Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1927.

Shannon News, 7 October 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1927.

The Mayoress (Mrs E. Butt) is at present visiting her sister at Pahautanui. She expects to return home next week.

The Shannon Borough Council meet* ing on Tuesday evening was a short one, all the business being transacted within an hour.

A shop day will be conducted in Shannon to-morrow by the local Choral Society, when a fine lot of cakes, sweets, produce and useful articles will be offered at prices within the reach of all.

The Croouet Club,' in conjunction with the Bowlin# Club, will open their season on Saturday, October 22m1. From advice received there is every indication that a large number of visitors will be present from neighbouring clubs.

After a long illness extending, over several months the death occurred yes; terday afternoon of a well-known native resident in the person of Mr Philip Heremia. Deceased leaves a wife and five young children, who will have the sincere sympathy of their many friends..

The Bowling Club’s weekly card tourney was brought to a successful' conclusion for this season last evening. There was a large attendance and a pleasant evening was spent by all. The winners during the evening were Mrs Butler and Mi- Bert Merwood. The aggregate prize for the season was won by Mrs Butler and Mr Chas.’llansmann.

The [Women’s Institute’s weekly euchre tourney held''on Tuesday evcnc ing, agkin drew ‘a > large attendance.; The winners for the evening were. Mrs Hyde and Mr C. Pritchard,; the booby, prizes going to Mrs Holdsworthrand Mr H. TremeWan. A Special prize donated by Mr F.: Buckman competed .for in the ladies’ section was won by Mrs Hyde. . : .V:;.,

* The following players are left in the semi-finals, of the 1927 Mangaore ping pong championship: Section “A”, £>• Jamieson (5 wins), K. S. Henry (4 wins), 11. Blyth (4 wins), R. Fi Francis (4 wins); Section “B”, B. M. Chrystall (5 wins), N. M. Porter (4 wins), J. T. Ostler (4,wins), L. White, (4 wins). The section finals will be played off this week.’’. . 1

Referring to the false alarm of fire given by the ringing of the firebell on Friday morning, Cr. Curran, jun., informed the Council on Tuesday evening that Constable Blailcie had suggested to the Brigade that a light should be erected near the firebell. The Brigade wished to. know if the Council would have a light erected as at present the spot is badly lighted-•. He pointed out the danger in the dark froni the deep drain’nearby. The Town Clerk was instructed to write to the Power Board to ascertain the cost of a small light.

A pleasing little function took plaice at W. H. Gunning and Co. ’s, Ltd., when the firm and staff gathered together to bid farewell to Mr R. Terry, -Sour., who after fifteen years’ service,

3 severed his connection with the m. Mr Clayton, on behalf of the firm and staff, in presenting the. guest with a watch, expressed the goodwill that had always existed betweeri his employers and fellow employees. . They all regretted his severance from the business, but he would leave them with the best wishes for a happy and prosperous’future. Mr Wi 11. Gunning also spoke in a similar strain, the recipient suitably replying. Mr Terry intends taking up farming pursuits in the .Pahia tua district.

Reporting to the Council on Tuesday evening upon their visit to Wellington recently in reference to the postal arrangements in Shannon and the obtaining of a grant from the Pubilc Works Department towards the cost of erection of the bridge across the stream in Sheehan Street, Crs. J. Curran, jun., and A. E. Hyde, stated that in regard to the latter question they had, with Mr J. Linklater, M.P., interviewed the Minister of Public Works (the Hon. K. S. Williams) and Mr Furkert, and although these gentlemen had not committed themselves their replies had been encouraging. In respect to postal matters the Postmaster-General had informed them that the sorting of evening mails had been done away with where possible and Shannon was not an isolated case. .It was all a question of the postal business being run on business lines. sHe held out no hope of it being renewed. The extension of the telephone hours had nothing whatever to do with the mails. With the Erection of the bridge over the Manawatu river there wqs every likelihoodvof‘ the mail neryiep. tween . .Foxton,,. and Shannon, feejpg,• ■, newed. : ■ ~ ‘

; ■■ “Joy Night” a popular function to be held in Levin on Tuesday next, will -attract a large number of dancers from Shannon. For their convenience arrangements are being made to run a charabanc service, notice of which will be given in next issue.

