Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927.

Shannon News, 1 April 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927.

The annual meeting of the Shannon Golf Club will be held in the Council Chambers this evening at 7.30 p.m. A street stall will be held in Plimmer Terrace to-morrow (Satu-day) by the Ladies' Guild of Ven. Bede's Church. Owing to the Easter holidays, thft Kiwi Bacon Co. will be trucking at Shannon on Thursday next, April 7th, and again on April 21st. On Monday evening, radio listeners in Shannon picked up five new stations, including one in California. In each case the different items came through very clearly. The Hui Mai senior football team will play a return match wj t th, the Shannon -seniors at the Domain tomorrow. On the following Saturday the Western United seniors will meef Shannon seniors at the Domain. The Visitors' Guide to Shannon, a booklet nicely compiled and well-illua-trat,ed, recently published by the Shannon Chamber of Commerce, is now obtainable at Mr J. V. Burns, stationer, for the price of one shilling. The Shannon Choral Society held another successful practice, when good progress was made with the ne.y work. Eight new members were elected. Intending members are requested to be present at the next practice, as the time for enrolment of new members is drawing to a closo this part of the session. A number of friends met together at Makerua last week to farewell the Rev. A. F. Stewart before leaving the district to take up his new duties at Bulls. After a short service, Mr. J Smith handed Mr. Stewart an envelope containing a cheque and a letter expressing regret at his leaving the district, and recording the great value of his good work in the district. Mr. Smith spoke very feelingly of the good work Mr. Stewart had done in Makerua, quoting the parable of the Sower. He voiced the good wishes of all present and hoped Mr. Stewart would be very happy in his new sphere of work. Messrs Anderson and Walker supported with a few words and Mr. Stewart replied. On page 2, two very seasonable lines —blankets and dress flannel—are advertised by Howard Andrew, Ltd. Customers would do well to cali and inspect these. A palatial Masonic Temple is in course of erection in Masterton. In describing the stops made by the Royal train for water the Sydney Sun remarks that New Zealand trains are the thirstiest in the whole world. During the month of February estates of deceased persons to the number of 99 were placed under the charge of the Public Trustee for administration. A bachelors' dance will be held in the De Luxe Hall on Tuesday, April sth, and special novelties will be featur-.d. The Jazzmanian Orchestra wilt supply the latest popular music, and a first-class supper will be provided. The prices of admission are: Double 5/-, single 3and 2/-. .. There is a man in London who earns i over £IOOO a year by stamping index j thumb-slots in telephone directories! He calls on clubs, business firms, and private houses, ard for two shillings j indexes directories. This idea was tha outcome of some delay he experienced in finding a telephone number in a directory that had been in' extensive use'. Ho met with quick success, for people realised the value of his idea as a" timesaver. Now he has many regular clients, and when a new telephone directory U issued he is hard put to it to carry out his orders. His implements —a concave chisel, a hammer, and a set of alphabetical stamps— cost him only a few shillings.

The total receipts in the Cambridge Art Union were £24,003. The expenses totalled £23,001, leaving a credit balance of-£IOO2.

An indication of the number of men seeking work in Auckland was furnished when over 200 men responded to an advertisement of a firm of merchants for temporary storemen. Only 10 men were required.

Hundreds of people paid for the privilege of viewing the suite occupied by the Duke of York at Warner's Hotel, Christchurch, and the proprietor has harded £72 Is 6d to the orphanage authorities for distribution.

"By jove, my luck was in at this sale. At the February sale my wool was passed in at Hid, and I was a "bit glum about it, but would you believe it* I got 16d for the same wool at this sale," said a sheep farmer to a friend at the Wanganui wool sale.

"One can always find something of interest in Dunedin," said Mr E. C. Cutten, S.M., who was in reminiscent mood at the meeting of the Dunedin Club, Auckland. "They built a beautiful gaol down there you know, and as they have not enough prisoners to keep the establishment going they have housed the police force in it."

F. J. Grose, New Zealand champion cyclist, was very successful at the Wanganui sports on Saturday evening, winning the half mile cycle race in 61 1-5 sees, the one and a-half scratch race in 3mins 30secs, and the two mile handicap by inches from Ross, who rode with great dash. During his trip in the North Island Grose has secured ten first, five seconds and two thirds.

Why the Maoris call the native green parakeet, the footballer, was explained by Johannes C. Andersen, the wellknown librarian and ornithologist, in his lecture at the Opera House, Wanganui on Monday afternoon. The bird's habitual cry, he said, sounded rather like "Pretty Dick," or "Be Quick," often repeated. But the Maoris interpreted the expression "Free kick, free kick," and accordingly they called the bird the footballer. (Laughter).

The 1926-27 summer has been a gr?p.t season for onions, and there is at present a glut of that commodity on the local vegetable market. Last Reason, onions commanded 4d or 5d a pound hi Wanganui, and the good profits- to be made induced more gardeners to plant them this year. The result is that cnions in strings, bags and cases are now plentiful in local marts, while the price on the retail market does not exceed a penny a pcund. At this figure the growers' margin is so small that some aro holding on to 30 or 40 tons in the hope that the market will improve. —Wanganui Chronicle.

