Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928.

Shannon News, 20 April 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928.

Mrs and Miss Ewart, of Taumarunui, are visiting friends in Shannon.

The public are reminded that the annual meeting of householders will be held in the schoolroom on Monday next at 7.30 p.m.

Mr and Mrs Noel Gunning are visiting Nelson. If well enough Mr Gunning, sen., will be returning with them.

At the new wireless broad-easting station at Palmerston North on Fri : day, April 27th, the programme in the evening will be presented by a eoneert party from Shannon.

Mr and Mrs W. Cochrane and family left Shannon on Wednesday for Otorohanga, in the King Country, where they will reside in"; the future, Mr Cochrane having purchased a farm in that district.

The official list of fixtures have been drawn up for the club matches in the Horowhenua Eugby district, and the season will open tomorrow. On the local domain Shannon Juniors will play Miranui while the senior team are to play Hui Mai at Manakau and the thirds play WJeraroa at Weraroa.

The death occurred at the Palmerston North Hospital on Tuesday of Mr Edward Todd, a well-known resident of Tokomaru. The deceased, who was 39 years of age, was taken ill on Monday, passing away from a stroke as stated above. He was a married man and was employed at Dalzcll's mill at Makerua.

As a result of complaints to the Borough Council that bad language is being used by footballers playing in the Domain on Sundays; the Council decided to write to the Management Committee of the Shannon Football Club asking them to notify players that it must cease, otherwise the Council will take steps to prevent play in the Domain on Sundays.

The president of the Women's Institute (Mrs E. Butt) is in receipt of a letter from Miss Stops, president of the Duston Women's Institute, Northampton, England, who visited Shannon last week-end, in which she expressed her appreciation of the kindness shown her by local members. She stated it was one of the most enjoyable visits she had made to any place in the Dominion, especially her visit to Mangahao, the scenery there she thought being very beautiful.

At the monthly meeting of the Shannon branch of the Women's Institute, held on Wednesday, there was a good attendance of members. Mrs Butt was appointed to represent the branch at the annual meeting of the Hawke's Bay Provincial Federation of the Women's Institute to be held at Waipukurau on April 27th. , During the meeting Miss Butt demonstrated some of Miss Stops' work in making hearth brushes, peg bags, mocassins and several other articles out of waste, such as ends of rope, old felt hats and sugar bags. A darning"competition was held, this being won by Mrs T. King. Four new members were elected.

There is a beautiful autumn tinge in the air and it is a delightful season. Howard Andrew, Ltd., drapers, are making a splendid display of ' plain and check flannels. See window display.

It was mentioned by the secretary of the Horowhenua Power Board (Mr P. W. Goldsmith), at the meeting of that body on Tuesday, that an inquiry had been received from a very large sewing machine manufacturing company for the number of consumers in the various towns in the Board's district, as the firm hoped to have the machines run by electricity before very long.

The request of the N.Z. Ironmasters' Association, that local bodies should support Dominion industries, was before the Power Board on Tuesday. The chairman of the Board (Mr G. A. Monk) said he thought that the Board could safely claim that it had bought as much material in New Zealand as possible. He moved that the letter be received, and that the Association be informed that the Board had carried out the policy indicated, to the best of its ability. The motion was carried.

A' writer in an American paper ref era to Maoriland's idol, Tom Heeney, as a <*'squat, granitejawed, , super-courageous slugger, who could not hit a barn door if it happened to be awinging." This particular American writer seems to be rather peeved that Heeney upset his confident predictions that Delaney would win.

The annual profit of the Monte Carlo casino is £1,232,000 gross and £728,000 nett. A dividend is declared of 145 per cent., and the £4 shares are now worth £92.

A Palmerston North visitor to Arapuni obtained specimens of rewarewa wood and rimu bark from a strata declared by geoloists to date back a thousand years B.C. They were almost petrified, but easily recognisable.

