Shannon News THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1927.

Shannon News, 2 June 1927, Page 2

Shannon News THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1927.

On and after June Ist. the price of milk in Shannon , will be sixpence per quart or 4/- for a card of 16 pint coupons.

In this issue Mr. J. Holden announces that lie has opened in Carter ® Buildings, Ballance Street, as a. ladies and gents’ hairdresser. He is also stocking a full range of tobaeeos and smokers’ requisites.

There was a good attendance at both afternoon and evening sessions of the roller skating at the Druids’ Hall yesterday. The management will hold two sessions every Wednesday'during the winter months. *

A smoke concert will.be held in the Druids’ Hall on Tuesday, evening, June 7th, when the presentation of Dewar’s Imperial trophy to the Horowhenua Rugbv District ■ Council will take place. Players in 1926 and 1927 Maori and Pakeha teams are specially invited to attend.

The children’s plain and fancy dress ball to be held on Friday evening. June Btli. promises, to be a most successful gathering.; . . .The cljildren are practising hard and the., committee are sparing no pains in perfeetirig_ their arrangements. • The-ball has been or - ganised by the Green and White stallholders in connection-with ; the.Athletic Club ’s Carnival' in to _ assist in•’ raising funds'to asphalt the cycle track and carry, out imprqyepients at the Domain. , -i '.

‘ ‘ Wherever aid you get that smart pretty hat?” said one lady'to another who had just purchased' a lovely model at a low price. ‘‘ At Howard Andrew ’s, ’’ was quick reply. “I always get them there. , They:' are out on their own for price and smartness. ’ Mid-winter reductions ,4n millinery is the theme of Howard Andrew’s advertisement in this issue.,, and ‘ customers are asked to look at tty?. windows and to inspect the Showroom during the next few days.*

It is with regret thajt. I have to announce that unless is ; more inducement offered I will reluctantly have to close in Shannon. . Several residents have availed themselves of mv services with good results, but I must nave a continuity of patients.' It costs a lot of money and time to visit Shannon daily, so unless there is an improvement, I will hot accept any further patients after Wednesday next, Ist June. The Violet Ray Treatment is a high class treatment and :one well worthy of the support of sufferers. For Rheumatism, Lumbago, .Goitre, Neuritis, Sciatica, nervous disorders, falling hair, removal of moles, warts etc, there is nothing better. Levin results show 95 per cent of cures, Shannon will show the same if given the opportunity. The treatment is painless, pleasant and invigorating. Should patients require evening treatments possibly I could arrange an alteration in my hours. Remember Ist June will be the last day if you delay. R. A. Billows, e/o. Mrs Vaughan next Presbyterian Church.

“The price of petrol: in,. New Zealand is another thing that shocked me,” said Rotarian J. Adam, of the Victoria Rotary Club, British Columbia, and manager of the Canadian Soccer team in Palmerston yesterday. “In Canada the price is 6d ai gallon, while in New Zealand it is nearly 2s a gallon.” Oiving to the heavy rains eperienced during the week-end, a large slip occurred between Otalci and Manakau, at the place known as Sinjcox’s Hill, where a twenty-foot cutting was being widened by the Highways Board and the County Council. The slip was about five chains long, and it caused a thousand yards or more of clay and sand to be dumped on the highway. A gang of 20 men, with seven drays, were put on yesterday morning, and a route was first cleared round the toe of the slip, so that there was no hindrance to traffic. The remainder of the spoil is being: expeditiously carted away, but the incident has delayed the regular work on the road by some days, besides adding to the cost of the highway, which will fall equally on the Board and the Council. ~ ; Papatoetoe, . wiStih a tdwn ffl/rea of two square mile and a population of 1600, has already six public reserves, comprising 26J acres. , The Prime Minister (Right Hon. J. G. Coates) announced on 'Friday, that Parliament would meet for the transaction of public business on June 23rd.,

Wanganui County Council contemplates adopting a by-law compelling dogs to (be kept under control.

Nearly £9,000,000 was realised by the wool growers of the Dominion during the past season.

“Please note that the names and addresses of my clientele are not kept at my office, ” is the text of a notice issued by a Southern bookmaker, who has been taught by the experience of others.

The rule of the Horowhenua Rugby District Council requiring that all insurance fees be paid to the secretary of the Council, or to the referee prior to a game commencing, was altered last evening so as to relieve the referees of the responsibility of collecting the dues, which are now payable solely to the secretary (Mr J. Casey).

The management committee of the Horowhenua Bugby District Council last evening, by eight votes to four, carried a resolution moved by Mr J. Casey and seconded by the chairman (Mr J. J. O’Connor), that club games be continued on the days when the combined representative matches, and the trial games are played. There are eight Manawhen.ua rep. matches to bo played —-the first four away from home and the remaining four in the Union’s area. The dates extend from July 30 to September 14.

' “Cliff Porter, the All Black captain, told me it was a pity they had not as good referees in Wellington as we have here,’’ said Mr T. Wrigley, -at the Horowhenua Bugby Council meeting last night. ‘‘The referees here, ’’ remarked Mr J. W. Procter, “are as good as any in Wellington. On Athletie Park the players can knock on as much as they like.’’ Mr Wrigley: “The public in Wellington are complaining, this year, about the refereeing, on account of letting things go in the game in an attempt to make it spectacular. ’ ’

Increasing interest is being taken in the Large White breed of pig, which experience has shown are specially suited for the industry in New Zealand. A telegram recently published stating that Mr D. W. D. Bobertson, of New Plymouth, sold a Large White sow with a litter of eight pigs at auction, the total realized being 204£ gns. It is of interest to note that the Levin Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., not long ago imported two Large White pigs; from one of the best studs in Australia, and they were receiving numerous enquiries from pig breeders, who desire to go in for the Large White strain.

Should police officers be permitted to interview school pupils during schooj hours, ,and is ; a headmaster within his rights in . refusing this right .ttt .the police?, This question was put to the Wanganui Education Board, at its.meeting recently ..by. the head teaJcheir of the Manunui- School. The writer stated that he did, not like children being put through, the ..“third degree,” and considered ithat children'shouM be questioned at their homes and in the presence of their parents. / The meeting considered the teacher was corredt and it was (decided to obtain the opinion of the Commissioner of police on the matter.

On Tuesday afternoon of last week, ’Constable Lapouple, of Waitara, in response to an urgent Urequi telephone message which alleged that two desperadoes brandishing revolvers were alarming various people along the road, hastened to the scene. He found two youths with swags, one of whom had a dangerous-looking weapon stuck in his belt. This the constable promptly seized, but on examining the weapon ‘found it to be a harmless toy, being nothing more or less than a air pistol, which fired. darts with a large rubber end to facilitate its propulsion by air. It appears that the alleged highwaymen were lads from New- Ptymouth, who had left that town in search of work in the country. Constable Lapouple issued a warning to the budding “Tom Mix’s” in regard to alarming people along the road, and they departed in high spirits, although they had only a few shillings in their possession. After the constable’s return to Waitara ha received further alarmist reports peivmedium of the telephone, but speed ily discounted the wild rumours.