Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1928.

Shannon News, 31 August 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1928.

Mrs C. Cronquest, of Shannon, was highly commended in the class for contralto solo (set piece, "Love's Night'') at the Wellington Competitions Wednesday. There were 16 competitors in the class.

* The many friends of Mrs Lcn Jenkins, of Newtown, will be sorry to learn that she is seriously ill, suffering from an attack of pneumonia, following a bout of influenza and bronchitis. All will join in wishing her a speedy recovery to good health.

Tenders are invited in this issue by the Public Works Department at Shannon for the purchase and removal of three houses, complete with fittings. The houses, are situated at. Mangaore and suitable for seaside baches. They can be purchased in one or more lots.

The weekly euchre tourney conducted by the committee of the Women's Institute was well attended on Tuesday evening. The (prize winners on the evening's play were Miss M. Butt and Mr C. Pritchard. The winners of the monthly points prize being Mrs Bowler and Mr C. Pritchard.

Among .fjie successful shareholders at the Palmerston North Building Society's (S'tarr-ißowkett) bstUots held on Wednesdav, at Palmerston North, Mrs E. L. Whibley, of Shannon, who held the winning marble in No. 9 group which entitles herfo a loan of £SOO free of interest.

The committee of - nstitute have received advice that the well-known lecturer on birds, Mr Johannes Andersen, will be able to give one of his popular lectures in Shannon on , September 7th. Arrangements are being made for the lecture to be given in the Parish Hall. The nett proceeds are to be handed to the School Committee towards the dental clinic fund.

Mr Frank Murray, a member of the staff of the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has received notice of transfer to Otaki. Mr Murray is secretary of the Shannon Tennis Club and a prominent member of the local fire brigade and though his departure from Shannon will be regretted he will carry with him the best wishes of a large circle of friends for his future advancement. Mr Murray's successor will be Mr Guy from the Patea office.

Although the citizens responded well as regards the purchase of trees for the new plot in Plimmer Terrace, only a small number came forward on Wednesday afternoon* to take part in the planting, which was done under the supervision of the Beautifying Committee, Messrs T. C. Thwaites, Jas Curran jun., a/nd A. PI Hyde. Among those present Were His Worship the Mayor (Mr E., Butt) and the ex-Mayor, Mr W. Murdoch. The Mayor was called upon to plant the official tree, a flowering cherry. In doing so, he said he was pleased to be present and felt grateful at having the honour of planting the official tree. He congratulated the Beautifying Committee on the excellent work they had done in transforming an unsightly piece of land into such a fine garden plot. He made eulogistic reference to their efforts to beautify the town since their election to the Council, stating that they had been up to all sorts of stunts to raise money for this purpose. In conclusion he said he felt sure that with the fine variety of. trees they were planting, that in a couple of years the plot would be a real beauty spot. Me'ssrs Thwaites, Curran jun., and W. Murdoch* also spoke, the latter stating that it was pleasing to him to see the efforts made to beautify the town and he hoped that still further work would be carried out in this direction. The planting was then proceeded with, over 10CK trees being planted. We have been asked to state that citizens so desiring can still purchase trees, as a number have not yet been taken.

<l I am one of those who do not find fault -with the young people of today, ''. said Mrs A. W. Hutchings, M.A., at the Whakatane Club's banquet last evening. The statement was greeted with loud applause, and Mrs Hutchings went on to say, "There is a great deal of criticism of young people that is quite undeserved. I have met a great many boys and girls, and found them most delightful companions and friends. This is the age of young people, and there is so much that is worthy in them, so much that is independent. None of us would wish to go back to the old circumscribed days where people lived such nanow Ih'ts. It is better for us to be broad-minded and meet each other on a plane of goodi, sound cbmmon-sefase.''—Levin •' Chronicle.' *

A loss of £4674 on the tour of the New Zealand cricket team in England in 1927 is shown in the balance sheet of New Zealand Cricket, Ltd., the company which was formed to finance the tour. The. total expenses were £9978 and the chief items of income were match proceeds, £4244, and a grant of £IOOO from the New Zealand Government. Shareholders will receive a refund of 5s 6d for every £1 of capital called up.

The unemployment figures show that the situation is less acute in Palmerston than it was a few weeks ago. With the advent of the milking season farmers are beginning to employ more'labour, particularly youths and single men. Employment has been found for twelve married men and nine Single men during .the past week, whilst another nine married men have been registered. On Saturday, August 25, the figures were: Married men, 35 with 70 dependants, and 8 single men—a total of 43.

