Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926.

Shannon News, 24 September 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926.

The glare in the sky to the north last evening waS caused 'by a fire in the swamp at Miranui. A number of men were engaged in checking the fire, it being reported late last 'evening that they had the fire in check.

A meeting of shareholders of the Manawatu Co-operative Building Society was held at Palmerston. North last evening, the business being the declaration of two ballots for £I2OO. Tile results were 'as follow: —No. 1 Group: F. Dean £SOO and G. W. Lo.ce £2OO, both of Palmerston North. No. 2 Group: W. Picard, Shannon £SOO.

The official opening of the bowling season will take place on the Shannon green on Wednesday next at 2 p.m. The green, which, has been recently top-dressed, should be in splendid order, and as visiting bowlers will be present from the neighbouring clubs, a anost enjoyable time should be spent, by members.

In the. past the Shannon district has been remarkably free from rabbits, but recently quite a number have been seen in close proximity to the town. It is to he hoped that owners of properties on which, they are making their oppearance, will make every effort to stamp them out, as they are a pest that we- can bo well rid of.

The Shannon factory manager, Mr .7. Aim, is a strong advocate of dairymen in this district systematically testing their herds and using more top-dressing -on their land. He says if more attention were paid to these two essentials of the dairy farm, toe dairymen’s income .would be considerably increased.

So far the dairying season in this district, has not commenced well, ,the wind and cold snaps having had a detrimental effect on the growth of grass, with the .result that the yield of milk has been down. The early part of last season was considered bv local dairymen to have been the worst experienced by them for some time, hut up to the present this season lias been even worse, as shown by the fact that last month the Shannon Dairy Co. produced four tons Of butter less than for the corresponding month last year, while so far this month the output is about the same.

The last evening of the Cribbage and Euchre Club was held last night and a record number was present. From the way in which the attendance lias kept up during the winter, irrespective of the weather, goes to show that the efforts of the Committee have been appreciated. The winners for the evening were Mrs Bowler and Mr E. Butt for the Cribbage and Mrs Davies the euchre. The winners in the points prize for cribbage which lias extended over the season was won by Mrs E. Butt with Mrs McLaggan runner up and Mr C. Gray with Mr H. Knowles runner up. The secretary, on behalf of the Bowling Club, thanked all those whohave attended the evening for their support and stated that the money accrued was going towards improvements on the Croquet, and Bowling lawns.

Mr G. Watkins, who for the past 6.t .vears has been on the staff of the Shannon Dairy Co., five years of which he has been buttermaker, has been appointed out of 20 .odd applicants to the managership of the Mauriceville Dairy Co.’s factory. Mr Watkins, during his residence in Shonnon, has always taken a keen interest in the welfare of the town, having been a member of the School Committee for the past five years, two years of which lie was secretary. He was also secretary of the Athletic Club at its inception, and at a by-election a few months ago he was elected to a seat on the Borough Council. In anything that Mr Watkins has identified himself with for the welfare of the community he has shown himself to be -a most zealous and conscientious worker; and it is men of his calibre which the town can ill afford to lose. Although his departure from Shan-' non will be regretted he will have the best wishes of a wide circle of friends in his new position.

The Wellington .Harbour Board lias (received 'congratulatory messaged from the Governor and tile Marine Minister in connexion with the prompt action taken to search for the steamer Awarua and the assists ance rendered, and also congratulations to the master and crew of the tug jora. It appears that the Horbour Master at Wellington worked out the drift of the Awarua accurately, greatly helping the Dunedin, while'on the Tuesday, the Toia was actually only 15 miles from the ship.

Within the last three jears a large number of yearling trout have been liberated in ' this district. This season 500 brown trout yearlings have been placed in the Otaki river, 500 in the Ohau, 1000 rainbow yearlings in the Waiotauru 1 branch of the Otaki and 1200 in the Mangahao, Dam. The fish previously put in the rivers are showing up well and excellent fishing should ensue in the near future. During the next few weeks approximately 400,000 fry will be distributed through the rivers o-f the Horowhenua district.

