Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1927.

Shannon News, 14 October 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1927.

Mr and Mrs E. R. Robinson, of Mangaore, are at present holidaying in New .Plymouth.

Miss G. Tavlor, who has been visit ing Mr and Mrs Collinge, of Manga ore, returned to Hastings on Monday.

The Rev. R. Williamson, of the Presbyterian Church, Shannon, conducted Divine Service at Man gaore oh Tuesday evening.

At th'e Shannon police court on Wednesday, before Mr W. H. Gunning,, J.P., a man named Thomas Withers was convicted and fined £2 on a charge of being drunk and disorderly.

The draAV for the section finals of the 1927 Mangaore Ping Pong Championship is: Section A, Jamieson (scr.), v. Henry (scr.); Section B, Chrystall (4) v. Porter (2). The championship final will be decided early next week.

The official opening of the Shannoi Tennis Club's season will take place oi the Vance' Street eourt to-morrow (Sat urday) afternoon at 2.30 p.m. A cord ial invitation is extended to all mem bers, intending members and thei friends.

At Mangaore on Saturday evening last an impromptu social and dance was held. Visitors from Mangahao and Shannon were present and an enjoyable evening was spent by all. Music was supplied by Mr Hori George. The M.C. duties were carried out by Mr Hugh Symons.

The pay-out for butterfat supplied to the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., for the month of September will be Is 6M per lb. The directors have also decided to pay out on the 20th, the balance of bonus, viz., lb for butterfat supplied during last season, also 6 per cent, on paid up shares.

During the week-end, the residents of Mangaore assembled together, the occasion being the farewelling of Miss Ada Gagliardi, who is leaving for Wellington to take up the nursing profession. Mr Blackwood, on behalf of the residents, made a presentation and wished Miss Gagliardi every success in her new sphere of life. Miss Gagliardi suitably replied.

The usual weekly euchre tourney conducted by the committee of the Women's Institute, held on Tuesday evening, was well attended and the games were keenly contested. The winners of the most games during-the evening were Mrs Terry and Mr B. Merwood. The consolation prizes went to Mrs' L. Richardson and Mr H. ! Hudson. The cake competition was won /by Miss M. Butt.

A children's concert to raise funds for Ven. Bede's Church will be held in the Parish Hall on Thursday evening. October 20th, when a Fairy Opera and a Ma6ri playlet together with vocal and instrumental items will be presented. Some weeks of practise have been held and judging by the interest shown by-the children, together with the talent available, everything points to a most enjoyable concert.

In order to test the keeping qualities, there are at present in cool storage at. Westfield, Auckland," 17,000 cases of Stunner apples, which were grown in the Hawkes Bay district. The apples were stored in. March last, are in fine condition, and it is estimated that they will keep satisfactorily until next Christmas.

A petition in bankruptcy has been •filed by Marion McConachie, a board-inghouse-keeper, of Feilding. Bankrupt's papers show debts owing to unsecured creditors amounting to £112.i 14s Bd. With, assets valued at £22 55,a deficiency of £1099 9s 8d is shown.

I In conversation with a Herald representative a well-known Foxton poul-try-farmer mentioned the fact that J "forcing" pullets to lay eggs had not [ been a paying proposition with him. Last year, he said, with the advent of electric light locally and with the idea of giving his ffjwls a little more "daylight" he had had the light installed in his fowlhouses. Each morning during the winter, the lights had been switched on at 5 a.m. and left burning until 8 a.m. The result had been that he had received more eggs during the winter, but now that spring' was here, the natural laying time for the pullets, he was losing good pullets daily as a result of ruined constitutions, through laying by unnatural means. Next winter, he said, his fowlhouses would not be lit up. What he gained in extra eggs in the winter months did not compensate him for the loss of good pullets in the spring following.

New potatoes from Auckland are selling in Tim'aru at 51bs for Is 3d. ,The members of the Manawatu .Oroua Power Board intend visiting the Mangahoa electrical works in the wear future.

It was reported at the ManawatuOroua Power Board meeting on Monday that the third dam at Mangahao iwould be completed within a few day*. Shearing operations nave alreadycommenced in some portions of the Lower Valley. The main shearing wiJi not, however, commence until the end of the present month.

The Manawatu-Oroua Power Board has at present the following comsumcrs using its current: —Lighting and heating 2858, electric ranges 311, waterheaters 763, industrial 80, milking motors 572, small motors 233, street lighting 248, community lighting 50.

'' Hundreds of bicycles are stolen every year in Christchurch, and I am going to do my little bit towards putting it down when men come before me on this charge. There is only one thing for it, and that is gaol." Thus Mr. E. D. Mosley,' S.M., at Christchurch yesterday, when sentencing Ivan Murdoch to one month's imprisonment with hard labour on a charge of stealing a bicycle valued at £5.

The suggestion of a Wellington paper that the sudden recall of the cruiser Dunedin from Akaroa to Auckland is due to the possibility of her being required to be sent either to Samoa or on a punitive expedition to the Solomons was laughingly discounted by the Premier when approached. He declared the recall of the Dunedin to Auckland was purely a matter of exigency of naval service. It often happened that a ship might be sent away on an itinerary, but\for training purposes the arrangements would be suddenly cancelled and the vessel be ordered back to its base.

A resident of Taugarakau (inland from Stratford) and his son were lost in the bush while pig-shooting a few days ago. To* guide the lost men every whistle and siren at the railway works at Taugarakau was set going and kept in action. A visitor to the district said that when away up on top of the bushelad hills, through which tunnels are being pierced, it was thrilling to hear the sound of the whistles calling continuously to the trampers. Considerably exhausted, but otherwise unharmed, the men were later found beyond the last railway camp. The sound of the whistles had enabled them to get their bearings and retrace their steps part of the way.

Mr S. Bryant, of Foxton, had a narrow escape from serious injury while driving a delivery van on the Himatangi Road on Monday. He pulled his vehicle across the road to allow a car to pass, when the front wheels of the van encountered a heap of turf and gravel piled in the middle of the road by the grader which was working in the vicinity. van immediately tipped completely over and Mr Bryant was jambed beneath and was only able to extricate himself by crawling through an aperture into the van and out by the rear door. The van itself was badly damaged. Apart from a few scratches on the arms from flying glass Mr Bryant was uninjured.

A. nasty acident befel Mr,Harry Bal'net at the Pe Luxe Hall on Wednesday, when a party"of young" men were clean-ing-up after the Joy Night. He was, in the act of taking down some festoons, when the ladder on which he was standing slipped on the polished floor. One of the helpers was holding it untilthe mishap occurred, when the momentum threw him clear. Mr Barnet fell heavily on the ladder and received a cut above the right eye, bursting the skin above the eyebrow and narrowly escaping a fracture of the brow ridge. The wound was attended to at Dr. Hunter's surgery, several stitches having to be inserted. One knej had also been injured, but not seriously, and Mr Barnet is about again.