Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.

Shannon News, 16 December 1927, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.

After the church services on Sun flay evening a- lantern lecture will be given in the Parish Hall entitled “The Birth of Christ. ”

The transacting of the Borough business by the Council at their meeting on Tuesday evening occupied less than an hour.

Mr W. 11. Gregory, assistant electrical engineer at Mangaore, who has received notice of his transfer to the Waikaremoana Hydro scheme, left on Monday morning to take up his new duties.

Mr W. IT. Wood, who has been transferred- to Wellington District Office, was farewelled by members of the Mangaore staff on Friday afternoon. Mr I. R. Robinson, in making a presentation, spoke of Mr Wood’s good qualities, both in his work and socially. Mr Wood suitably responded.

The Town Clerk reported to Council on Tuesday evening that he had received several complaints of damage being done to gardens and hedges by wandering stock. He suggested that the Council should instruct the Ranger to again take up his duties during the day. The suggestion was adopted.

A meeting of the committee of’the Shannon branch of the Plunket Society was held last week, Mrs Clifford Jones presiding; when several accounts were passed for payment, and the nurse’s report was received. The report was quite satisfactory. The hope was expressed that more mothers would take advantage of the nurse’s services, which will prove of benefit to both babies and mothers and eventually to the nation.

Mr. A. E. Hyde,, on behalf of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce, has been in communication with the New Zealand Tourist Department, in connection with securing a few of the huts at'Mangahao for tourists and fishermen, The Department have now advised him that they are in touch with the Public Works Department to have a few of the huts left when the work at Mangahao is completed.

On a number of occasions of late am noyanee has ben caused residents by a few larrikins amusing themselves by throwing stones on dwellings and public places. On Sunday evening while a lantern lecture was in progress at the Parish Hall, the congregation was disturbed by one of these acts; the outcome of which, it is rumoured, will be a prosecution. Fortunately, Shannon is fairly free from larrikinism, but acts of the kind referred to are annoying and if the culprits are brought to book the public will be pleased.

The weekly euchre parties conducted by the Committee of the Women’s Institute —which have proved so popular —were brought to a conclusion for this season on Tuesday evening, when at the end of the evening’s play a social was held as a finale to a successful season. The social took the form of games, competitions, vocal and elocutionary items and dancing, an enjoyable time being spent by all. The winners during the evening were Mrs Richardson and Mr. W. Terry, the consolation awards going to Miss Gayler, and Mr. Moon, while Mr. 11. Tremewan won the competition. The aggregate prizes for most games won during the season were won by Mrs Ehvood and Mr. C. Pritchard. An excellent supper was served, the proceedings being bi-ought to a close by all joining hands and singing “Auld Lang Syne.’’ A number of,requests have been received that the tommies should be continued and the committee hopes to resume them again about the middle of January.

The case Lorenza Ann and James Johnson v. C. 11. Speirs, a claim for £SOOO damages for alleged infringement of patent rights, which was to have been heard in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North, was yesterday morning discontinued by plaintiffs. *

The names of the following scholars of Ven., Bedels Slinday School, who were successful entrants for the V ellington Diocesan Sunday School examinations, were inadvertently omitted from the list published in our last issue: —Donald Thomas, Barbara Richards, and Doris Tippler.

Israel Gellior, who was charged at Gisborne with a breach of the Bankuptcy Act by contracting debts amounting to £121) with five Gisborne firms, without reasonable expectation qf ability to pay and with failing to keep proper books of accounts, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.

In connection with the official opening of the Mangaore Tennis Club, a social and dance was held on Saturday evening, which was enjoyed by all present, including visitors from Mangahao and Shannon. In the novelty dance competition,'Miss Myra Gagliardi (Miss Whakatane) turned out the -winner, partnered by Mr J. Reid (Kingston Road). Vocal items were rendered by Messrs Howard Andrew and F. Goldsmith. Mr Bert Spencer supplied the music. The M.C. duties were ably carried out by Mr K. S. Henry.

On Saturday the Horowhenua. County Council decided, on -the motion of CJr. McLeavey, seconded by Cr. Cntley, that Mr. S. Jfarker, .Otaki, be granted a slaughterhouse license, subject to the approval of the Stock Department.

