Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1928.

Shannon News, 24 August 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1928.

A “working bee” on Wednesday afternoon made a commencement with the erection, of the fire station in Plimmer Terraco.

After being sworn in Mr Roy Hook took his seat as a councillor at the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening, a hearty welcome being extended to him by Cip Thwaites, the acting-chairman.

Mrs Clifford Jones leaves for Wellington on Monday to represent the local branch of the Plunket Society at the annual conference of the New Zealand Plunket Society to be held there next week.

Mr R. M. Maunder, of Palmerston North, will be the preacher at the Methodist Church on Sunday At the morning service he will take as his subject “The Substitutionary Work of Christ,” and at the evening service his subject will be “The Fig Tree.”

There Avas a larger attendance than usual at the Aveekly euchre tourney held on Tuesday evening in aid of funds for the Women’s Institute. a pleasant time being spent by those present. The wiiiuers on the evening’s play Avere Mrs Wiggins (ladies) and Mr* Radford (gents); she consolation aAvards going to Mjss .M. Butt and Mr J. Conehio.

The fortnightly five hundred card tourney being conducted by the committee of the Plunket Society is proving very popular. Last evening another successful tourney was held, there being a good attendance, an enjoyable time being spent by those present. The trophy (lib of bacon and a dozen eggs) was Avon by Mrs Jeffries, and Mr C. C. Franks won the \ CAvt. of potatoes. For the next tourney, Mr Jas. Aim is donating the gent’s prize and an iced cake is to be aivarded to the lady avlio wins the most games.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning a motor car accident occurred on the Levin road at the top of the hill opposite Mr Liggin’s property Avhen a car driven by Mr Stokes, of Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North, Avhich was proceeding doAvn the hill, ran into t-lie bank and capsized. Mr Stokes Avas uninjured, but his wife, Avho Avas accompanying him, was severely cut about the face, necessitating several stitches being inserted. The front axle of the car Avas badly twisted" and a Avheel and the mudguards damaged. At the time Mr and Mrs Stokes Avere proceeding to Oliau, haA ring received advice in the evening that the latter’s brother Avas seriously ill at that place. On proceeding to Oliau later they found that a mistake had been made and that the brother Avas in the Taranaki district.

The total debts of the missing Christchurch solicitor, J. B. Batchelor, are believed to amount to £6OOO. A warrant has been issued for his arrest and he is to be declared bankrupt.

The orders for imported fruit cases for the 1929 season Avill reach fully 1,000,000. The New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation'has orders for 800,000, of Avhich 600,000 are being taken by Nelson. Practically all the imported cases are used for the export trade, but of the total fruit produced in NeAV Zealand tAvo-thirds are packed in local-ly-made cases and one-third in imported eases*.

A cable from Vaneou\*er says Tom Heeney sailed for Nerv Zealand by the Aorangi yesterday. “Sure, I’m coming back to America,” said Heeney, “to participate in the heavyAveight elimination contest. I might be good enough by. then to beat them all.” Behind the New Zealand boxer trooped his neAV and pretty Avife and three brothers. All are joyously looking forward to visiting their home.

It would appear that concerts are gradually dying out, even in the cities. “It is not worth opening the doors. I would hesitate to tell you the amount of money taken at recent municipal concerts,’' said the Mayor, Mr George Baildon, at the meeting of the Auckland City on -Thursday night, It was decided that a special committee consider the whole matter of municipal concerts and furnish a report on the question of their continuance.

The ManaAvatu Racing Club intends to erect a memorial to the men and officers of the medical corps Avho trained on the racecourse at .Awapuni ana who gave( their lives ijn tho Great War. The memorial Avill take the form of a large concrete Avater tank in the shape of a Red Cross, Avith a cairn built in the centre.

A donation of £SOO has been made; to the Jubilee Institute for the Blind by Mr John Marshall, of Remuera, Avho a year or tAVo ago gave a similar amount. In addition to his bequest of £SOO to the Auckland Hospital, the late Alexander Bell bequeathed the folloAving: £SOO each to the Evelyn Firth Home for disabled soldiers, the Somervill Presbyterian Church and the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, £3OO to the Leslie Presbyterian Orphanage and £IOO to the Little Sisters of the Poor.

