Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1927.

Shannon News, 11 February 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1927.

Mr and Mra G. Murphy, of T<j Puke (Bay of Plenty) have been v -itmg friends in Shannon during ihe week.

The local stationmaster, Mr G. Thomas, who is indisposed, is : '<iug relieved by Mr Wright, of Wellington.

Mr Mark Downes, who at on > cinie was a member of the local railway staff and is now stationed at FranH u Junction, was a visitor to Shannon this week.

Mr Brann, local manager of the Bank of New Zealand, is now on his annual leave. Accompanied by Mrs Brann, he leaves at the end of the week on a motor tour of the Taranaki and Waikato districts.

At a conference of clerks, of public bodies held in Palmerston North on Tuesday last, a Town Clerks’ Assocm tion was fovmed. Mr J. T. Bovis, town clerk of Shannon, wa* elected to a seat on the executive.

The Shannon Amateur Athh tie amt Cycling Club incite tenders for th* refreshment. booths at their spirts meeting to be held in the Domain on oaturday, March 12th. Toiu! ; t» w close on Saturday, February Particulars are obtainable from Mr a. K Ju ka, secretary.

In connection with the annual school picnic to be held on Saturday, February 19th, we understand that some residents are labouring under the impression that scholars have to pay thenown railway fare. Such is not. the case. The fares are paid by the Committee, who are charged 2s per child by the Railwav Dept, and it is to find this money that the subscription lists have been put into circulation, therefore, to enable the children to have an outing at the seaside it behoves all residents to assist the committee by subscribing to the fund.

At a meeting of ladies held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday aftc •- noon, Miss A. E. J. Spencer, chairwoman of the I-lawkes Bay Provincial Federation of Women’s Institutes, gave an interesting address on the underlying aims of such institutes, duiing the course of which she stated that each individual Women’s Institute is an association of all the women in its area, without distinction of positon, education, or worldly goods. Meetings are held once a month, when matters of interest to them all are discussed, and a previously arranged programme is carried through. The programme includes, as far as possible, something educational, as a lecture or talk on literature, science, home economy, health, or some question of the day; something practical, as a demonstration of a handicraft, a household process, and social items. She said the Institutes are. essentially democratic in constitution, and are* strictly non-sectarian and non party. The institutes help in al 1 that promotes the general good of their neighbourhood and members loam to take an interest in larger affairs. At the conclusion of the address those present decided to form a Women’s Institute in Shannon. The following officers were elected: President, the Mayoress (Mrs E. Butt); vice-president, Mrs Waring-Taylor; secretary, Miss War-ing-Taylor; treasurer, Mrs E. J. S. Spencer; and the other ladies present to act as a committee with power to add to their number. The first monthly meeting of the newly formed body vrill bj held on the first Wednesday m March.

The gigantic drapery stocktaking sale at Howard Andrew's, Ltd., is still going strong. Big reductions in prices on all lines are being made and the public would be wise to call and inspect at once, thus avoiding disappointment, as the sale will only last another fourteen days. On top of all the low prices the biggest cash customer will be presented with a handsome hearth rug.

The methodical mind of the specialist was illustrated in the Supreme Court at Palmerston on Tuesday. Mr Justice McGregor asked Mr M. H. Oram, counsel for Sloman, for the reference to a passage he had quoted from Dr, Sulli* van’s “Crime and Insanity.” Before the lawyer could give it, Dr. Tyzard, superintendent of Porirua Asylum, who

The Levin Co-operative Dairy Com | pany will pay out 1/3 per lb. of butter j fat for cream of the highest grade supplied during January. This is the sa..m figure as the advance for the previous month. A solitary ray of humour flashed through the gloom of the Supreme Court at Palmerston on Tuesday, when His Honour said to a witness from Levin, “You did not connect Providence with dairy farming yourself, did you!” The witness replied, with an air of conviction, that he could not associate the two. In former years persons wishing to re-liceilse motor vehicles have been put to much inconvenience and delay owing to the limited time allowed, and -the consequent rush to obtain licenses. To avoid this inconvenience the Postal Department is now issuing plates for the year Ist April, 1927, to 31st March, 192 S It. is quite impossible at most Post Offices to provide the extra facilities necessary to meet the heavy demand usually arising at the last moment, and those requiring lieensc-s for the year 1927-28 would save themselves annoyance by procuring licenses at the earliest possible moment. It will be compulsory, under a heavy penalty to have the proper plates affixed on the Ist April, and it is likely that this regulation will be strictly enforced this year.