Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1927.

Shannon News, 19 August 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1927.

Miss Myra Gagliardi, of Mangaore, is spending a few days in Napier.

The annual meeting of members of the Shannon Croquet. Club will be hold on Tuesday next at 2.30 p.m. in the Club's Pavilion. All members and intending members are requested to attend.

Arbor Day was celebrated at the local school on Wednesday afternoon, when, the children, under the supervision ot Messrs White and Morgan and members of the school committee, planted between 300 and 400 trees and shrubs.

The contralto soloist for "Merne England" for the Shannon Choral Society will be Miss Marjorie Taylor, of Palmerston North, winner of mezzosoprano test at the Palmerston competitions.

An old saying is not "Nothing is cheap if you do not want it," but the price of some articles is so low "that you cannot afford to pass them by. ' Such is the ease at Howard Andrew s, who is offering a windowful of. smarr. hats at the very low price of 4s lid"

For the 1927 Mangaore Ping Pong Championships, thirty-four entries have been received. A ping pong revival is assured in Mangaore and keen enthusiasm is anticipated in the pressent championship.

There was a good attendance at the usual card party in aid of the Women's Institute piano fund on Tuesday night. Mrs Cowley (Foxton) was the winner of the ladies' trophy and Mr. Allen the men's prize. Mr F. Buckman won the cake competition.

At the recent carnival held by the Athletic Club, tho public were asked to estimate the nett takings of the carnival. The amount 'is £l2l 13s 9d, the nearest estimate being that of* the Mayor (Mr E. Butt), who adjudged the takings at £l2O.

A frock dance and children's party arranged by Ven. Bede's La/flies' Guild and Vestry, will be held in the Druids' Hall on Friday evening, August 26th, -at 7 p.m. A prize will be awarded for the prettiest paper frock. At 9.30 p.m. the floor will be cleared for adults, and dancing will be continued until 1 a.m.

The public are reminded that the Maori Ball takes place in the Druids' Hall this evening. In the past this annual function has been one -of the most enjoyable of its kind and as no detail in this season's arrangements lias been overlooked, to-night's function should eclipse its predecessors. The" music will" be supplied by Larkins' Orchestra.

On Wednesday evening last, under the auspices of the Mangaore Educational Debating Society, Mr. I. R. Robinson, District, Electrical Engineer, delivered a lecture on "Lighting and its effects on Transmission Systems," before a large assembly of the technical branch. On the motion of Mr. Blackwood (chairman) Mr.. Robinson was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his most interesting and instructive address.

Numbers of whitebait netters were to be seen along the river foreshore at Foxton daring the week end, but very little success was met with. One patient fisherman 3pent the whole day on the river bank and his total catch numbered eight

A Wanganui man who returned from the South Island on Wednesday, wan very impressed by the whippet racing in southern cities. These dogs after a little training, race between taped run-ways and take the hurdles like experienced racehorses. He consider.! it would be a good move to run whippet races as they do at English Park Stadium in Christchurch.

Dairymen throughout the Waikato are looking forward with cheerful confidence to the 1927-28 season, feeling that the period of depression which commenced at Christmas, 1921, is at last at an end and that a new era of prosperity for the primary producer is opening. The optimism that prevails is based on numerous factors, although to what extent each contributes to the satisfactory position is difficult to gauge. An agricultural expert expressed the opinion that the new season would be ' * a regular mortgage lifter.''

On Monday afternoon an; unusual visitor, in the form of a deer (doe) made its appearance in Cook Street, Eoxton. It hopped the nearby fences and entered a culvert alongside Easton Park. Coming out it got caught in the wire fence and the sturdy and humane road overseer, in attempting to liberate it, was upended on the turf. The startled animal then made its way to the rear of the Post Office Hotel, where it was captured. The animal was badly injured and was put out of its misery.—Herald.

lhe romantic career which attaches to Beau Cavalier has fascinated thousands on and off the racecourse (says the Auckland Herald). The horse was boight by Mr Quartley in the show ring 5 for £55 and has brought him the handsome sum of £4270 in stakes. j

An Auckland telegram says that yesterday a fine of £6 was imposed on a former Auckland solicitor, James Lockwood Brady, on a charge of stealing four books from the Public Library. The Magistrate dismissed a charge of vagrancy, while the police withdrew charges of stealing an overcoat and portmanteau with contents.

The Secretary of the Plunket Society, in Dunedin is advised by the Director of Education that a £1 for £1 subsidy has been approved on a sum of £3OOO raised by the Society for the Lady King Scholarship, which is intended to enable graduates in medicine to specialise in preventive work in connection with the well-being of mother and child. —Press telegram.

"Kaiparoro put up a great record in the manufacture of cheese last year, about 99 per cent, being graded superfine. This meant an extra penny on butterfat for the season. For all that it is stated there was some dissatisfaction in individual cases with the effort to keep the quality of the milk supplv up to the highest possible point —very short-sighted surely!

Following on the decision of the Avondale ratepayers to amalgamate with the city, the Mayor and three councillors of the Borough resigned last evening. Avondale is now without a Mayor and has six councillors instead of' nine. Two others arc unable to attend meetings for some time and business may be delayed until elections are held to fill the four vacancies. The amalgamation takes effect on March 31.

From present indications there sc<?m> a bright future for the local tobacco growers (remarks the Nelson Mail). Many in the Riwaka district have done exceptionally well this year. A cheque for £56 for a small parcel of three bales was one grower's first return, with n further quantity still to dispose of: Reports indicate that all have done remarkably well, and instances are known where some have already scrapped then hop gardens to make way for this profitable crop.

An unusual accident befel Mrs W. C. Robinson, wife of the Picture theatre lessee, at Pahiatua. While engaged in fitting a fancy dress she was making for a friand a darning needle snapped and was driven into both knees, Mrs Robinson being in the act of walking toward a table at the time. The eye portion of the needle, about 1} inche., long, became embedded in the right knee. The .remaining portion was extracted from the left knee. An X-ray examination reveals the needle buried about an inch deep alongside the bone. An operation will be necessary' to remove it.

With snakes in the rafters, and elephants, lions, hyenas and crocodiles prowling about the doors, life in the Sudan is fairly exciting. At a lecture 'given by Mr 'and Mrs Keith Rimnier, missionaries from the Sudan, at Auckland on "True Stones of Wild Animals," the speakers described how the boa constrictor of their neighbourhood crushed buffaloes to death and then went to sleep, before endeavouring to digest the animal. This is the time when the Dinka tribe, if it is in luck's way, can get good meat. If the snake is not robbed he begins to swallow the buffalo, beginning at the hind ±eet. The horns are often too much of a task, and sometimes they have to be eaten off by white ants before the meal can be declared "stowed." The lien, says Mr Eimmcr, is no match for two hyenas, and he will never attack a couple of them. He often lies in wait for baby elephants which are straggling behind their mothers. The a-iger of the mother over the death of her young is awe-in-spiring, and if the lion is caught, it is trampled and torn, and thrown high into the branches of a tree.