The treatment of calves when being collected for the freezing works was again the subject of a prosecution at the New Plymouth Police Court. Percy John Northcott, lorry-driver, collected the calves and placed them on a truck at Opunake, expecting the train to leave th-e same afternoon. 'However, the train did not leave till about 24 hours later, and Northcott was charged by the S.P.C.A. with not supplying the calves with nourishment. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs.—Press Association, as

At the annual meeting of the Hinuera (Auckland district) , Co-operative Daily Company, a humorous, though at times boisterous discussion ensued when Mr J. F. Vosper, of Matamata, moved that in future no alcohol be supplied at the meeting of suppliers. Mr Vosper declared that last year a barrel had been rolled into the hall at which the meeting had been held. He strongly objected to the company paying for liquor. After considerable discussion, which created much laughter, Mr Vosper’s motion was rejected by 22 votes to 17. Mr Vosper stated that he. did not intend to let the matter drop.

In connection with the reported Statement at a meeting of the Manawatu A. and P. Association General .Committee that foot, and mouth disease was in stock on Somes Island, Mr J. A. Mitchell, who was credited with the statement, states he was incorrectly reported. After stressing the need to take every precaution to prevent the introduction of the disease, Mr Mitchell pointed out that stock was being imported, and it was in reply to 'the Chairman of the Association, that he said several head of stock were on Somes Island. It was not said or inferred by Mr Mitchell that these were suffering from foot and mouth disease. ‘—Press Association.

New Zealanders (writes a London correspondent) are not unknown to complain occasionally at want of knowledge of their country abroad. However, here is a different story. At the luncheon of the Royal Agricultural Show at Nottingham, during the speech of the New Zealand High Commissioner, an irate Australian lady journalist was heard by a New Zealand neighbour to declare: “It's all New Zealand. Everywhere we go they ask us whether we are New Zealanders, and when we say ‘Australians’ they have no mofe interest in us. I suppose it is because they have never been to Australia.”

The following appeared in the Christchurch Star sixty years ago:—The Maori Representatives.—The Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times in a recent letter says: “The four Maori members are amongst the most atentive in the House, They look with stolid wonder at what is going on, and having no interpreter, are to be pitied. Mr Richmond says he intends to seat them all together with an interpreter when he can make room; but meanwhile they carry ‘on the farce with becoming gravity. I asked Mete Kingi the other day how lie liked Parliament work, and whether it came up to his expectation. He replied that he Avas just like the figurehead of a ship, which did nothing towards the sailing, but only looked and looked, and kept on looking straight before it. No definition of the position of the Natives in the Assembly Avill beat that, I am certain. It is really a shame to joke about them, they are mere objects of compassion in their false and uncomfortable position; but curiosity is excited to know how Mr Graham and Mr Craeroft Wilson will allude to any speeches they may make.

Fashions m foods are ever changing, states the Dunedin correspondent of the Lyttelton Times. Of late, in Dunedin, at any rate, prunes are particularly in favour as an accompaniment to the breakfast porridge, being served regularly at the big hotels and boarding houses. For this neiv departure there is warrant from the doctors. As it chances this dried fruit is relatively cheap just now, the Californian tinners being content with lower prices than usuaX For the consignment of primes and other de-hydrated fruits to arrive from America in November and December somewhat higher values will rule The death occurred on Sunday of Mr James Brown, a very old resident of the district. The late Mr Brown was born in 1850, at Paisley, Scotland, and came with his parents to New Zealand in the ship New Era, landing at Wellington in 1854. For many years he was in the employ of the Barton family at Upper Hutt, and managed their estate at Trentham. He came to the Pahiatua district some 38 years ago, and took up farming. He was of a bright and cheerful disposition, ail'd universally liked and respected. He had a good memory, and could talk most interestingly of Maori customs and traditions, and in that connection was looked upon as an authority. The lato Mr Brown is survived by his widow, a son, Mr G. H. Brown, a prominent farmer of tho district, and a daughter, Mrs A. E

jNewport tunau;. mere are xour mo thers living. Mr George Brown (Maun gamutu), Mr Andrew Brown (Rau rimu), and William Brown raumu), and Mr David Brown (Norsewood).

‘‘lf you can grow a macrocarpa pole for £1 you would be doing very well, ’ ’ stated Mr Herbert at a Power Board meeting at Eketahuna. “The replacements might be a bit heavier than wijh harder timber; or we might sell the macrocarpa and buy timber that suited us better.” Br Brechin agreed. People paid Is 9d a post now for this timber. Mr Bolton said the timber made excellent posts.