The Committee of the Weraroa Football Club have decided to entertain the Ilawke’s Bay football team during their visit here next week, and with that abject in view the dance announced to be held on Wednesday, September 28th will now be held on Thurslay, September 29th instead, at the Concert Chamber of the De Luxe Theatre. The Hawke s Bay team and visitors will be present. The Jazzman! an Orchestra have been engaged and'the catering arrangements are in capable hands.

The story of how f a young Maori boy took prompt stops to warn his schoolmates against touching a fallen electric light, wire comes from Parawera, a few miles from Te Awamutu. As the children were returning home from school a wire was seen lying on the ground and the lad, Joe Mauliihuho, aged seven years, was attracted with others to the spot. He kept his companions away, warning them of the danger, and then returned to the school and told the headmaster, Mr A. Boswell, who at once telephoned to the Power Board officials.

During the month just past new consumers have signed up ivith the Horowhenua Power Board, and in this number there were 12 milking motors, 11 water heaters, 1 industrial motor and 2 ranges; 25 applications have been received for extensions to existing installations, and these include 9 milking motors, 2 ranges, 8 water heaters, and otne industrial motor. During the period 44 new* consumers have been connected up, these installations comprising 25 milking and separator motors, 26 water heaters, 2 industrial motors, and 8 .ranges. In commenting “on this increase, the chairman said the number of milking motors had now reached the 300 mark, ranges 200 and water-heaters 400, which spoke very well for the district. A good deal of this increase had occurred, not oh new lines, but on those already constructed.

Why do not doctors write (prescriptions in English rathor than in Latin? "Because Latin,” observes a medical man, “is a more exact language than English, and, a dead language, at does not change, as do all living languages. Again, as a large part of all drugs in use are botanical, they have in 1 ,the pharmacopoeia the same names that they have in botany—the scientific names. Two-thirds of such drugs have no English names, and so could not be written in English. Supposing a doctor did write a prescription in English for an uneducated person. The person reads it, thinks he remembers it, and so tries to get it filled from memory the second time. Suppose, for instance,, it called for iodide of potassium, and he asks for cyanide of potassium. He could safely take ten grains of the first, but one grain of the second would mean death. Prescriptions written in Latin he cannot read, and consequently he does not try to remember. Latin is thus a protection and a safeguard to patients. Again, Latin is (used by scientific men the world over, and no other language is. You can get a Latin prescription filled in any country on the face of the globe where there is a drug store. What good would an English prescription be in Moscow or Budapest?.

“The prevailing idea of tin: great majority of the people of New Zealand who have not been to this region of great alpine beauty is that it _is uncomfortably cold. This is entirely a mistake." said Sir John Pi no lay, speaking at Christchurch. “The air is stimulating, inducing exercise, but there is no discomfort from cold. On his recent visit snow fell around the Hermitage for only one day, but those who wanted siding and other winter sports got them by easy journeys to the huts, or by short climbs to a nearer snow field. I have visited the old and new Hermitage in summer between 30 and 40 times during the last 36 years, and I am satisfied that there is more pleasure to be found there in winter than in summer. ’ ’

Last Sunday was the thirty-second anniversary of the founding of Taihape. Thirty-two" years, ago four weary travelstained pioneers found their way into the virgin forest where a flourishing town now stands. They were the_ advance party of a band of .colonists from Christchurch, known as a Special Settlement Association and they were in search of a suitable spot on the banks of the Hau'tapu, where some twenty tents could be pitched on the arrival of those following behind. The original name of the settlement was Collinsville. after Mr. W. W. Collins, the then member for Christchurch, who gave the association considerable help, but at his wish it was changed to Otaihape, the Maori name for a well-known stream in fbc district. The “0" was later discarded, and 'Taihape is now the township’s name.

The Dunedin City fire loss for the year ended June 30 Was the highest since the inception of the Fire Board in 1907, being £59,631. The latest method is to teach the alphabet by touch. The Education Department has forwarded to the Auckland Education Board 312 sets of celluloid skeleton letters, each set containing 160 letters, for use by infant classes. The Board decided to distribute them to the schools rccomineiuled by the senior inspector, with an admonition, suggested by the chairman, Mr. A. Burns, that they were highly inflammable.