Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1927.

Shannon News, 4 November 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1927.

The friends of Mr. Ron. Thwaites, who was badly injured in a cycle accident on the East road on Sunday evening, will be pleased to learn that his condition has much improved.

On Saturday next on the local bowling green, the holders of the Manson and Barr Cup (Gagliardi skip, Gun : . ning, White and H. Butt) will defend a challenge from a rink from the Manawatu Club.

While cycling past the Albion Hotel on'Tuesday morning, Mr. M. Campbell came into collison with a motor car. He escaped with a cut on the hand and a facial abrasion, his cycle being badly damaged.

At tbe Palmerston North Show Mr T. Moynihan, of Shannon, was successful with his well-known dog Rexdale Rajah in the classes for Alsatians, securing firsts in puppy, maiden junior, novice, and limit.

At the weekly euchre tourney conducted by the Women’s Institute, held on Tuesday evening, Mr F. Buckman won the hundredweight of coal and Mrs Lionel Richardson the ladies’ prize, the consolation prizes being awarded.to Mrs Butt and Mr G. Patton

In this issue the Kiwi Bacon Co notify that-in future they will truck at Shannon on Mondays instead of Thursdays. The next trucking days will be on November 14th and 28th, between the hours of 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m., and at Koputaroa on November 7th and 21st between 10 a.m. and noon. ,

Recently subscriptions were invited to relieve the unemployment in Shannon> the money collected to be handed to the Borough Council to be used for the purpose of beautifying Shannpn. Op Tuesday evening the Town Clerk reported to the Council that the sum of £lO had been subscribed. This money will carry a pound for pound /subsidy from vhe Government.

A final reminder is given of the Miranui Football and Tennis Club’s Ball to be held in the Druids’ Hall this evening. Larkins’ full orchestra has been engaged to supply the musie, and no pains have been spared to make the function the event of the season. During the evening the trophies and medals won,by members in the past season wil: be presented.

A meeting of the Shannon Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club committee was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. B. Brann occupied the chair. A letter was received from the Department of Agriculture forwarding reeipe suitable for destroying the weeds bn the cycle track. The question of asphalting the cycling track was discussed, several estimates of the cost being received. The matter was held over in the meantime. It was resolved to finish the banking and get the track in order immediately, so as to give cyclists an opportunity to train. For this purpose a working bee was arranged for the week-end. Mr. Turnbull, of Palmerston North, was elected the club’s delegate on the executive. The next sports meeting will probably he held on December 10th. j

The Municipal Association of New Zealand will hold a conference of delegates at Nelson commencing on the second Wednesday in March, 19-S.

The Ladies’ Guild' of Yen, Bede’s Church have made arrangements to hold the annual bazaar on Friday and Saturday. November 18th and 19th. The Guild lias been exceedingly active this winter and has therefore a large number of garments to put on the stalls. They are the latest styles and materials and are very reasonably priced. while all show the high standard of workmanship for which the Guild is famous. There will be amusements for everybody as well as well-laden stalls.

The Young Women’s Bible Classes of the Presbyterian Dhurc-h of New Zealand contributed £3OOO towards the cost of the new Madri College.

A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Randolph Arthur Hose, of Masterton, farmer, the well-known athlete.

A bus to carry people to church and home again free of charge is an interesting innovation arranged by the management of ,St. Paul’s Church, DeVonport, Auckland. The expenses will bo borne by the church management.

The season of summer sport is with us again and soon white flannels will be figuring largely in (and on) the clothes’ line. It is not generally known that lard will take grass stains out of white flannels. Rub it well into the stain and then wash with warm water.

The following judges have been appointed for the Foxton, Snow: Roses and sweet peas:. Mr. Mason (Feilding); cut blooms: Mr. Waugh (Wellington); decorative: Mrs. Waugh (Wellington); cookery: Mr. Whitehead (Palmerston North). Stewards were elected as follows: —Roses and novice class: Rev. W. H. Walton; sweet peas: Mrs. G. Hjcmorc; cut blooms: Mesdames Moore and C. Edwards and Miss Patterson; decorative: Miss Neylon; cookery: Mesdames F. Procter and Heasman.

An interesting instance of adaptability to conditions was mentioned -by Mr J. Horne in referring to the animal life of New Guinea, where he recently spent some time. One evening in one of the houses, lie noticed a very pretty lizard come down from the ceiling and take up a position on the electric light shade. On enquiring about it, he was tpld that it was a gecko, and that, having discovered that moths, flies, and mosquitoes were attracted by the light, the lizard took up a position, whore it could easily catch them, which it did by shooting -out a long and sticky tongue.

