Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928.

Shannon News, 30 November 1928, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1928.

Notice is given in this issue that borough rates are now payable.

On Sunday quite a number of local residents took advantage of the fine day and visited the Foxton beach.

On and after December Ist the price of milk in Shannon will be reduced to s£d per quart, or one card of 16 pint coupons for 3s Bd.

Mrs J. T. Bovis, who has been laid aside with a severe attack of influenza, has entered Nurse Linklater’s private hospital for treatment. Her mimerous friends will be pleased to hear that she showed an improvement yesterday afternoon.

Mr C. M. Todd, chief clerk at Dannevirke, railway station, who left on promotion to the position of stationmaster at Shannon, was the recipient of a Gladstone bag, and half a dozen stainless knives from the stuffy and an oak-framed picture, from the Dunnevirke, carriers, in recognition of his courtesy .

The Mayor (Air E. Butt) and Or. W. H. Gunning, both of whom have been absent from Council meetings for some time owing to illness, were present at Tuesday evening’s meeting. Before commencing business both gentlemen received a hparty welcome from Councillors, who expressed their gratification at seeing them back and looking more like their old selves again.

Cr. Curran, sen., at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening, said the Council should make a move to get the road from the railway line to the bridge over the Otauru put in order It was pointed out that if the Council were to do the work now, they would have to do it at their-own expense, but if it were done when the road had been declared <a main highway they would get a subsidy. Cr. Curran said that, under those circumstances, the best thing was to leave it until the road was declared a main highway.

There was a large attendance of players at the “wind-up” evening for the season of the fortnightly; five, hundred card tourney conducted by the committee of the Plunket Society, which was held in the Btillaaice Street Hall last evening. It proved most enjoyable, a pleasant time being spent by all. Mrs Butler won most games in the ladies’ section, thus winning Mr F, Buckm'an ’e. trophy. She also won Mrs C. Easton’s points prize for most points scored during the season. Mr C. Stern won the gents’ prize presented by Mrs A. E. Hyde. The points prize for gents on season’s play was won by Mr F. Buckman.

The finial card party and social evening for the season in connection with the Women’s Institute was held in the Ballauce Street Hall on Tuesday evening, there being about 45 members and friends present. The yearly points’ prize, which was donated by Mrs Bovis, was won by Mrs Fell, she also being the lucky winner of the monthly points’ prize, which was donated by Mrs Hyde. The prize winners for the evening’s play were Mrs Terry and Mr F. Buckman. Mr Buckm'an was also the winner for the gent’s yearly points prize, and Mr J. Huggard, the lucky one for the monthly gent’s prize. A very nice supper was supplied by the committee. Games, competitions and musical items made complete an evening that was really enjoyable, which terminated at 12 p.nt. with “Auld Lang Syne.”

At the Council meeting on Tuesday evening Cr. Downes caused surprise among, councillors when he stated that he understood that a deputation from the Council had waited on a Public Works officer with the idea of having the metalling of the new road to the bridge speeded up. He asked who had authorised the deputation. Was it done by a special meeting of the Council, „or had some Councillors taken it upon themselves? On being assured that there had been no such deputation and that each councillor was innocent, he said he was glad to hear that no coun-. cillors had taken it upon themselves to form themselvos into a deputation.'Continuing, he said, that when a person met a councillor in.the street and told him a thing like that one felt, as a Councillor, very foolish when having to admit that he knew nothing about it.

Attention is drawn to the advertise ment of the Shannon Meat Co., changing the mode of delivery.

The Te Horo Dairy Co. has established a record of which it may be justly proud inasmuch that it has paid out a final bonus of 3d per lb butterfat, a total payment for the season of Is 83d for butter-fat for cheese.

Apia received the results of the general election in New Zealand over the wireless (says a correspondent), and disaffected natives who read into the defeat of the Government enthusiasm for their cause voiced their satisfaction in pious expressions of ‘‘Glory be to God!” and “We have been heard!”

The Mayor of Christchurch (Rev. J. K. Archer) has received a cheque for £4OO from Mr T. J. Edmonds to cover the cost of a band rotunda lie is giving to the city and other improvements to be made to the Avon river bank. Mr Edmonds proposes to make a further gift to the city of a Clock Tower which is to be erected on the triangular plot in Oxford Terrace.

