Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927.

Shannon News, 18 October 1927, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927.

A notice appears in this issue that the Borough rates for the year ending March 31st, 1926, are now due.

The local milk vendors notify by advertisement that from November Ist the price of milk will be reduced to skl per quart or 'As 8d for card of 16 pint coupons.

Mr. McGregor, who has been relieving on the clerical staff at the local railway station, was compelled to enter the Palmerston North Hospital last week, owing to throat trouble.

The Shannon Bowling and Croquet Clubs will open their season on Saturday. A number of members of neighbouring ilubs have expressed their intention of being present.

At the monthly meeting of the Shannon Women's Institute to be held tomorrow afternoon, Mrs Alloway, of Levin, will give a demonstration .of raffia and canvas work.

Arrangements are well in hand for the People's Picnic Dance to be held in the Druids' Hall on Monday evening (Labour Dav). The committee are sparing no trouble to ensure patrons spending an enjoyable evening, when a number of new" competitions and novelties will be introduced, these together with the music which will be supplied by Hori George's orchestra, will undoubtedltiprovirle a fitting finale to the holiday.

A treat is m store for the public at the Parish Hall on Thursday evening when the scholars of Ven. Bede's Sunday School will present a Fairy Opera" and aMaJlri-^^le^^ aUIO, - items. For some weeks past the children have been practising and we understand that as a result an excellent entertainment will be staged. The ladies in charges have spared no pains to obtain the best results from the children, therefore, it is to be hoped the public will r.eward their efforts by attending in large numbers.

A children's party was held, at Mangaore on Friday evening, every child living in the settlement attending. The evening was spent iu games, competitions and dancing, the little ones thoroughly enjoying themselves. .The dancing which was in charge of Messrs glackwood and Coates, being interspersed with musical and vocal items by the children, each of whom gave a-credit-able and enjoyable performance. The following contributed items:—Sonjgs, Maggie and Olive Roberts, John Burgiss, Joyce Blackwood; recitations, Jean Stock, Lloyd and Dexter Elvines, Cissy Snelling, Millie Coates, and G. McConnel; pianoforte duet, Nancy Burgis and Joyce Blackwood; piano solo, Cissy Snelling; song, Joey Gagliardi; recitation, Myra Gagliardi. The results of the competitions were as follows:—No. 1, Cissy Snelling and John Burgis; No. 2 junior, Betty Slock and John Martin; No. 3, Joyce Blackwood and Lloyd Elvines. Before leaving for home an excellent supper provided by the ladies was dune full justice to, thus bringing to a 'close a most enjoyable evening.

The Palmerston North Hospital has received a bequest, of between £I2OO and £ISOO under the will of the late Mr Joseph White, of Feilding. The bequest carries a Government subsidy.

A tender of £SO for the supply of a Mayoral chain was accepted by the Hamilton Borough Council at a meeting last night. The chain will comprise a pendant and 20 links.. It was stated that past Mayors or their relatives had already undertaken to pay half the cost.

The N.Z. Perpetual Forests, Ltd., has already planted about 82,000 acres with forest trees in the Putaruru district. Some forty million seedlings were raised in the nurseries this year. There are about 600 employees regularly, working on the forestry estates.

A collision between a car and a-motor cycle occurred at the Ihakara bridge about 1.30 p.m. on Sunday, as a result of which a young man named Walter Greer, of Ranfurly Street, Palnierston North, was thrown from his machine and sustained a broken collarbone. The car was driven by Mr J. McFarlanc, of the Arcadia private hotel, Levin, who "was travelling north and was almost over the bridge when the motorcyclist, who evidently had not seen him, crashed into the car. The cycle was thrown clear and, beyond a burst tyre, was not damaged, but the impact bent the front axle of the car. Mr McFarlanc brought the young man back to Levin, where medical attention was giveu him, and last night he returned to Palmerston.

Two cars collided at Iliakara 011 Thursday afternoon, as a result of which one in which Air and Mrs J. K. Hamilton, of Ohau, were travelling, was damaged about the front, and Mrs Hamilton sustained several cuts and bruises.

Nicholas B. Fryday, of Ngaere, Taranaki, has petitioned Parliament asking that at the special request of the mother of the deceased, the words "Asleep in Jesus" be inscribed on the tombstone of the grave of the late Edward James Fryday, Main Body, . N.Z.E.F. The petitioner says he is prepared to pay the cost of the inscription.

The mysterious disappearance of a pedigree'sow valued at 60gns., which was consigned from Aramoho to Cainbridge, and was missing when the train arrived at Taihape, is being inquired into by the Railway Department. The owner states that the pig was in a crate carefully nailed down when it was placed in a truck at Aramoho.

