Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928.
Miss A. Brown left on Friday for Baetihi, where she has secured aw appointment.
To-night Mr J. H. Taylor, Labour candidate for the Manawatu seat will address the electors in the Maoriland Theatre at 8 p.m.
Mr P. Duncan, porter at the local railway station, has received notice of his promotion to shunter at the Wellington yards.
Mr Geo. Nahkies, clerk at the local railway station, was among the successful candidates at the recent railway examinations held at Palmcrston North.
Mr and Mrs T. Watterston, Lower Hu.tt, spent the week-end in Shannon, renewing old acquaintanceship. They were the guests of Mr ( and Mrs C. C. Franks. „ '
Yesterday the management received advice to cancel the appearance at tho Maoriland Theatre on Wednesday evening of Argus, owing to his father l>ehig laid up in hospital in Wanganui.
Advice has been received from Mr J. Linklater, M.P., who recently placed before the Education Department the matter of a request for a grant for remodelling and making additions to the Shannon School that the request has been granted. The work of remodelling the school will be undertaken at an early date.
Guy Fawkes'Day was celebrated in Shannon by the juveniles, when a number of effigies of a more or less traditional type wero borne from door to door in charge of their showmen, who levied the usual toll on the households for the purpose of buying .fireworks. The obsequies in the evening were somewhat marred by the wet weather, but nevertheless bonfires were to be seen in various parts of the borough.
The "shop day" held on Saturday by the Methodist Ohureh Ladies' Guild was most, successful, despite the hard times. The committee had a fine lot of sowing, cakes, sweets and produce to offer, all of which were practically' quitted, during, the day. A number of competitions were held, the winners being Mr G. Quarrie, dinnerj Mr Jhing Lee, cake; Mrs G. Wilkinson, the doll and bed, the doll's name being Gwen. The committee desire to thank Mrs McPherson for tho free use of shop; Mr Hyde for advertising on the screen; and all who helped with the competitions and by donations of produce etc., and to the public for their liberal support.
»The Halloween Mascot dance. was held in the Parish. Hall oa Friday evening, but owing to the bad weather and floods, the attendance suffered. Thise who did attend had a most enjoyable time. The music supplied by Messrs S. Parsons and D. Fox added to the 1 enjoyment- of the evening. The committee had gone to a lot of trouble with the arrangements, having quaintly decorated the hall, each electric light being covered with masked faces, jepresenting black cats and witches. Mr C. Cronquest, attired as a witch, acted as M.C., carrying out the rites of witchcraft round a fire in the centre of the room, from which strange coloured flames and vapours arose. The supper vvas supplied by the Ladies' Guild and Vestry of Veu. Bede's church.
The first round of the Triangular Shield bowling contest will "be; played at Foxton on Wednesday, November 7th, when one rink each from Otaki, Shannon and Levin clubs will compete with three Foxton rinks.
In reply to a question at one of his meetings 'recently, Mr Robert Hogg, lecturer on State Control of the liquor traffic, stated that he did not know whSere the idea of prohibition originated unless it was in the Garden of Eve, and then it was also a failure. Though the open-door saloon had been nominally abolished, liquor wag still obtainable in America.
During the past two or three weeks such enormous quantities of cauliflowers have been forwarded to the auction, rooms in. dnvercargill that the market was glutted with this vegetable and parcels could be secured for "a mere song." Retailers loaded their shops, and though there was a good demand, found many left on their hands. The position eased slightly last week with an improved demand.
Mention of slightly lower values for butter in London with a reduction in the rate of advances was made in a cablegram received on Wednesday by an Auckland exporting firm from its Home (principals. The moivement is not deemed anything to cause the industry concern, being the normal trend of this time of the season and in part possibly the reflex of the very liberal advances. The message quoted butter on the London market at 1743 to 178 s per cwt. compared with 176 s to 182 s, the very profitable rate ruling for a considerable time past. The reported new position was offset by a message received by another merchant quoting butter at 180 a and steadier.
The vital statistics for Qtaki for October were: Births 8, marriages J, deaths'3.
Passengers by the Aorangi, which arrived from Vancouver last evening, included the last of the touring howlers to return, and several delegates returning from the Empire Parliamentary Conference, including the Hon. J. B. Gow. M.L.C., and Mr T. W. Rhodes, M.P. for Thames.
The educational conference in Levin on Saturday -received a telegram from Mr W. H. Field stating he was very sorry that he Was quite unable to come to Levin. He understood the Institute's requests and sympathised with them. When the' country's finances, were in a better state the matter would receive attention.
Last week .two very old residents of Cambridge, Mr and Mrs P. Nicholson, celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of their wedding—a memorable occasion that but very few couples, live to celebrate. Mr Nicholson is hale and hearty, but Mrs Nicholson has been confined to her room for some considerable time.
The members of one family in North Canterbury would appear to be devotees of a rather strange form of sport—sack-racing. At the meeting of the Omihi Amateur Athletic Club recently the first, second, and third places in the girls' sack race were all gained by members of this family, and in tho boys' sack race members of the same family took the first and second prizes.
"It is the most beautiful country I have ever visited," said Sir John Salmond, .Brirtafsh. prior .to leaving Auckland. "Your climate is wonderful and your scenery beautiful|ly varied). (I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed my short stay in Eotorua. Some day I hope to return to New Zealand on a visit which will allow me to devote more time to pleasure than this visit has done."
Every driver of a motor ear should be prohibited from drinking alcohol, even in moderation, said Pastor Clark, in his address at Cambridge recently,' because it had been provefd that alcohol reduced the visual powers of a man by one-third. With' a motorist travelling at a reasonable pace of, say 30 miles an hour, it was a serious matter if his vision was inpaired to an extent of 10 miles. A motorist who indulged in liquor was a menace to all others on the road, and to his own safety.
A teacher in Lyttelton was explaining to a sixth standard class the other day words ending in "cide," and giving example of such words. Having successfully obtained answers as to the meaning of homicide and suicide, he went on to family affairs, and was ton that a man who killed his mother was a matricide, and a man w 7 ho killed his brother was a, franricide (says the Christehurch Sun). "Now," he. asked,- "what would a man who killed his son be?" The bright boy of the'class ! shot" up- his hand: "Please sfr," he said, " a Sun nyside."
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