Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926.

Shannon News, 24 December 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926.

The many friends of 'Mr and Mrs C. Thomas will be sorry to lehrn that their little son “Teddy” is an inmate of the Palmerston North Hospital. He. is suffering from ear trouble.

In this issue reduced fares to Mangahao are advertised' by the Red Car Service. Anyone wishing to see the sights of Mongahao shoud not fail to take advtnage of this opportunity. See advertisement for fares.

j Mr Ci C. Franks, wbo has been on a holiday visit to Sydney, returned to Wellington by the Msrama oh Tuesday, reaching Shannon the sajne evening. Miss W. Pickles and Mr. W. Terry; Shannon residents, who have both , been residing in Australia, for some time, were also passengers by the same .boat. ' / \

Holiday arrangements in regard to 'the closing of the Borough Council office during rhe holidays are advertised in this issue. , In the event of any fun er.als taking place during the holidays undertakers and others are requested to communicate with the sexton, Mill. Butt, direptf. Complaints re the water supply will be attended to by the foreman, Mr F. Haley.

The children attending the Methodist Sunday Sehool spent an (enjoyable time on Wednesday evening. A huge Christvmas tree, well loaded with gifts, had been provided, each child receiving a present. During the evening a happy time was spent in games, singing and musical items. At the conclusion of the entertainment a party, urider the ehaVge of Mr J. Riches, visited di:ereht'parts of the district carol singing.

Donations towards the People's Picnic to be held in the Domain on New Year’s Day, have been received by the Committee from the following:—Messrs A. E. Seifert, Hook and Quarrie, Chas. -Young, E. Butt, H. Hook, J. A. Olsen, .Thing Lee, E. J. S. ;Spencer, A. E. Hyde, Howard Andrew, J. V. Burns, T. C. Thwaites, Better, Gunning and Co., Ltd., Shannon Meat Co. and Keroona’s Orchestra, and Aitcheson and Sons.

The New Zealand Haka and Pci Shields, presented by the citizens of Shannon, to be competed for at the People’s Picnic to be held on the Domain on New Year’s Day, reached Shannon from the silversmiths last evening. The shields have bpen skilfully carved by a well-known Maori, while ; the silverswith has given them the final touch, thus completing a most handsome piece of work. The Shields will be on view in a Ideal shop window next week. ; V’ • . Like “Who’s Who, ’’ the Nevv Zealand Official Year Book increases in size with every issue. The 3927 volume, of which a copy has been received at this office, has 1056 pages, or 67 more than the 1925 issue. Yet, ‘ notwithstanding its bulk, it, is concise in all its varied departments. As a compen-. aium of useful and reliable information relating to every important phase of community life, it has the standing of any encyclopaedia; and to the up-to-date business man, no less than the journalist and publicist, it is indispensable. Besides a quantity of statistics and graphs, it contains a number of descriptive articles of sufficient interest to hold the attention of readers other than specialists in the subject treated.

At the Council meeting on Tuesday evening Cr. Spencer, on behalf of the councillors, extended Christmas greetings to the Mayor. He stated the period under his guidance had .been a pleasant one. They had been up against a lot of problems, but he was pleased to say they had found the work in hand genial. This had been made so by the harmonious manner in which they had worked together. The Mayor thanked the Council for their greetings, also the time they had given to the needs of the Borough. Some of them had given more time than the ordinary man could afford. He thought it would be hard to get a body of men to pay more attention to Borough matters They had shown a splendid public spirit-. Fraternal greetings were also exchanged between the'" Mayor, Councillors, staff and new councillors.

Win health to perfection in a natural earing Milderson’s Gransalo Wafers which contain the essential salts, the vitamines, and the nourishment necessary.—l/- per lb, from Aitcheson & Bon.*

The Borough Council are in receipt of Christmas greetings from the Mayor, ■ councillors and officials of the Wellington City Council and the Librarian, Mrs E. Nicol, all of which are heartily reciprocated. A letter of appreciation is to be forwarded to Mrs Nicol. A Ideal resident, a statutory first offender, was charged before Messrs Gunning and Spencer, J.’sP., yesterday morning with drunkenness. He was fined £l, in default 48 hours’, imprisonment. On the application of the police a prohibition order was taken -out against the accused. “I put through hundreds of time-pur-chase agreements each year, and not one purchaser in a. hundred reads the agreement,” said a motor dealer in the i Christchurch Supreme Court. “Get them to read them over, or you’ll meet with trouble, take it from ine, ’* ’ was the reply of Mr Justice McGregor. During the* currency of the concerc ; given by the Wanganui Garrison Band at the Health Camp at Turakiiia. on j Sunday the conductor, Mr James Watson, resolved tc play some hymn tunes. “What hymns do you know?’”he asked a group of children, -standing nearby, and there came the surprising reply “Please sir, ‘Abe, My Boy.*’ ” | It is reported that poultry-keepers in the Manawatu had the opportunity recently of supplying an order for 30,000 dozen eggs. Unfortunately, it was too big a. proposition, and the order north to Auckland.* At 2s per dozen the fulfilment of the, contract whuld'have meant £3OOO to local egg producers. K • ,* i J

The question of tender.,, 'when discussed by the Wanganui Hospital Board, revealed an . amazing difference in the price of bread in Wanganui and Taihape. The lowest tender received from Wanganui bakers was 4M' per loaf, while, the lowest from Taihape was Mr W. Ritchie said: “They must be fools here, and rogues up there. ”,

The first cases, dealing, with the enforcement of the law that motor lorries must be fitted with reflectors were heard iii the Police Court at Auckland. “The law says that all lorries over two tons must have reflectors”’ said Sergeant Calwell in prosecuting Herbert M. Anderson and Albert Davidson. “They ought to carry a periscope and then there would be no excuse for not seeing behind them, ” -remarked Mr F. „K. Hunt, S.M., in imposing fines of 10s with costs.

