Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926.

Shannon News, 10 September 1926, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926.

Miss Agnes Gunning, of Bath, England, who arrived by the Remuera on Sunday last, is visiting her uncle, Mr W. H. Gunning, of Rryce Street.

There was a .record attendance at the CrihbagaXlub's weekly card tourney last evening, everyone having a good time. The winners- were:—Crib: Ladies, Mrs Baird; gents, Mr Aim. Euchre: Mrs Elwood.

At the Wellington competitions Miss Aim, A.T.C.L., was highly commended for pianoforte sight reading, securing 82 marks; while Nance Balfour and Josie Thompson tied for second place in the 'cello solo, being awarded 76 points each. 1' ■ • At Wednesday night's meeting of the! School Committee, 'Miss N. Gordon tendered her resignation from the teaching staff, which is to take effect from September 30th. The Committee 'intend forwarding her a letter expressing their regret.

Mrs C. Thomas ,won the baby outfit at a competition held in Levin on Wednesday. This competition, among others, was promoted in connection with an Old English Fair conducted by the committee of the Weraroa (Levin) Church Hall, which proved a highly successful venture.

-" A correspondent: (writes that he noticed in last Friday's Shannon News that a Marton business man's takings was only 2s 6d for one day, but he knows of shopkeepers in Shannon who have lately on more than one occasion gone two days without taking a penny.

Residents were surprised to And last evening when they switched on their electric power, that the lights were dim, the full power not beingavailable. However, the Power Hoard's 'representatives, after a search found the cause of the trouble to be down by the Chinamen's gardens in Sheeban Street where two' wires, through some unknown cause had come in contact. The trouble was quickly rectified and the full strength of power again restored.

The public are reminded that a street stall will he held on Saturday by the ladies of St. Joseph's Church. There will be an abundant supply of farm produce, home made cakes, etc., and those in search of something good in these lines will be well rewarded by a visit to the stall. During the day numerous competitions will be held, the drawings of which will be conducted by two local business men and the results announced on the screen at the interval during the pictures on Saturday evening.

In respect to the revised regulations in regaTd to the distance for conveyance of school children, the distance limit having been reduced from three miles to two miles,, the School Committee on Wednesday evening resolved that petitions from parents opposing the alteration be forwarded to the Education Board, and that copies be sent to- Mr Linklater, M.P., and to the member of the Board for this district, accompanied by <a letter pointing out the unfairness of the revised regulations.

At about 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday, a cyclist named Jack Phillips, who resides at Miranui, while cycling in the direction of his home, came into collision with a motor car, when near the Albion Hotel, receiving injuries which necessitated his removal to the palmerston North Hospital. It appears that the driver of the car, Mr ,1 Ferguson, of Levin, saw the man' approaching him on his proper side and he had slowed down to let another cyclist go across th« intersection in front of him. Phillips, when about five yards in front of the car, suddenly swerved over right in front of it. To avoid running over him the driver of the .car pulled over to the offside, but the front wheel of the cycle was struck by the nearside front wheel of the car, with the result that Phillips was thrown to the ground. Medical aid was immediately summoned, the' unfortunate man being found to be suffering from- a compound fracture of the nose This, it is believed, was- caused bv having been struck on the nose by one of the handles of the bicycle. I Howard Andrew, Ltd., announces on 1 page 2 their opening show of spring goods, 'millinery "and frocks, etc. Customers will receive a hearty- welcome to inspect these goods and will be under no obligation to buy.

Nurse E. B. Pram, district nurse at Mangahao, lias tendered her resigna- . lion to the Palmerston North Hospital Board. A letter to this effect and expressing appreciation and thanks for the assistance given her during the three years she has spent at Mangaliao was received from Nurse Pram at the Board meeting this afternoon. General appreciation of Nurse Pram's valuable work was expressed by members. I A man was noticed in Brown street, Ponsonby, very carefully examining some palings on the fence of a sec- , tion, and, relates the Auckland Star, , he remarked: "Same old saw marks, that is how I know them. My father took up sections here 52. years ago, , and I was put on to saw some palings out of a piece of kauri timber . six inches by one and a-q-uarter. It was heart, of course. T know that, • for I toad to do the sawing, and my father had something to say about the rough job I made of some of the palings. Still, they have lasted well after 52 years, and they are good for some time yet. I received a couple of ( raps on the knuckle* fox making that rough cut theTe, but the stuff has lasted all right. It shows what kauri is good for if it is real heart of an . old tree." i "I have been on the directorates of dairy companies for 21 years and I have never met straightcr or better men than the graders and managers of factories," stated Mr. T. Moss at the Newman annual meeting recently. Although supplies of fi*h are plentiful in Auckland this time of the year, this is mainly due to heavy catches of schnapper. There are only small supplies of mullet, while hapuka, flounder and moki are scarce. Crayfish are plentiful, but supplies of whitebait have been' very small. It is expected that there will be heavy supplies of flounder a:nd schnapper on the market when the cold, showery weather gives place to better conditions. To be struck ,on the head with a monkey-wrench which fell through the roof of a verandah \tas the fate of a lady who was walking along Colombo Street,'Christchurch, at about 4.40 p.m. on Friday. The wrench had been placed by a workman on the glass roof, air] it proved too weighty for its support. The victim received a nasty knock, and a friend who accompanied her was also struck on the shoulder as the wrench fell to the ground.