The big prize in a Tasman consultation on the Melbourne Cup will be divided between two men working, at Mildura. Mr. George Christie, a busdriver, and a man named Alexander, who works on the irrigation pump at Billabong, shared a ticket in a special consultation on the cup. They dre-w the winning horse, Statesman, and will divide a £20,000 prize.

Looking fit and tanned, E. Heko, the one-legged “Digger” cyclist-, pedalled into Newmarket, Auckland, on Thursday, having completed his ride round the North Island of New Zealand in 61 days. At Newmarket he was outfitted with a bicycle for the trip, and on returning on the same machine, which was as bright as a new pin, lieclaimed a record in having done his journey of 1231 miles without a single puncture.

Many stories were brought back by the Auckland bowlers ,who have been touring the Old Country and the United States. A good one from the States concerns a stranger w r ho at one of the matches was obviqusly deeply interested in the visitors but could not quite plac% them. Going up to one of the Aucklanders at last, he said: “Look here, gentlemen, what State do you hail from?” “Oh, we conic from New Zealand,-” was the reply. “ Waal, I can.’t. say that I know it, but if you tell me how long it 'took you to motor over I might get a line on your locality.”

In a report upon the opening of the rowing season a Dunedin paper says: A feature of the opening at Macandrew’s was the appearance of an oldtimers' four composed of Sir Charles Statham (str), P. G. Priest (3), E. V: Fairbairn (2), and J. F. McGrath (bow). Despite increasing years, and, in some instances, weight, the crow gave an exhibition of slide work and recovery that- could well be followed and copied by members of the now club. | The most pleasing feature was the form displayed by Sir Charles, who. though not displaying the vigour and dash that characterised his rowing 13 or 20 years ago, yet retained his form and gave an exhibition of slide and blade work that is rarely seen to-day.

The two younger members of the family of Mr and Mrs C. Blenkhorn have lately sustained misfortunes u. a painful nature, which entitle them to much sympathy. David, aged sev ; en, received a kick from a horse on Saturday, resulting in a nasty gash in the face, narrowly missing ont eye. The live-year-old girl, Beth, had previously injured a finger, and the shock apparently accentuated the effects of a cold with which she' was afflicted, so that slight pneumonia developed. Both the little sufferers were taken to the Levin Private Hospital on Saturday. They have since shown marked improvement, and the many friends of the family will be glad to learn that the children are expected to be able to return home in a few da vs.

On being asked to comment on the action of the Palmerston North Borough traffic inspector in warning a Marton which a Marton correspondent leported had created a storm at the local Borough meeting, the Mayor of Palmerston - North (Mr A. J. Graham) stated that under the Motor-Omnibus Traffic Act of September lltli, 1926, the Palmerston North Borough Council w r as empowered, as licensing authority fOr No. 7 omnibus district, to control all that area comprising the Palmerston North, borough, Kairauga County and Feilding borough. Subsequent amendments extended its territory to include the whole of the Rangitikei and Horowhenua counties, as well as the town districts included therein, thus bringing the ctisputcd section .under the Palmenstoji North borough inspector’s supervision. The penalties for non-compliance was prescribed by the Act.

The closeness of the political parties recalls to an exchange the 1914 elections, when the fate of the Government appeared to rest upon the vote of the Maori member for the North, Mr Tau Ilenare. Neither of the two larger parties knew how this vote was to be Oast, and several enterprising pressmen interviewed the member in question. He was delightfully vague to all. To one reporter he said, when asked how his vote would go: “I give you two guesses.” To another scribe who put the same question his reply was: “Wait until the karaka berry is ripe,” and to a third he said: “First I stand on one leg and then cm the other.” Tau is a good-natured native, always smiling, and his avoirdupois is an ever-in-creasing factor. So close' were the parties that one vote was, vital, and an election petition alleging certain irregularities was filed against Tau in an endeavour to unseat him. He came out of the ordeal unscathed, and when Parliament settled down- he had occasion only to stand on one leg, as he voted for Reform and lias given them his allegiance ever since.