Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928.

Shannon News, 7 September 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928.

Rev. A. F. Stewart, of Bulls, who was stationed in Shannon for some years, is at present' on a visit to the township.

Mr J. Aim, manager of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company's Factory, is at present indisposed, being confined to his room.

The annual meeting of the Shannon Croquet Club will be held on Thursday afternoon in the Pavilion. Members and intending members are requested to attend.

Mr "W. Snelling, of the Power House staff at Mangaorc, returned from his annual leave on Tuesday. Mrs Snelling is remaining at Tauranga owing to a bereavement.

Owing to indisposition the Mayor (Mr E. Butt) was unable to attend the Council meeting pn Tuesday evening, Gr. Thwaites carrying out the duties of chairman.

Before commencing business on Tuesday evening, the members of the Borough Council passed a vote of sympathy with Cr. R. Hook in the death of his wife, all standing in silence. A letter conveying the Council’s sympathy is being sent to Cr. Hook.

Advertising pays. An advertiser writes: Please withdraw my advertisement from the Njewa. Half-an-hour after the paper was circulated on Tuesday, the pigs were sold through the medium of your journal, which we value and appreciate.”

The new' Shannon Fire Brigade station will be officially opened by the Mayor on Monday icvening, October ■lst, after which the building will be thrown open for inspection by the citizens. A social and dance will be held in the Druids’ Hall afterwards.

An interesting lecture on birds and their habits will be delivered by Mr Johannes Anderson, of Wellington in the Parish Hall at 8 o’clock this evening. Mr Anderson is a noted imitator of birds and an authprity on their habits, and his lectures are reported to be very interesting. He is visiting Shannon under 'the auspices of the Women’s Institute and as the proceeds are to be donated to the dental clinic fund it. is hoped .there will be a large attendance.

While engaged in spreading metal a few' days ago on the new road to the bridge over the Manawatu river, Mr Roland Hayes reports having found among the metal, which came from the pit on Mr William’s property, w'hat appears to be the tusk of some prehistoric animal. It is of ivory, eight inches in length and seven inches in circumference, and from appearances has Itsen buried for a long period. Several conjectures have been made as to what animal it belongs to. It is now in. the possession of Mr Jas Curran, of Sheehan Street, who intends forwarding it to'Mr F. McParlane, of the Tramway Hotel, Wellington, for addition to his museum of birds and curios.

After a long ijlness the death took place on Tuesday afteruon at the Palmerston North Hospital of Mrs Gladys Amelia Hook, wife of Mr Roy Hook, of Clapham Street, Shannon. The deceased lady, who was only 27 years' of age, was born in Christchurch, coming to Shannon with her parents, Mr and ■Mrs G. MeSavney, about fourteen years ago. She was a lady with a very kindly disposition, being held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Besides her husband she leaves two young children to mourn the loss of a devoted wife and mother. To them and her relatives the deepest sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended. The funeral took place at the 1 Shannon Cemetery yesterday afternoon, when a large assemblage of relatives and friends gathered to pay their last respects to the deceased. The service at the grlaveside was {conducted 'by Messrs P. McGowan and A. Ward.

Another successful five hundred card tourney was held last evening under the auspices of the Plunket Society. There was a good attendance and all spent a pleasant time. Mrs Hennessey won the ladies’ prize—a table centre, and Mr Jones, the gent’s award, donated by Mr J. Aim.

The weather report for Shannon for the month ending August 31st as supplied per favour of Mr A. H.. Morgan, Vance Street, shows the rainfall to have been 3.75 inches. The wettest day was August 14th, when 112 points of’ rain fell in 24 hours. The Average temperature, was 51.9 degrees. For the previous month the rainfall was 2.2 inches and the average temperature 52.2 F.

The vital statistics for Foxton for August are as follows, the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parenthesis: —Births 7 (6), deaths 2 (2), marriages 4 (1).

The secretary of the Manawheuua' Rugby Union says that the report that the New South Wales team ' will play Manawhenua in Palmerston on September !?6 is incorrect, the Waratahs playing in Masterton on that date.

The New Zealand Union made overtures to the New South Wales authorities with 1 a view to having two further matches included in the team’s itinerary, but apparently the request was not acceded to.

With an extra heavy cow realising up to £l7 17s fid, maiden ewes up to £2 16s and a new season’s lamb £2 2s 6d at Westfield on Wednesday, there can be no question as to the healthy tone of the livestock market, says an Auckland paper.

As further evidence of the increase of "hares in 'the Manawatu district, the

Inspector of the Manawatu Babbit. Board (Mr D. ,E. Barron), mentioned that while inspecting a Glen' Oroua property on a he had seen nine hares. They were located chiefly in rush-covered country, and in such a locality proved, to be more than a match for a dog.

