Shannon News TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929.
During the week-end Mr and Mrs Arthur Thompson, of Lower Hutt, dsited Shannon, renewing old acquaintances.
Master Selwyn. Jones, son of Mr and Mrs H. Clifford Jones, left on Saturday to take up a position in the Civi: Service.
Sir Thomas Clement, at the Shannon Dairy Company's directors' meeting yesterday, paid a high, tribute to the quality of the butter, especially unsalted, which the factory manufactured.
A-reminder is given that' a general meeting of members of the Shannon. Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club will be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday evening at 7.30. The business being important, a -full; attendance is requested.
The. Shannon ' Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., are paying out Is Cd per lb for butter-fat supplied during December. This will involve an amount of £16,821 being distributed in the district on the 20th of this month. The output for December,was well above that of the corresponding month' la3t year. ,
An interesting "addition to the programme at the Maoriland Theatre on ■Friday' will be 5000 feet of film depleting' the most notable incidents at. th-3 great'Eucharistic 'Congress held in Sy Iney last year. The , occasion was notable-'for its solemn and inspiring religious ceremonies and the film conveys a'very good impression • 6f what took place.
Yesterday afternoon what would have been a serious outbreak of fire, at Mr R. Christie's residence in. Vogel Street, was averted by the prompt action of Mrs Christie. The latter, who was in the front part of the house, had occasion to go into the kitchen; where she discovered that some clothes which had been placed to dry on a rack above the range were ablaze. Slus immediately applied water to the burning articles, also telephoning for assistance from the township. Help was immediately forthcoming, and the blaze was s'oon got under control. The fire was caused by a defect in the flue of the range, and had i.t happened during the night there is.no doubt the outbreak would have been serious. The clothes on the rack were completely destroyed. ; .
A visitor to the directors meeting of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Company held yesterday, was Sir Thomas Clement, /head of the firm of Andrew. Clement and Son, the wellknown Tooley (Street butter merchants, who is making a tour of the Dominion, visiting the various factories which consign their butter through the firm. He gave a very ■'interesting review of the position of the butter market at Home, and laid stress upon the ' importance of keeping the quality of butter right up to the very Highest standard and so realising the top prices for this product. He pointed out that it is that particular' flavour to the palate which induces the public to use more, thus,causing a greater demand. He was accompanied by Messrs Kent and Cowles, the former being the New Plymouth representative and the latter .the Wellington representative of his firm. After the party had been entertained to lunch at the Club Hotel by the directors, they proceeded to Levin. ?
The Minister of Public Works, the Hon. E. A. Kansom, is apparently of a practical turn of mind, and leaves nothing to chance when travelling in the backblocks of his own electorate. Having spent Christmas at his farim at Akitio, says the Wairarapa Daily New:& he had occasion to return to Dannevirke the following Sunday. Anticipating road tremble en route, he went prepared—with a shovel. He wafnot disappointed, as he found a cutting on the W-aione river road 'blocked by , a slip. The Minister attacked the obstacle with such vigour that he was able to proceed at the end of aiuhour.
In the last 80 years only seven people have been killed in New Zealand' as a result of earthquakes. A shock in October, 1848, wrecked a wall in Wellington and tlnee people were killed. Seven years later when Wellington was shaken by a severe earthquake another death occurred,*the victim being struck -by a falling chimney. A child met its death in the Cheviot earthquake in November, 1901. There was another long interval of freedom from fatal injuries duo to earthquakes until April, 1913, when foiling material from the post office at Masterton killed a jMaori. The last recorded death traceable tc earthquakes was that of a shepherd, who was killed in Gisborne in October 1914.
During the past year there were 30 petitions for divorce in Wanganui.
The detectives investigating the recent burglary at Mr J. E. Hebden's premises, in Otahuhu, had little difficulty in sheeting home the** crime to the parties concerned' (says the Auckland "Sun.") Included in the haul were some suits, which the thieves donned before taking their departure, discarding their old -wearing apparel under the ibuilding. Unfortunately for them, however, they omitted to remove from their elotlving some correspondence, bearing their full address. The rest was easy for the police.
