Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927.

Shannon News, 28 January 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927.

The Borough water supply will bo cut oft', from 6 a..m. on Monday, January 31st, for repairs.

A vote of condolence with' Cr. Richardson, wh.i&e sister passed away on Sunday, was carried in silence by the Mayor and Councillors at the Council meeting on 'Tuesday evening.

It was stated at the Shannon B.rough Council meeting that the handrailj or, some of the small bridges in the borough were unsafe. The Council arc to give this matter immediate attention.

It. was resolved at the Shannon Bnr eugh Council'meeting that the.lifts cir ciliated for the Dobson appeal fund iu called in and the moneys collected h: forwarded to the treasurer at Greymouth.

The following students who sat at Levin in connection with the accountants' preliminary examination conducted by the University of New Zealand, were successful:—H. E. Curran, partial pass; F. H. A. Lamb, and W.. J. G. Roach, completed partial pass; F. L. Murray, full pass.

At the Levin Show, Mr L. H. Best, of Kingston Jtoad, Shannon,' was suic.essfu\ "in winning the first prize and championship for Southdown ram ovet 21 months. Ho also secured second honours for owes under 33 months and over 33 months/with lamb at foot, suckling, also a third for two-tooth ram.

At the meeting of the Shannon Borough Council on Tuesday evening the matter of allowing stock to graze «•• the borough roads between mnriiP and v.a.; considered, when wis re* lv d that the Borough Ranger b instructed that all stock not herded must be impounded. Also that stock grazing in Pliinmer Terrace or Balfanee .Street are to be impounded whither they are herded or not.

An exciting experience bcfel ' two Shannon voting ladies, M'sses Sylvia and Vera Quarrie on Tuesday evening, while walking through a paddock h\ which a Jersey- bull was grazing. The bull, evidently taking exception to their presence, in his domain, charged tlu-m, c.o'mp'dling the young ladies to make a huiried exit. They escaped without injury, beyond a severe fright ami a few torn garments.

Inning the heat wave on Wednesday tin- need for shimming baths in .Shannon was ve'-y noticeable. Everybody who could spare the time indulged in a dip. Several residents by damming up StanseH's Creek provided a pool for bathers, a large number of women and children taking advantage of this -m-Kill area to bathe in. Bathing facilities in Shannon are very meagre and public swimming baths should be greatly appreciated, apart from their value for giving children the opportunity to learn to swim, it is to be regretted that those citizens whe called two meetings recently to consider th" erection of baths, did not receive a better response from the public, and were compelled to drop the matter. Anyhow, it is never too late and probably after the heat of the past fnw days, many who would have liked to indulge in a dip, but conlu not iind it couvenicnt to go away any distance, would vu doubt be only too ready to give their support to the erection uf swimming baths in Shannon.

Milderson's Ginger Nuts an the finest? made. " Try them with your next order from the grocer. 1/- per lb. from Aitchc3on & Son.*

As will be seen by the large advertisement on the back page Howard Andrew's stocktaking sale begins tomorrow, Saturday, and as the season has been a late one summer goods will be almost given away regardless of cos"". A great attraction of this money saving sale is that, on top of the very low prices a handsome hearth ,rug worth 3;")/() will be given to the bigges 1 , purchaser during the sale period, fror: January 20 to t'ebruary 10 inclusive. Customers are advised to shop early on Saturdav.* <

The ratepayers of New Plymouth yesterday dafcatei! by a substantial majority the Borough Council's proposal to borrow £186,1)00 for water and hydro electric extensions.

The export of apples from Auckland this year is likely to be less than 20,000 cases compared "with 55,000 last year. Unfavourable weather is blamed for the drop.

A young man who -was on a visit to Wanganui from-. Auckland was taken to the hospital at an early hour on .Saturday. morning suffering from infantile paralysis, and died shortly after admission.

A meeting of the Otaki Motor Club was held on Wednesday night, when a highly satisfactory report was given concerning the recent sports meeting at the Otaki racecourse. It was decided to hold a sports meeting at Otaki beach on the 13th February.