Mr. W. Baxter, Waikanae, in a letter to the Horowhenua County Council on Saturday, asked permission to erect, a telephone line from Rikiorangi to Baxter’s mill—Authority was given during the pleasure of the Council.

During the university vacation a number of agricultural students from Auckland and Wellington arc carrying out the practical wprk. required to be performed by them for the degree course on the Massey Agricultural College site.

“Unemployment in Palmerston North is now practically negligible,” said the Mayor, Mr A. J. Graham, to a “Standard” representative. “This is due,” he added, “to a large extent, to amount of work offering in the country districts. ”

Mr. G. Macdonald, Manakau, applied by letter to the County Council oh Saturday for the lease of a piece of land on the by-road which runs along the boundary of Mr. C. Richards’ farm, for which he was prepared to pay £1 per year. —The Councillors for the Riding And the . engineer were directed to report.

A largely-attended meeting of fruitgrowers, at Thames, to discuss the fireblight menace, passed resolutions urging the Minister of Agriculture to deal with unoccupied Crown and Native lands by eradicating hawthorn or trimming it, and to extend the Thames area by a mile eastward. Appreciation was expressed of the work of the instructor in the district.

At the inquest on the two | sons of Mi- John Robinson, of Greymouth, aged three years and eleven months and two years and nine months, it was stated that on the evening before they became ill they had eaten green gooseberries in the garden, although they had been warned against doing so. The elder boy was found dead in bed'next morning, and the younger died later in hospital.

“I would pot like to say Palmerston North gets everything it asks for/’ stated Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., at the Palmerston Technical School breakingup, ceremony. “It is very nearly true but not quite. There are some buildings in the course of erection but more are wanted arid it will not be long before you will hear of further advances in the matter of schools in Palmerston North.”

“What is your favourite drink?” asked counsel of an elderly witness in the Hamilton Supreme Court. “Anything at all,” replied the witness. “Isn’t your favourite beverage methylated spirits and Worcestershire sauce?” was counsel’s next question. Witness admitted that ho liked the drinks mentioned when he could get nothing better. Judge Herdman: Do you come from the King Country? “Yes,” said the witness. “I understand,” was his Honor’s comment.

A Hawera message states that a handsome shield has been presented to the Agricultural Department by Messrs Henry A. Lane and Co., Ltd., of London, through their New Zealand representative, Mr G. 11. Buckcridge, for the encouragement of dairying and agriculture among the youth of the Dominion. The Shield is offered as a perpetual challenge trophy, to be awarded each year to the pupils of the school gaining most points in various competitions, including those of A. and P. Shows and winter shows.

A resident of Timaru who had possessed, for a good many years, a picture of which the owner was not greatly enamoured was persuaded by a friend to send it to Christie’s (London) for sale. The owner did this and (says the Timaru Herald) he had the pleasure of receiving in return a cheque for £SOOO, the picture having proved to be a genuine Rembrandt. Another resident of Timaru, in the hope of meeting similar good fortune, also sent a picture of considerable age and merit to Christie’s for sale, but in this case, instead of a cheque for a substantial amount being received, the owner received a debit note for costs incurred in connection with the sale.

For a vacancy recently filled on the staff of the Levin District High School there were no fewer than fid applicants.

A member of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce stated yesterday that a New Zealand motorist in London had been pulled up through travelling too slowly. On his return to Wellington he was pulled up’for travelling too fast. The speed, 18 miles per hour, was the same in .each instance.

A New York cable says that the exAustralian boxer, Griffo was found dead in a rooming house in a disreputable quarter of the city. He was destitute. His .death is attributed to indigestion and a general run down condition. In his prime Griffo was one of the greatest boxers the world has ever known. For some years past he had been living in America and, according to latest, reports, had been earning a precarious living in New York.

Some frank comment on the tunnelling methods of the Public Works Department. in relation to the Tawa Flat railway deviation tunnelling has been made by an English civil engineer who is at present visiting New Zealand. The whole design of the tunnels and the method of driving are antiquated, he says, and if the work is carried through on present methods it will take three times the amount of money out of the taxpayers’ pockets than should be necessary.

