Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1927.

Shannon News, 25 November 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1927.

At Palmerston North on Saturday last Miss Dallas 'Jones, of Shannon, won the girls’ championship tennis singles for girls attending the Palmerston North Technical School.

The next of' the series of lantern lectures will he given in the Parish Hall on Sunday evening at 8.15 p.m. The subject being.“At the Cradle of the Patriarch.”

The sheep guessing competition at Yen. Bede’s Bazaar was won by Mr. D. Murfav. The dressed weight of the sheep was 66ilbs, the winner being the nearest with a guess of 671 bs f The competition for tlnj fancy cushion was won by Tom Jude.

A meeting of the Shannon branch of the New Zealand Labour Party will be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday, December Ist, at 7.30 p.m., when a candidate will be- selected to contest the local seat at the next. General Election. All interested, are invited to attend.

At the usual weekly euchre tournament held on Tuesday evening by the Women’s Institute, the prizes for most games during the evening were won by Miss M. Butt and Mr. A. E. Hyde, the consolation prizes being awarded to Mrs. L. Richardson and Mr. J. Sinclair.

The public of Shannon may look forward to a rich treat on Sunday night, December 4th, at the sacred concert to be given by the Shannon Choral Society, in the Maoriland Theatre. In addition to four items by the Choral Society Miss Nora Green will sing “The Blind Ploughman” and “0 rest in the Lord, ’ ’ and Mr William Renshaw will be heard to advantage in “The Star of Bethlehem,” and “If with all Your Hearts” (“Elijah”). Their concerted item will be “For all Eternity”; Mr J. D. Brown will sing “Beyond the Dawn,” and the Society will be assisted by local artists. A full programme will apx>ear in our next issue.

Curiously addressed mail matter eon-, timies to come from foreign countries. The latest to reach a Levin office is a trade circular from Posen, in Poland 1 . The envelope bears the direction, “North Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Levin. Nowa Zelandja.”

The Wairarapa Automobile Association has made an offer to the Greytown Borough Council, which has been accepted, of a subsidy of £1 for £1 up to £SO towards the erection of a building. on the Greytown Memorial Park for the use of motorists, a portion of the park in the vicinity of the building to be used as a motorists’ camp.

' Sinee the middle of July, Messrs Jas. M*uir, on behalf of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society, and J. W. McLennan, on behalf of the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, have been engaged culling the deer in the Rakaia deer forest, and have just completed ,their work, says an exchange. PTior to August they secured 322 skins, since then 1414 skins were secured.

Two human skulls, both very old, were discovered by a resident of Devonport. They were embedded in a rocky bank ’ on the seashore, having been revealed by the aetion of wind and wave. Years ago there was a Maori pa at the foot of North Head, and bones have been found from time to time on the beach. Students of native history arc inclined to the opinion that the place where the skulls were found was either a Maori burial, ground or the scene of some bygone tribal conflict,

Mustefton retailers have taken an early, opportunity of deciding the Christmas shopping hours, which will be as follows: A mid-week half-holiday the week prior to Christmas, all shops to remain open till 10 p.m. on Saturday; December 24th. The following week the usual Saturday half holiday will be observed with the late night on Friday.

“If tlie weather would only clear up I think we would, find the effects of the new daylight saving legislation most beneficial,” stated Major S. G-. Sanclle at the last meeting of-the district scout executive at Palmerston North. The speaker explained that already the extra, time was being availed of and the scouts found it possible to carry out their parades in daylight to a later hour than was usually the case.

With a capital of £4QOO in £1 shares, Mangham \s Automatic Needle Changes, Ltd., has been registered to purchase Or otherwise acquire letters patent, brevis d ’invention, concessions, etc., and in particular to acquire an invention for certain improvements in gramophones relating to the process or method of fixing needles in the diaphragm. The subscribers are W. E. A. Gill 1000; L. Mangham, 1000; J. Burns, 750; L. 'P. Haywood, 250; and H. J. W. Lord, 1000.

Included in the cargo of the steamer Port Hardy, which berthed at Auckland on Saturday afternoon, is the first of the three Nurnberg engines for the Government sub-station at Penrose. These engines, which are being imported from England by the Government, will provide electric power for the province until the 1 Arapuni contract is completed. The other two engines are expected to arrive'at an early date.

