Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926.

Shannon News, 31 December 1926, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926.

Many very fine trout have been caught in the local streams by sportsmen of late, all being of good size.

Mr and Mrs Whibley. intend, building a residence in Grey Street. The contract has been let* and the work is to be started shortly. ' .

The Buckley Drainage Board have decided to have a considerable amount of banking done. The work is to be carried out by contract

The “Shannon News” takes the op portunity of wishing its many readers and supporters a happy and a prosperous New Year. /

■'Mr Bert Galloway’s many friends will be sorry to learn that he had to enter the Palmerston North Hospital on Wednesday evening suffering from bronchial pneumonia. ~.

Mr H. Bartholomew, who was for some time on the local staff of the Bank of New Zealand, has been visitng friends in Shannon during the holidays.

During the lua ( t on Wednesday about fifty children were to be seen enjoying a splash in the peddling pooh No doubt some of the adults felt inclined to ; have a splash too. a .

. A certain number of men have.been, at work on-the construction of the top dam during the holidays, doing essential work. The lorries engaged in carting cement and steel work..over the hill liave never ceased running.

A team of local Maori children are now practising for the poi dance to be held in twelve months’ time. The little ones are doing well and an, exhibition dance tomorrow by them would be appreciated.

The piortal remains of- the late Mrs Laurvig were laid to rest at the Shan non cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. The high esteem in which the deceased lady was held by the community was evidenced by the large assemblage -which gathered at the graveside to pay their last respects. A short and impressive service was conducted at the Presbyterian Church by Revs. McKenzie (Plimmerton) and A. F. Stewart prior to the cortege proceeding to the cemetery, during which Rev. McKenzie, an old friend of the family, paid a splendid tribute to the sterling character of the deceased who with her husband, ho said, had been one of his first friends and helpers when he came to Shannon. At the graveside the last sad rites .were performed by Revs. McKenzie and SteAvart. Many beautiful floral emblems Avere placed on the grave, Avhile a large number of letters and telegrams of condolence have been received from various parts of the Dominion. (■ Crisp' and crunchy as fresh toast! Yet, they’re made from the Avliole of the Avheat—Milderson's Gransalo WholeAvheat Wafer, 1/- per lb.‘ from Aitclieson & Son.* A fireman from a city brigade left, a few days ago on a shooting expedition. He and threa friends motored into the country and stayed the night at an hotel. At 4 a.m., a bell fafig vigorously. The fireman sprang from bed, pulled on his trousers, and dashed for the stairway, doAvn which lie caine three steps at a time (says the Christchurch Sun). But AA r h ere were the motor and all thd> appliances? Rubbing his eyes, the fireman awoke to the fact that he was not at the fire station, but at a country hotel. One of his friends had set an alarm clock. A geological report on the recoiit Morrinsville earthquake has been furnished to the Dominion Observatory by Mr L. I. Grange, of the Geological Survey Department. He describes the 41 tremors Avhich Avere felt, giving the most severe shock a value of eighth on the 1 Rossi-Forel scale. The severity of the shocks was confined to a small area embracing the township, an outer area of only a few miles diameter b.eing affected. He reports confusion as to the direction from Avhich the shocks came, but states that they were evidently of shallow origin, and probably caused by movement along a fault trending WN\\ on the eastern side of the Paltaroa Range. Rumours that the shocks affected the Tc Aroha hot springs he shows to be without foundation.

1 The Levin Amateur Athletic Club hopes to secure F. J. Grose, of Christchurch, the N.Z. amateur cycling champion, to ride at the meeting of February 14tlx, when R. W. Lamb, the Australasian champion, will also be a competitor.

Over 120 of the tourists who arrived in Auckland by the Carinthia ou Sunday possess their own motion picture cameras, and an expert is kept continually employed in developing film by jtho furlong. In addition to the motion cameras there are nearly 500 ordinary cameras oh the ship, and some tourists use three or four different types.

A Sydney cable says: Discommoded by a new- set of false teeth, a farmer working in the bush in the Grafton district placed them on a stump. A magpie stole the teeth and alighted in a high tree. The farmer fired his gun, but missed, and saw no. more of the magpie or the teeth. He is now conducting a merciless war \on, the whole magpie family.

The camping area at Aramoho Park for motorists is now being put into use by touring parties, and to cope with the'anticipated greater demand for the area, the Wanganui City Council''has provided ten new tents for the convenience of visiting motorists. Visitors to the city speak highly of the gquiment at the camp.

A man riding a motor cyclje with a lady passenger on the carrier seat is a very ordinary sight in Wanganui, and is not likely to excite comm.-nt from pedestrians. The position was reversed a few days ago, however, Avhen promenaders in Victoria Avenue were; not a little surprised to see a motor eycle ridden rapidly by a member of the fair sex, with a mere man as passenger on the carrier seat. '

The people of Dunedin still : retain their reputation .for demanding full value for their money. A lady entered a shop, says the; Otago Daily Times, and asked for “h penny comic,” and when this was being produced she asked for a calendar—which, by the way, cost the vendor Is 7d. When informel that the supply of calendars was exhausted and that the request could not be complied with, the would-be purchaser dceliiied to take the “comic.”

Mosquitoes have become almost a plague in some parts of the district this summer, probably because of the very wet season that has been experienced. Unfortunately their favourite , haunts appear to be the beaches, whither they are attracted by the tide of holidaymaking humanity. Campers who d 6 not possess mosquito nets would be well advised to provide themselves.with some of the proprietary preparations for rendering the skin immune to attacks. Kerosene has a reputation for keeping the stingers at bay, but, f it has been known to fail when certain varieties of the anopheles tribe were on the warpath.

The man Avho, suffering from loss of memory, Avalked into the 'Palmerston North police, station on Sunday morning and enquired Ayhat toAvn lie Avas in and later was sent to the hospital for treatment definitely established his;identity, on. Tuesday and Avas discharged from the institution.' It is understood the man had previously' suffered from loss of memory, accountable for as being the after-effects of a disease contracted in the tropics some while 'back. For olwious reasons, liis identity has not been disclosed, but it is stated that lie Avas a traveller passing through the •toAvn.

Many motorists are in the habit of using rain water caught in am earthern jar for’ the filling of their batteries, there being a general impassion; that such is quite as good as distilled water. At a lecture oil batteries, given in Hastings, however, this idea was exploded. The lecturer stated that under some conditions this rain water was quite as good as distilled water, but generally in its fall the rain collected certain substances from the air, and these substances had a deteriorating effect upon the battery plates. The speaker strongly advised the use of only distilled water if a battery was to be kept at its maximum service point.