Shannon News WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928.

Shannon News, 11 April 1928, Page 2

Shannon News WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1928.

Messrs R. Downes and R. Laurvig left for Wellington on Monday, where, they will attend the Labour Party’s conference which is being held this week.

With the completion of the work at Mangahao and the departure of the men, the mail for there will cease on Saturday and the post office will close down on Monday.

It is reported that the Public Works Department’s office at Mangaore will close in June; and that a number of the staff will be transferred to Palmerston North.

Mr and Mrs P. Bovis, of Taumarunui, who at one time were ( residents of Shannon, were visitors ,to the township during the holidays. It is twen-ty-two years since they were last in Shannon. i

At the musical examination held at Levin in November by the Association Board of’the Royal Academy of Music, the results of which have come to hand, the following pupils of Miss K. Williams were successful in passing in theory:—Elizabeth M. Hibell, 87 points and Muriel N. Hibell 69 points.

The long spell of dry weather was broken early on Sunday morning, when a very welcome rain, fell steadily during the day and continued intermittently throughout the night, followed by drizzling showers on Monday and a good downpour during that night. The present spell has been tho driest for some years, there having been no rain of any conequence since before Christmas. Although the rain has come too late to .increase the milk yield to any extent, it will help to freshen up the pastures and fodder crops. It will also receive the anxiety of those who depend on tanks for their water supply, which in some cases had been depleted long ago.

Nearly a thousand yards of dress flannel to select from in a large variety of shades is the theme of Messrs Howard Andrew’s, Ltd., advertisement on page 2.

The steamer Iron Chief, stranded near Diamond Heads, New South Wales, was badly battered by the week-end southerly and broken up. Her crew of 33 and a salvage party of nine were rescued on Sunday through the courage and resourcefulness of a Camden Haven launehman named Haynatz. He rowed single-handed in a, small dinghy from the launch to the wreck consulted the latter’s master, and then returned with the launch, which was then skilfully taken alongside, and despite the heavy seas, rescued all hands. ,

Fatal injuries were sustained by Miss Maude Ivy Timpley, aged 15, who fell from a horse, while riding on the Muriwai Beach, near Aucklahd, on Saturday afternoon. Thefgirl was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Timpley, of Kingsland, and was on a visit to her aunt, Mrs U, P. Hand. When thrown to the ground Miss Timpley suffered a compound fracture of the skull and was rendered unconscious. The patient did not regain consciousness and died yesterday afternoon. .

There were strange scenes at Albert Hall, London, says a cable message, when a thousand converts, both men and women, were publicly baptised in a large tank by Pastor Jeffreys, founder of the Elim Four-square Gospel Alliance of the British Isles. Ten thousand spectators were preent and there were many hallelujahs as women in white robes —some in bathing caps—and men in shorts and white shirts were completely immersed and returned to specially heated dressing rooms.

The Sumner lifeboat rescued a yacht’s crew of four on the Sumner bar late yesterday afternoon. The Huia with her owner, 11. Farr, and three others on board, was capsized on the bar. The occupants managed to hang to the boat. Although owing to raining weather, the beach was practically deserted, the mishap was seen from the shore and alarm sirens sound-' ed.' There was delay in getting a crew, and the inflowing tide and head wind made the lifeboat’s passage slow, so that when it reached the yacht the men were almost exhausted, and numbed by cold as they were and heavily buffeted by the broken water only one was able to help himself. The other three had to be dragged on board the lifeboat. They were all soon revived on shore and were able to go home. The lifeboat also went back for the Huia and towed her to safe' moorings, *

At a meeting of the Pnhiatua Borough Council last night, says a Press mesasge, Cr. Daniel Moriarty tendered liis written resignation, after a heated debate, Cr. Moriarty having strong exception to certain Works Com-' mittee matters.

Lord Islington has lately sold a stamp collection which was made by his father at the cost of a few pounds (says, a London correspondent). The price realised at auction was £5lO. In the collection were 1740 stamps, and nothing bore. a date later than about 1869.

The London County Council, after an all-night sitting, by 56 votes to 52, adopted the recommendation of the Theatres Committee to raise no objection to the exhibition of the film “Dawn.” under the condition that the shooting, of a German soldier in the execution scene was excised.

In the report of the Presbyterian Y.M.B.C. Union of New Zealand for 1926-37, the roll is given at over 3550, which shows a steady increase. That the Bible Class movement is of vital importance to-. the church is shown by the number of members who yearly join the teaching staff of the Sunday School. The whole teaching staff is replenished every six years from , the Bible Classes.

Members of the Wellington branch of the • Kuo-Min-Tang (the ■ Chinese Nationalist Party) held a ceremony at the official opening of their new headquarters in Tory Street on Sunday afternoon. Mr- Ngan Kai Chong presided over a large gathering. Amongst those present' were Mr Y. S. Chan, president of the Auckland branch, and Mr B. F. Ngan, president of the Wanganui branch. Mr T. B. Young, who was one of the speakers, said the aim of thq party was to bring China to peace with the rest of the world.

Although April is usually regarded as an introduction to the cold season, the weather in this district is so far of a sub-tropical character. • At 2.30 p.m.’ to-day a thermometer in a wellaired ofece registered 81 • degrees—an extraordinary reading for the time of year. Several visitations of rain were experienced during Easter, and during the whole time the temperature never fell below what may be classed as mild. The effect V the'warm rains on the pastures should be a great boon to farmers.

Dr. Willis-'Whitman,’director of the Schenectady Laboratory of the General Electric Company, believes he will aid the blind by producing a ‘ ‘ talking book” on which he has been working for a considerable time, says a New York cable. Asked when it would de-: finitely appear he said: “Remind me of it in a month.” The device looks like a camera filled with a strip of film which winds and unwinds a number of times, issuing words from several tracks through a loud speaker. He believes a film lasting two hours will be sold for about six dollars.

An old age pensioner named James Murison, aged 67, was burnt to death in a hut at Prebbleton yesterday morning. A neighbouring farmer saw the hut afire at 6.30 and found the charred remains at Murison at what was left of the front dooiv Evidence at the inquest showed that deceased was a bachelor and he had lived alone in the hut for 20 years. He was last seen alive at 6.30 the previous eveninjg. Murison read a great deal and his light was burning almost all night. No relatives are known. A verdict of death from injuries received through the hut catching fire was returned.

A remarkable escape from death by two motorists, Mr and Mrs W. A. Thomason, of Inglewood, was the feature of a smash on Mt. Messenger on Thursday, when their car plunged off the road and crashed 300 feet into the wooded ravine. After falling a hundred feet the occupants were thrown clear of the car and their descent was stopped by a growth on the cliff face. Thomason in endeavouring to pass, a car driven oy the Rev., C. M. Roberts, transferred from Te Awamutu to New Plymouth, steered too near the edge of the cliff and toppled over. The Rev. Roberts with the utmost difficulty dragged Mr and Mrs Thomason to the road. Thomason had a collarbone and three ribs broken. Mrs Thomason suffered a broken shoulder and facial cuts. They were taken to the New Plymouth hospital.