The Foxton Herald thus compares the football facilities at Foxton and Levin, and frankly admits the superiority of the accommodation here: "When one takes into consideration the fenced off oval or playing field, the' appointments for players and a large grandstand to Accommodate the public at Levin on the occasion of representative football matches, is it any wonder that the Union hesitates to set down classic games at Foxton, where none of these essentials are provided? Foxton's Rugby . playing field on the Racecourse is proclaimed one of the best in the ©omihion, but there are no such conveniences handy to it. The Racing Club, generously offered the buildings at the course, but they are too distant from the playing area. If Foxton is to •■ witness classic football it will have to provide necessary conveniences for both players and public. The takings totalled £6O (including grandstand £5). When Horewhenua played Hawke's Bay B< reps, at Levin three years ago, the total takings were £57, which indicates the financial signs of the times. Secretary Casey is to be complimented upon the completeness of the arrangements on Saturday. "

A very appreciative visitor to New Zealand is Mr D. Green, who for the past six and a-half yeairs has been connected with a large firm of exporters in Java, and at present is on furlough. In an interview in Ohristchurch, Mr Green said he thought New Zealand a wonderfully organised country for its size, and that travelling facilities at the tourist's disposal were extremely convenient. What impressed him most, however, was the delightful freshness of the New Zealand atmosphere. Java, explained Mr Green, was a long chain of volcanoes surrounded by a large coastal plain, and on\> lived in an atmosphere of steam all the year round. The temperature in an office in Java was usually about 90 degrees, so that it was a very pleasant change to enjoy the clear, invigorating atmosphere of New Zealand. In Java every square inch of ground that could possibly be cultivated was always thick with vegetation, which varied according to the seasons'. The only uncultivated areas were those in the high mountain districts. Mr Green said that the drive down from Mount Cook put him in mind of the Javanese roads, which were very similar to those of this country. Mount Cook was the most beautiful spot he had ever visited, and it was primarily to visit this scenic resort that he had made the trip to New Zealand. At about this time of the year the heat was very trying to Europeans in Java, and it was necessary for health's sake to go away to a cooler climate, and in this respect New Zealand was beginning to become veny popular. i

Among the visitors to Tom Heeney's training camp at Fairhaven before his fight with Tuimey was a Levin representative in the person of Mr W. E. O'Donnell, son of Mr P. O'Donnell, and brother of Mr E. O'Donnell, formerly of the Chronicle staff. Mr O'Donnell, in a letter to the Chronicle, gives a vivid account of the surroundings of the camp. He says the American public developed a great affection for Heeney and th-2 newspapers alluded to him as "Our Tom." On the day of his visit a crowd of 500 spectators was "present at the brilliantly-illumin-ated out-door ring. Heeney went six stiff rounds, two each with Phil Mercurio, Paul Swiderski and Paul Dorr. Tom did considerable weaving and dodging of Mercurio's left hooks, some of which connected. Between rounds a group of yfoung women admirers, .seated on the front row, sang an original song with ukelcle accompaniment, which was a tribute to Heeney and drew a. broad smile from the challenger. After his workout that night, Heeney, with his camp attendants, visited a fair given to raise funds for the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Department. Coatless, hatless and wearing a rumpled pair of blue trousers, the challenger went for everything in the place. He bought chances on various articles that were being raffled off, giving the tickets to a flock of youngsters that followed him around. He wound up munching a hot dog sand.wich and was crowned with a fireman's white hat. Mr O'Donnell also forwards an extract, from the New York Herald Tribune of the following day, in which the New York reporter makes a desperate atempt to write Maori. It v is as follows: —"Dennis Franklyn Denney, of Christ Church, New Zealand, who is on a tour of this country, England and Canada, was a visitor to Heeney's camp yesterday. He will remain for the fight. Ho is president of the Owners' and Breeders' Association of Canterbury and president of the Christ Church Gun Club. The other visitor wa3 William E. O'Donnell, who hails from Levin, North Island, and who is now a real estate operator in the Bronx. 'Kai Ora Tom Pae Phae Ana I Two Koe,' was the greeting of these j two visitors. 'Hello Tom, how are you, good luck,' spoken in the language of the Maoris, natives of New Zealand."

It is reported that Maurice Brownlie, the well-known footballer, captain of the All Black team now in Africa, has purchased the property the Frasertowu district, near Wairoa, owned by the estate of the late Mr W. Goldstone. The property is a sheeprun of somewhere in*the region of 3000 acres.

