Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1926.

Shannon News, 7 September 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1926.

Miss Eason, infant mistress at the Te Kuiti school, who held a similar position at the local school about two years ago, was ; a viisiUpr. to Shannon on Saturday.

Shortly before conclusion of the senior football match on Saturday, R. McDonald a County player, had the misfortune to sprain his ankle.

The amount of unemployment in Shannon has not been very acute so far thi© winter. Recently scene of the flaxmills have reduced hands and just at present there are several bread winners out of work, tout with the starting of Mr Spell's' mill shortly, the men are not lfkely to remain idle fqr long. .

'Motorists will be well advised to take special precautions, where "repairs to road" notices appear, in connection with .the. construction of the main highway between Shannon and Levin. Several cars during the wet weather have been stuck up in the mud near the corner of Potts Road, this Ibeing a dangerous spot in wet weather. ;

When speaking to the big audience of boxing patrons at Cambridge on Monday evening, Mr F. Lye. informed them that it was a. long time since he had had a "scrap," tout it was not so long since that he had taken the "count." Thoughts quickly reverted to political fields as Mr Lye added, "I delivered the ■ goods. The people gave the wrong decision, but never mind, we're going to have another go bye and bye." (Loud laughter).

A clause in the Lyttelton Harbour Board's financial statement, that fiftyseven £IOO debentures in the Makerua (Drainage Board's loan at 6 per cent., had been purchased for the sinking fund commissioners' account, , brought Dr. H. T. 3. Thacker to his feet at the meeting on Wednesday. "Where is Makerua?" he asked. Near Palmerston North, he was informed. "Then I think that this money should not have gone out of Canterbury," replied the doctor.

Two clocks that B,re adjusted for the next 50 year 6 to .register the time, day of the month and year, when Are alarms are reported, are part of the equipment of the Wanganui and \CastleclirX fire stations. An endless tape passes beneath stamping dies on the clocks, and when an alarm comes over the system the time and date are automatically recorded, along with a code of perforations which indicates the locality of the outbreak. And the delicate mechanism of the clocks functions year after year, even making allowance for the occurrence of leap years.

At the conclusion of the meeting at Palmerston on Friday of the Kairanga Dairy Co., Ltd., the chairman, Mr A. K. Buchanan, announced that he had received a message, from Mr J. A. Naeh, M.P., to the effect that there was much opposition in the House, particularly from South Island members, to the Agricultural College Bill. Mr Coates had said that if the opposition continued he would throw the whole thing overboard. Mr Nash "suggested that an expression of support should foe forwarded to the Premier. . This, on the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr Kyle, it was unanimously decided to do;

The story of how a dairyman's bet was lost is told by Mr A. J. Sinclair (well-known in Waikato dairying circles), in the 'New Zealand Herald (reports the "Post's" Auckland correspondent). The writer says: "At a meeting at Waiau Pa I explained as simply as I could various channels through which dairy produce was marketed, but I made the mistake of using indiscriminately, the expressions 'f.o.b' and 'c.i.f.,' without explaining 1 how these differed. At question time a farmer asked for enlightment, and, upon receiving it, he replied in a crestfallen voice: "That explanation cost me ten shillings I made a bet with my neighbour only this morning that 'c.i.f.* meant "cash in a fortnight.''

Mr E. Aim, son of Mr and Mlrs J. Aim, of Shannon, who is on the teaching staff of, the Whangarei School, is visiting his parents.

Mr F. Main, of thePuMic Works Stores Department, '-Mahgaore, is now stationed at No. 3 dam, Mangahao, in a similar (position. 'He lias been succeeded at Mang-aor-e by Mr Goldsmith, of Mangahao.

To show how the service cars and buses are competing against the railways, so far as Shannon is concerned, cars are now leaving daily for Wellington) at 9.15 a.m., 9.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. and to Palmers ton North at 5.45 a.m., 9.10 a.m., 10.20 a.m., 3.45 p.m. and 6.45 p.m.

Twenty-five years ago two prospectors, seeking the yellow metal, in Marlborough .Province, met with scanty success, until one day they panned, from a pocket caused by a tiny stream' below a terrace, some coarse gold—sufficient to meet the need »f the moment and make hope run high. To work that terrace by sluicing was their, object, but to "bring the water to it meant money. They therefore parted, one going south and one north to accumulate enough crash to work the. terrace where they felt confident that wealth awaited them. The miner who went south fell _ sick and ere long pegged out a richer brighter claim. The other came to Shannon, where he met' his affinity, married, and reared a family, but always in. his mind, was the desire that some dav he would work that terrace. The'hope of years materialised a few weeks ago when he returned and pegged out his claim. A small company of Shannonites has been formed and on Friday they leave for tire south to 'lay on the water and test the. prospect of 25 years ago. We wish them success, but successful or otherwise, that prospector will have his life's- desire gratified which ,is,in itself success.

A Foxton resident was rendered! unconscious in ,an unusual manner some time since, while occupying the back seat of a motor car. The car, in taking a ride on the road, shot the back seat occupant upwards, his head and face coming into violent contact with a rod of the hood.. The front seat occupants thought their companion was haying a "snooze" until blood was discovered as a result of the impact.—Herald,,

The financial depression which is at present being experienced throughout the Dominion was strikingly illustrated in the totalisator returns at the Marton Jockey Club's spring fixture held at Feilding this week. The total, sum handled *by the totalisator in investments for the two days amounted to £32,191, as compared with £41,933 for the meeting of 1925 a decrease of no less than £974?.

A unique coincidence was related to a Chronicle reporter. Whilst riding in a Palmerston North ; bus a Levin lady observed two small girls, obviously twins, each with her right arm in a sling. Being of a sympathetic nature the lady enquired as to the cause of the 'bandages, and was' informed that each twin had fractured her right forearm, toe accidents happening within 24 hours of each other. Strangely enough,' the positions of the break were practically identical.

Tassels or no tassels? That was a question which was exhaustively debated at the last meeting of the- Management Committee of .the Auckland Rugby Union, when the matter arose of providing caps for the winning teams in the various grade competitions. , Before the war tassels were provided, but since thai time caps only have been given. When it was suggested that tassels should again be. introduced, the opinion, of members seemed to be fairly evenly divided, but recollections of boyish pride in the additional embellishment swung the scales in favour of "the bit of gold."

"1 find it difficult enough to address you gentlemen for a brief half hour to-day," said Mr J. W, Shaw to a group of Karangahape road (Auckland) business men, "but think what it must be; for a young teacher to , endeavour for five hours per day to hold the attention of a hundred young earthquakes." The speaker I wag referring to what he described las the tragedy in our educational system, whereby teachers were asked to teach overcrowded classes. The position was, he added, being remedied, but there were still many classes which were much too< large to give the teacher a fair chance of carrying out his or her work according to their ideals.

Yesterday morning between 10 and 11 o'clock trie unfamiliar spectacle of an aeroplane flying over Levin was witnessed. The .machine is the property of the New Zealand Air Force and is in charge of Captain Buckley, who has been conimissioned iby the j Manawatu River Board in connection with a survey of the 'Board's ■ district. The machine has 1 its hase at I Foxton temporarily, and recently I completed photographic work in that locality at the time of the recent flood. The aeroplane did not? effect a landing at Levin, and after a period of manoeuvring returned' to 'headquarter at the town. On Friday the plane flew over Palmerston at a very low altitude and at the railway station passengers by the Main Trunk north-ibound train deserted the carriages and delayed the departure of the express by watching the machine until it disapi peared from view.