Shannon News FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1927.

Shannon News, 27 May 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1927.

The competition for the box of chocolates, which was to raise funds for the Shannon Athletic Club, was won by Mrs Gartner^

Before Mr W. H. Gunning, J.P., on Wednesday morning, two. first offenders for drunkenness were fined 10/ each.

The Kiwi Bacon Co., announces that the final trucking for this season will take place on Wednesday, June Ist, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Good prices are offered for good pigs over 100 lbs.

At a special meeting of the Borough Council held on Tuesday evening a resolution was passed : “That the sanction of the Local Government Loans Board be obtained to take a poll of the ratepayers on a proposal to borrow t £750 for swimming baths.”

A final reminder is given that the Shannon Choral Society’s dance will take place in the Druids ’ Hall this evening. Nothing has been spared to provide a pleasant evenihg’s dancing, and patrons are assured of a good tinie. Mrs Butler’s orchestra will provide the music.

The five hundred card party tjie Women’s Institute on Tuesday evening drew a fair attendance. Owing to unforeseen circumstances the time of commencing was late, but nevertheless, those present spent a pleasant evening. The winners were Mr and Mrs GFrank.

During the winter months, commencing on Wednesday next, at the Druids’ Hall, lovers of rolling skating will have the opportunity of indulging in this popular pastime every Wednesday. There will be afternoon and evening sessions, commencing at 3.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. All new skates will be supplied and beginners will be instructed free. At the afternoon;session the prices will be adults 1/-, children 6d, including skates.

An unfortunate accident befel the eighteen-months-old son of Mr and Mrs G. Nahkies, of Plimmer Terrace, on Tuesday morning. The little fellow was playing on the floor with a ball and a shoe horn. Hearing the child scream, Mrs Nahkies rushed into the room to find the little chap's face covered with blood and a severe wound to his nose. Medical aid was . sought immediately and Dr. Bell, with the assistance of Dr. Thompson, of Levin, inserted several stitches in the injured organ, which was almost severed. It is* not known what happened, but it is thought that the. child must have fallen on the shoe horn.

It is now nearly 12 months since MiBillows commenced practising the Violet Ray treatment in Levin, and during that time over 2500 treatments have been given. Before commencing here Mr Billows made enquiries from prominent business men as to his prospects Most of them replied: “If your treatment is nor good I’ll give you 4.t0 6 weeks but if it is the wonderful healer vou claim it to be—well the district is iiot large —but there should be at least plenty to do for two or three years.” Ovtr 100 former martyrs to dread complaints have been cured locally (as distinguished from mere relief), so a little consideration will enable you to realize whether the treatment has been effective. If you are suffering from “nerves,” rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, neuritis, insomnia, goitre, etc., give the Violet Ray a trial, you won’t regret it. Thousands have been cured. Why not you? Hours 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., treatments in your own homes if desired. Consultation free.—R. A. Billows, c/o Mrs Vaughan, next Presbyterian Church, Shannon. // The councillors for the Wiroldno Riding (Crs. Catley, McLeavey and Kilsby) were appointed by the Horowhenua County Council yesterday to approach the Levin Borough Council and ascertain whether it is the intention of that body that Mako Mako Road shall he tar-sealed, or whether the penetration system shall be adopted. The Riding representatives were given power to act on behalf of the County Council.

The alterations in the electoral boundaries will effect the Otalci electorate insomuch as Upper Hutt and Trentham are to be embodied in the Wairarapa. It would appear that thercis still a small strip oh the other side of the ranges, comprising HeretaungS, and’ a portion of Haywards, left in Otaki. It is piobable that before the final adjustments are made this awkward corner will be eliminated and Otaki’s boundaries made so that the whole""electorate will be on this .side of the rai%e.

“What is a farmer?” asked a delegate at the Farmers’ Union Conference yesterday. “I have, heard it said,” replied another delegate “that a farmer is a man who owns a piece of land entirely surrounded by mortgages.

“I hope we won’t see the day, but some people are of opinion that if the Labour Party came into power the country would go to ruin, ’’ said Captain W\ Morrison (Maxwelltown), at the Farmers’ Union social last evening. “I don’t believe that at all; but I think that the Government would not be as good as to-day.”

