Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926.

Shannon News, 3 September 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926.

The vital statistics for .Shannon for the month ending August 31st are as follows'Deaths 2, births 4, and marriages. 2.

The Chamber of Commerce decided last evening to hold a social ©veiling on a date to be arranged later, to which members and their lady friends of . neighbouring Chambers will be invited to attend.

The following won the trophies at the Cribbage Club’s card tourney last evening:—Crib: Ladies, Mns Hensman, gents, Mr F. Whibley. Euchre, Mrs Franks.

Mr Chapman, who is’ a popular member of the local post office staff, has received notice of his transfer to Eketahuna. Mr €hapma|n will be leaving for Eketahuna on Monday next.

A street stall, will be conducted on Saturday by tire, ladies of St. Joseph’s Church, ' where the public will be able to purchase a plentiful supply of farm produce, home made cakes, etc., at bargain prices.

At the monthly meeting of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce held last evening, it was decided- to forward remits to the annual conference of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce Association to be held next month:—(l) Pointing out the disadvantages of Boroughs with a population of under 5000 in respect to the construction of main highway roads through their boroughs, this Chamber being of opinion, that they should receive .financial assistance for construction work; (2) also that seven ©eater motor care be exempt from heavy license fees.

In Messrs Gunning and Co.’s “Wanted” advertisement on page the item “Sheetings” should read 1/11 per yard, not 4/11.

Taranaki is growing hundreds of acres of field carrots instead of turnips and mangels. They are said to be less risky and more valuable.

The Canterbury Board of Governors has decided tat bring to the notice of Senate of the University of «New, Zealand, a resolution that studies for the. Degree of Agriculture be made at either Lincoln Agricultural College or at the College to' be,-established an the North Island by the Government,

During tlie month of August buildings permits to the value of £50,816, were .issued toy the Palmerston Borough Council. Of this large sum, £27,000 was absorbed hr the erection of a three-storeyed banking chamber for the National Bunk. Twenty-three permits were issued for new homes ranging in value from £ <OO to £4070 and costing in all £22,585.

The Gorinthic, which arrived at Auckland from Southampton lust week, was the scene of marked activity until midnight. To save time the port health officer and customs and immigration officials boarded the.vessel in the stream and completed their work so that she might berth early on Wednesday. On all sides the immigrants could • be heard voicing their enthusiasm of the help received from the Immigration Department. “I am set,” said one youth. “I have got my railway pass and a job to, go to. This country will do me.”

Totally unsuspecting that he was doing something highly improper, a man strolled into a tobacconist s shop in Napier on Monday morning and, what time he was being served with his requirements, dropped the end of a smoked cigarette into a box labelled “butts.” After the portion of the cigarette had been successfully speared out with a hatpin toy the flurried damsel behind the counter, it) was explained that the box was for the receipt of art union ticket butts and for no other kind of butt, “But—” exclaimed the crest-fallen .offender, as he tried to explain. “But me no butts,” was the retort of the flurried damsel, “but get out of this tor you’ll be butted out."

It is estimated that the Newman Cheese Co. made a saving of £2l last j year by the use of electric power, j and it was estimated that the saving , this year under the new scale of ■ charges (the flat rate being abolish- ; ed) would be very much greater. ■

A successful trial shipment ol slon fruit from Auckland, which was sent to England, has resulted in nu-.j mei'ous enquiries, and it is quite pos- ; sible (says an exchange) that it may be the forerunner of further ship- . inents, an.l the commencement of an , export trade of considerable value, j

Within the next few weeks members of the Hrrowhenua Referees Association will be subjected to a theory test relative t-o me rules of Rugby and Sheir application. These examinations are ■ conducted under the 'auspices of the A.Z. Referees’ Association and are part of a progressive moveinelit to- raise the standard of refereeing throughout the country. Mr H. g. McDonald -is the examiner for this district.

Even though it might appear rather a forlorn hope to advertise for a lost £5 note on the eve of a race meeting, a New Plymouth lady lias every reason to feel satisfied with her confidence in advertising and perhaps also with another man's confidence in the capabilities, of certain horses. Her money was returned on Saturday night, but the finder would not hear of accepting any** reward. “I made plenty with it at the races” was his smiling explanation as he wi.hdrew.

, Business appears to be very dormant in Mart-on at present ami one tradesman is reported to have taken 2s 6d as the result of a whole day s transactions ! The manager -of one establishment told an Advocate reporter that although a slump has been threatening its effects are only just becoming apparent. He said of course there would be a difference after the 20th of .next month. It certainly has been a hard winter, and it is hoped that the bright spring weather beingexperienced now is indicative of good times ahead,

Claiming that his was a particular make of car with four-wheel brakes, a young man ( charged with dangerous driving, contended in the Magistrate’s Court that there was no element of danger to pedestrians because he could pull up in a short space. “Oh, yes !” said Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. “These old people will step" off the footpath, see a car almost on top of them and, with great relief, will say ‘it’s all right; thank God it’s a (Loud laughter). The young man was fined £1 and costs—Auckland telegram.

