Shannon News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1927.

Shannon News, 22 February 1927, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1927.

The Shannon Co-op. Dairy Company paid out 1/4 per lb fur butter-fat supplied during the month of January.

In this issue Mr E. Gingell and Mrs E. Nicol thank all those persons who so kindly rendered assistance in removing their furniture to safety during the recent fire in Plimmer Terrace.

The long spell of fine weather broke yesterday, morning, w T hen rain commenced to fall, continuing throughout the day. The- pastures and ground were beginning to show’ the effects of the dry spell and the rain will have a most beneficial effect, practically assuring a good autumn growth.

Messrs Aitchison and Son, and Mr 0. Young, whose business premises •were destroyed by fire on Friday morning, have re-opened in other premises. The former is in the shop lately occupied by Mr J. A. Olsen, .and the latter in the shop in Ballance Street at one time occupied by Mr M. Tippler. The following are the insurances and losses in connection with the fire in Plimmer Terrace on Friday morning: Building, owned by Mr H. Hook, insured for £BOO in tlie State Fire Office, estimated loss £6OO above insurance; Messrs Aitcheson and Son’s grocery stock, £490 in the Commercial Union, valued at £2OO above insurance; Mr C. Young’s cycle stock, £350 in the South British office, stock valued at £SOO.

In conversation with our representative, Cr Tippler stated that the chief reasons he had for moving that a special meeting of the Borough Council be held to discuss the permanent surfacing of the Main Highway through the Borough w 7 ere, firstly to take the initiative in uniting the small boroughs in a more determined, effort to obtain better terms from the Main Highways Board in • the matter of construction cost, and if possible to take advantage of the County Council’s plant and gang while in the vicipity. This would mean a saving in the cost of construction. '

In such a season as we have passed through with its very wet spring and late summer, summer drapery lines have been hard to move but they are going out now at Howard Andrew’s, Ltd., on account of the tempting prices. As this firm has its autumn goods close to the shores of the Dominion, a glace at their advertisement will show that they are determined to quit their stocks to make more* room. Their two window’s are being use'd to show millinery and frocks and although the prices are made absolutely ridiculous every purchase counts in the competition for the handsome / hearth rug to be given aw 7 ay to the biggest purchaser. The time of closing is Saturday, February 26th.*

Farmers are asked to note the alteration in trucking dates for the KLvi Bacon Company who will be trucking pigs at Shannon on Thursday, Feb. aary 24.

Mr W. Conway, of W. H. Gunning and Co. ’s staff, was removed to the Palmerston North Hospital on Saturday evening, suffering • from a relapse following the influenza. Mr V. McEwen, of the Shannon Meat Co. ’s staff, has also entered the Hospital suffering from, an attack of appendicitis.

We are in receipt of a copy of the “Guide to Visitors to Shannon,” a booklet just published by the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. ,It is a splendidly compiled publication and fully sets out particulars of the many inducements Shannon and the district can offer .to the traveller, tourist, sportsman, worker and homeseeker. The booklet contains a number of illustrations, there being some fine views of Mangahao Hydro works and the flax industry. The numerous articles are well written and interesting. The Guide is a most creditable production, which the publishers are to be complimented on, and we feel sure it will be a good advertisement for Shannon.

A pleasing function took place after the service in Veil. Bede’s Church, on Sunday evening, when Miss Dulcie Spencer, organist, was presented with a writing and attache case from the members of the church in appreciation of the valuable services rendered by lior during, the past six years. Mr White made the presentation and spoke in eulogistic terms of her work. Messrs Taylor, Morgan and the Rev. A. J. Farnell, also voiced their appreciation of the unselfish work she had rendered for the church. Miss Spencer left for Wellington yesterday where she joins the Wellington Hospital staff in order to enter the nursing profession. She carries with her the good wishes of the members of Ven. Bede’s Church and a large circle of Shannon friends for a successful career in the profession she has taken up.

To those who were present at the scene of the fire in Plimmer Terrace on Friday morning, the need of some firefighting gear in the town was apparent. It is a bad state of affairs, that with a good pressure of water available, a body of men should have to stand by and watch valuable property destroyed, simply because they have no apparatus to fight it. Had there been any wind that morning, nothing could have been done 'to prevent that portion of the town being wiped out. Meetings have been called on different occasions for the purpose of forming a fire brigade, but the convenors have not received the necessary support. It is suggested that, if a proper fire brigade cannot be formed, the large propertyowners and business-men should club together and purchase a reel, hydrant and a couple of lengths of hose. This apparatus in the hands of four men who have had fire-fighting experience, assisted by volunteers, would help materially to check an outbreak. After the recent experience it is to be hoped that those interested will again make an effort to revive the question of forming a fire brigade and that something will be done.

