Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928.

Shannon News, 2 October 1928, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928.

. Mrs J. S Spencer-, who has leased her home in Stafford Street, leaves, this week to stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs J. Cameron, of. Levin.

.> A lecture on "The Maori Race" will be given in the Maoriland Theatre on Thursday evening by Mr H. I 1081 0") half- the proceeds being in aid of the .school funds.

*The friends of Mr and Mrs E. Exton, or Vance 'Street, will be pleased to hear that their son "Ted," who has been seriously ill with rheumatic fever, is now a little better.

Mr Lamason, who has b-'Cn relieving at the Shannon School since the holidays, returned fo Wellington on Friday.

Yesterday)' Mr-'S, Bowker, of Ihakara, the, well-known Jersey breeder, railed from,; Shannon a fine line «f twenty-four head of pedigree Jersey yearling heifers, to the order of a client in t-he "Waikato.

The Major. (Mr E. Butt), who has been very ill following an operation, "is now progressing favourably. He hopes to be able to return to lm homo from the .'hospital in about ten days time. '"'

The rainfall in Shannon, for the month of September, as received by favour of Mr A. H. Morgan, of "Vam<; Street, was four inches, as compared with 3.75 inches In August. The wettest day was on September 24th, when 1.15 inches fell in twenty-four hours. Rain fell upon nineteen days. > *,

The fortnightly five hundred card tourney conducted by the Plunket Society committee will be held in the Ballance Street Hall on Thursday evening at 7.30. The prizes are a good pair of bedroom towels donated by Mr C. Speirs for-the ladies and a trophy for the gents donated by Mr H. C. Jones.

Mis. 3 Waters, who has joined the teaching staff at the Shannon- school, prior to leaving the Central School at Palmerston North, was met on Friday by the children of Standard 3 and members, of the committee, when the former hey with a suitable gift, while the committee gave her a beautiful bouquet. Mr Alexander Clark voiced appreciation of Miss Waters work and wished her every success in her new sphere of activity.

. About thirty to forty friends met Mr T. Shannon on Saturday evening at the Druids' Hall to bid him farewell on the eve of his departure for Oamaru. Mr Brann, who was in the chair, voiced the regret which was felt by all in losing (Mr Shannon, who has been a resident of the town for the past seven years and has taken a keen interest in all sports. On behalf jf those present he asked Mr Shannon to accept a beautiful travelling rug, which, he said, carried with it the beat wishes of all for his future happiness and prosperity. Messrs J. Curran, T. Moynihaii and Blackie also spoke in eulogistic terms of the guest. In responding Mr Shannon assured the company that his Shannon friends, would always occupy a warm place in : his esteem. Musical and other items wer.e rendered during the evening and the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" brought, a very pleasant function to a close. Mr Shannon left en route for the South by the Napier express yesterday afternoon.

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It is reported that many, people eligible to vote have not availed themselves of their privilege to get on ,tha i oil. Ample facilities are offered for enrolment and it is encumbent upon all to take early steps to place themselves within the provisions of the statute by seeing that they are enrolled before the closing of the supplementary rolls. Those who liave not yet done so should obtain forms at post offices and make the necessary application to the registrar of electors . '

Mild excitement Avas caused ufc 4he Wairoa District High School on a recent afternoon during the progress of a science lesson (says the Wairga,.Star), While the teacher's back was' turned,, the flame in a dish of-methylated spir,-' its died .clown, and one of .the pupils emptied in some more spirits : f iom a large tin, with the result-that, an explosion took place." The class made.foiv doors and windows in record time. Oil6* or two- of the pupils were slighly burned, but fortunately, none was seriously affected.

The wedding took place on Wednesday at St. Paul's pro-Cathedral of Dorothy M. Moncricff, widow of tlft late Flight-Lieutenant Moncrieff, the bridegroom being Mr. Phillip Cooper. Von. Archdeacon Johnston was the officiating clergyman.

The running costs of the flight of the Southern Cross from Australia to New Zealand was approximately £SO. The petrol bill, at 2s a gallon, was £3(5, and the cost of the lubricating oil would not raise the total expenses to more than £SO, so stated Kingston! Smith to a newspaper man.

The number of names printed on the electoral roll for Manawatu in September, 1880, was 2163. This year's roll contains 8146 names and there are already an additional 1010 on the supplementary to. be added to this number, bringing the total to date (incomplete) to 9156.

Sixty-eight Angora and Chinchilla rabbits arrived at Auckland by the Turakina from Liverpool yesterday, and are to be delivered to Mr R. S. Black, of Dunedin. Seventy animals were shipped from England, but two died from the heat coming through the Panama Canal.

A resident of Woodhill, Ave miles from Helensville, Mr W. Monk, states that recently he saw a pukcko with something in its bill. On investigating, he found the object to be a young g:ay duck. Mr Monk has lost sever-1 young Indian Runner duCKS, cr.d njv/ th nks They have been kil.ccl by a pukcko. A number of p'lkAo live near his residence. They ar-; very tame, and con.e close up to ihe hous3.

Small birds have made their presence felt in South Canterbury more keenly this year than for many past. Last month-the- Timaru-St. Andrews branch of the Farmers' Union launched an intensive campaign. A large quantity of poisoned grain .was procured, and war was declared on the small pests. Up to the present over 200 tons of poisoned grain have been disposed of, and it is estimated that in the vicinity of 100,000 birds have been killed. The birds are still numerous, however, and applications for ppison are still- being made?

The N.Z. Ayrshire Cattle Breeders' Association has allotted its challenge shield for autumn shows, for most points in the Ayrshire section, to the Ho.rowhenua A. and P. Association for its 1929 show. It is comparatively a new trophy, having been won for the first time at the Greymouth Show this "year, the holder being 'Mr C. Morgan Williams. The shield is now in the A. and P. office in Levin, and it is a handsome exhibit, being in oak of ample dimensions bearing the silver devices of a bull's head and an Ayrshire cow, a scroll, a central shield), ,an(d around these designs a. number-,of miniature shields to receive the names of the successive winners.

"The motor statistics are startling," declared the Hon. F. J. Rolleston, At-torney-General, in a statement in the House. "In. 1927 deaths attributable to accidents caused by motor-cars totalled- 138, and in the period of February till August of the following year there were 130 deaths, and in the same period 41 serious accidents likely to cause death. In addition, there were convictions for negligent driving totalling 4259 in 1926, and 5171 in 1927. There were 294 persons convicted in 1927 of being drunk in charge of motor vehicles."- Mr Rolleston quoted these figures in moving -the reading of the Motor Third Party Risks Insurance Bill He said that it was the duty of the State to protect the lives and limbs of citizens.

An instance of the length to which Government departmental red taps goes is reported in Ashburton (states the Guardian). A business man recently received a draft for 2d from the Treasury Department as the final payment of dividends in a bankrupt estate. So small was the amount that the matter of collecting it escaped his memory until he received a further notice from the Treasury, notifying that the date up to which the amount could be pain at the Post Office had expired, and the 'draft was now void. An extension of time, however, could be made on application to the Department. Some two days later, his secretary asked hiir. whether he wished to reply to the looter, and he replied "Yes," thinking it was part of/the" ordinary correspondence. later came the reply that an extension of time' had been granted. The payee must collect th" 2d:in order to recoup the cost of the letter asking for extension of time.