Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 1926.

Shannon News, 22 October 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 1926.

The Misses Barker's are at present spending a few weeks’ holiday in Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs Campbell and family, who have resided for many years at Moutoa, have taken up their residence ,in Shannon.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day's is-, sue that the due date of payment of Land-tax for the current year is on Friday, the sth day of November 1926, and the demands will be posted on or about the 29th day of October.

A series of evangelistic services will be held in the Druids’ Hall commencing on Sunday evening next at 7 p.m., continuing Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening at 7.30 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended td all. The meetings will be entirely .undenominational and there will be no collection.

As a fitting -wind up to the sports on Monday next (Labour Day) the Shannon Athletic Club will hold a social and dance in the evening in the Druids’ Hall. The committee are s sparing no effort to make the evening an enjoyable one, and no more pleasant way could be spent to finish up the holiday.

A meeting of the committee of the People’s Picnic to bo held on New 'Year’s Day met on Tuesday evening to discuss preliminary arrangements for the picnic. Among matters dealt -with was the carving of the Shields to be competed for by Maori teams for hakas and poi dance. An effort is to be made to have the work done by a native at Foxton, who is an expert- in this class of work. /

A Shannon resident visited what remains of the. bridge over the Manawatu yesterday and he says it appears as though the river’s main course is again flowing directly under the bridge,' and that the end that is washed away will silt up. Then all that will be necessary to get on to the bridge will be a few steps. He wondered if this does happen whether the Horowhenua County Council would supply the steps.

The “Back to Childhood” dance which has been eagerly looked forward to will take place in the Parish Hall this evening. Although the first of its kind to be held in Shannon, such eveuts have met with great success in other towns, the costumes having caused roars of laughter, especially when the -wear-, ers have acted the part of a child. Prizes will be offered for the best outfits, but it is not a necessity to be dressed in “ something young.” If patrons are unable to find suitable dresses they may attend in just plain every day grown up clothes. The indications point to patrons spending an enjoyable and amusing evening.

At the monthly meeting of the Shannon branch of the Plunket Society, which was presided over by the President, Mrs Clifford Jones, it was reported that the number of children and mothers visiting the nurse’s rooms continues to show a steady increase, which is proof that the good work being car-* lied on by the nurse is being appreciated. The President said it was hoped that mothers would bring their older children to the Nurse for advice, as l the Society were out to do all possible for children up to school age, and the diet of older children was just as important ms that of infants. The Nurse is only too pleased to give advice for any children. The Nurse’s report for the quarter ending September 30th is as follows:—July: Number of homes visited 5, adults to rooms l 22, children to rooms 25, total 47. August: Homes visited 6, adults to room 53, children to rooms 4!), total 102. September: Visits to homes 10, adults to room 49, children to room 49, total 98. ■

Milderson’s Biscuits—the biscuits with the benefit of (50 years’experience behind them —are the most wonderful value. Assorted 1/4 per lb. from Aitcheson and Son.*

Labour Day will be observed as a holiday by the local post and telegraph office. All mails will close on Saturday at 8 p.m. for both north and south. The telephone exchange will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 a.rn. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Brightly written, beautifully printed on art paper, and profusely illustrated, the Christmas annual of the New Zealand Free Lance, just to hand, can safely challenge comparison with any production of the kind south of the line. Within its 80 pages there is a rich feast of holiday material —cartoons, pictures of urban and rural life, amusing verse and tickling stories. And, to crown all, there are two handsome souvenir pictures in natural colours one depicting a handsome Maori girl (“Kahurangi, the Treasure of the Tribe”) arul the other ‘‘Where Captain Cook Landed — Pickcrsgill Harbour, Dusky Sound. ’' These are real works of art which many people will be glad to put iijto suitable framing. Altogether, a splendid holiday number and a very choice present to post away to your friends.

The Manawatu Gorge road is now open to light traffic between sunrise and sunset. It will be a day or two before lorry traffic is permissable, also night traffic for all vehicles.

Taking the view that a resolution on the subject was unnecessary and possibly harmful, the Ang-ican Synod- at Dunedin discontinued the adjourned debate on a motion deprecating the lottery or raffle as a means of raising money for the church.;

A change in the charge for reserving seats on the New Zealand railways has been gazetted. Hitherto 9d was charged at terminal stations with an extra 9d if applications were made by telegraph at otlier than such stations. A-uniform charge of Is is now declared.

As far as all-round expenses are concerned, I think New Zealand is the cheapest country to live in. It cost us about £6O to travel through America in 12 days, said Mr W. J. McHohu, who accompanied Randolph Rose on his tour abroad, when speaking to a gathering of amateur sportsmen.

Speaking at to-day’s meeting of the Horowhenua Power Board, Mr D. W. Mathcson said that during his recent visit to America he saw a hydro-elec-tric plant ‘on a large scale, an interesting point about which Avas that, ivhereas five men Avere engaged in running the generating plant, a staff'd 21 men Avere engaged in showing visitors round. The illustration gave an idea of the value .the Americans placed on the publicity side of their industrial enterprises.

