Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927.

Shannon News, 1 March 1927, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927.

MvU O'Connor, of Auckland, is staying with his sister, Mrs F. H. Taylor, of Ballance Street,. : The annual meeting of the Shannon Football Club will be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday, March 10, at 7.30 p.m. A special meeting of the Borough. Council will be held this evening to deal with the permanent surfacing of the Main Highway through the Borough. The first meeting of the .Women's Institute will be held in the Parish Hall to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 p.m..' Af-_' ternoon tea will 'be provided an! all., ladies .are invited. • : In this issue appears the Shannon Athletic, Club's programme of events to be held in the Domain on Saturday, March 12th. Entries close with the secretary, Mr T. Kohika, on Mcn.day, March 7th, at 7 p.m. Mr and Mrs G. Murphy, of Te Puke, who have been spending a few days in Wellington, spent the week end in Shannon. They left yesterday by motor for Auckland via New Plymouth. The Ven. Bede's Sunday School picnic will be held in the "Vicarage grounds on Saturday, where the scholars are requested to assemble at 10 a.m. During the afternoon the prizes awarded for last year's work will be presented. A cordial invitation is extended to parents and friends.

■ A meeting of citizens is called r'tir this evening in the Council Chambers to discuss with the Mayor and C uucillors ways and means to purchase fire fighting appliances for Sha-n n. «ll will agree that a move in this lirection is an important one, and now that the Council have taken the matter up, it is to be. hoped they will have the support of the business people and that something will be done to enable us to protect our property in case of tire.

A very successful street stall was' con ducted in Plimmer Terrace on Saturday by. Mesdames Merwood and Gray for the purpose of raising funds for the Ven. Bede's Sunday School picnic and prize-giving. The stall was well loaded with cooking, preserves, v •getiljlos and fruit, the whole of which was disposed of. During the day a number < f com : petitions 'were got off, the whu.ors being:—Cushion, F. Goldsmith; dinner, E. Christian; sack of coal, Mrs EI wood, 1631b5, correct weight Kittv Kitchen, Mrs Whibley.

The following train arrangement?', have been made in connection with the school excursion on Friday next: Palmerston North Centre, comprising the schools from Manakau to Tokomaru: On Friday, March 4, a special train leaves Manakau at 6 a.m., Ohau 6.8, Levin 6.22, Koputaroa 6.35, Shannon 6.48, Tokomaru 7.26, Linton 7.35, Palmerston North arrives 8 a.m. A return special leaves Palmerston North at 1.18 p.m., Tokomaru 1.47, Shannon 2.5, Koputaroa 2.15, Levin 2 ( 40, Manakau arrives 2.55 p.m.

[ When Dr. A. H. E. Wall, of Wanganui, was inspecting the castle of Nurnberg (Germany) in the course of his recent trip abroad, he was surprised to hear New Zealand mentioned by someone in another group of sightseers. He discovered that the other New Zealander was Mr. ; I\ Ansley, formerly a resident of St. George's Gate, not a stone's thrown from Dr. Wall's home in Wangahui. Mr. Ansley was travelling to Prague as a member of the Universal Brotherhood, which aimed at the abolition of strikes, industrial trouble, - and other forms of strife. "I wished him luck," said Dr. Wall, amid laughter, when relating some of his observations at the Rotary Club's luncheon yesterday.

Those who believe that the rat is one of the intelligentsia will not cast doubt on this story related by a Home paper. An engineer employed in a large factory found that .despite a liberal supply of oil tha bearings* of the overhead gearing were bone dry every morning, finable 'to .suggest an explan&.tiyii, he kept watch one night and saw a number of rats travel across the steelwork and thrust their tails into the oil eup<), pfter licked away the clinging moisture with evjry appearance of relish. The following evening the engineer mixed poison with the oil. The rodents aamo again, but at* the first ta?te scuttled away Avith scucals of alarm, since Avhen they have ceased from troubling.