number of bowlers in tire centre has not been very great during the past few years, but with the membership of a number of clubs at the maximum, there does not appear to be sufficient inducement for beginners unless n'ew clubs are brought into existence.”