Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1929.

Shannon News, 1 February 1929, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1929.

The ’Schools in the Wellington Education Board’s district will re-open again on Monday.

The friends of Mrs T. King, who is an inmate of the Palmerston North Hospital, will be pleased to hear that she is progressing satisfactorily.

A cow wandering on the railway line at the Kara road crossing on Wednesday morning was struck by the Auckland express and killed.

A general meeting of members of the Shannon Amateur Athletie and Cycling Club will be held to-morrow evening at seven o’clock.

Miss Agnes Aim, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., teacher of pianoforte, singing and theory announces in o this issue that she lesumes teaching on ,11th February.

Mr and Mrs Bert Wilkinson and family, who have been on a motor tour to the Bay of Plenty district, have returned home after an enjoyable trip.

Miss R. Christophersen announces in this issue that she has commenced business in the Maoriland Theatre Building, as dressmaker and that all orders placed with her will be neatly and promptly executed.

Before Mr J. L. Stout, 'S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North on Tuesda}' C. Taylor and Co., cabinet makers of Palmerston North (Mr McGregor), proceeded against A. E. Hyde, of Shannon (Mr Moody), to recover the sum of £49 Cs 6d for furniture 'supplied. The defence was that the goods had been ordered by defendant for another man, who was the principal in the purchase, defendant merely being an agent and not responsible for the account. This fact, defendant stated in evidence, had been made clear to Taylor and Co. After legal argument had been heard, His Worship held that defendant was the principal and not the agent, as had been suggested. The other man had not been introduced to Taylor and Co. and defendant must be held as having been the purchaser. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs totalling £6 3s, in addition to 12s, witness’s expenses.

/At the conference of the New Zealand Federation of University Women, held in Christchurch, the following officers were elected: —President, Miss M. E. Sims; Vice-presidents, Dr. Hilda Northeroft and 'Miss A. F. M. Candy; secretary, Miss A. F. Ironside; treasurer, Mrs B. C. Penney; chairwoman of Committee of International Relations, Miss Candy.—Press Association.

Mr B. M. Kibblewhite, M.A., formerly of Levin, and late headmaster of Carterton-Wairarapa District High School, has oeen appointed headmaster of the District High School, T’aifyap.e.