A Feilding resident took a risk with a sitting of eggs a fortnight ago, but received a pleasant surprise on Thursday, says the Star. A brood hen had been set for hatching. After performing her duty for a period of eight to ten days, she left the nest. The .poultry fancier then gathered the eggs and| placed them in a cupboard below his electric hot water service where there was an assurance of a constant and even temperature.. This novel form of incubation, proved entirely successful, for on. Thursday morning a little family made itself heard and an investigation disclosed a batch of fine, healthy chicks. •

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on Sunday this year. The,/ question has been raised as to the observ-, aneb of tie holidays in those two weeks. Inquiry on the point was made of the Labour Department, which suggested that the attention of'shopkeepers and others should' be directed to the Public Holidays Act, 1921. The Act provides: “Where in any Act or in any award or industrial agreement reference is made to Christmas Day or New Year’s Day, such reference shall, when those days fall on the Sunday, hereafter be deemed to Ire the next successful Monday, and in the ease of Boxing Day shall b§. tne next succeeding Tuesday.” %

While he believes • that*" cricket in New Zealand can have no greater ambassadors than the team which has re: turned to the Dominion,: Mr. D. Reese, chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council, places a limit on the game. Speaking at the civic welcome to the team at Wellington he mentioned cases of noted players whose prospects in life had been sacrificed as the result of devoting too much time to cricket. There were, he said, certain limits to the concessions, granted by employers with regard to leave. “We want cricket to remain in its proper place, in the community,” .added Mr. Reese, “and we ask the members of the team to get back again.”

Indications are that this Christmas will prove a very lean one for local flaxmill employees (says the Foxton Herald). There liase been scarcely any work for them during the winter, and almost as soon as the mills started running the swamps became flooded, and broken time ensued. On Monday an attempt was made by cutters to recommence operations in some of the swamps, but it was found to be impossible owing to the water, -which was waist deep,, The present weather conditions look as though it will be some time before the swamps will be* in a fit state to allow of the cutting of green leaf.

During, a discussion on sheep worrying by dogs at a meeting of the Waitcmata Chamber of Commerce, it rvas stated that one sheepowner in the Dargaville district estimated his loss by the depredations of wandering curs at £l5O a year. A Waitemata member declared that the stray dog which had acquired the habit of attacking sheep was “as cunning as a human being, and harder to trap than a rat.” Another speaker described the clever manner in which the dogs would remain hidden during the clay, only to issue forth at nightfall. There was a consensus of opinion that an energetic ranger armed with a gun was the best means of coping with the nuisance.

The 26th annual meeting of the members of Abraham and Williams, Ltd., was held at the head office of the company, Wellington, yesterday. The profit and loss account, including £14,032 3s 8d brought forward from last year, showed a credit balance of £29,591 14s 2d, from which has, to be deducted the interim dividend paid in April last and amounting to £7766 2s, leaving a balance for distribution of £21,825 12s 2d. A dividend of 2$ per cent, for the halfyear was declared on the ordinary shores, which, together with the 2| per cent paid in April last, makes 5 per cent for the year, leaving a balance of £14,059 10s 2d to be curried forward. Messrs D. Allan, R. P. Abraham and S. Bolton, the retiring directors, were reelected.

Arrangements are to be made irn Wanganui schools for the reception of a wireless programme, suitable for school children, broadcast from station 2YA, Wellington, on December 13th.

Under the new motor regulations silencers are compulsory on all motor vehicles, “cut-outs” are forbidden, and also “undue noises caused by the vehicle being in a state of disrepair or by the manner in which it is loaded.”

The Levin. Co-operative Dairy Co. has paid its suppliers Is 6d per.lb* on the basis of finest' cream, for butter fat supplied during October. The output is being maintained at the level reached early in the month, being from 222 to 224 boxes of butter a day.

A rumour is going about that produce on the Port Caroline, which left Wellington on September 26th,' and arrived at London on November sth, was damaged, says a Press message from Wellington, but the agents here have no information and do not know what ground there is for the report. x

A circular received by a Levin resident last week from England was adr dressed: “Queenswood Road, Levin, Feilding, Palmerston North, New Zealand.” It .appears to have reached its destination without delay despite the confusing array of towns mentioned on the envelope. No doubt the Postal authorities sent it to the most important centre first.

A well-known run-holder in Central Otago is at present telling a good story against himself. During a recent visit to Dunedin he decided to take his wife to a picture show, but at the last minute he discovered that the smallest money in his possession, was, a £5 note, and in order to get change he decided to buy some chocolates. All went well i-ntil he proffered the note in payment, and then the'comedy started. The girl who supplied .the goods informed the purchaser that she could not change a £5 note, and she was then requested to get change somewhere as she knew the town better than the customer did. She proceeded to comply with the .request, and just outside the. door of the shop she met a lady, who 1 was asked if she feould provide the necessary change. The lady, who could not oblige, was asked to step into the shop while the girl got change, as there was a man mside and she did not like the look of him. Thus it came abcCUt'.that the lady stepped into the shop to keep an eye on her husband'till he got the change to enable him-to take her to j’ie pictures. '-