The roll of the Palmerston High School now stands at 309 —201 old boys, and 108 new pupils—and the number of boarders in residence at College House is 133.

Parts of England which were once famous for their dairy products have been invaded by the Dominion-made articles. Two New Zealanders, who have just returned from a tour abroad, report that at Totnes, in Devonshire, they saw butter and cheese from this country in a shop window.

“No man w 7 ho owes money should smoke,’’ said Mr. T. I. Lomanson at the meeting of creditors at Stratford. He said ho w r as sure bankrupt’s smoking cost him 5s per w r eek, or £l3 per annum. The debt had been owing for about seven years, daring which time bankrupt had smoked tobacco of much more value than the debt owed to the speaker.

Constable Owen, o? Fcxton, has received word to the effect that the body of Ernest James Brightwell, the victim of the Tangimoana drowning fatality was recovered on the beach late on Friday afternoon a little north of the spot where the fatality ■ occurred.

“The Government should, enforce the Noxious Weeds Act on all local authorities,’’ remarked Mr. G. Manson (Taumarunui) during the course of a debate on noxious w r eeds problems at Wednesday’s conference of Municipal delegates at Palmerston North. He pointed out that the low 7 er reaches of the Wanganui River were becoming over-run with noxious weeds, disseminated per medium of debris from the upper reaches.

R. W. Lamb, the Australasian cycling champion, won the half-mile and three mile races at Dunedin, on Saturday. In the half mile, when Grose w T as looking like a winner, Lamb put in a 50 yards sprint and beat him by a wheel, the time being lmin 17sec The mile was won by Fraser (170 yards), who beat Lamb (scr) and Grose (scr) in the final; time, 2min 24 2-ssec. The result of the three-mile was: Lamb (ser) 1, Grose (scr) 2, Nicholson (70yds) 3; won by eight lengths; time, 7min 41 2-ssec. Grose broke a pedal in the last lap.

The Wellington City and Suburban Highways Board yesterday resolved to draft a by-law increasing the speed limit on the Hutt Road from 30 to 35 miles hn hour, also the speed limits of lb miles at Kaiwarra and Ngahauranga to 20 miles. Latest reliable estimates are to the effect that there are now over 40,000 push bicycles in use in the city of Christchurch. It is stated that Christchurch has the most bicycles of any city in the world. Of course, the good flat roads are largely accountable for this fact. The Stratford Post says it is understood that an insect which has a destructive effect on ragwort has made its appearance at Strathmore-.and that the attention of the Agriculture Do partment has been drawn to the matter, with the result that particulars have been transmitted to Wellington. The insect jS said to bore down the stem of the plant to the root, which rots away. All motor vehicles, including motorcycles, must be re-licensed on or befora April Ist. Owners who wish to avoid the congested conditions which are likely to prevail at the Post Office later should apply for their new registration plates now. Although, these plates have been available since the begining of this month and publicity was given to the fact, there lias been practically no response to the appeal for early applications. Motorists who use their vehicles without the new plates on and after April Ist will be liable to a fine of £2O for each day of such use.

France was very near to a revolution just before M. Herriot resigned, according to a New Zealand lady who speaks the language well and who was in touch with many classes during a recent visit. The Socialist Premier had been very unpopular, and there was good ground for believing that his life was actually in danger on the eve of his withdrawal from office. A strong Royalist agitation has been going on in hidden quarters ever since the war, and its partisans are nurturing a faith which is fanatical as to the efficacy of the movement.

A Jersey cow, which was being driven along the road at Ngaruawahia on Friday afternoon entered the school and wandered along the corridors. Amid great excitement among the children the teacher tried to drive the cow out, but it refused to leave the shady corridor until a rope had been fastened to its horns. It was then led from the building.

‘ ‘ Nowhere have I seen shorter skin s than those worn by-the Auckland girls,” said an Aucklander recently returned from a world tour. “The flappers of London, Paris, New York, Chicago or Sydney can’t teach New Zealand anything about abbreviated dresses. Why, they wear them shorter here than they do in Sydney, and Sydney’s hard to beat, as you know.”

Sixty-five years of age, broken in health, reared 15 children, three of whom were killed in the Great War and now in the winter of his life refacts relating to a bankrupt who was before Ms creditors at Nelson. The farmer —for such he was — had been caught by the slump, and, despite hard work, was unable to keep ahead of things.