An illustration of the ivorking of the campaign against waste being carried on by British Government Departments is afforded in a book Avrapper received by the “Chronicle” from His Majesty’s Stationery Office. The wrapper bears the direction: “National Economy! Fasten this envelope by gumming this label across the flap. Open, by cutting label instead of tearing envelope.” The wrapper had) preAiously been used by the Land Value ■ Branch of the Inland Revenues, Somerset House, Londoiq” and upon its second period of usefulness came as far as Levin.

In recent years there has been a saving in England of 37,000 infant lives per annum —largely as a result of the work of; health visitors. So said Mrs. Hilton Philipson, M.P., in an address at the Royal Sanitary Institute Congress at the Central Hall, Westminster. For many mothers, she added, the only opportunity of getting muchneeded hygienic advice was afforded by the call of the health visitors.

A party of New Zealanders who recently' toured America 'by motor car arrived in Wanganui the other day, in the automobile in which they traversed the States. The appearance of the car astonished the proprietor of a'service station to which the machine was driven. •It was liberally plastered with ‘‘stickers” serving as souvt-nirs of various places visited, and the effect thus created was decidely arresting and unique.

A resident in Central Otago has received the following letter from a friend in a provincial town in England: “On my way home from the works yesterday evening I observed in a local grocer’s shop, “New Zealand apples for sale,” and, having looked at the box containing these apples was interested and surprised to notice that they came from Otago. I purchased some at 4£d per lb, which is cheap in this country. Most retailers charge 6d to 8d although I believe the apples are •bought by them in the wholesale market for about. 2d per lb. I found them excellent, and I though it a matter of interest that apples from OtagoT should be on sale here.”

Between Palmerston North and Paraparaumu, a large programme of bridge renewals and strengthening has /been In progress over the past year. The original piers have in a number of bridges, been renewed in ir embark, and practically all short span structures have been replaced by steel joists. The renewal of the piers has entailed a great amount of pile-driving and on account of the extremely heavy traffic on this line—the heaviest main line traffic in New Zealand—it has been found necessary to do> hie work on Sundays. The work has been progressing very satisfactory and it will be completed by the end of the summer. Two, and sometimes three gangs have been employed on the work.

> The Misses Peggy Cuddiliy and Isabel Cooney of Yonkers, N.Y., are back homo after completing a walking trip of 10,000 miles Avkich took them one year and three months to complete.

During the month of September estates of deceased persons to the number of 151 were placed under the charge of the Public Trustee for administration.

A schoolboy’s essay on •“Clergymen,” says the “Taranaki Daily News —“There are three kinds of clergymen, the bishups, recters and curats, the bishups tell the reeters to Avork, and the curats have to do it. A curat is a thin married man, but when he is a recter he gets fuller and can preach longer sermons and bee unis a .good man.”'

The Auckland Diocesan Synod recently authorised the General Trust Board to increase the stipend of the Bishop to not less than £1250, together Avith adequate allowances. While the increase is recommended to take effect from commencement of present financial year, it is conditional on the in: come derived from funds available for the purpose. The Trust Board avus further requested to consider the best means of providing a reasonable retiring alloAvance or superannuation for a bishop retiring from the see.

A settler on the banks of the Wangaehu river reports that a few days ago the river 4 rose suddenly and there was a stronger smell of sulpnur than he had noticed for some years past. The chemical mixture played % havoc with eels and many AA’cre noticed, floating belly upAvards and had the appearance of having been boiled. The settler surmises that there has been some activity in the lake on Mount Ruapehu, which members of the recent party reported was' nearly cold, except for small patch in the centre. The Wangaehu is fed from this lake.

Since the return to New Zealand of R. A. Rose some doubt has existed as to where the champion runner is likely to take up his residence, it being freely suggested that the Wairarapa Avould be Avithout his,'services in defending their various titles during the forthcoming season. Questioned recently, Rose ‘stated definitely that he would reside in Mastcrton for at least this season, but his location after this year depended on his farming operations. Asked if there was any truth that ho intended to take up farming with liis brother in Taranaki, Rose replied in the negative, but added that any shift he might contemplate after this year Avould be to some other North Island centre.

Speaking at the Kairanga School on Saturday afternoon, Mr. E. H. Lange, agricultural instructor for the Wanganui Education Board, made reference to the groAvth of the primary schools’ root-groAving competition in the district between the Manawatu and Rangitikei rivers. In 1922, he stated, there were only four schools in the contest, there being about 19 plots, Avhile in next year 12 schools took part. In 1924 and T 925, 20 and 34 schools respectively took an interest in the competition. This year there were 41 schools, having about 283 plot®. Kairanga, lie was pleased to say, would have ten plots to be attended to, and 1 this was a record for the school. In Taranaki there were 700 plots and throughout the Dominion the number was over 2000. He impressed upon the children that it was not so much the richness of the Soil as it Avas their oavu efforts that gained the results.

A Palmerston party coining to Levin

yesterday by car had expeiience of the difficulties of travelling in flood time. Not being aware of the flooding of the LevimFoxton road they essayed tc take that route, but, finding the flood waters too deep, attempted to come from Foxton via Shannon and the punt. On arriving at the ferry the punt was found to be high and dry on the Shannon side, and efforts were being made to refloat it.

i!.is was eventually achieved and the travellers reached Levin about 2 o'clock instead of in the A number of other people were held up by the delay, amongst them being Sir W. E. Barker, a member of the Horowheiiua Power Board, who was thus prevented from attending yesterdayfs meeting.