Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928.

Shannon News, 21 September 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928.

The condition of the Mayor (Mr E. Butt) who was operated upon on Monday, was reported yesterday to be showing a slight improvement.

Owing to the continued illness of the Deputy Mayor (Cr. W. H. Gunning) and the absence of the Mayor (Mr E. Butt), Cr. T. C. Thwaites has been appointed to carry out the Mayoral duties.

' Day old WhiteJLegliorn chicks hatching next week from sturdy utility stock are .offered by W. L. Conway, who also lias a limited number of settings of Indian runner duck eggs from his competition pen to dispose of.

■ There was a larger attendance than usual on Tuesday evening at the weekly euchre tourney held by the Women’s Institute. The games were full of interest and everyone spent a pleasant evening. Mrs Elwood and Mr Thorn secured the trophies for winning the most games; Mrs Radford and Mr Conchie receiving the consolation awards.

The Borough Council on Tuesday evening granted leave of absence for an indefinite period to the Mayor (Mr E. Butt), who is an inmate of a private hospital, ancUa letter is to be forwarded to him conveying the best wishes of the Council for his speedy recovery.

A special meeting of members of the Flaxmill Workers’ Union will be held in the Gospel Hall at Shannon to-mor-row (Saturday) at 2 p.m., the business being consideration of the position of the two delegates that attended the conference called by the Prime Minister between the flaxmillers and the Union.

The usual fortnightly card party in aid of the Plunket funds was held in the Plunket rooms last evening, there being a record attendance. The lady’s prize, a dainty blue duchess set, donated by Mrs T. C. Thwaitcs, was won by Mrs- Hennessey and Mr F. Buckman was the winner of the cake donated by Mrs Clifford Jones. The committee are most grateful to the public for their support, and to all those who assisted to make these functions the success they are. Good prizes are being donated fpr the next tournament.

Something of a record has been established by a four-tooth , three-quar-terbred ewe on Mr C. E. Kerr’s farm at Kingsdown, near Timaru. The ewe is the mother of live healthy lambs.

A Press cable from Londm, received at 9.25 ,a..m. to-day, states that the: largest oife-nian exhibition of pictures since the War has been opened at ,the Burlington Gaille'ries. They are ■ the work of Scott, a New Zealander, exofficial artist in the A.I.F. There are 200 paintings, many being of Australian landscapes, South Australia predominating; also a number of striking portraits of famous men in Europe.

The supporters of the New Zealand Labour Party in the Oroua electorate have decided not to nominate a candidate to oppose Mr J. G. Eliott, the present Reform M.P., at the coming general election. They declare themselves as quite satisfied with the views of the United Party nominee on the Arbitration Court system of dealing with relations between employers and employed. ?

An experience reminiscent of his sojourn at the war befell a Methven farmer on Monday. While walking through his wheat paddocks near the main Ashburton Road, he was started at the report of a pea-rifle and;the whizz of a bullet too close to be pleasant. Several others followed in quick succession, and on rushing to investigate ho found three youths enjoying rifle practice at a tin without considering where the bullets were finding billets. On being discovered they jumped into a motor car and headed for Methven. One of rliem, it is stated, was recognised as a resident of Ashburton. Luckily no damage or injury was done.

It is now an offence to purchase goods on Sunday as well.as to sell them (says the Wanganui Herald). At the court; on Monday a married woman'was charged with having aided in the commission of an offence by sending’her son to a store at Castlecliff to buy wheat on a Sunday. “I’m not going to pretend that you’ve done anything criminal,’’ said Mr J. S. Barton, S.M. He said that the good principle of not trading on the Sabbath was neglected by many women who thought that necessity was more important. As long as housekeepers tempted shopkeepers to trade on Sundays, the latter would continue to break the .law. The woman was convicted and discharged.

The vacancy on the Horowhenua County Council (Wlrokino Riding) is not to be filled without a contest. In addition to Mr W. Falloon, whose candidature was announced last week, Mr A. M. Colquhoun, of Tangimoana, has been nominated by Messrs A.. 8. Death and R. A. Rolston. Nominations close with the County Clerk on Saturday.

The high commercial value of flax seed was revealed in the Auckland Supreme Court last week during the hearing o£ a claim for damages by a flax milling company. Mr Holmden, counsel for the company, stated that the manager had collected 300 pounds of flax seed. '‘Pounds weight or pounds worth?” asked Mr Justice Reed. “Both weight and worth,” replied counsel. “It is worth £1 per pound.” He said that the seed had all to be specially selected, and could not be obtained "in large quantities from seed merchants.'

Prior to the commencement of business at the end-of-seascn meeting of the Horowhenua Rugby District Council management committee, on Tuesday night, the President (Mr W. Hannan) referred with deep feeling to the death of Mrs Walter Ryder, mentioning the loss sustained by the community of which she had been such a self-sacrific-ing member and the sorrow experienced particularly among fodtball players and supporters, whose hearts would go out to the relatives in their great bereavement. A resolution was then moved by the President, and passed in due reverence, expressing the Council’s sympathy with Mr E. M. Ryder, a member of the committee and a sou of the late Mrs Ryder, and with the- other members of the family. •