The N.Z. Railways Magazine, which is in its second,year of publication, and which has mainta ned a uniformly attractive standard, comes out in December issue as a Christmas number of 48 pages, nearly all of which are illustrated with interesting blocks. The magazine is delivered free to all employees in the railway service, to the principal public librar.es in the Dominion, and to the loading firms, shippers and traders doing business with the railways.

The negotiations between the New Zealand Government and Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., the contractors, over the trouble in constructing the Arapuni Hydraulic Electric Scheme lias now been ended. 1 The Right; Hon. Edward Shortt, K.C., who came from England .on purpose to represent the contractors on Friday, signed an agreement, with the Public Works Department whereby the English contractors proceed with the construction of the heaclwork, and the Public Works Department takes over the work of constructing the power house, which was the matter in dispute.

A letter was received by the County Council on Saturday from Mr. A. H. Burgess, Waikanae, urging that the hedges on the Waikanae Beach Road nearest .to tie. main road be cut back. The. beach road was very narrow, and with the heavy traffic to and from the beach there was serious risk of accident. He also asked that the trees at the corner of the beach and main roads be cut back to give a clear view of approaching traffic, as it was quite unsafe for motor traffic at present. The chairman said the hedge was on native land and the Council had cut it in the past. On his motion the surfacemen were instructed to do the. work before the holidays.

Pour English nightingales, the first ever brought to the Southern Hemisphere, arrived in Auckland last week on the Aorangi. They have been biought from London by Mr Angus Wilson, son of Mr Gilbert Wilson, of St. Heliers Bay, and are the gift of Mr David Garnett, the author, who lias expressed the wish that the bird which has inspired so many English poets and writers may be induced to sing amid our “fields of alien corn.” It is Mr Wilson’s intention, on the receipt of official permission, to release the nightingales in the Auckland district. They will be ringed before release, as the opinion was held at Home that they might attempt to flv home to their native English woods, the nightingale being the most “homesick” bird in the world.

The' following recommendation was received by the County Council on Saturday, from the Works Committee, relative to Messrs W. M. and F. S. Simcox’s application for the dedication of a portion of the Forest Lakes Road, and was adopted: —“That Messrs Simoox Bros. be. advised that for this Council to accept dedication of the portion of the Forest Lakes Road, the subject of their recent application, the followingwill be the requirements of the Council: —Plans a'nd specifications to be sub mitted showing the work to be undertaken; the formation to be of a minimum width of 14 feet; the metalling to be of a minimum width of 10 feet; the thickness of metal to be 8 inches; all culverts and water-tables to be put in good order.”

For more than three hundred years English boys have been doing their les. sons in an oak-panelled room at Harrow. It is called the Fourth Form Class room, and sometimes the Carved Room, because thousands of boys have carved their names on its wooden walls. Now there is no space left, and if boys cut their names they can only do so by carving over someone 'pise’s. in that way the signature of some very famous man might be lost, so the Headmaster has announced that the Carved Room is to be a class-room no more and will be preserved simply as a memorial of the schoolboys of the past. Apropos of this subject the Children’s Newspaper observes that it is a wise decision, which would doubtless be approved by John Lyon, who founded the school rn 1571, and by the famous writers, statesmen, and soldiers wlio hacked their names on the panels when they were schoolboys centuries ago. But how lonely the old room will be when it hears the clatter of boys’ boots and the buzz of their voices no more! It seems rather sad that long tradition must be broken.

“Ninety-nine per cent, of trouble in factories is caused through lack of cleanliness on farms,” said Mr P. O. Veale, dairy scientist-at the Hawera laboratory, when giving evidence in the Supreme Court in New Plymouth yesterday.

Passion fruit will be exported from New Zealand to England this season by the Department of Agriculture. This information .has been given by Mr YV. 11. Rice, chief orchard instructor iu Auckland. Mr Rite said that although the Government had been unable ,to acquiesce in the suggestion that passion iruit exporters should receive the same State price guarantee as that, given for apples, it. had been decided to. purchase 200 to 300 eases of passion fruit, if obtainable at a reasonable price, and export them on behalf of the Department. The shipment would be made under proper experimental conditions, and if it resulted in a loss that would be met bv the Department. Ir was considered that would be the same as a guarantee. If on the other hand, there was a surplus, the growers would receive the benefit. t