Shannon News MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1928.

Shannon News, 31 December 1928, Page 2

Shannon News MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1928.

Good progress has been made with the canvass for donations to guarantee a resident doctor and the result generally, has been satisfactory. Should any desire tg contribute , who hav o not. been called upon, Mr A. E. Hyde would be glad to have their names.

The'camping grounds in the Shannon Domain has been taken advantage of by quite a number of motorists, this year and are, giving general satisfaction. ' A request has been made to have a. fire place built and no doubt the Council will have this attended to shortly.

A large number of Tokomaru residents have signified their intention of visiting Shannon’s gala day to-nior-i-ow, Mr Harold Parr having organised a tug-of-war team from that town. Considerable interest has been created and the local lads will have their work cut out to hold their own. The Jafez Band on a decorated motor lorry will leave the Post Office at 10.30 for the grounds.

A young man named Carlyle, while haymak'ing on Wednesday, had a narrow escape from serious injury if not death. He rvas driving a horse and dray down hill when the,, breeching strap broke and the horse bolted. The dray capsized and pinned Carlyle underneath, then took another turn and released .him, He was cut about, and rendered unconscious, but recovered sufficiently to be taken home.

The popularity of the Hokio Beach was well demonstrated yesterday, when visitors were present from Levin, Shannon and various /other, parts of the district. (Some rain fell in tire morning, and again in the evening, but the afternoon was delightfully liire, although the sky at Levin was overcast. Many cars conveyed picnickers to the Beach during the weekend, and quite a number of motor vehicles made the trip along the sand to the Hyderabad, 1 where the water at low tide is suitable for bathing, though at high tide it should be avoided.

' ‘ One strong impression gained during my last tour of the Continent wap. the gaiety and happiness, to be found in Germany,” said Mr Kenneth Impetfc, who has returned to Auckland.

Mussolini ha 3 circularised all Italian pfficials excusing them from the usual exchange of New Year courtesies. He declares the custom must-be abandoned since its only object is to interrupt the Government’s work for hours, sometimes days.

Except for a few isolated plants, all the ha,wfch'orn in the firieblight area in and around Palmerston North lias been either eradicate! or cut down. In the latter case, however, the old stumps and roots may Send up a second growth and the Agricultural. Department advises that property o wall's should take immediate steps to have this new growth kept, ip check.

. On Thursday evening at about six o’clock a collision occurred at the intersection, of Foxton and Maxwell’s lines between.two .cars driven by the Rev. Dean MacManus of Palmerston North and Mr Harold Calvert of Hawera. In attempting to avoid the collision both drivers Swerved, Mr Calvert going to the right hand side of Maxwell’s line and Dean MacManus pulling to the left. The rigid hand side >of the latter’s car struck the left side of Mr Calvert’s, which was pushed into ah electric power- post and damaged. Dean- MacManus and the only other occupant of his car, a small boy, were uninjured. Mr Calvert had with him his wife and two other ladies. Mrs Calvert sustained cuts on her left arm from broken glass and her left leg was bruised. She received medical attention, several stitches being inserted. , '

Fat lambs and politics are being linked together in an undesirable way in the Feilding district. It is stated that certain large farmers, who are Reformers, have for political reasons withdrawn their support from the local freezing works, of which the Hon. J. G. Cobbe is chairman of directors. Their action has 1 drawn a rebuke from Mr Gordon Eliott, formerly Reform M.P. for Oroua, "who writes to 3r the Star: “The Feilding freezing works are a very valuable to our town and district and I sincerely hope that farmers will not allow their political prejudices to detrimentally affect our works. There is no doubt, of course, that those who are threatening to leave the company are political sup porters of mine and if Mr Cobbe cares to furnish me with their names I shall be only too pleased to use such influence as I have in the direction of securing reconsideration of their decision.”

Good assortment of Toys for Children of all ages, including dainty Musical- Chairs and numerous other Novelties. —Inspection cordially invited.—-Misses M, and M. Baxter.

There have been 36 adjudications in the Palmerston bankruptcy district to date this yea*’.

For 20 positions by the , Taranaki Education Board 'almost 1000 applications were received. This does not represent that number of teachers, however, as some applied for two or more positions.