As a result of two months’ operations in the bush near Marsden Road, Greymouth, an opossum trapper secured skins to the value of £2OB.

“If it. had not been for the British Fleet, I wouldn’t have been lecturing here to-night. You cun bet on that,' said Mr. Waring, the Reform candidate for Raglan, in one of his addresses.

The. Wanganui Education Board has received a notification from the Department of education that all probationers, both first and second year, qualified for admission,- will be admitted to Training College ,next year.

“The body is a great commonwealth of cells. They are highly differentiated, and there is’ no question of equality amongst them,” said Dr. Bevan Brovvn, who spoke at the Auckland University College on “Wonders of the Blood.”

The N.Z., Dairy Produce Board advises that the butter market in London is temporarily quiet, but the forward position is sound. New Zealand salted is quoted from 178 s up to 184 s, and unsalted 184 s to 190 s. New Zealand cheese, white and coloured, is quoted at 104 s to 106 s, an advance of 3s on last week. The cheese market is very firm and the outlook till the end of the year is exceptionally good.

Referring in the house of Representatives to allegations of overcrowding at the Otaki Sanatorium, the Minister of Health (Hon. J.-A. Young) stated that during the year the Government had expended a considerable sum in extending and enlarging the institution, and for the time being that had met requirements. The latest information'he had was that there was a small waiting list of patients. If it were found that more adequate accommodation were required, the Department would consider it, and he would favourably look upon proposals in that direction.

“If it were not for die newspaper advertisements you would not get the high c-lass news or articles you do,” said Mr. Appleton to the Canterbury Advertising Club. “The newspapers of New Zealand compare more than favourably with those of any other country iii the world and you can get a message to the public in a few hours 'from Whangarei to the Bluff, whereas any. other form of advertising might .take weeks of, preparation.” Mr Appleton added that one of the reasons. why newspaper advertising was ,so successful was that people look up : a-paper in a receptive state of mind.

~ Tt has been demonstrated to the satisfaction .of the owners of several of America’s best racing stables, according to reliable authority, that 10 per cent,, of the racehorses of the country ‘-stiffer from poor vision. Many of the animals Ihus affected have been fitted with spectacles attached to their blinkers, with the result that their owners' declare they have run faster and more consistently. Tests of the eyesight are made by the use of a powerful light directed at the thoroughbred’s eyes. Many horses with impaired eyesight wore spectacles for the first time at the races* at Saratoga, New York.

What is believed-to be the first newspaper advertisement has been discovered in the files of a Fleet Street office, and was exhibited publicly for the first time at the Advertising Exhibition and Convention. It is from a newspaper called “A Collection for Improvement, of Husbandry and Trade," published in London, December 12, 1695. The advertisement is written in these terms: A Commander of a very good merchant ship want an apprentice that hath his Peii Well, and understands Arithmetic to assist him in the keeping of books and doing of Business, and hath Friends who will be bound for his true and faithful Service during his Apprenticeship.

The local surgeon who warned the public against quack therapy was no doubt doing a useful' thing. But the quacks have scarcely begun in New Zealand (comments a writer in the Christchurch Press). It is to America that ive must turn if we wish to know h'ow many other kinds of treatment, there are besides the removal of the appendix. The First National University of Naturopathy, in New Jersey, has developed three dozen systems of medicine. Amongst these are- Osteological Adjustment, Kinesiology, Sysmothcrapy, Glueokinesis, Zone Therapy, Practical Napiapathy. Physicultopathy, Immutable Naturopathy, Rice’s Morphology, Astrological Diagnosis of Disease, Practical Sphincterologv, Psvchotberapeutics. Phrenological Physiology, Electro-Neurology, Spectrochrome Therapy, Endocrinology, and Iridiagnosis.