An interesting device fitted at the Wanganui Central* Fire Station is an arrangement whereby any telephone call thought to sound suspicious, and suggesting a false alarm, is automatically traced by the telephone exchange. The arrangement is made by means of ji direct connection attachment between the fire station and the exchange. If a call sounds suspicious the watchkouse keeper presses a button, while talking into the 'phone, and the exchange immediately notes where the call comes from.

A few hardy spirits for whom the rigours of winter hold no terror find expression for their fortitude in various forms of bathing, either in the river or the sea. A good specimen came to light, for the benefit of strollers on tire" beach at Castlecliff on Sunday, the bather being the cynosure of all eyes when he plunged into the surf. At the manifestation of such enthusiasm even the. boldest of those enjoying the mild sunlight, fully clad, could scarcely restrain a sympathetic shudder.

. A peculiar accident of a minor nature occurred in Thames Street, Dunedin, last week. A boy was riding a cycle past a motor-car parked in between the trees and he noticed that the car, which was unoccupied was moving slowly forward. Jumping off his bicycle, he placed ft against a tree and attempted to stop the car, but his efforts were fruitless and before he could do anything more the car ran into the tree against which the bicycle was leaning. Thus the lad's attempt at a kindly action resulted in his bicycle being* badly smashed.

One of the judges at the musical and elocutionary competitions in Wellington describes the audiences in that city as the coldest in New Zealand. A few days ago he suggested that the competitors in the children's classes be given a little applause as they made their appearance on the stage. Applause was all very avcll at the conclusion of a performance, he remarked, but if given also when young children made their bow on coming on to the stage, it gave them much encouragement. On the day when the judge* made-this suggestion, the audience did show some approval of the various items. At the three sessions last Wednesday, however, the audiences were back to the old order again, and more than one competitor had a somewhat freezing reception.

The value of a view was a topic which for some little while engaged ths attention of the Devonport Borough Council. It was introduced by a letter from a resident of King Edward Parade, who explained that his harbour view was spoiled by three sets of wires crossing the field'of vision from his windows. He petitioned for the removal of these, as "view" had evidently been an important feature in a recent increase in his property valuation. The council sympathetically considered the request, but as report showed that the wires in question were electric service mains and telephone lines to the complainant and his neighbours, they could'not be obviated without the erection of an additional pole, which would prove a much more serious obstacle to vision. The council also considered that these modern' facilities were of far greater intrinsic value than view, however lovely.

In these enlightened days few people manage to preserve their anatomies immune from the surgeon's knife. A practical example was furnished in a service car travelling to Wanganui the other day, when the seven passengers, in the course of conversation, made the interesting' discovery that only one of "them was still in possession of his appendix. A new record in light travelling was set by a Wanganui representative footballer during the week-end. The sole article of his toilet outfit wa6 a toothbrush. The player concerned was compelled to put up with good-natured banter from his associates, especially at unloading time, when the team arrived back in Wanganui from New Plymouth. Horowhenua Rugby District Management Committee has sharply reprimanded a spectator at the recent Awahou-Weraroa juniors match played in Foxton. The man in question —a native—was alleged by the referee to have made free use of abusive language and practically intimidated some of the players, and it was deemed necessary to discourage the practice of hurling abuse at either players or referee. I '" Saturday's football fixture at the Foxton racecourse was not a fancy | dress fixture, but some, of the players donned, jerseys which, like Jacob's coat, were of many colours. >. But one young Maori eclipsed the rest in this ! respect. ' Beneath a swimming costume, a female garment—someone remarked that it was a camisole —of heliotrope hue peeped forth from the shoulders, the nether garments were flesh coloured stockings and no boots. When in action he was cheered on by cries of "go. it Rosie!" and other terms of endearment by spectators Herald.