It was mentioned at the meeting of the Horowlienua Rugby District Council management committee last evening, by Mr I J. J. O’Connor (president), that Auckland had been granted a privilege which was the only one of its kind sanctioned in the world by the English Rugby Union —namely., the right to play games in four spells of 20 minutes each. , .. ~. iH

At the annual nieeting of the Horowhenua County Council yesterday, a motion was tabled by Cr. Catley, sec- ft onded by Cr. McLeavey, That the Levin Borough Council be asked to submit an estimate of what they propose to spend cm boundary roads. The Chairman (Cr. Monk) asked, “Does that refer to new work?’’ to which the mover replied, “If they have any new work in view.’’ The motion was carried.

“You can take it that the Government has defintely decided to raise the duty on flour from £3 to £4'a ton,.’’ said the Trime Minister in an interview at Dargaville. “Certain proposals, have been made to the Australian Government and notice given of our intentions, but beyond I cannot say anything more at present.’’

A visitor, from Scotland, who was in Timaru recently, mentioned, in the course, of a conversation with a Herald reporter, that the tragic spectacle cf the Clyde shipbuilding yards almost silent, as they were during the time of the great coal strike at Home, was to be soon no more. There were now sufficient orders in hand to keep the yards busy for the next five years.

The sequel to\an incident during the Rev. Howard Elliott’s address at Eltham on Wednesday last, when, it was alleged, 3ome turnips were thrown at the doer, was heard in the Magistrate's Court there. J. Mullobv and R J. Leatham, charged with disturbing the meeting, were severely warned by Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M., and the case was adjourned for six months without sentence being passed, the offenders being required to behave 1 themselves during that time.

A serious charge was brought against a referee at last night’s 'meeting of the Canterbury Football Association. A denutation from the Thistle Club waited on" the Association and alleged that P. Mitchell, who refereed the club’s game with Nomads last Saturday, when Nomads won, was -biassed towards Western, was incompetent and dismissed a player wrongfully. After hearing statements the committee decided to reprimand the player. The Thistle Club then handed in its resignation forthwith from the Association.

“People say to the fanners, ‘You have not the commercial brains. ’ Dammit, we would not be here if we had not the brain. I was one of those who supported the, Coates Government, but now I say, they can fool some of the pleople all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but they can’t fool us farmers all the time.” —-Mr H. Dalysh (Martinborough), speaking at the Farmers’ Union Conference, with reference to the Government’s apathetic attitude towards agricultural banking pfoposqls.

Reports that are now coming to hand indicate that the shooting season in the Auckland province has not proved particularly productive. Usually duck shooting, at least the beat of it, is over during the first week, and from thence on pheasant shooting is the main sport. As a result of liberating pheasants on a generous scale in the off-season, fair “bags” have been secured in some localities, but, compared with a few decades ago, the birds are scarce the reason it is believed, being due to depredations of stoats', weasels and hawks.

“What does ‘pommy’ mean? I,saw it in the newspaper the other day, and wondered what it was,” asked Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court at Auckland, when a witness in a divorce suit used the word. “I believe it signifies ‘new arrival’,” said Mr. Leary, who.was appearing in the case. “It is a synonym for ‘son of the Homeland,’ or rather, ‘son of the Homeland recently arrived,” put in Mr. Singer, another counsel, amid laughter. His Honour did not seem satisfied with the explanations, and asked how the word originated. Mr. Allan Moody, the third counsel, said it was a derivative of “Tommy.” Mr Singer thought it a variation of another slang word, “homie. ” The Court left it at that.

Monseigneur Turquetil, as head of the Oblate Missionaries among the Eskimos of Hudson Bay, went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to take part in the fourth and last Far North broadcast of the wwinter from KDKA, which took place on Frebruary 26. He spoke ten minutes in English then, relapsing into his mother tongue- (he was born in Normandy), M. Turquetil gave personal greetings to his missionaries at Chesterfield Inlet, Eskimo Point, and Southampton Island. _ Finally, the Bishop spoke in primitive Eskimo to his “children,” 3000 miles away, addressing them with a warm,, intimate tone begotten by years of close association. The great event of M, Torquetil’s talk to his Eskimo parishioners had been heralded for weeks by radio announcements and the “trap line ticgraph.” It was the first, time in the brief, eventful history of broadcasting that hundreds of Eskimos trappers, traders and explorers were forgathered about the too few receiving sets in the Arctic to hear themselves addressed, bv name in many cases, in English, French and Eskimo.