Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1927.

Shannon News, 7 June 1927, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1927.

The flaxcutters will resume work at. Miranui to-morrow and it is expected the mill will be running again next week.

At the Bowling Club's card tourney last week the trophies were won ; by Mrs White and Mr. L Bichardson, jun. in the cribbage section and by Mr. C. C. Franks in the" euchre.

At Ven. Bede's Church on evening Mr. J. A. Lister sang the solo "Lead Kindly Night." His rendering of this sacred solo was highly appreciated. ' .

The weekly sessions, afternoon and evening, of roller skating will be held in the Druids' Hall tomorrow. All new skates are supplied and beginners are instructed free.

Another very large glasshouse is now nearing completion in Shannon. It would appear that growing plants, flowers and fruit for the Wellington markets is a payable proposition locally.

A. card party will be held this evening in the Street Hall. These parties are to be held weekly, the proceeds to be in aid of the Women's Institute. Euchre and Five Hundred will be plaved, trophies being awarded to the winners. Supper will be provided. .

A smoke cone rt will be held in the Druids' Hall cliw evening, whrti.the presentation of Dewar's Imperial trophy will be made to the Horowhenua Kugby District Council. Players in the 1926 and 1927 Maori and Pakeha teams are specially invited to be present .

The children's plain and fancy dress I all to be held in the Druids' Flail-on Friday evening rmimises to be a great success. The, children are practising hard and ever .-thing points to a large attendance of little ones. The price of admission is within the reach of all and concessions will be made to families. The ball will be followed by dancing for adults after 9.30 p.m.

The work in connection with the forming" of the approach to the new bridge over the Manawatu river has been held up for some time in consequence of the non-arrival of a locociigine. Eumour has it that this engine was railed from Wellington last week, but it has not' arrived yet. If such is the case, there is apparently still room for the speeding up of our train services.

The construction of the earth bank at the Domain, which the Borough Council recently let by contract, is now completed. It is one and a-half chains long, rising from nothing to three feet in height. The contractors have made a good job of the work, and the grandstand, as it might well-be called, will certainly prove itself a great acquisition, as- about 350 people will now be enabled to witness events in the oval with ease and comfort.

The final'practices- are now being held for the Choral Society's concert to be held on June 16. Visitors at the practices are surprised at the vast improvement in the choir. The augmentation in the male section makes a big difference in the balance of the choir. The Society is Tendering six items, including the "Hallelujah Chorus" and by request "The Lost Chord," which was so much appreciated last time it was given with its splendid climax as a finale. An expert cornet player will assist in this. The full rehearsal will be held next Thursday when it is hoped that every member will be present, At the last practice Miss Aim, who was in splendid form, sang "The Stars that Light my Garden," and a very pretty' spring song, "Pass it on."

I wish to announce that I am continuing my practice in Shannon, but would advise sufferers not to delay too long in making appointments for treatment, as I will probably be leaving this district shortly. The Violet Kay treatment is a painless electrical treatment for the relief- of Rheumatism, Lum> bago, Sciatica. Neuritis, Nervous 1 Disorders, 'Goitre, Falling Hair, etc. It is particularly successful in the removal of warts and moles, of which I have \ removed over 10,000. It leaves no scar. Are you content to.go on suffering pain, knowing relief awaitsyou? You are invited to consult me free of cost or obligation and get my honest opinion of your complaint. What the Violet,. Ray has done for thousands of others, it will do for you. Don't suffer any longer. Make an appointment to-day. Treatments in your own } homes if desired. E. A. Billows, next, Presbyterian Church.*

Mr. E. Philpotts-CroAvther, organising secretary for the Dominion.of the i Bible-in-Schools movement, will give an address in the Parish Hall on Wedncsday at 7.30 p.m.. All are invited. J

The Prime Minister (Right Hon. J. G. Coates) announces that Parliament will meet for the transaction of public business on June 23.

Mr A. I. Manoy,. of Mariri, Nelson, heads the list as highest individual exporter of fruit in the Dominion, having dispatched 7121 cases during the past season.

"I found England in a most hopeful frame of inind.V. said Mr P. Cropper, of Auckland. '' The factories were right up to the mark again and were producing to the limit of their capacity."

A romance of the coal field is revealed by the will of Ma*. Joel Settle, of Alsager, Cheshire, who Started i ire as a pit boy, became one of the magnates of the coal industry, and died, at the fi'oe of 68, leaving a fortune of £504,245.

Mr Hector Turner, a well-known Masterton bowler, has left for Kenya, where he has secured a fine freehold farm of ,500 acres at £2 10s per acre. His brother-in-law occupies a similar holding at Kenya, and'it is their intention to grow wheat and maize on a large scale, there being a good market for these products.

The manner in which Mr Simpson, of Lower Hutt, first heard of an accident to his wife, was rather curious. When Mrs Simpson left home she took her dog .with her. Later in the afternoon the dog returned home, and began howling as if to attract attention to some hidden trouble of his own. On following the dog, Mr Simpson was led to the scene-of the accident. -

Mr. Harry, Jacob, c'aptain of the Maori tcam/a,t Qfcalri on Wednesday, met with an-unfortunate mishap at the week-end. While handling a can ttie an'iimial beoaime. troublesome, and was the means of forcing a knife into Ju'-s -wrist, inflicting a nasty injury. Oo spite tliis the veteran p:ayeu a fine io'(i,me, but,, nevertheless!, ■■ was handicapped through the misha.p:

The Dannevirke Borough Council received an acceptable addition to its •funds last week, when amounts totalling £312 were received from the Public Works Department, representing subsidy on maintenance on Weber Road and .High Street, under the main, highways scheme, "It is as acceptable as it is unexpected," said the Mayor at the Borough Council meeting when the communication covering the payment of the money into the banking account was received.

"Looking up my diary for 1887," writes the Stratford correspondent of the'Tara'naki H«-ald, "I came across such entries, as these: Sold 2i-year heifers at £2. »Sold fungus to Mulree at 3d. Sent potatoes to New Plymouth at 4s per cwt. Mulree took butter at old. This last seems to have been agood sale, for a little later comes the entry: Butter down again to 4d. There would not have been much sale for motor cars about here in those days, had thev been invented."

Down at Waikato Prison Farm there is located a well-known Auckland footballer of former days. The boys at the Farm must be keen on the game, because this week a request came to hand in the city for a. football to be sent down to the Farm (says an Auckland paper). Needless to relate, the request was immediately acted upon, and the ball despatched by return mail. It should do something to brighten up the life of the inmates at Waikeria.

"Stop sending servants out to my place," said Remuera resident to the Auckland Star, over the telephone. As a result of advertising for a domestic servant 28 applicants visited his house on one day, and over 100 rang him up on the telephone. The applicants included a number of typists and shopgirls, this being an indication that work in certain avenues was scarce, or else that homely house duties were becoming more popular.

The size of some of the boys in the Awahou fourth fifteen caused doubts to arise as to whether they were all under the age limit of 16, and as the attention of the Horowhenua Rugby Council was called to the question by Mr Mason, headmaster, of the Foxton District High School, in a letter a fortnight ago, Messrs F. Robinson and W. Neville were deputed to interview live boys whose ages" had been challenged and to point out to them that in case of protest the onus was on them to prove their ages; At the meeting of the Council held on Tuesday evening, Mr Robinson reported that it had been ascertained that four of the boys were under 16, but the other boy was not sure whether his birthday was in December or May. Consequently the lad had been requested to procure his birth ceitificate, which he agreed to do. Mr Robinson added that one of the. boys, notwithstanding his size, was under 14.