An Ashburton lady has returned to her native town after doing many hundreds of miles on the English railways (says an exchange). "There are no trains in the world to equal those of England/' she says. "Why, they have compartments for everybody and everything. I have seen carriages not only labelled 'Smoking,' but 'Reading,' 'Bath,' 'Sandwich/ and a lot of other things "

"A mother's work is the last that is completed in the house at night," said the County Chairman (Mr G. A. Monk), when the Summer Time Act was being discussed by the Council. "Pa is in the armchair, with his feet on the man. telpiece", having a smoke, but mother's work is not done until long after father's is.'' The Council did not sympathise with a motion to disregard the .provisions of the Summer Time Bill, as reported on another page of this issue.

"Will you take the secretaryship?" the chairman asked eleven times at a meeting held in Timaru the other night. Each of the eleven members refused to accept the office, and it was then suggested that the names (his own included) should be placed in a hat, and the first drawn fill the office. The eleven were ou tenterhooks as the hat was passed to a reporter to draw a name. "Well, I suppose it is a fair go," the new secretary exclaimed as he was at once pressed into his new duties.

Fifty persons made the trip from Levin to* Shannon on Thursday evening, in order to be present at the Choral Society's recital;- eight of them were gentlemen members of the Levin Society who assisted the Shannon choir in the production of "Merrie England." At the social in the Parish Hall afterwards, the conductor, Mr Howard Andrew, read telegrams from Mr Edwin Dennis, A.R.C.M., conductor of the Levin society, and Miss Gagliardi, a late member of the Shannon society now residing' in Wellington, : wishing the _cJIoiX-jaL.successful concert. Z-~'-

An occurrence which is bound to lead to a good deal of discussion among anglers on account of the conjecture it raises is reported from Eketahuna. Mr J. S. Tripe ' landed three good-sizeti trout from the Makakahi river. One of these fish was full of whitebait and another fish had a smaller quantity, while the third fish had no trace of any. The whitebait were of the true variety and apparently were just freshly eaten. The point raised is whether the whitebait have come forty or fifty miles up the river from the sea or whether the trout have run a similar distance. The freshness of the small fish appears to be against the latter theory.

"Deer are wonderful junipers, as you may imagine," says an experienced hunter and naturalist. "I have seen a hind clear 15ft or so, and buck as high as a tall man merely to avoid a small drain; and also, at a drive I have seen a stag jump clean over one of the others, taking a fence at the same time. There is still extant the record of a famous leap made by a stag down on the borders of Ettriek a hunt by one of the old Scottish kings. The place is known- as 'The Hart's Leap,' and is commemorated by two atones, which the monarch had erected to mark the spot. They measure 28ft apart."

Discussing All Blacks.' selection, Mr 0. G. Porter, captain of the 1924-5 team, says that the selectors are to be complimented upon choosing such a well-balanced side. "I think the forwards are a particularly fine lot, having weight, pace and youth with them. When they settle down to hard work and acquire combination I cannot imagine a team of forwards to equal them. The backs are a good all-round set, including some particularly good attacking as well as defensive players, and should take a lot of stopping once they acquire a knowledge of one another's play. I fully expect the 1928 team to return to New Zealand with a record equal to that of the 1924-5 team. We all hope this will be the case, and if it is the men of the 1924 team left behind on this occasion will be the first to congratulate them."

A characteristic of the kauri tree which is the reverse of the grafting process known to horticulturists, has recently been discovered. Speaking at a meeting of the Auckland Institute, Mr T. L. Lancaster described the stumps of two kauri trees at Titirangi which were felled over- sixty years ago, and st.il! showed signs of life. Investigations revealed that a portion of the root in each case had become incorporated with the spreading root of a young kauri growing several yards away (states the New Zealaud Herald). The stumps were thus drawing life from the younger tree, and one of them had taken on such a vigorous lease of new life that it had sent out shoots of new wood. Similar instances had been observed at Swanson and Oratia. The speaker said this self-grafting property was shared by only six other known trees, all conifers.

On behalf of a ratepayer, Cr. Ryder asked the Horowhenua County Council if it had any information to give as to when there would be a new valuation of the County; he also asked when the last valuation was made. The County Clerk: "In 1921." Cr. Catley: "He can get a valuation at once if he pays for it."

Foxton, among other things, is noted for the longevity of a number of its residents (says the Herald). There are quite a number o£ octogenarian residents and one nonagenarian who is a member of the Borough Council, in the person of Cr. C. A. Spring, a "lively youth" of 91 summers. This week Mr F. de Bidder celebrated his 86th birthday and at a social function the other evening he was tripping the light fantastic toe with agility. This lively young man is tyler of the Foxton Masonic Lodge and the members of that institution at their last meeting extended their felicitations to their esteemed brother and made him a suitable N presentation.

Whitebait may be small but they are very expensive (says the Post). That is the view held by a party of Wellington motorists who visited Foxton last week-end in the hope of netting sufficient whitebait to provide meals for their respective families. After travelling many miles on the dusty country roads, sleeping out all night on hard camp beds, and going through several gallons of petrol, they managed to secure one whitebait —and that they "borrowed" from an unattended net belonging to an equally optimistic party nearby. They now consider that it is much easier—and cheaper —to buy their whitebait at the nearest fish shop.