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Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928.

A large number of local sports made the trip to Foxton on Saturday for the racing fixture.

Mrs W. Brown, who underwent another operation in a private hospital in Wellington on Saturday, we are pleased to report is now showing considerable improvement.

At Foxton, before Messrs Hornblow and Perreau, J.'sP., a Shannon resident whose name was suppressed, was iined £5 and costs for being drunk while in charge of a car at Manawatu Heads on Sundav.

As .will be seen by the large advertisement in this issue, Howard Andrew, Ltd., arc beginning their Gigantic Clearance Sale on Saturday next, prnstic reductions will be made in the Showroom Department, many lines being sold at half price.*

At a special meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council on Monday evening, it was decided to continue with Wednesday afternoon as the statutory half-holiday in Palmerstou North.

The dried milk plant at Te Aroha West dairy factory has been sold to McLaren's Gelatine Company and is being dismantled-for removal to Christchurch. The plant was taken to Te Aroha West from Bunnythorpe about four years ago. No use has been made of it at Te Aroha West.

Mr. G. H. Clay, of Waikanae, in a letter to the County Council on Saturday, stated, that the approach to his gate had not yet been filled in, and he would like the Council to attend to it. The road had been built up about three feet, and tradesmen's carters complained about the fall to the gate. — The matter was referred to the engineer.

The County chairman (Mr. Monk) stated at the Council meeting on Saturday that the road from Waikanae to Waimeha Township, which, is ,ene of those that he is recommending to' the Highways Council as a subsidiary main highway, had been taking a huge volume of traffic in the last two years, owing to the popularity of the new township and the Waikanae beach. As many as 200 cars had been seen on the road in a day.

Pheasants and quail, which are hard to account for after being liberated, seem to be thriving in the Tiritea reserve, in the foothills to the east of Pal: merston North. A Levin visitor on Sunday observed two pheasants, and came across a quail with a clutch of young ones feeding. The mother-bird ran away and tried to induce the chicks to follow her, but they remained and were indeed so quiet that they could be picked up. Two of them were inspected at, close quarters and then given their liberty. If such a, lack of the self-protecting instinct is general among the young of the species, it may explain their failure to survive where any natural enemies are present.

On the recommendation of the Works Committee, the Horowhenua County Council decided, on Saturday, that in view of the difficulty of re-constructing the Main Highway and providing at the same time for the travelling public to use the road whilst work is in progress, the Wellington Automobile Club be written to and asked to use their influence in requesting members and motorists generally to exercise care and patience when approaching men and machinery working on the road. This request is made as the result of the Council's experience whilst reconstruction work has been in progress, and in order that the utmost safety may be obtained for motorists and Council employees.

Owing to one or two examiners delaying the return of the papers, the matriculation examination results will not be available for a week.

Mr. K. F. Hodge, To Horo, wrote to the Horowhen.ua County Council asking for' permission to cut, cocksfoot grass-seed on Te Horo Beach Road. He stated that Cr. Jensen was agreeable to the request, but had advised him to apply for the Council's permission.— The request was granted at the Council meeting on Saturday.

A young man making a purchase in a Wanganui shop discovered that he had, been too generously treated in the matter of change. He returned and. remarked to the man behind the counter: "You've made a mistake with the change." "Well, you should have discovered that sooner," was the sharp rejoinder. "Don't'worry, then," replied the young man as he smilingly left the shop with the money still in his pocket. "I was given half-a-erown too much! "

The Health Department's report received by the Horowhenua County Council' on Saturday from Mr. J. Lerwill, sanitary , inspector, "Wellington, stated that no cases of infectious disease were reported in the county in December. The inspector attended to four complaints, and three nuisances were abated. Three plumbing and drainage works were inspected. Three samples of butter were 'taken, at Te Horo, Waikanae and Otaki; and fooc premises were inspected at Te Hoto and Waikanae.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day's issue that the due date of payment of the Incometax is on Thursday, the 9th day of February, 1928. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before Ist March, 1928. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st January, 1928. Demands must be presented with all payments, and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with.

.A resolution was passed by the County Council on Saturday, on the motion of Cr. Ryder, seconded by Cr. Jensen, that the location plan showing the proposed low-level suspension bridge to be erected should the Tau : ngata bridge be dismantled, as prepared by the acting-engineer, be submitted to the Public Works Depar!,-. ment as requested in its letter of September 23rd, 1927. The chairman (Mr. Monk) stated that Cr. Jensen, himself and the engineer, had selected wha' they thought was a suitable site for the* new bridge, and this had been marked on the plan.

"Less hay and more ensilage" appears to be the slogan of the man on the land (says the Waikato Independent). No doubt the loss of hay through internal combustion, combined with the difficulty of getting it cut and stacked just at the right time and under the right condition, has had a lot to do with the ■elioiee of the latter in preference to the former method of conserving surplus grass fodder for the winter needs of farm live stock. Another factor is the difficulty entailed by harvesting hay on the community plan through lack of suitable or cheap labour procurable on the individual farms. In thet making of ensilage the process is less hurried, almost any green fodder may be used—such as the rough toppings of the pasture, thistles, etc. — and, what is most important of all, it can be made in almost any weather. !

