Shannon News FRIDAY JULY 29, 1927.

Shannon News, 29 July 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY JULY 29, 1927.

Miss Dulcie Spencer, of the nursing staff of the Wellington Hospital, is at present spending a holiday with her parents, Mr and Mrs E. J. S. Spencer, of Vogel Street.

Dancing enthusiasts are • reminded that the People's Picnic dance will be held in the Parish Hall to-morrow evening. A special attraction will be novelty dances.

During the week the competition conducted by the Women's Institute foi the ehi-M's chair was won by Betty Simpson. The winning name was Betty Franks.

A .large crowd was present at the Bowling Club's card tourney last evening. Mrs Butler and Mr Clayton Avon the crib prizes and Mrs Lionel Richardson th e . euchre prize At the eon elusion supper was served.

Trustees Taylor and Speirs, of tin Bucklty Drainage Board, visited Wellington yesterday for the purpose of interviewing the Minister of Internal Affairs in refarence to matters affecting the Board.

Thi'i evening the annual meeting' ol members and intending of "the Shannon Bowling Club will be held in the Pavilion at 7 p.m., when the report and balance sheet will be presented and the election of officers foi the. coming season will take place.

The dance held in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening under the auspices of Ven. Bede's Ladies Guild, was well attended and proved most enjoyable. Mi A. H. Morgan was M.C., the music being supplied by Mrs Butler's orchestra. evening competitions were held, the winners being Misses Satherley and Moore and Messrs Payne and McEwen.

Messrs Pritchard and T. Ingley presented the trophies for this week's card partv, conducted by the Women 's Institute.*' Mrs Ellwood and Mr T. Ingley were the winners. As the latter had presented the trophy he won, he very generously handed it over to the committee to be .-ompeted for next week. Mrs R. W. Taylor won the cake competition.

The Town Clerk reported to the Council on Tuesday evening that an old hc.se which had been impounded and offered by auction had failed to elicit a bid. He had arranged with the poundkeeper to have it destroyed. Cr. Curran sen., said it was very unfair that the ratepayers'should have to pay to have .the horse destroyed and also 2s. 6d per day for feed during the time it was in the"pound. The Council should do all they could to trace the owner in such a iase. The Town* Clerk stated the Poundkeeper was- doing his best to«fiild the owner and. if he was successful, proceedings would be take 1 j;ncl the offender would be made to realise his liability.

Mr Hutton, Assistant Engineer, at the Mangahao Hydro Works, has received notice of his transfer to Whangarei and along with Mrs Hutton will leave for their new home at the end of next week. During Mr and Mrs Hutton's residence at Mangahao they have always taken a prominent part in the social life of the camp, while a 3 supporters of the local branch of the Plunket Society, they have rendered invaluable service, having been largely instrumental in the formation of the branch;-. Mrs Hutton being the- first president and being still a vice-presi-dent and staunch worker, while Mr Hutton has been a member of the Advisory Board ever since its inception. Wh:le regretting their departure their many friends at Mangahao and Shannon, will join in wishing them every happiness in their future home. .

All whaling records in Cook Strait were broken on Thursday when no fewer than 11 captures were made. Seven whales were harpooned by the J. A. Perano party and four by the E. C. Peiaho party. The totals for the season now are: J. A. Perano 28, E. C. Peiano 17.

The-"report of the Auckland Public Library stated that the popularity of the,'lending departments was unabated and for the first time the number of volumes issued passed the half-million mark, the actual total being 534,442, an increase of 61,098. The growth of this department was illustrated by a table showing that in 1916-17 the five libraries in the city issued 119,867 volumes, in 1921-22 six libraries issued 411,097 volumes, and in 1926-27 eight libraries issued 536,402 volumes.

New potatoes have made their appearance at 'the Auckland auction marts. The best have brought up to 5d per lb and inferior 3d.

"I am unable to accede to the re' quest," stated Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court, at Palmerston on an application being made to him for the suppression of a name. "Publication of a name," he added, "is the greatest part of the punishment, and publicity is the greatest deterrent tq crime Av e have.,."

Masterton claims to haVe one of the most efficient gas plants in New Zealand and their charge of 7s 6d per 1000 cubic feet is Tower than any other inland town in New Zealand. At the same time the Council's price for coke —ls 9d per bag uncrushed and 2s 6d crushed is cheaper than at many of the ports.