Does choral society singiitg harm the voice? This is a question frequently debated. When put to Mr J. Holmes Run nicies during a lecture to the Manawatu Professional. Musicians’ Society at Pa liners! on North, an emphatic denial* was' forthcoming, Mr Runuicles staging that it should be the aim of every singer with average gifts to ..acquire the experience to be gained in concerted work. But Mr Runuicles .was in agreement with teachers who desired- their pupils, whose voices were ..not set properly, to refrain from ensemble singing. When the voice was set nothing within bounds could harm it. “Even the budding prima donnas in the ..academies abroad do not think it beneath their dignity to join classes for ensemble singing,” added the lecturer; “Choral singing should provide £he, coping stone of a singer’s careor.”

One-third of the honey, produced in the Dominion comes from the Waikato.

Early potatoes. are being- *lug on Pukekohe, but it is stated that the yield is proving light.

In 3(5 tenders received by the Wanganui Agricultural Association for gorge grubbing worTc the highest was £l2O and the lowest £2O.

A good deal of keenness was displayed by aspirants for the position of foreman of. works for the Wanganui City. Council, a total of 41 applications being received, and all but one married.

“Bees in the Ivtanawatu are opening up exceptionally well," reports Mr. D. fc>. Robinson, Departmental Apiary Instructor. Given favourable weather next month —a critical period for the bees—there should - be an excellent honey crop this season. There are also good reports to hand from Taranaki.

“One thing the Government will have to seriously consider," remarked Mr. J. K. Hornblow at the Maternity Home ceremony at Palmerston North on Monday, "is the sending out of exports amongst the young" people eij(l teach them how to> live. If that were done —and a similar system is working in the United States —there is no reason why ignorance should not be banished."

■ "Everywhere I go in your country 1 see water-power running to waste. Why not harness it and use it to run youi railways? The water costs nothing ano it would be cheaper kQ export your coal. In Austria, where-" to-day we have no coal all our railways are electrie. I believe that this will ultimately be the system in this country." — Professor Schaffer (Vienna) in conver sation with a Christchurch Press reporter.

Dialogue at the conclusion of Hon. A. D. McLeod’s address at The Ngaruawahia Town Hall on Wednesday: "Last night, in this very hall, by the Labour candidate w r e were painted a very gloomy picture indeed. The sky was overcast and threatening, heavy rain was falling and there was thunder and lightning in the air." The speaker paused a moment, when a thin small •toice from the other side of the hall called out, "Would you like a little more paint, mate?" (Laughter).

"Wellington’s new station will be equipped with every modern tsonvem ence as. passengej|! .of necessity, spend -st good ' deaf; of .time 'aL this station Jn making connections to and from fthe Wfellingtori-Lytteltbn, Web iington-Picton and Wcllington-Nelson ferry steamers and-use train services to and from various parts of the North Island," said the Prime Minister when delivering the annual railways statement iff the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

,-Thc funeral of the late Mrs. .Ellen Robinson took place at Manakau on Thursday, the body being laid to rest by the‘side of relatives. Prior to an impressive ceremony at the graveside the Rev. G.. Iv. Moir conducted .a service at the Anglican Church, The cortege was a representative one,, while quite a large number of ..beautiful floral emblems were laid :on the ■ coffin. Included in Those present were a number from a distance. ..Much 'sympathy is felt for the bereaved family and other relatives. .

"If you have to growl do it tit lire time you are electing your Hospital Board and put in members who will be economical." This advice was given by Hon. J. A. Young, Minister of Health at the Maternity Homo cereniony on Monday. The Minister added that t!b Health Department was watching carefully and during the last year had jeen able to persuade Hospital Boards to put off an expenditure of £250,000, feeling that it was not warranted at the present time.

"An immigrant was brought out to New Zealand for engineering work, and was staying in Auckland, where I met him, with his wife and four or five children. When lie arrived in the Dominion the place was filled. He was in this country for six weeks and would not take any other work, and the Government had to send him and his family back to England.” This experience was related to the Manawatu exetive of the Farmers ’ Union by Mr Maul, in criticising the Government’s methods of carrying out its immigration policy. Mr Lethbridge also told an experience, stating that three years ago 42 domestics came out on one ship, and of this number only four or five had done a day’s domestic work in their lives. Mr Kent: "They should stop this, and let people’s own children do some of the work.” The Chairman (Mr Lynch): "This is the age of dress, and a girl likes to get out with something fancy on, and get into a soft job in an office, rather than go as a domestic.”