The death, of a well-known Chinese identity, Bun Tuek, occurred recently at the Westland Hospital at the age of 83 years. Deceased was a native of Canton, and had been 50 years on the West Coast, having in the early days been a storekeeper at Maori Gulley. Later he was engaged iu mining at Kumara, and subsequently he removed to Hokitika, where he remained until his death. When the Bt. Hon. E. J. Seddon was Premier, Bun Tuck's name figured prominently in a debate in the > House. A charge (subsequently proved to be unfounded) was brought against Mr Seddon by Mr George Hutchinson, in which (says an exchange) it was asserted that the Premier and Bun Tuck" were associated in some illegal mining transaction. Mr Hutchinson, who had been elected as a supporter of the Seddon Government, subsequently became jts bitterest opponent, and he took every opportunity of making things interesting for the Premier. The Bun Tuck incident was a trying ordeal I for Mr Seddon.

Criticism of the heavy loads carried at times over the County bridges was voiced at the Horowhenua County Council meeting on Saturday. Cr. McLeavey stated that recently a lorry laden with 36 bales of wool broke through the decking of the bridge near the Ohau cheese factory. County workmen had told him that they had to fol-low-up some of the lorries with planks and nails to repair the bridges. The chairman (Mr Monk) said that the biggest load he had seen on a lorry in the County was 38 bales. If the statutory weight was exceeded the Council could take legal steps. There were a number of heavy lorries on the road all the time. Cr. Barber asked if the Highways Board had decided not to supply the Council with load meters. The chairman: "Yes; but Ave referred the matter back to them." Cr. Jensen asked if it was a fact that, on the paved road, a lorry loaded with wool went, over the new formation and left a large mark. The Acting-Engineer (Mr Callcnder) said he had not had any report about it; he visited the section in question on Friday, and the road did not show any mark. The chairman stated that the matter had not been reported to him, and he had not seen the. mark deferred to by Cr. Jensen. The workmen were laying a splendid piece of road.

A frost in Otaki on Monday night was the means of damaging a crop of potatoes on the Sanatorium property.

In Wellington in 1927 building permits to the value of £1,936,866 were issued, compared ' with £1,937.187 for 1926. . " .

Ninety.-one extras were registered in the "two cricket matches played at Marton on Saturday. In one innings they numbered 46.

The sum of £30.000 was taken at the Auckland city treasury on Saturday ill payment of rates, the amount being £17,000 more compared with the sante post-holiday period of last year.

On Monday a Wairarapa party, which included .Mr. Frank Hood, a brother of Captain ; Hood, went out to the ranges south of Featherston to investigate something that looked like a clue to the missing aviators, but it turned out to be nothing.

A large motor-car, containing two men, capsized on the Waikanae-Para paraumu Road on Wednesday and rolled over twice. One man had his leg slightly injured, the other escaped unhurt, while the car sustained but litt.'e damage. The capsize, was due to a tyre bursting.

Suppliers to the Parewanui Dairy Co., Ltd., will be paid at the rate of Is 5-Jd for December butter-fat. During the month nearly 14 tons of cheese were manufactured. The Rangitikei Dairy Co., Ltd., will pay at the.rate of Is 3d per lb. This will absorb over £9OOO. the supply, of butter-fat being *14;"),000 lbs, which is'2o per cent higher than any previous record.

At "the Wairarapa Motor Club's meeting at the Taratahi racecourse on Saturday, the fastest time recordei was that of C. D. Walker, riding a Hi h.p. Norton r the Wairarapa Middle weight Championship. He covered eight miles in 7min 11 l-sth sees, at an average speed per lap of 6? miles per hour.

Two Levin cyclists, G. A. Dunn and M. G. Stallard, made a good showing at the Marton Athletic "Club's evening sports on Wednesday. Dunn Avon the half-mile and two-mile handicaps, starting from scratch in both eases; and Stallard won the mile, was second in the two miles, and won a heat in the half-mile.

"The silk industry in France is bigger than ever it was," said M. J. D'Anon, a silk manufacturer from Lyons, who lias arrived at Auckland. M. D'Anon has come to New Zealand to appoint agents for his firm. He has been trading with Australia for some years, and now hopes to do business with the Dominion. "The depression which prevailed in France has almost gone," he said to a reporter. "Industry is recovering, and is now on a good footing. France's export trade is growing, and is now larger than her imports. The silk trade is growing larger every year. Our woollen mills are also developing very largely, and New Zealand wool is . much in demand.'' M. D'Anon said that the New Zealanders are still fondly j-emembered in France, where they created such a wonderful impression during the war.

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Shannon News, 24 January 1928, Page 2

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Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928. Shannon News, 24 January 1928, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928. Shannon News, 24 January 1928, Page 2

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