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Shannon News, 14 December 1928, Page 2

The steamer Kennedy, which his been stranded on the beach at the entrance to the Mnnawatu River for over a fortnight, got off oil the spring tide during Sunday nigh# and arrived at the Foxton wharf on Monday evening. The vessel is very little the worse for its sojourn on the beach a.ttd within a few days will leave for Wellington.

In his monthly report- to the College street school committee last evening, the headmaster, Mr W. A. Swinbourn, stated that the recent goitre investigations conducted in the school by Dr. Shore had resulted in 172 notifications being sent to parents. The majori'.y of these cases had been of a slight nature, the use of iodized salt and special food being recommended as a preventive measure.

Talent from the liorowhenua district is to figure prominently in the production of the light opera, “The Country Girl” by amateurs in Wellington. Miss J. McLennan and Miss Hislop, of Levin, will appear respectively in the title role (Sophie) and the part of the Princess, and Mr C. Cronquest, of Shannon, will have the leading humorous character of Barry. The musical features of the opera will be under the direction of Mr Edwin Dennis, A.R.C.M.

Among the crew of the American steamer Golden Cloud, which arrived at Auckland from Los Angeles last Wednesday, is Lo Chinehin, a Chinese, who rules in the ship's galley. Lo Chinehin lias roamed the seas in all manner of vessels for 25 years and he is proud of the fact that 30 years ago he was cook to General Pershing, the famous American soldier, when he went to the Philippine Islands with his family. The crew of the Golden Cloud sert that Lo Chinehin has lost none of liis art in cooking and his dishes are stated to be among the best ever placed before a ship's company.

The highways work in the Ilorowhe-n-ua County necessarily involves a great deal of detailed preparation and supervision. Now that the scheme is being resumed after the cessation caused by lack of funds, the staff of the engineering are working at high pressure. This was referred to by the chairman (Mr Monk) at the Council meeting on Saturday, when questions wore asked at the garding the progress of various plans, •notably for bridge work. The chairman said that the public imagined that plans could be prepared almost in a night, but in some easc-s it took weeks to get them ready. He would like councillors to visit the' drafting office at any time convenient to them, when the staff would 'be only too pleased to show them how the work was carried' out.

The Weraroa cricket team’s display in the match against Otaki on Saturday, at Otaki, had some interesting features. O'Connor made a great stand at the wickets, his score of 54 comprising six sixes, two fours, a two, and eight, singles. He finished in great style, having hit' four sixes in succession before he wa's caught by J. Bevan off A. Pfutey’s ball. The outstanding incident of the match, and one which should rank among the curiosities of cricket, occurred when Bull sent down a ball to D’Ath, before the latter had scored a run. It struck the wickets and projected one of the bails over the football goal about 50 yards tc the rear. Unfortunately for the bowler, it was a no-ball, as he had one foot over the crease. D’Ath went on tr score 11 and was then caught by Prance off Bennett. Bull’s nett services to his side were represented by a batting score of 34 and a bowling total of three wickets for 43 runs. High averages were obtained by two Otaki bowlers, S. Simeox taking three for 3 7 and Sievers five for 42. Sievers was also Otaki's best batsman on Saturday, with a score of 41.