Shannon News TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928.

Shannon News, 17 April 1928, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928.

Tenders are invited in this issue by the Shannon School Committee for the supply of 10 cords of 18in. or 2 foot rata firewood.

The annual meeting of the Shannon Choral Society will be held on Thursday of this week in the Parish Hall. The business to be discussed is of vital importance,' and a full attendance of members and intending members is requested.

; A farewell social and dance will lie tendered to Mr and Mrs A. Merwood by the local combined sports clubs in the Parish Hafruon Wednesday evening. Mrs Merwood has been a great worker in assisting to raise funds _ for 'any deserving object of the various clubs, therefore there should be a large and representative gathering.

' In connection with the flight of the German aviators from Ireland to America, tilieir landing on Greenly Island was known in Shannon on Saturday afternoon. Mr T. C. Thwaites, who happened to be listening in on his short wave length machine to 2XAP station, Schenectady, New York, at 3.15 p.m., heard the announcement that the aviators had safely landed. He advised the proprietors of the picture theatre, where a matinee was being held, and they informed the audience.

There was a good attendance of members of the Women’s Institute at the Ballance Street Hall on Saturday evening, when Miss Stops, president of the Huston Women’s Institute, Northampton, England, who is at present assisting as a voluntary organiser of the work in the Dominion, addressed them on the work of the Women’s Institute in England and on some of her experiences in New Zealand, also on her recent visit to Samoa. Miss Stops’s address was full of interest and was much appreciated by those present. At the conclusion she passed around sketches and photographs taken in Samoa, and answered several questions. On Sunday, accompanied by the president (Mrs E. Butt) and two other members, she motored out to Mangahao, also visiting the power house at Mangaore. During her stay in Shannon Miss Stops was the guest of Mr and Mrs E. Butt. She left for Ilunterville yesterday morning.

A tender has been accepted by the Government for the construction of the new railway station at Auckland,' ae cording to •an announcement made’ by the Prime Minister and Minister of Railways (Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) yesterday. The successful tenderers are Messrs J. T. Julian and Son, Ltd., of Auckland, and the contract price is understood to be in the vicinity of £326.000.

The Horowhenua County Council on Saturday received a letter inviting it to appoint a representative on the committee of the Levin branch of the W.E.A., and the position was allotted to br. Ryder. In responding Cr. Ryder said that education was a subject requiring thorough investigation to-day, and if lie could do anything, to further the interests of that education he would be only too happy to do it.

The death took place at his residence in Tinakori Road, Wellington, yesterday morning of Mr George Henry Freeman, in his 63rd year. He was born in .Napier, his father, the late Mr Stephen Freeman, being one of the earliest settlers in that district. Taking up printing as his trade, he was associated with the ‘‘Hawkes Bay Herald” for some time, and a little over a quarter of a century ago joined the ‘‘New Zealand Times,” and he remained a member of the composing staff of that paper until it ceased publication last year, when he joined the Government Printing Office staff. The late Mr Freeman leaves a widow (a daughter of the late Mr William Reading, one of the earliest residents of Napier), three sons —Mr Wm. Freeman, of the literary staff of the ‘‘Sydney Morning Herald,” Mr Leslie R. Freeman, of the literary staff of tho Melbourne ‘‘Argus,” and Mr Gordon Freeman, of the literary staff of the ‘‘Evening Post”—and one daughter, Miss Z. Freeman, also attached to the ‘‘Evening Post” staff. A brother is Mr Fred Freeman, of the composing staff of the “Hawkes Bay Herald.”

The tender of Mr A. E. Standen, of Levin, was accepted by the County Council on Saturday for the construction of the Kara main road bridge for the sum of £Bl7 19s. It was decided that the Public Works Department be requested to supply a clerk of works to supervise the erection of the bridge.

At the present time the Koputaroa School Committee have not sufficient funds to enable them to give the children their annual picnic, but an effort is being made to make up the deficiency. On Friday next a social and dance will be held in the Koputaroa hall and as the price of admission is very reasonable there should be a big attendance.

A return presented to tlxe Palmerston North Borough Council by the Abattoir manager (Mr A. M. Spilmau), showed that during , the year ended March 31, there had been 3604 more animals slaughtered than for the 12 months ended March 31, 1927. The increase was chiefly in sheep and pigs. Details were as follow, the figures for the 1926-27 period being mentioned first in each case: —Cattle, 5561, 5491; calves, 7007, 729; sheep, 19,570, 20,742; lambs, 4051, 3975; pigs, 6233, 8753. During March, 1928, stock slaughtered comprised: Cows 361, heifers 43, bullocks 91, calves 84, shee£ 1790, lambs 461, pigs 1844. Stock condemned: Cows 26, heifers 2, sheep 4, pigs 30. Fees received: £365 4s lOd.