Private advice was received by Mr. Bert Royle on Wednesday, that definite arrangements had been made for tours of the Dominion during the first half of the present year of Ignaco Padcrewski, the eminent Polish pianist, and Jascha Heifctz, the brilliant Russian violinist, tw,o of the world's supreme artists.

A movement is on foot in Dannevirke to form a women's division of the Southern Hawke's Bay Farmers' Union and a meeting of women has been convened to consider the matter. Mr. L. McAlpinc, Dominion organiser of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, who is organising a big farmers' demonstration rally in this district, is actually making himself responsible for the new organisation of the women also.

Three weasels attacking two rabbits was witnessed by a Te Awamutu resident while motoring along the flora Hora-Cambridgc road a few days ago. The rabbits, says the "Standard's" Auckland correspondent, were sitting out in a paddock and were cut oil" from their burrows. The weasels wore circling about flic bewildered animals and gradually closing in on them and but for the timely arrival of the motorist the-rabbits would have been killed.

Three men asleep upstairs, opium pipes beside them still warm, was the discovery of Sergeant Bonisch and Constable Howe on raiding Ah Chang's in Haining Street, Wellington, on Saturday. ' Chang, who is 60, pleaded guilty on Monday to being illegally in possession of opium. Counsel urged that accused was the tool of others, who were holding a celebration at his house in honour of the visit of another Chinese from the South Island. There was no proof that Chang had been previously convicted, so the Magistrate fined him £ls, in default three months' imprisonment. The opium was confiscated.

A Wanganui cyclist was proceeding to his home along Taupo Quay one evening recently when rode into a swarm of bees. A number of bees alighted on his face and head, but the cyclist kept his presence of mind and did not attempt to dislodge the insects. He increased his pace and seen Jeft the swarm behind, but he was still accompanied by. several bees, which crawled about his head. These eventually flew off and rejoined the swarm. The man did not receive a single sting.

Recording that Ihe electric light failed in Hamilton the other night, the Waikato Times says: "In the theatre the love scene was approaching the most dramatic moment and the audience leaned forward expectantly, then —ink/ darkness. Some were observed, as matches flickered up, to be adding the happy climax themselves. Judging by the hearty laughter, many spectators appreciated the touch of realism.

When the apple race on horseback was being run at, the Levin Show yesterday, one of the horses, ridd.n by Murray Robinson, a local boy, collided with a steer belonging-to a mob that were being driven home, the mishap occurring at the far side of the course. The horse fell, and Robinson was fortunately thrown clear. A motor car was immediately despatched to his assistance, and he was brought, back to the judging ring, where cheers greeted him when it was-found that Ire had sustained nothing worse than a bad disking.'

A Wanganui auctioneer for j-kiiic"days past has had the distinct ion of driving a motor car which is probably uniqii", since; it lias no accelerator pedal. The means of eliminating this pedal is a secret belonging to two Wanganui citizens, who h.i ,- e made arrangement.'-' for the protection of their invention throughout the world. Its general adoption wouM mean that motorists woulA have only two pedals instead or three to look after and the result probably would be a great reduction in the number of accidents.

Eecently a resident of Mount Eden installed a radio set at. his home. Though lie is dissatisfied with the standard of entertainment broadcasted from the Auckland station, he says he has received his money's worth in the salvation of a much-p.dzed peach tree. The tree was badly afflicted Avith leaf curl, but, after the installation of a copper wire aerial right overhead, the tree began to improve immensely, and it is now quite- itself again. The gentleman referred to dissented most emphatically from the suggestion that perhaps the tree has benefitted from the JYA programmes, pining his faith in the efficacy of copper as a cure for the parasitical diseases of plants.

An extraordinary im-.d.'if-, occu'-iv-d in the bareback jumping cc-np'-titiea at the Levin Show yesteulay. The horse ridden by Mr E. Skilton, of Levi?], struck the hencoop in front of the stewards' stand with such force as to knock it over. The impact threw the horse on to the fence, where it balanced for a moment on its back and then fell over into the judging ring. The ride/ was fortunately thrown clear, and suffered nothing worse than a bruised leg. Had tlm not been a bareback event the result anight have been more serious,