"There is a real danger of a crowd of professors getting hold of this movement and riding it to death," declared Mr M. E. Lyons, at Christchurch, in referring to the .Agricultural. Collepe to be established at Palmerston. "What you are about to do is to bring up an army of men who will h'ok for jobs in the Civil Service and not look for jobs on farms —jobs with coats off " Lincoln College was doing very good work. New Zealand was not big enough for what was being attempted, and he felt sure many would regret the movement. The Government was being provided with an excellent opportunity for increasing taxation.

An unusual hitch occurred at the commencement of a service at St. Peter's Cathedral, Hamilton, recently (says the Waikato Times). Bishop Cherrington, who was in the pupit, announced the number of the first hymn, "255. " The organist played the opening bars of the tune to "The Voic. that Breathed o'er Eden," and continued to play the whole of the first verse. The congregation stood in pilence, realising that there was something wrong, but not knowing what to do. The Bishop again announced the number of the hymn he wanted and recited the first line, "Just as I am, without one plea. " The organist at last accepted the cue and the service proceeded without fur ther delay. Remarkable skill, considering his handicap, has been shown by a returned soldier, Mr J. P. Ireland (of Te Rapa, Frankton), in the manufacture of an improved egg crate, which is now on view at the Commercial Travellers' Club. Intricate wire-working was necessary to ftinge the lid securely and properly, while craftsmanship above the the ordinary was needed to fit the shallow trays snugly one into the other. Prominent poultrymen from all over New Zealand and Government poultry experts have praised the crate for its fine design and finish. ' There has been a very decided improvement in the general outlook so far as New Zealand is concerned during the last few days, owing no doubt to the very satisfactory wool sales which have recently taken place, together with the improvement in the butter market at Home. Both are very important factors to this district and will probably result in making the position much easier than it has been for some time past. The lessons to be learned from set-baoks which have to be faced from time to time, is the exercising of strict economy and in taking care to see that one gets full value for their money. It is In this respect that the anrual stock-taking sale of Aitken's big value store has been each year a boon to the thrifty, and the excellent values offered each year always assures a successful sale. Many and varied are the money-saving opportunities offered this year at this well-known and popular book, stationery and music store, including, as it does, Hg reductions in the prices of all books, stationery, music, household sundries, toys, and fancy goods. Special printed lists of the wonderful bargains offered will be distributed throughout the district,] and residents will do well to study the values carefully and act at once as in oome cases the stocks are limited and j the best bargains are sure to be snapped up quickly. Aitken's annual stocktaking sale starts next Saturday, April 2nd, And you are »dvis«d to bo early.

The British Oil Company is having a small tanker built at Home for oil transport between Wellington and Wanganui, Btates a Press Association message from Wellington.

The importance of practice has always been stressed by all great musicians. Mark Hambourg once remarked, "If I neglect to practice for one. day, I know it, and if I neglect it for a week, the public knows it." Paderewski, who is at present visiting Australia, has probably spent more time at the piano than any other musician, for besides his concerts he practises regularly for seven hours daily.

When a discussion was taking place I at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Federation of Justices of the Peace j Association on the question of payment of prisoners from the commencement of their sentences, Mr H. Holland, M.P. (Christchurch), said that he knew of a man who had been imprisoned in Papanui prison who. was working on an entrance and had done a beautiful piece of work. His sentence was completed before the work was done, and he asked to be allowed to stay to finish the work. The prison authorities being unable to grant permission, so what did the man do? He went out and broke a pane of glass and was again committed to prison.

An English road, engineer now in New Zealand stated that bitumen seal ing can be done very cheaply if t\\i area dealt with is largo enough. Tn Britain it is now being done in large areas at 3d a square yard. He considers that similar work in New Zealand, if a large mileage was done with proper plant and organisation, should be practicable at 5d or 6d a square yaid. The latter figure is equal- to £264 a mile on an 18ft road. The policy of separate local bodies each doing a few miles with inexperienced staff and uneconomical plant, this engineer considers wasteful in the extreme. But New Zealand seems to prefer throwing money away in these matters.

The need for-a campaign educating school children, particularly the younger ones, into observance of ordinary rules of safety is illustrated every morning and afternoon in Wanganui. When they are released from school the children flock along the roads, not keeping to the footpaths, nor pursuing safety tactics on the road. Sky-lark-ing is indulged in to an extent that invites accidents. Even the most careful motorists finds it difficult to avoid some of the careless and foolhardy youngsters. The behaviour of children from the Keith Street School on Friday afternoon, furnishes a case ir. point. A band of children was spread across Liverpool Street. While some of them ignored the horns of approaching cars, others made playful sallies at the passing motors, and one reckless infanv • dually made a car deviate to the roadside by lying down, in the middle of the road as it approacheaf.— Wanganui Chronicle.