A prize fight makes an irresistible" appeal to most people, and throughout Friday telephones were continuously engaged by inquirers (says an Auckland paper). * "Who Avon?" inquired one lady . On securing this information, her following inquiry was: "Er—who was the other gentleman?"

A swag of 89 opossum skins which received the official registration mark at the Hawera police station the other day (says the Star) gave evidence- of the good fortune in trapping experienced so far this season by a local resident in the Ararata district. Commencing on July 1, the opening of the season, the trapper bagged the total given in fourteen days, and the pelts being valued at 13s to'l9s each, he should ;have cause foi" satisfaction with his success.

Under an anonymous signature a payment for quite a considerable sum was received by the Hawkes Bay Hospital Board last week under, unusual conditions. The sum enclosed Avas £35, and under the signature of "Ex. patient," a covering letter was brief and very much to the point. The letter stated that the £35 Avas the balance due to the Board for treatment received in the hospital some years ago. Being now in a position to meet Ms obligations, it gave him great-satisfaction to do so.

The value of poultry keeping Avhen systematically and economically undertaken is supported 'by the I'oJloAving instance quoted by Mr E. C. Janet, Government Instructor, in the course of a lecture to the Women's Division of the Fanners' Union at Cambridge. A woman in Monganui, North Auckland, received £220 for eggs sold in one year, besides raising 83 cockerels and CO pullets. The flock only consisted of 200 birds.

Mr J. McFarland, of Aorangi, expressed- regret at the annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Union at Palmerston that he would not be able to continue on the executive of the Union. "If I live till next March," he added, ' l l '-will be 80 years of age and I think I have serA'ed my generation to the best of my ability." These remarks were greeted Avith loud applau&e and complimentary references Avere made to the splendid AA-ork that Mr McFarland had done on" behalf of the farming community as a Avliole. Appreciation of his services Avas recorded in the minutes.

Comparison of the Manawatu herd testing figures with those for Waikato reveals the fact that the Waikato aver-, ages in several instances are 'ahead of those of the Manawatu, whose claim to the Dominion record will be well disputed. The latest returns for Waikato showed that a herd of 12 cows ; aver. aged 448.661 b of butterfat in 290 days. Another herd of 29 cows averaged 419.201 b butter-fat in 271 days, and a 54 cow herd 413.991 b butterfat in~ 284 days, while five or six other herdsfwere over the, 4001 b mark.

The familiar phrase "to the bitter end" was not originaily connected;with bitterness or sorrow. It is a sea term, and can only be used correctly in' connection with ropes or cables, since a '' bitt" is a piece of timber, used as a substitute for a windlass, around which a cable is wound, and the bitter end is that part of the cable which is wound, around the "bitt." "To sweep the decks" sounds like a sea term, and most people associate it with the expression to "clear the docks'for action." It is a gambler's term, however, meaning to take all the stakes, and arises from the fact that a pack of cards piled in order is known as "the deck."

What is the value af a-nose? A cook who had been knocked down by a taxi had her nose seriously injured, and she sued for damages- in- a Paris Court. It was not, however, the nose externally that mattered in this instance, for the lady made no pretension to its being formed on classic lines. It was admitted, in fact, that the organ was not much less beautiful after than before the mishap. The real point was that, owing to its internal injury, the woman had lost the sense of smell, and had consequently lost her technical efficiency. How, it was asked, could she ever hope to season her soups find dishes with • that fine discrimination that marks the true disciple of Brillat-Sa-varin? -The cook Avas awarded £IOO damages. I

It may surprise New Zealanders to learn that even those members of the Canadian Association football team I whose home towns are in the coldest part of the land of-" Our Lady-of the Snows" have felt the. cold sna.ps \ experienced in this Dominion very severely. One player:states that in his home town in Alberta the house fire's Were kept up day aivd night for'about sejven months in the year. Often in. the winter months snow. to., the depth of some feet lay on the ground. But for all that he had never felt so cold in Canada as he had at times during the tour of this country. Their match loss at Greymouth was due to inability to sleep on account of the cold. In order to try to keep warm they had gone to bed in pvjamas, shorts, sweater, crvereoat, sox end scarves, and then had not succeeded. To the visitors it Avas astonishing, he added, that the Canadian system of heating of homes did not prevail in this Dominion in the winter time.

"The type of cold that has been going round this year is unusually bad and debilitating. It seems often to- affect the cervical glands, and some of these have swolle'n enormously and have been mistaken by parents for mumps. Indeed, in all the years together that I have been inspecting schools, I have not seen so many cases of enlarged cervical glands as I have seen in the last six .weeks," says Dr. Eleanor BakerMcLaglan in a report to the Canterbury Education Board.

