Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927.

Shannon News, 8 July 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927.

At the Bowling Club’s card tourney held last evening Mrs J. Hennessey and Mr L. Richardson won the trophies in the crib huge section, Mrs D. Ellwood

A few days ago the small son of Mr and Arts R. Christie, of Vogel Street, had the misfortune to fall out of a toy trollv and break his collarbone.

Mr. Jack Sinclair, of Vance Street, •vjio is employed at the Miranui flaxmili,’ while carrying a bundle of th\x, stumbled and injured his kneecap.

A consignment of poles were unloaded at the railway ' yards yesterday. These are to be used in connection with the new bridge across the Manawatu river.

Air. Jack Smith, employed as a butcher at the Shannon Meat Go’s abattoir, met with a nasty accident yesterday, severely cutting one of his fingers, necessitating several sticlies being inserted.

’ Great interest .is -being shown by members of the Shannon Choral Society who are putting a lot of time in practices for “Alerrie England. ” This will greatly help the Society in putting on the concert in good time as well as a good thing for the individual members.

At, the lecture on Monday night, on Voice Production, Air. A. T. White has very kindly offered to loan and work his" very powerful lantern to illustrate the lecture. The lecture and concert is open to' the public and an excellent high class programme has been arranged.

There was a record attendance on Tuesday evening at, the Card tourney conducted by the Women’s Institute. A .pleasant evening was spent, at the conclusion of which supper was handed round. Airs Pettit and Mr. ,C. Pritchard won the trophies for euchre, Mrs R. W. Taylor winning the competition for a cake.

Yesterday the Town Clerk received advice .from Mr. J., Linklatcr, M.P., that the deputation to the Minsiter of Public Works, requesting that the subsidy on the construction of Main Highways through boroughs be the same as granted to County Councils, would be taken this mornings

The Beautifying Committee is having the grass space in front of the plot in Plimmcr Terrace cleared, formed and levelled. When this work is completed the patli will be gravelled and asphalted. In the past this spot has been more or less an eyesore and the committee are to be complimented on their effort to bring about a neat appearance in our main street. ,

The -Borough Council has received advice from the Public Worts Department that Mr. J. Gagliardi has been appointed by them to inspect ihe site of the proposed new road to the cemetery and to bring down an estimate of the cost of the work. As soon as Mr. Gagliardi’s report comes to hand 1 the special committee set up to deal with this matter will meet and go fully into the question.

By the attendance of the public at the last Choral Concert it was easily seen that the residents of Shannon are lovers of good music and they will have another opportunity of enjoying another musical treat on Monday next in the Parish Hall, when Mr J. Garde Grirnshaw, of Palmerston North will give a short illustrated lecture on “How the Voice is produced.” Mr. Grimshaw is a successful teacher of voice production and elocution with a studio at Palmerston and lie has also pupils at Fcilding and other towns. The lecture will be followed by a short concert given by Mr. Grimshaw, assisted by Mrs Grimshaw and some of his talented pupils who have been very successful at the recent competition. Mr Grimshaw will sing selections from opera, oratorio, ballads, and will give elocutionary items from >Shakespeare and that war stirring poem “The Cricketers of Flanders.” It is the intention of Mr. Grimshaw to start teaching in Shannon at an early date. The price of admission to the concert and lecture is Is., surplus in aid of Choral Society.

One of the chief topics at the present time is the Q. Q. sale at Howard Andrew.s. The sale will start on Saturday and customers are urged to come early a"d secure t 1 • ■ ‘gains.*

The Alanawatu Rugby District Council this week decided to forward the following names of referees to the Horowlienua Council for the selection of the referee for the' return match against Alanawatu on July 16:—Messrs C. Eade, F. S. Hewitt, P. O. Skoglund, I. D. Parsons and E. AV. Low.

Tlie taxation per head of the average population of the Dominion during 1926-27 was £l2 5s 6d, a fall of 2s sd, as compared with the rate for the previous year. The Customs yielded the greater part of the total taxation by contributing £8,395,049. Other items were: Beer duty £021,813, land tax £1,229,0067, income tax £3,422,210, death duties £1,690,378, banks £201,913, duty on legal instruments £490,527, totalisator revenue £583,421, amusements tax £03,555, motor vehicles fees £395,797, other sources £344,095, total taxation £17,437,827.

At present the comet Bons-Winnecke is rising in the east about 10 p.m., being well above the horizon in the north, east by 11 p.m. it is due north about 2.30 ann., and is setting in the west when the sun is rising. Its increasing altitude in our skies will result in its rising earlier and further to the south on each succeeding evening. The comet appears to the naked eye as a small round patch of light, about equal in brightness with the star clouds of the Milky Way which flow nearby, and possessing a brighter, star-like nucleus. No tail is visible, as the comet is so placed that , the tail is streaming out behind, and is hidden by the. head of the comet. As the comet progresses in its orbit a tail will gradually become visible, and Pons-Winnecke will then present to the observer the appearance generally attributed to comets.