The Inspector (Mr D. B. Barron) mentioned at Thursday’s Manawatu Babbit Board meeting that it was a peculiar thing that as rabbits were getting scarcer they wore coming more into civilisation and gardens Were suffering as a result. It appeared as if the animals thought there was more security in a household garden. He had recently received an application for poison to eradicate two white rabbits which were causing a nuisance in a vegetable garden in the middle of Foxton borough. The rabbits had evidently been two pets which had escaped. — Herald.

Beacuse John Biggir, a farmer in Hamilton East, “topped” a lawsoniana hedge on the boundary between his property and that of his neighbour’s, John Bateson and Son, nurserymen, his action will cost him at least £250. Judgment for £226 16s and costs £24 was given by ,Mr S. L. Paterson, SflMflfi after * hearing evidence on the nurseryman’s claim. For the defence it was stated that defendant, who is 84 years old, had thought he was within his rights in topping the hedge, which he considered was getting too high and making his property dark and damp. He now realised that lie had done wrong, and wished to express regret. He had not. intended to mutilate the trees.

When reporting as to work done on the abattoir site, where a quantity of material from a burnt-down farmhouse has been cleaned up and sorted, Cr. Keedvvell warned the Borough Council of the danger of the timber disappearing if the old shed on the property were taken down. Apparently a “self-help” policy has been followed by certain visitors to the locality, for Cr. Keedwell went on to enumerate various articles that had vanished. “They have taken away the fire-backs,” he said, “and practically everything that is removable, and on Sunday night, the door was taken from an outbuilding. We shall need to have everything nailed down or chained down to keep it there. ’ ’

In the early days of Taranaki, when all fencing was .post and rail, the koliekohe tree was eagerly sought after for rails (says an exchauge). Cut into light lengths, the tree split out very freely, and so far as is known the “ mahogany’' from D 'Urville Island is really kohekohe, and no one in Taranaki ever realised the value of the timber in building operations when it was being converted into common fencing rails. The New Zealand State Forest Service has something to say about the wood. In a recent publication i; states that kohekohe is desirable for doors, panelling stairs, mantels and interior furnishings, on account of its pleasing grain, its attrac tivc colour, its polishing qualities, and its ease of working.

A Grcymouth resident had a rather unenviable experience (says the correspondent of the Christchurch Press). After having made arrangements with a woman residing at Karoro to rent a house in that locality, he gave notice to the landlord whose house he was renting of his intention to remove. A lorry was engaged and the furniture was removed to Karoro; but on reaching his intended new quarters lie was informed by the landlady that she had made other arrangements as she objected to tenants with families. His only alternative was to shift back to his former place of residence, which in the meantime had been occupied by another tenant. The unfortunate man, with his wife and five young children, was given shelter at night by a friend, who has only limited accommodation. He has so far been unsuccessful in getting a house, and the prospects are not hopeful, as there is an .acute housing shortage in Greymouth at the present time. The worst feature is that the victim of the broken agreement is a working man with slender means,

As a result of the. poor demand for hemp and the industrial situation, a district flaxmiller who mills from flax grown on his own property, has decided to get out of the industry (says the Foxton Herald). He has sold his mill plant to an Auckland firm and the flax at a 9s per ton royalty to a local miller and when the cutting is completed the tflax will be grubbed out and the area converted into fanning pursuits.

Holy Cross convent at Epsom,, a 12roomed two storied wooden building, was severely damaged by fire last even ing. The children Were away on holiday and only two nuns were in residence and they had left,the building temporarily to make some purchases at a shop. A crowd gathered and rescued the pianos and other articles of furniture. The real half of the building was damaged almost beyond repair. In the hall on the ground floor, fixed to the wall, was a plaster figure of Christ crucified. Bound it the walls were badly charred, but the figure was untouched. The building and contents were both insured, the contents for £SOO, but the amount on the building is not ascertainable.

A lecture on “Plant Hunting in New Zealand,” given in Palmerston North by Dr. H. H. Allan, of Massey College, closed on a note of contrast and appeal. A piece of forest near Feilding, almost entirely spoiled by cattle,. was put in juxtaposition with a piece just across the road, owned by a. true na-ture-lover, the late Mr Lethbridge, and still in its pristine beauty, the ground clothed in its rich carpet of ferns, the trees adorned with dhejir ini an tie of orchids, and the little clear rippling stream. The lecturer was happy to state that the Feilding Agricultural High School had set about the restoration of -the damaged ,forest. Might many other follow their fine example, especially with the numerous small forest remnants still to be found near many of our towns.