Due to daylight saving, the nett return for December of the Wairarapa Power Board was £430 14s 9d less than for December, 1926. This item was contained in the engineer's "News of the Month" furnished members at today's meeting of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board.

c .With his usual thoughtfulness Mr Wilmot (headmaster of the Otaki State School) and children, ably assisted by teachers and Mrs. Wilmot, despatched last week a large quantity of mushrooms to the Red Cross Hospital in Hobson Street, and also to Canon iPielden Taylor's home. This is an | annual contribution which is greatly I appreciated.

On account of the many counter-at-tractions, the Grand Leap Year Ball, which was to have been held in the Koputaroa Hall on May 3rd, has been altered to take place on Thursday next, 26th April. The committee have arrangements well in hand and dancers are looking forward with pleasurable anticipation to this special event, which promises to attract a large crowd. The Alhambrian Orchestra have been engaged to supply the music.

Mr C. Lambeth, architect, of Hamilton, who has been engaged to advise the Levin Borough Council on the erection of abattoirs, visited Levin yesterday and conferred with the Abattoirs Committee in the afternoon and the Council in the evening. He submitted plans of abattoirs which he had designed for Taumarunui, Cambridge and Te Kuiti; and the Council requested him to make a sketch plan, to be ready for the next meeting, showing a building suitable for local requirements. Provisional arrangements will be set out in the plan for a chilling department.

A successful sale of seaside sections was held on Saturday, when eighty lots were offered to a good attendance by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., on behalf of Messrs W. H. and V 5 Weggery. The sections are situated on the Waikanae beach, and represent the extension No. 2 of the Waimeha township. The auctioneers report that a number of sections were disposed of under the hammer, and more were quitted by private treaty after the sale to purchasers as far north as Shannon and Feilding.

The revenue estimated by the Wan-ganui-Kangitikei Power Board for the year, amounting to £85,859, would be realised despite the effect of daylight saving, in respeet of which accounts for lighting had. been reduced by approximately £7OOO, stated the managing secretary, Mr. P. H. Smith, at a meeting of that body recently. During the month of February the revenue amounted to £6542 8s 9d, which was an increase of £746 16s 4d over the figures for the previous February. At the close of that month there were 7221 consumers, showing an increase of 58 for the month.

The need for completing the survey of the Main Highways in the Horowhenua County was mentioned by Cr. Kilsby, at the Council meeting on Saturday, and it was decided, on his motion, seconded by Cr. Bryant, that all survey work of boundary and deviations on Nos. 1 and 60 Main Highways be carried out as soon as the officer is available after the recently appointed County Engineer (Mr Brewster) takes over his duties, to enable all re-grad-ings to be completed so as not to cause any-undue delay in the construction.

The Horowhenua County Council's decision to agree to the inclusion of the Wirokino riding in the proposed Levin borough abattoir area was conveyed to the Borough Council in a letter received at Monday night's meeting. A motion was passed that the letter be received and its contents noted, and that the thanks of the Borough Council be expressed to the County Council for its assistance. The Town Clerk stated that he had sent out notices for the Abattoirs Committee* to meet Mr Lambert, the architect, who is to furnish advice on the abattoirs proposal, at 8 o'clock this evening.

A very sad burning fatality occurred efit Papatawa, near Woodville, on Monday evening, resulting in the death of the three-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Mabey. From what ean be gathered it appears that Mrs Mabey left the house for a few minutes to collect the mail at the gate, about two chains distant, leaving three children —aged five, three and a-half, and eighteen months—in the kitchen. As they had never before attempted to play with the fire the mother had no fear of their doing so, but hardly had she reached the gate when she heard cries for help, and rushing back found that Gladys Bae, the second girl, had been terribly burned through her dress catching fire. Practically every stitch of clothing had been consumed, and the little one was in agony. Dr. Mules was on the spot in a few minutes and administered morphia, after which he hurried the sufferer to the Pannevirke Hospital, where the little one passed away just before midnight.