• Statistics for 1927 show that births in England were 166 per 10,000, the lowest on record, the previous lowest being 177 in the last year of the war (1918). Deaths were 123, the highest since 1922, but infantile deaths (7 per cent.), with one exception, equalled the lowest recorded. Deaths due to motor cycle accidents totalled 940, compared with 543 in 1926. Motor-car deaths for the same y?ars were 1292 and 987.

A discovery, which, if entirely successful, should be the means of relieving hack-country runholders of bidibidi upon their land, was reported ,to a meeting.of the Poverty Bay executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union last week. Mr D. W. Gumming stated that while' he was on Messrs Hen son and Green's station at Ilatawai, he was shown a white fungus, which he was told attacked the bidibidi roots. It was agreed that the discovery should be a very valuable one, and it was agreed that Mr Gumming should procure a sample and send it to the Government entomologist.

The many friends of Mr and'Mrs Manawaroa Tc Awe Awe deeply sympathise with them in the loss of their youngest son Hoani Manawaroa (Jack * Larkins) who passed away at the public hospital, Palmerston North on Monday afternoon. The deceased was a very promising young man £of 19 years of age. Being of splendid physique and of a natural sporting disposition he excelled in many games, being prominent alike in football, tennis and rifle shooting. * Only three weeks Sgo the 'deceased lad played football for the Old Boys Club and was apparently in his usual robust health. However/ a sudden attack of appendicitis necessitated an immediate operation.

There is keen activity in the farm sales market in Te Awamutu,. and it is 'estimated that fully 20 farms, ranging in area from 30 to 250 acres, have found new owners. In some cases properties have been subdivided and sold at reasonable prices, the purchasers being in the main men from out-back districts. Some of them have capital that will enable them to proceed at once with improvements that will cause butterfat production to increase ap-. preciably next season. Pirongia seems to be especially favoured, but all parts of the extensive Te Awamutu district are affected.

St. John's, Westminster, with its four towers at the four corners, has been dubbed —not, perhaps, altogether, without reason —the ugliest church in London. Lord Chesterfield likened it to an elephant upturned on its back, and Dickens refers to it in "Our Mutual Friend" as lesembling "a petrified monster, frightful' and gigantic, with its four legs in the air." It was the second of Queen Anne's 50 churches, and the story goes that when the architect, submitted his design for the building Her Majesty disapproved so violently that, in an excess of rage, she kicked over her footstool, and, pointing to the upturned piece of furniture, cried disdainfully, "Build your church like that." And the disgruntled architect took her at her word.

A strauge visitor at North New Brighton one day last week was a large seal, which claimed the attention of visitors and residents' and numerous children. When it was discovered gasping high and dry on the sand the children amused themselves by timidly pulling the seal's tail. The animal had appeared on the beach the night before, about a mile further along, but it took the sea to come ashore again, about half a mile north of the bathing sheds. Eventually the- visitor made bis way laboriously by meanß of his flippers to the water, and disappeared tmong the breakers.

The Dunedin Star states that the seal which has frequently come ashore at St. Clair 'within the past month or so seems to be of irascible temperament, easily flaring up if an attempt is made 'to get it back into tin''-water, and turning with bared teeth upon those whom it regaids as pursuers. It would be an ugly foe in the baths or in the surf. To rid bathers of such an annoyance or maybe peril, Mr It. Neilsen, the caretaker, and masseur at the baths, has obtained from tb • Minister of Marine a permit to shoe.l the seal, so if it persists in its shore excursions its day s are numbered. Possibly it is more than a matter of getting r.d of one seal. It is reported that four were sighted the other morning and with a little stretch of imagination it may be supposed that ths extra three were forerunners of sisters and jousuis who are re.Moned up by dozen?.

"I think most farmers are making one great mistake about the bobby calf trade," said Mr A. Edgar, of Waipukurau, at the Heretauuga Co-operative Dairy Co.'s annual meeting in Hastings on Saturday. "They are hanging back wondering how it is going to turn out, and worrying about this and that. Send your calves along if you've got any,"'he added enthusiastically, "and help to develop the trade. You may be getting a fairly small price now, but if you send a good article to Britain and the Continent and create a demand for veal you will be getting a sovereign in no" time. But it is no good sending anything but a first class article Home.. They don't want it." Later Mr Edgar added: "A calf that's too young tastes like ruber; if yoa don't believe me, try one." The optimistic and commonsense tone of the speaker was evidently greatly to the taste of his audience, who applauded him loudly.