Stock prices are at present good as far as prime fat, lambs are concerned, and several farmers in the. Wanganui district have, disposed of big lots at rates running from 21s to 23s fid per head. Prices payable for first quality animals are: Lambs, B£d per pound; wethers od -per pound N ewes B|d per pound.; Beef price's are not causing jubilation on The part of producers; while ewes and wethers are not selling to the same extent as lambs. Transactions in fat lambs are at present the principal feature of stock market operations.—Chronicle. f V

VA'nbVfel method of propelling along the road by pushing it in front ofi a motor car, was revealed to people in the Avenue about! 7 o’clock last evening (says the Wangaiiui Chronicle). People watting in the tramshod near Glasgow Street were, astonished when the car. with the barrel rolling along under its front axle, appeared from the direction of the city.. The wear and tear on' the cask was heavy, and splinters flew in all directions.' Near the foot of St.. John’s Hill the driver stopped his car and inspected the wreckage, but at no stage did his behaviour disclose the reason for the eccentricity. l \

The tale of an exchange of babies, with ail its far-reaching' results, has formed the basis of strange happenings in times past, but in modern days the probability of such a ha,op.'ming is looked upon as too remote for serious copsidertion. Nevertheless the wrong baby has been taken from a nursing home by a nxother, and it happened in Timaru quite recently. There is no brand or earmark, even on a Plunket child, but in this case the mother who had been given the wrong child when she left the nursing home had had a little girl, and the baby with which she reached home was a little boy.

. Motor .cycles sold, very cheaply at a clearance sale held in Wanganui. Anything from los to £l9 bought bachine“ of various ages and makes. .One client bid up to 50s for ! an‘old model single cylinder machine, and the motor / was knocked down to him. The buyer at once kicked off the machine, but con’d get no response. “This is no good to me,” he called to the auctioneer. “Do you want a Rolls Royce for that price?” queried the man >vifch the hammer. ‘ ‘ Give me back the machine and I will sell it again.” The second purchaser then filled the tank with petrol, and amidst many; bangs chugged his way home oil the machine, which he had secured for 40s. The original purchaser looked disgusted He had hot thought cf the petrol ‘‘to make tlje works go.”

The Horn L. M; Isitt had numerous experiences when acting as a Wesleyan minister in. the Wairarapa. Here is one of them, which appeared in the •Standard of 1882:—“The. Rev. Mr Isitt offers £5 reward for information which will lead to the conviction of the person or persons who attempted on Monday or Tuesday night to burn or blow up his buggy. It appears thht some individual placed a bottle containing gunpowder in the vehicle in question and fired it off in the night time. There is ample evidence, says the Daily, to show that a bottle containing powder, together with a lighted candle, was placed in the buggy, and that the powder exploded. In the public interests, it is desirable that some further reward should be offered for the conviction of .the offender, outside that named by Mr mt,” .. *

One of the most successful of Wellington’s wireless enthusiasts was in touch with Mr Zanc Grey’s schooner Fisherman on 'Sunday, ahe wireless operator of the vessel reported that he was 1450'miles from Auckland and would reach that port about January 1. Mr Zane Grey will meet the schooner on her arrival at Auckland.

Cigarette papers are still a scarce commodity in Wanganui, and few tobacconists can offer them without a “string” of some kind.. The “string” usually takes the form of tobacco to go with the papers, and the purchase of a tin of tobacco is the only passport by which even the privileged can acquire the wherewithal in which.to encase their “makings.”

Levin is becoming very popular as a camping centre for various organisations, the latest to take advantage of the excellent facilities available here being the Wellington Methodist Bible Classes. About fifty of the senior girls will visit Levin at Easter and arrangements are being made for a suitable site. This is the majority - year of the Methodist Bible Class Union and it is being celebrated by the holding of 21 camps-—one for each year of the movement —-iii the North Island. The Wellington Seniors will come to Levin* and preparations are being made by local Bible Class members to give them an enjoyable timej here.

„ At least two local residents received a shock one morning recently when on going to feed their poultry they found these had vanished in, the night, says, the Dannevirke “Evening News.” In one case, the thieves impudently left the heads of fhe birds as a souvenir of their visit! Another resident had all her ducks taken. A few nights previously, while the residents were ,at church, two houses were entered. From cue' some cake and some money were taken, but iii. another the thieves suffered a set back and beat a hasty retreat when just as they had opened \he window to enter they were challenged by the mistress of the house, who, feeling unwell, was resting in the dark while the members of the'family had gone to church. The police are interesting themselves in the various matters.