At a meeting convened by the Pahiatua Chamber of Commerce last evening, the Mayor presiding, and 75 being present, the* local Daylight Saving Bill was approved, but it wag suggested that a clause be inserted giving the local authority power to exempt any particular days from the operation of the Act. The Railway Department had previously sought information as to the local attitude. —Press Association.

A patron of one of the Wanganui picture houses who had left his motor car at one of the parking stauds prior to entering the place of entertainment little thought of the surprise that might be in store for him on his return. When he emerged from the movie palace he prepared to drive home but found that both the tyres and tubes of the front wheels of his car had been removed in his absence. Owing to the fact that the wheels were not fitted with demountable rims the lightfingered gentry responsible for the act must have had to use levers to remove the tyres. Their action is therefore all the more audacious..

During a discussion on maternity nursing facilities at a meetings of the Wanganui Hospital Board the term “pauper population” was used by the chairman (Dr. S.. Skerman). The Mayor, Mr W. J. Rogers, was quickly on his feet. “I trust the term ‘pauper’ will not be used by the Press,” he said. “It is a most objectionable word.” Dr. Skerman: “It’s in the dictionaries.” Mr, Rogers: “Maybe, but it’s very objectionable. I am always reminded of the lines of Tom Hood: ‘Rattle his bones over the stones, lie's only a poor pauper whom nobody owns.’ I hope that in the future this will be one of the words that will be relegated to the background,” concluded'Mr Rogers.

The Dunedin Star gives details bearing on the city electrical engineer’s experience of red cedar poles, creosoted at the butts. These poles were obtained from the United States in 1913, and had been in position in various parts of the city for 14 years. -They Avere still in excellent condition, and gave promise of anothei* 15 years’ life at least. The landed tost wa.3 slightly less than the ironbark variety and red cedar possessed the folloAving advantages: (1) Poles were lighter, and therefore less costly to transport and erect; (2) although supplied, in their natural round state they were very straight, and could be used in town or country without trimming. The report added that while in America the assistant city electrical engineer got into touch with exporters, both in Seattle and Vancouver, and obtained full particulars, together with prices. s

As the importation of the Angora rabbit for its wool or “Furida," and of the chinchilla for its beautiful fur is creating widespread interest throughout New Zealand, Mr R. S. Black eabued to London asking for 50 pairs of each description, and has received the following cabled reply (says the Otago Daily Times): —“Pedigree and specially selected Angora £225, chinchilla £295, freight and charges £758, attendant's fare one way £4O, insurance all risks £llß, shipment by Livestock Department to Port Chalmers, f.0.b., excluding any commission to us." These prices seem very high, but the quality will be first class, and probably the result will be much better than would be obtained from the poorer quality and lower-priced rabbits. Mr Black has just received a letter from England saying that the total ordinary or wild rabbit skins raised in England last year was 60,000,000 skins, or about four times the number exported from New -Zealand.

The secretary of the Horowhenua Power Board (Mr P. W. Goldsmith) reported to the meeting of the Board yesterday that, in accordance with instructions, he had forwarded an account of £76 17s lid to the Main Highways Board for work done in shifting the power line away from the new road to the ufusst bz bz bz bbbb road at the Shannou-Manawatu bridge. In a covering letter he had explained the circumstances leading up to the position. Some four years ago, in the course of electric line construction the Power Board obtained an easement from a land-owner and took line through his property. The road approaches to the new bridge, built for the Shaiinon-Foxton Highway, were brought so near to the line that the latter threatened to be a danger to traffic and had to be removed. The Power Board felt that it should not be called upon to bear all the cost of the removal of the line. The amount of the account was for the bare cost of the work done, and no account was taken of any damage to material through removal and nothing was charged for supervision. The Chairman (Mr G. A. Monk) stated that the Manawatu County Council, which was doing the work, was previously approached, but it received intimation from the Highways Board that it (the Council) was not liable. The matter had been taken up with the District Engineer and the Chairman of the Highways Board, with the result that the Power Board was forwarding the account, which, this Board considered, should in fairness be paid. The Power Board had been ordered to shift the line, and he thought that the Highways Board and the Manawatu County Council would have to foot the bill. |