A great change appears to have come over the dietary habits of the people within recent years (says the Auckland Herald). This is suggested more particularly by one's observations during the city's lunch time. One thing is quite certain; the mitUday meal is a less-serious matter than- it used to be for the indoor man and woman. While not forgetting those stalwarts Avho crave for a juicy steak, grilled, during pause in'the day's work, there are manymore Avho firmly believe that their mental efficiency is best served by the. lightest of "snacks," of Avhich infinite variety can now be obtained.

The Minister of Education spoke at HaAvarden on Saturday of. the reproaches that had been levelled at him as pursuing a policy of too great caution. "Economy does .not necessarily mean the . cutting down of expe-ndi: ture," said the Minister, "but the prevention of Avaste. Any economy I may practise is not aimed at lessening efficiency, but at avoiding' any Avaste.' Mr. Wright, added that any * money he could save his department by the policy of practical economy he intended to spend on country schools and in improving conditions, for country'teachers.

An unfortunate accident happened the other evening to a young coupb who went -house-hunting - (states r ,he Nelson '' Mail''). They Avere inspecting ca "desirable modern residence" — that Avas the agent's description of it —Avhen the husband leaned against the sitting-room -wall-and fell through into the kitchen, where _he. was discovered by his Avife as she fell-through-betAveen the floor-boards of one of the bed100ms.-. The accident to the husband slioAvs" the iheredt'bfe folly of 'house agents-iu houses to be inspected ■ before Vhfe Avails have ; been papered! -. . |. ■*-.-■ >■ :i : . • :?

A sketch plan and specifications of the memorial cross in stone and concrete, proposed to :bG ; jerected by Maori settlers in honour, ofe the Roera family, and to stand of Muhunoa West Road, Atas fonyarded to the Horow'henua County Coiin-c.il by Mr. Kipa Rbera and came before the meeting on Saturday. At the efcrevious meeting a petition Avas received, in connection with this project, asking.that the name of Muhunoa West Road be changed to Royal Road. On that occasion Cr. McLeavey suggested that the name be changed to Eoera, the proper Maori name. The petition Avas held over for a month. . When the matter came up again on Saturday, Cr. McLeavey said he had some objections to the alteration in the . name. The Chairman: "You had better have another month to think it o\*er. " The question Avas deferred . accordingly. .

At Rothamstead, that world-famous agricultural station near Harpehden, England, a. ceaseless Avar is Avaged against the hotts of malicious insects (hat destroy the food of man-. ■This very useful Avar is divided into'; tAvo campaigns—one directed" against .' our "creepy and craAvly" enemies, and the -.other sffg%inst!l those 'equally .sinister foes, the various fungi, blights ' and plant diseases. Ihe Avork of studying the methods of defence arid attack of these tiny Avarriors is done in large glass-hou.sfiiv]ii-,Avhich heat and moisture can "be -regulated to -reproduce alinost the exact conditions of any locality in the Avorld. One of these crystal; palaces is devoted enlirely to the greenfly. An attempt is being made to'discover a means, of cheeking the alarmir-g increase of the s/pecies." ' It is krioAvn that a green-fly-injects a long 'tongue' into the juicy part of a plant, and it is hop 3d to treat the soil in a Avay that, Avithout injuring the plant, Avill giye it a component to poison the hungry insect. *;

The cricket public in Ncaa t Zealand is a bit sore because when the Ncav [Zealand team noAv on tour in England meets first-class counties some of. the leading players in those counties are not called upon to oppose them. This is construed into a desire on the pai*t of the counties to enable their visitors to put up a good slioav. We hasten to assure our NeAv Zealand friends that they have draAvn a Avrong conclusion irom • the omission "of certain players from our county teams. The sole intention >A r as to give a rest to boAvler-s-'who badly needed it because the' unusually hard, grounds have made them foot sore. The idea that our counties can Avin as they please against the NeAv Zealand cricketers is not held here. Our visitors have proved themselves to be cricketers worthy of the steel of any county sjde. We confess to a sprise that they should have shoAvn such all-round ability. Their batting and their boAvling have earned our respect, and Ave congratulate them that their fielding has also greatly! improved since they came among us. And Ave pay them an even bigger compliment Avhen Ave say that they uphold the best traditions of British sportsmanship.—London Sporting Life. ;