The Yearbook for 1929, just to hand, gives the estimated population f Levin .at April Ist last at 2580, an increase of thirty over the 19"8 figures. Other totals given are Otaki 1330, Foxton 1770, Shannon 1150 The following boroughs approximate to Levin's size: Northcote 2465, Pukekohe 2440, Cambridge 2030, Te Kuiti 2460, Taumarumui 2450, Te Aroha 2390, Tauraiga 2660, Wairoa 2410, Fitham '.040, Taihape 2475, Mavton 27 7 5, Hokitika 2450, Rangiora 2125, Port Chalmers' 2^75. Eona Bay (Wellington), fishermen secured a splendid haul of kingfish on Monday, probably a record catch (says the Post). One net totalled over 60 huge kingfish, some of which were over 301 b. in s weight. Those who witnessed the net being pulled in were treated to an exciting sight, the fish churning the water to foam when the net was some fifty yards frgm thr shore. There was a- great commotion when the net was pulled in. It taxed all the power..of the fishermen to deal with the squirming fish, -as they fought vainly to.. gdt back tto the sea.
A fine old fig tree on the property of Mrs James Scott* at Mahuraiigi Heads is becoming famous among visitors to those parts for the enormous size of its fruit, says the ' Auckland Star. Although it is yet early in the season for fig's,,the tree has produced.some record fruit. Five figs picked at random 1 weighed altogether 21b 2oz, the largest tipping the scale at9oz. Unfortunately the oppossums are quite as fond of the fruit as are human beings, and they frequently raid the tree, eating all the ripe fruit and destroying much of the unripc.Two. traps set under the tree have collected a number of 'possums, and also the family kitten, which, however, is . now convalescent, and progressing favourably. ,'. /
I Some time •ngti, we made referent in our columns to the use of paper for mulch, says the New Zealand Smallholder, and much interest has been aroused among our readers, many of whom have asked for further particulars. For four years the United States Department of Agriculture has been carrying on experiments ,with paper muleh, and their comparative tests have demonstrated beyond dispute the value of paper to stimulate plant growth. With every crop save one —peanuts — the experiments were van unqualified success. Paper is now being used in agriculture in. the vicinity of Auckland. On a lemon and tobacco farm at Henderson; several grades of paper ,-are 'being used experimentally. Local growers are awaiting the result of the experiment with interest. i
f Speaking at the first meeting of the Foxt-oh Luncheon Club, Mr W. A. Waters, of Pahnerston, said that in travelling to Lo 3 Angeles -from San Francisco ore could not help but be impressed by the wonderful irrigation schemes in force. Los Angeles, famed for its fruit-growing, had a rainfall of less than 10 inches a year (Foxton's was somewhere in the vicinity of 40 inches) and consequently had to depend on irrigation systems for its fruit farms. The traveller passed over a river in one part, approximately th« sizo of the Manawatu, and carrying as much water as the latter river,.but itwenty miles further on the -same riverbed had not a drop of water left in it, it all having been used for irrigation purposes en route. Over 180,000 horse power is used in raising water for irrigation work.
An unusual turn of events is related in connection with the Nuhaka A. and P. Association's weight estimating competition conducted as an adjunct last week's show. Many entries were obtained for the event, after which the sheep were killed! and hung up to cool before being weighed. In the 'however, some person had removed'one of the carcases, presenting a confusing position for the society, not so much in. the loss of the sheep", but in the awarding of tho prizes for the event. Before opening the boxej containing the estimates, it was decicled to add an estimated weight to that of the remaining sheep, and award -the prizes accordingly. The matter of the missing carcase has been placed in the hands of the police.
I Interest in the forthcoming' ceremony in connection with- the unveiling at G-isborne of a memorial stone in honour of the late Sir James Carroll is stirring among the native population of many districts The indications arc that wlhen the hui takes place there will be present from 3000 to 4000 Maoris representing the various tribes, to whom the memory of the late Tinii Ora is associated with all the virtues of Maori and pakeha alike. The memorial stone is- now being prepared in Napier, and will be of plain design, without superficial ornament; in fact, the object of those organising the memorial celebration is that the stone should represent only strength, endurance, and above all a dignified consonance with the vault in which lie the lemains of the late Sir James. March 3 is the date tentatively fixed for the unveiling of the stone, says a Poverty i Bay paper.
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