Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926.

Shannon News, 17 August 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926.

Tim -fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council will he held in the Council Chambers this evening. Dir. Mucker etli, who' has been indisposed for gome weeks past, left Shannon on Friday last on a visit to Ilawkes Bay. A number of local football enthusiasts made the journey to Napier on Saturday to witness the WellingtonHiawkes Bay match. The Buckley Drainage Board has received advice that the Mi niister of Public Works has approved of a grant towards the reconstruction of the stop banks damaged by the recent floods in the Board’s area. The chairman at the Shannon Dairy Co.’s annual meeting announced that the final payment of lid per lb for butterfat supplied for the past season will be paid out. on the 20th of this month. A special committee meeting of the Shannon branch of the Plunket Society was held last evening tot receive the report of the delegates, who attended the general conference; at Wellington recently. The president (Mrs Clifford Jones) presided. Great interest is being taken in the cert to be given at Levin on Wednesday night by. the Shannon Choral Society. Members are reminded that the bus will leave the Post Office at 6.45 p.m. sharp. Members not being able to make the trip are asked to let the secretary know. Residents of Shannon on Sunday were treated to a splendid view ef the aeroplane, which, is carrying out an areial survey for the ManawatuOiroua River Board. The machine after circling over, the township, left in a southerly direction, appearing to he following the river. At the general' conference uf the Plunket Society held in Wellington recently a remit was brought forward protesting against the importation of babies’ “dummies” into New Zealand. 'lt was resolved that the Central Council approach the New Zealand Government with a view to prohibiting their importation into the Dominion. We say to winter, “Begone dull care and a hearty welcome to spring,” which makes a lady think of spring attire and will also make them think of Howard Andrew, Ltd., who are now displaying an advance show of springgoods. ’ An invitation is given to any who would like to inspect. In resigning his membership,, a well-known Masterton business man wrote to the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association (says the Wairarapa Times) starting that ne had mo desire to. make another contribution to what- lie termed a “sideshowmen’s benefit society.’’ “The Wairarapa district is being far too well treated in the distribution of yearlings,” said Mr W. G. Talbot at"the Wellington Acclimatisation Society meeting when the Fish Committee’s report was being discussed. “Over ten years the Wairarupa has had 50 p'er cent, of the total distribution in the Wellington district though it has not produced 20 per cent, of the licenses.” A Palmerston gentleman who went into a bank a few days ago to transfer hie account to London, received a mild shock when, for the honour of doing this small service, the clerk handed him 15s. The explanation of this unheard of hanking generosity is of course, that- the selling rates on London bank drafts in New Zealand aire at present 2s 6d per cent, premium. % At a meeting of the council of tire Wellington Acclimatisation Society a letter was .received from the secretary of the Foxton Harbour Board stating that for some time past flaxmillers above the Wirokino bridge had been allowing flax refuse to find its way into the shipping channel of the iManawa.tu river. As these millers were 'Outside the jurisdiction of the board, the matter had been referred to the Marine Department for action, but the board find been informed that the W’ellington Acclimatisation Society should take immediate action in the matter, owing to the fact that the flax refuse was becoming a real menace to shipping in general and to the port of Foxton in particular. No definite steps were taken by the council in regard to this request, Which will be" considered at a later date.