In the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North this morning-, William Remnant was fined £lO and had his license cancelled lor\six months, on a charge of having been drunk while iu charge of a car. '

Mr F. H. Taylor, cf Shannon, will preach at the Century Hall to-morrow. In the morning he will preach on “The Secret of Strength,” and in the evening on “The Goal of Life.”

Another aspect of the dust storm of last October presented itself to two ChristieWurch trampers who ascended Mt. Rolleston bn Monday last, where they found the snow to be of a dull red colour.

The happiest couple known is a Scottish' husband and his English, wife. They don’t celebrate Christmas because he holds' that the festive season is New Year. And they don’t celebrate New Year because she holds that the festivities should havd been at Christmas. So life goes along wonderfully smoothly and economically.

They were .twins. It was bathing time, and from the twins’ bedroom came sounds of hearty laughter and loud crying. Their father wbnt upstairs to find out the, cause. ‘ ‘ What’s the matter up here?/’ he asked. The laughing twin pointed to his_ brother, who was still crying. “Nothing,” he giggled, “only nurse has given Georgie two baths and I haven’t had otfe at all.”

Forty plum pudding? figured on the dinner menu at the Auckland prison on. Christmas Day. Through the good offices; of) the Discharged Prisoners ’ Aid Society, the Auckland City Mission and the Salvation Army, numerous Christmas gifts, such a 3 cigarettes, fruit, cakes’ and -were provided for the prisoners. “May all your troubles end in smoke this Christmas season,” was the cheerful inscription on each packet of cigarettes distributed.

Flying from the stern of the Danish scientific ship now in Auckland is one of the most interesting flags in the world. It is the Danish Government flag known as the Danebro and it dates back to the ninth century. A legend associated with the flag tolls how it fell from Heaven at Reval in Estland during a battle which the Danes were fighting against, the people of Only Danish Gpvernment institutions are allowed to fly the flag which differs from the ordinary’ Danish national emblem in that it is fishtailed; The letters “L”' anil “M,” surmounted by : a crown, are contained in the upper left-hand section of the Danebro. 1

What makes a school a good school? ISpeaking to Scots College hoys, His Excellency the Governor-IGeneral (Sir Charles Fergusson told them it was not the amount of scholastic success a school enjoyed but the spirit - of the boys at the school. Everybody in a school, he said, from the principal down, should haye the pride and honour of his school at heart. Everyone should be determined that this school was going to be the best school that ever was, and never hear a word said 'against it. If a boy remembered that, he would not do anything that was not quite straight and bring discredit dli his .school. If he did something that was really worth doing he would ,be proud of it, because it would be giving a good name to his school.

Early next year an undertaking which has been planned by the British and Foreign Bible Society will be put into operation in the Dominion. The object of ‘the society is to place Bibles in the bedrooms of all hotels throughout New Zealand. An 'announcement to (his effect was made by the Rev. Balder (Dominion seciCtary of the Society) at the annual meeting of the Otago Bible Society on Tuesday. Mr Calder mentioned thalt this decision had been come to after much thought and careful inquiry, and he added that the Bibles were now to be found in hotel bedrooms iu America, Scotland, and Australia, and occasionally in. New Zealand. The- society was assured of a fair amount of success in, its undertaking. The Biliks, one of which was presented to Mr Rosevear by Mr Calder, are reported to be substantial volumes, and are printed in very dear type.

The Maoris of the Waiapu district have been provided with a new topic, Py a sudden change of habit on the part of a great pear tree located in the pa at Tikitiki. The tree had not born fruit for many years until the present season. Its sterility had been taken for granted for a long time, but one inquiring native asked the Government orchard instructor, during one of the latter’s visits to the coast, why the tree did not bear as others did. The instructor noted that there were no other pear trees in the neighbourhood, and advised the inquirer to procure some blossom from another variety of pear, place the twigs in waterfilled jars, and hang them in the branches of the non-bearing tree. ” Mystified until the instructor explained to him the basic principle of cross-pollina-tion, the Maori adopted the ‘cxperi ment, and this year the tree bears a fairly healthy crop of fruit.