Several amusing experiences at the Tuiakina health camps were described to ihc Wanganui Rotary Club recently by Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, says the Wangxnui Herald. On one occasion a dozen children attended sick parade for a dose of medicine to relieve their coughs. Next morning Dr. Gunn was alarmed, to see over forty children on parade. It transpired that the eleven who took the cough medicine had spread the ntiws through the camp that, the medicine was “hummer stuff,” with the result that next morning the sick parade was considerably larger. Those without coughs were given castor oil, and, next morning theiie was no sick parade at all. '

The adventures of a homing pigeon sent out by Mr Gr. Barnard, of Lower Hutt, with other pigeons in a race to Plankton during the recent rough weather, are indicated by two messages on a. piece of paper which was found tied to its leg when it arrived home a few davs ago. On one side of the paper it was stated that the bird was hurt, and was cared for by Miss Eilen Connor of Waiteika Bond, Opunakk The message on the other side was from Levin, and was as follows: mis bird landed at our place just about .uuslt on Wednesday night, hungry ar.d tired. Blowing a gale ever since', so I kept it till the weather cleared. A« you will see by the other side of note, it was found hurt. Liberated here 10.30 Surday.—C. W. Levin. ” The owner is naturally very grateful for the attention shown to his bird.

I Captain Lindbergh’s chief secretarial aide, Commander Fitzhugli Green, has nu'vde public the recently completed cataloguing of the popular flier’s mail. He stated that Lindbergh had received 3,500,000 letters and 100,000 telegrams. Business offers totalled £1,400,000. One was an offer of £200,000 by a motion picture corporation if he would' be photographed in an actual marria,ge ceremony with any girl he chose to wed. There were several thousand proposals of marriage and three invitations to join in an atempt to, reach -the moon via skyrockets. About 14,000 persons sent the aviator gifts and about 500 “close relatives” asked for money. Letters from women far outnumbered

those from men. Over £2OOO in stamps was inclosed in letters for return postage. The programme at the De Luxe Theatre to-night includes a 1000-foot feature film descriptive of the great flight across the Atlantic. Another picture on the programme, remarkable for its wonderful photography, is “Jealousy,” a release by the Continental Studio, responsible for that much discussed picture, “Variety.”

The old saleyards site in Queen St. West, Levin, comprising in all 5 acres 3'roods 23 perches, was offered at auction. in one ‘lot yesterday afternoon, at Messrs Abraham and Williams’, Ltd. There was a good attendance of t'he public, but the best bid was not considered high enough, and the land was reserved for offer by private treaty. It ik not the intention of the vendors to subdivide the block, but to leave its development to any person or syndicate purchasing it. ,

Recently, Wanganui counsel enjoyed a joke at the expense, of the Magistrate, Mr J. S. Barton, S.M. (states the “Herald”). A number of counsel were in the Court, waiting for the civil list to be called. The police had a case against a certain man to whom the Magistrate decided to deliver a homily in regard to following the straight and narrow path in the future. The joke was that the accused was very deaf, and did not hear a word of it, and counsel therefore received the good advice instead.

To carry out a two years’ geophysical explorat ion of the Waipatiki petrov leum field, about fifteen miles southeast of Dannevirke, three German mining engineers—-Messrs E. Bcin, N. Mordrinaik, and E. Walliseh—have come to New Zealand. These three scientists are members of the Elbof Research Corporation, a German-.Aust.rian concern conducting scientific subterranean explorations in all parts of the world. This is the first occasion on which such an expedition has visited the Southern Hemisphere.

Oil Thursday, 10th November, occurs a celestial phenomenon fairly rare and of move than- parsing interest to astronomers. This will be the transit of the planet Mercury over the face of the sun. All, however, that the ordinary observer will see, and’ then only if smoked glass is used and the clouds kindly keep out of the wav, will be a tiny spot travelling slowly across the sun’s disc. Mercury will enter the sun’s disc very near the vertex at 3hrs 31min 54.95ec (New Zealand Summer Time), the “second contact” (wheu the whole of the planet is in front of the sun) being at 3hrs 33min 36.1 see. ‘unfortunately the finish of the transit will not be visible in New Zealand, for the sun will have set; the transit will end about 9.30 p.m. At the time of sunset, 7.42 p.m., Summer Time, the planet will have apparently traversed in a downward direction about twothirds of the sun’s surface.