SHANNON NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928.

Shannon News, 6 July 1928, Page 2

SHANNON NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928.

Mr W. Christian, of Shannon, was the successful tenderer for the metalling of the road to the new bridge.

Tenders are invited in this issue for the purchase and removal of house and garage at Arapeti dam. /

Mrs A. Merwood, who has been renewing old friends, returned to her home at Plimmerton on Wednesday.

At a meeting of the Fire Brigade on Monday evening a motion of sympathy was passed with Brigadesman A. Hill in the recent death of his. wife.

Before commencing their business last evening the members of the Shannon School Committee expressed their sympathy to their secretary,, Mr A. Hill, in the death of his wife.

It was reported at the Fire Brigade meeting .that the local carpenters have offered to assist with the erection of the new fire brigade station. This work is to be proceeded with at an early date.

There was a good attendance at the usual weely euchre party held under the auspices of the Shannon Women’s Institute. The winners were Miss Lucy (ladies) and Mr W. Forbes (gents), the consolation prizes being won by Mrs Radford and Mr Hensman.

The members of the .Shannon Fire Brigade desire to acknowledge receipt of donations from the following citizens: —Jas. Curran (Albion Hotel), Jas. Curran (farmer),' T. C. Thwaites, J. T. Bovis, 11. Butt, C. C. Franks, C. Snelling, .Thing Lee, Chong Pok, ■ F. Thompson, M. - Black (Miranui), H. Hook, T. Moynihan, C. Grey and Shannon Meat Co.

Records! Records! Great reduction in prices for a fortnight only. Come and choose.—-At Baxter’s (late J. Y. Burns), Where the New Books Are.*

As her dog had died shortly _af ter she had paid for its official collar, a lady wrote to the Palmerston North Borough Council on Monday evening asking for a refund of the 10s. The Council was not sympathetic.

Mr. A. R. Batchelor, of the Bank of New Zealand staff (late of Otaki) has been transferred to Cambridge, and leaves to take up his new position this week. He will be missed in Rugby circles, as he was eaptain of the Wellington Club's senior fifteen, and was popular both bn and off the field.

“You don't know what crickets are down here," said a speaker at the Waipa farm school last week while re.ferring to the usefulness or otherwise of a certain product for destroying grass-eating insect pests. “Why we have such vast armies of them sometimes in the north that they stop the trains when the armies are crossing the railway lines." (Laughter).

The largest number of sheep ever recorded in New Zealand is shown by the interim return of flocks at : 30th April. The total is 27,001,236, which exceeds the previous record qf 1918 by 462,934. The year following 1918 the number had fallen to and the decline continued to 22,222,259 in 1922. Each year since then has shown an increase.

The newly-appointed Attorney-Gen-eral and Minister of Education in the Tasmanian Cabinet is a New Zealander. He is Mr H. S. Baker, soli of the Rev. S. J. Baker, formerly Congregational Minister at Palmerston North. Mr Baker is an “old boy" of the Palmerston North High School, and after entering journalism qualified as a solicitor. He served with distinction in the war.

Laying consistently since April Bth, 1927, a duck owned by Mrs G. H. Register, of 91, Prospect Terrace, Mount Eden, Auckland, has at present a total of 428 eggs to its credit (says the Herald). Last year was the first year the duck laid, and since April, 1927, to date it has missed only about 15 days, the days being at odd times during the period. The bird has just finished moulting, but this did not affect its laying.

“Everything has gone like clockwork," said Mr. G. Thomson, secretary of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, when addressing the Auckland .University Gommleroe ißtudents' Association on the satisfactory arrangements made for the shipping of dairy produce by the Dairy Produce Board. The lecturer said that less trouble had been experienced in the last nine or ten months than for years past. The allotment of space for every kind of transport had given general satisfaction.

A Wanganui resident who happened to be divorced states that he still had a kindly regard for his former wife, and when he learned that* she was about to remarry he sent her a wedding cake, accompanied by kind regards, etc., for future happiness (says the Herald). The woman accepted the cake, and in a. return letter reciprocated the kind regards, and hoped that should he decide to remarry he would do her the honour of advising her so that she could return the compliment by sending him a wedding cake. “She's not a bad sport,” he remarked to a friend to whom he handed the letter for perusal.

Striking instances showing the success of the English public school boys who have com* out to New Zealand under the scheme introduced by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce were mentioned by Mr C. Carter at. the . chamber’s annual meeting, at New, Plymouth. One boy, who would be 21 next August, Avrote that he was receiving 35s a week for farm work and hoped to receive more, shortly. Within three years he had saved nearly £2OO. Others had farms''of their own. Some were in business and one thought he would start a picture theatre “as a sideline.”

The request was made to the Canterbury Education Board that a male married teacher be appointed to a certain country district. The deputation which made the request, said that a male teacher was wanted in preference to a mistress. A single man was not desired, however, as lie might be away all the time at dances or football matches. “Well, you have your remedy,” said the. chairman (Mr C. S. Thompson), in announcing that a single man had been appointed. “You have several nice young ladies in your district, and that should soon settle the question of marriage.”