. IJYom.Los Angeles, writing to friends in R. L. ' ("Snowy") Baker-says: "My old 'New Zealand horse Boomerang dropped dead yester : day. I was using him in a game of polo. When the game was finished the old fellow walked off the field and dropped dead a few minutes later. He had played a leading part in every motion picture I made both in Australia and the United States. Boomeiang travelled, with me in most parts of the world. He was on the vaudeville stage in America for a year. Joys of the kangaroo and wild pig hunts were well known to him. He has been in the fox hunt; and won much success as a hunter in show rings. For five year>, I drove Boomerang in single and tandem rig. He was better known in the Sydney streets than 'yours truly.' The late Mr Eupert Morrison, of Blairlogie Station, Masterton, shipped him to me in Sydney in 1914.

That the inauguration of an institution for the homeless and needy has been justified in Dunedin (states the Star) is shown by the fact that 7,965 meals and beds have been supplied within the last eighteen weeks at the Salvation Army's shelter in Maclaggan

"If every railway officer did his job with the same courtesy and devotion ito duty as our guest has done," remarked a speaker at the smoke concert to Mr. Norman, in Eketahuna, "there wouldn't be any need for a Highways Board —the railways would more than pay and the balance could be given to counties for" roads." —(Express).

After the address from the Irish citizens of Dunedin had been presented to the Duke of York (reports the Star), His Royal Highness caused a message to be sent to the eight men who signed the address, inviting them to meet him at Fernhill Club in the afternoon, and in his acknowledgements the Duke expressed his high appreciation of the address and the beauty of the presentation harp.

Three acclimatisation societies in the Auckland province have been successful in adding pukeko to the list of native game which may be shot in the approaching season, but in each instance the period, so far as pukeko are concerned, has been restricted to the month pf May.

"I don't want to be an alarmist, but there are indications that we shall have a considerable increase in the number of applications for relief in the very near future," said Mr. G. Petherick, chairman of the social welfare committee, at a meeting of the Wellington Hospital Board on Friday.

B. W. Lamb, the champion Victorian cyclist, in an interview, said: "If I had my money to spare, I would establish a sports stadium in Wellington for amateur athletics and cycling. Cycling has a tremendous hold there. The Wellington people are. as fine a crowd of sports as I have ever had to do with, and I think that if there were a banked track there there would be a bigger boom in amateur cycling, which is already popular, than at present th« people dream of."

The boxing authorities in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have decided to restrict all contests to 15 rounds from March 26, states a Sydney message.

In future should a fire break out outside the boundaries of the Otaki Borough the iire engine will not be available. This was a decision arrived at at the last meeting of the local Fire Board. Firemen, however, may please themselves as to their actions. Patients admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital during February numbered 181 while 206 were discharged leaving in the institution on March. 1 1st 111. The average number of infectious cases had been small —a few eases of scarlet fever and influenza being treated. For some time past the Timaru police have been baffled over a series of burglaries, when much valuable jewellery was stolen. In one case the) burglar made ■ a meal for himself in a house he entered, the occupants being absent. Careful watch ha. 3 been kept for some weeks and last night an arrest was mc.de. A Now Plymouth nessage states that a proposal to raise a lean of £186,000 for extensions of water and electric work:; was carried by a ratepayers' poll on Friday by a majority of 281, the voting being 1110 for and 829 against. ■ Only a few weeks ago the same proposal v;va rejected by a fair margin. A telegram states that the Dunedin Hospital Board decided at a special meeting that its levy on local authorities for the current year should be fixed on maintenance expenditure of approximately £44,000 and capital expenditure of £6OOO. The total levy this year has been increased by £14,000 — from £36,000 to £50,000 the increase working out at only a shade less than 40 per cent. A widow was awarded damages in the sum of £750 by the Arbitration Court in Christchurch in a claim for compensation against her father-in-law. May Harrison, of Christchurch, widow of the late Harold Vincent Harrison, travelling salesman, claimed compensation from James Harrison, trading as James Harrison and Company, polish manufacturers, of Christchurch, holding that her husband, who met his death in an accident at Dunedin, was at the time in the employ of his father. "Some people do not believe in advertising at all," said Mr. Fama, in a lecture to the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce. "They are like the young man who winked at a pretty girl in the dark to attract her attention. There are- others who think because, they have been in business for thirty years that they do not need to advertise. Let me tell you that there is a church not far [ from here which has been built nearly forty years, yet they still ring the bell on Sunday.

When will the last idea in the art of gambling or games of chance be discovered, the Otago Daily Times asks. It is hundreds of years since the disciples drew lots to see who should succeed Judas after he had gone out and hanged himself. History tells us that the Romans even before that period had their games of chance, now long forgotten, and new schemes have eonie and gone since then of introducing an element of excitement into human life by a gamble. Probably the very latest has now to be mentioned, though it was far from the minds of the authorities when they introduced the system of motor ear numbers now in vogue. The procedure is simply this: A corner round which cars run in fairly regular procession is selected, and the party if gamblers first draw ''ots to allot the order of the "players." Along comes ',ar No. 1, with five figures, the recognised poker hand. Then the next car and the next number and so on. The 'ally completed, the best "poker" hand connects. One taxi driver relates that vhen he drove past a suburban corner he other day—his car had four ones ■ind another number —a scene of great excitement ensued, the lucky "holder" throwing his hat into the aid and yellng his delight.