The following story is vouched for by the Taumarunui Press: A local man was unable to obtain work in Taumarunui and he wrote to an acquaintance in H-awkes Bay asking him if there was any work offeringin that district. His friend replied that there was no work to be obtained in Hawkes Bay at the time, but lie recollected that the ■ Taumarunui man had lent him 10s 45 years ago and it had never been repaid. He had added'compound interest to the amount owing and enclosed £3 in fulfilment of his obligation. .Needless to say, the money was a windfall for the Taumarunui man.

A motor collision occurred at the Otauru bridge near Shannon on Tuesday afternoon about 4.30 o’clock. A car driven by Mir Howard Andrew, draper, of Shannon, was proceeding to Shannon, when it collided on the bridge with a car driven toy .Mr Fife, farmer, of Danneviirke. Both drivers claim that they were on the bridge first. The impact was very slight, no one receiving any injury, and though both cars were able to proceed on their journeys, Mr Andrew’s car had to be docked in the garage at Shannon, having a bent axle. The bridge is a very awkward one to negotiate and this is not the first accident that has occurred there.

Heavy frosts in Pukekohe on Wednesday and Thursday mornings played havoc with large areas of early main potato crops. Reports growers in Pukekohe proper are to the effect that much damage has been done, and it will take the crops fully three weeks to recover. This is serious *so far as growers are concerned as it means that their produce will reach the markets when the price is lowest. In some cases the tops of plants have been bitten almost to the ground and are a sorry sight. TheJTost- is not the only evil for growers, as an abnormally wet •season rotted seed when planted ,and several large areas had to be replanted. The crops on Pukekohe Hill are undamaged, and are looking healthy. Their growth is vigorous, and a big yield is expected.

The reason why Greek coins are beautiful and modern ones 'commonplace was explained toy Professor Ran-kine-Brown in a lecture at Victoria College, Wellington, by the fact, that Greek coins are f miniature reliefs, and, like reliefs, have rounded or undulating surfaces made pleasant by graduations of light. The modern coin is more like a wood cut, a mere arrangement of lines with no depth. “Our own coins,” said the lecturer, “have improved somewhat in recent years. The King’s head is in higher relief than used to be the case, but the only design on the reverse of an English coin that can be compared with the designs on Greek coins is Pistrucci’s famous design of St. George and the Dragon on the prewar sovereigns—that we seem never destined to see again.’*

“Banks are like a wife—you should keep to the one,” said the chairman of directors of the Awaliuri Dairy Company at the annual meeting when one director asked why the company gave all its business to the one institution. “That is something questionable,” was the reply of a supplier (states an exchange). 1 “The money which it is proposed ' to spend ’ on the Palmerston North 1 railway deviation is . unnecessary and unwarranted,” declared Mr R. * W. Smith (Waimarino) in the House. | “The money would have produced ' a' much better result if it had been spent* fertilising the land, and assist(ing the ' struggling farmers to in--1 crease the volume of our primary products.”

I An argument on women’s/fashions took place in the Arbitration Court 'at Christchurch during the hearing of the watchmakers’ dispute. There i was a time,” said Mr W. C. Prime, “when a woman would spend ten ‘ guineas on a frock and top that oft' j with nice jewellery costing from £25 upwards. Now she spends £25 on a frock and tops that off with a 3s 6<l string of beads.” “1 have no hesitation. in saying that the manufacturing jewellery trade has practically ceased,” said Mr G. T. White, a city jeweller, “and we cannot see any in- ' dication that it will improve.

* Archbishop Averin’s, happy faculty of being able to tell . a good story against himself received free play when His Grace was opening a 'missionary exhibition in Auckland this week. “I note the advertisements of the exhibition say,” the Primate said, “that it is under the patronage of the Governor-General, the Prime Minister and His Grace, the Archbishop, and- then it goes on to remark, ‘the greatest collection of Eastern curios ever seen.” The audience saw the point immediately and it was some time before the laughter died down sufficiently to enable the Archbishop to proceed.

•The humble threepenny bit has often been credited with being financially the church’s one foundation, and judging by. the frequency.with which the coin is found in the church collections, there seems to be some truth in that statement. In the collection of a South Canterbury church a number of coins have from time to time been found any of which would have been eagerly exchanged for a threepenny piece. Eight silver pieces were in such a mutilated condition as to be quite valueless, and, perhaps a reminder of the Indian hockey team’s visit was seen in two Indian two-anna pieces. Other foreign coins were a Hong Kong one cent piece and a defaced Chinese coin of about the value of a. penny. All of them would • not have sufficed to purchase a penny stamp, yet the coins were evidently considered suitable offerings to "the church.