Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928.

Shannon News, 27 April 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928.

Mrs and Miss M. Butt left yesterday for Waipukurau, where Mrs Butt will attend the annual meeting of the Hawkes Bay Federation of the Women’s Institute.

An impudent theft was perpetuated in (Shannon a day or two ago when some individual forced, the door of a house which had just become _ vacant and stole all the electric light globes.

In addition to the very fine display of dress flannels as shown by Messrs Howard Andrew, Ltd., this firm have just landed a very fine selection of wool repp cloths, plain and striped. Customers are invited to inspect.

For some time past Shannon has been visited by a plague of sandflies. Not only is- their bite poisonous to some people, but the pest get into meat safes and do almost as much damage as the old foe, the blow fiy. No doubt the recent spell of dry weather is responsible for their numbers.

A social evening was held by the congregation of the Methodist Church on Tuesday night to welcome the new minister, the Rev. Mr Edmondson. MiHill presided. Brief addresses of welcome were given by Rev. Farnell, Mr Wouldes, Mr F. Taylor, and the chairman. During the evening songs were contributed by Mrs Riches and Master R. Bishop, and recitations by Misses Y. Quarrie and D. Tremewan.

At a meeting of the Shannon Athletic Club on Tuesday evening, Mr Downes gave notice of motion rescinding the resolution ‘ ‘ That' a committee be appointed to arrange for tar-seal-ing the cycle track at the Domain ” It was pointed out at the meeting that it would Boost between £SOO and £6OO to carry out this work and the Club having only just on £IOO in hand, the mover of the motion thought it advisable to hold it over until the Club could see its way to carry out the work in one job. This matter will be discussed at the annual meeting which \yill be held towards the end of next month.

Between 80 and 100 farmers of the Manawatu and Horowhenua districts attended the field day at Massey College on Monday, organised by the Manawatu Herd Testing Association. The College Prindijjal (Professor Peren), in welcoming the gathering, said that dairying and sheep pasture work were going to be the “long suits” of the College, but, of course, it was early yet for anyone to expect to see or learn very much there. Testing work was being carried out and certain aspects of that work were being enquired into. It was hoped that something of value would be the result of those experiments. To carry on research work first class land was not wanted —in fact poor soil was needed for results to be seen. The speaker explained that the College Council had been very busy setting its house in order—the whole of the farm had to be planned for subdivision, watering, roading, etc., and so the visitors would not see as yet very much. All that had been done, however, had been accomplished in the short space of nine months. The gathering was conducted over the College acres by the farm manager (Mr W. J. McCulloch) and much interest was taken in what was being done there. The milking sheds, factory in course of erection, piggeries, etc., were ■all inspected, while numerous questions on farm management were asked and answered. An address by Professor Biddet, Dean of Dairying, upon feeding, breeding and herd testing was listened to with much interest.

A Queen carnival at Greytown in aid of the Memorial Park and Fire Brigade, realised the sum of £SOO.

In the past three months 12 .bankruptcies were recorded in the Waikato bankruptcy district, compared with 11 in the same period last year. Of the 12, six were farmers.

After what is reported to have been a sharp division on the point the Waipawa Retailers' Association de.cided not to observe a holiday on Easter Saturday.

The vital statistics for Foxton for last month, with the figures for the month last year in parenthesis, were as follows:—Births 3 (4), deaths 3 (1), marriages 5 (5). Maori births nil (1), deaths nil (1).

The Stratford Post states that a payment of per pound butter-fat over the whole of last season's supply has been made by the Ngaire Dairy Co., bringing the pay-out for the season to 16fd, which is claimed to >be a record for a cheese factory for the season.

The ratepayers of the Leamington district (Waikato) recently carried a loan of £2350 for the purpose of proyiding reticulation in order to draw water from the Cambridge reservoir. A pleasing feature of the poll was that two-thirds of the number on the roll cast their vote.

Compared with provious years, the first three months of 1928 in the Nelson district, say the Nelson Mail, were the second driest on record, the rainfall being 7.78 in. Including the previous December, the total Tainfall was 3.82 in., which is only .34in more than recorded in the driest summer experienced in the last 45 years—in 1887, when the four months’ fall was 3.48 in. Quinces are plentiful in the river orchards this season (says the Wanganui Chronicle). Thickets of the trees can be seen from the river boats, loaded with the golden fruit. Many, and indeed most of the trees, are of a great age, and the fruit is, in consequence, not flawless, but despite this there must be enough good quinces among the tons on the river to supply the local markets. But every year hundreds of pounds of the fruit drop from the trees and rot on the ground.