Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1927.

Shannon News, 13 December 1927, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1927.

Next week the Shannon Dairy Co's stove will re inn in open all (lay on Wednesday, but will close al 1 p.m. on Saturday, Decernher 23rd.

For butterfat supplied during the mojith of November to the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co's factory, the payout will be Is 5d per lb.

Mr Garde Grimshaw, teacher of vocal music and elocution, has engagements in the coining holidays at Wnnganui and Mastertoii. He will resume teaching in Shannon early in the year, the date of which will be duly advertised.

A motion of condolence with the widow and family of the late Mr. Warren Satherley was carried in silence by the directors of the Shannon Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd., at their iihuitlily meeting oil Saturday.

Christmas shoppers were in evidence on Saturday evening at Howard Andrew's, Ltd. Evidently customers are taking good advice and are shopping early. This firm has a very fine selection of very useful presents as will be seen by their special advt. and the prices an; as low as town prices.*

The following scholars of Yen Bede's Sunday School were successful entrants for the Wellington Diocesan Sunday School examinations: —Age !> years, Phoebe Small; Age .11 years, Betty Eagle, Agnes llansmann, Molly Jenkins, Betty Richards, Irene Sands; Age 12 years and over, Joyce Ellwood, May Exton, Gretcher'Tippler.

At the monthly meeting of directors of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., lield on Saturday the following resolution was carried: "That this Company enters an' emphatic protest against the evidence given by the Secrotary of the New Zealand Employers Federation before the' Arbitration Amendment Bill Commission which was against the express wish of the majority of farmers.

The street stall held on Saturday in aid of the Shannon School improvement fund proved very successful, considering the number of calls made on the public purse of late by different iiganisations. A good supply of donalions, of fruit, vegetables and produce came forward, all of which were cleared by evening. During the day a number of competitions were got off, the winners being as follows:—Sucking pig dinner, W. B. King, No. 780; sack of coal, Mr. J. Bresuahan; beaded bag, Mrs Butler; box of handkerchiefs, -Mr. C. Grey; Christmas cake. ~>lbs H>o/.5., Mr. G.' Tregill.

It is understood that I>ame Nellie Melba, the celbrated soprano, is contemplating a farewell concert tour of New Zealand, and that it may take place very early in the new year.

In reply to a query from Canterbury the Mmagcmoiit Committee of the New Zealand "Rugby Onion at its meeting last week decided to inform that Union that both the Wairarnpa and Manawhenua Unions were entitled to have their names engraved on the lianfurly Shield for 1927.

The Foxton Herald states that the little boy, Jack Shortt, who received serious 4 njur'es as a result of the explosion of a shell on the sandhills at the rear of .'Robmi-on 's Lakes, will be permanently blind, and his hands will be seriously affected. His general health is slowly improving.