Shannon News FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929.
A team from the Wesley Tennis Club (Levin) will play a" match on the local courts to-morrow afternoon against the local Club's B team.
Mr C. Cronquest, of Shannon, was speaker at the Foxton Luncheon Club yesterday, his subject toeing . "Niue Island."
The Public Works Department by advertisement in this issue notify that they have a quantity of surplus material for sale at the P.W.D. store, Mangaore. A list of this material with prices may be seen at the Post Offic3, Shannon, on application at the public counter.
The Shannon Co-operative Dairy Go's pay-out for butter-fat supplied during the month of January will be Is 6d per lb. A total of £15,810 will be distributed among suppliers. For the corresponding month last year Is 3£d was paid out. In addition, production shows an increase of six per cent compared' with the same period, 1928.
• The first of the weekly euchre tourn311101113'that are 'being conducted by the committee of the Shannon branch of the N.Z. Labour Party,*was held last evening in Laurvig's Hall, Ballance Street. Fifty-two players took part in the tourney, the games being keenly contested. The arrangements were excellent, patrons spending an enjoyable evening. At the conclusion of the games, those present partook of supper. Following are the results of the evening's play: —Ladies; Mrs Twrv first, 51b box of tea; Mrs Mabey, second, 251 b bag of flour; Mrs L, Richardson, third, lib of tea. Gents: Mr Gh Park, first, 51b box of tea; Mr R. Harding, second, 251 b bag of flour; Mr F. Buckman, third, lib of tea. The following qualified to compete at the end of the season for the consolation prize, the gold watch:—Mesdame3 wood, Snelling, afcd Bass, and Messrs A. Coates, D. McLaggan, W. Radford, W. Forbes 1 . The tourney will be continued again nexi Thursday" evening.
A special meeting of the Shannon branch "-of the Plunket Society was held in the Plunket room, Stout on Wednesday, to discuss details in connection with -the forthcoming garden party and baby show on the 27th inst. Those ladies who canvassed the various streets last week reported very satisfactory progress, having received many donations towards the afternoon tea and produce stalls. Everything possible is being done by the committee to ensure a pleasant outing to all who ittend. Tim Committee wish to emphasise the hope that the mothers of Shannon will support, this effort, as by doing so they can show appreciation of a very worthy movement and one that undoubtedly affects the well being of the little ones of this district. A large number of entries is anticipated for the baby show and strong competition for the prizes for decorated gocarts, dolls' prams and tricycles. In connection with the baby show there will be a first prize only for boy and girl in each class and a special prize for champion boy and girl donated by Mr Linklater, M.P.
Tho aeroplane, which made a forced landing at Waikanae on Friday on account of engine trouble, flew as far as Otaki on Monday afternoon. It went south and later returned to Blenheim.
The rates collected by the Masterton County Council for the 1928-29 year total £25,805, out of a total levied of £26,150, which is equal to 98.5 per cent, the same percentage as that for the corresponding date last year. In addition about £270 of rates in arrear have been collected.
"It would not seem unduly optimistic to forecast an increased return from dairy produce over last season of at least £2,500,000," comments Mr. M. A. Eliott (president), in his annual report t& the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce. "The total value of what might be described as the dairy produce produced in the rural area of Palmerston North —say the district served by our Manawatu Times—is about £3,000,000."
An important matter was mooted by Mr. J. Farley at ,a meeting of the Greytown Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. He said that with the increasing number of motor cars the droving of stock had developed into an extremely "difficult problem, irritating not only to drovers but to motorists. He considered the only solution of the difficulty was the creation of specially made tracks running parallel with the main highways. The Highways .Board, he thought, should insist that where a through road was being bitumenised; a prepared surfaced track should be created for travelling stock. Mr. Farley said that sttch. a track would assist to preserve the road, to save valuable time and to prevent stock being buffeted and bruised. The meeting thought, this a matter that might be left to the Progress League to bandle.HS'taaciaxd.
Mr. D. Managh, the racing motorcyclist who suffered a bad fall at the Marton meeting, is reported to be making good progress towards recovery.
The directors of the Standard Insur ance Go. have declared a dividend of Is 3d for the half-year ended December 31st, states a Press message from Dunedin.
A new coal mine, which is to be opened shortly five miles from Ngaruawahia, will be known as the Wilton Mines. The coal will be taken by aerial cable to Ngaruawahia, where screens will be placed.
A remarkable influx of Indians into Auckland has taken place recently The Niagara on Monday brought eleven from Fiji, and by the Maunganui on Wednesday a further 14 came from Sydney.
There was to have been a double wedding at Otaki on Wednesday but one of the contracting parties, living at a distance, under age and unable to secure the necessary consent in time to allow sa.e marriage to take place. They, however, indulged in wedding festivities with their friends.
'Found drunk in charge of a car in Pahiatua Street on Wednesday evening, Harold Catton, electrical engineer, of 21 Linton Street, Palmerston North, was fined £ls arid costs in the Magistrate 's Court byMr. J. L. Stout, S.M., and also had his driver's license suspended for twelve months?! ' ''■ # The Prime Minister," Sir Joseph Ward, has introduced .'a system of daily afternoon tea gatherings with his colleagues in the Cabinet, the idea being to enable Ministers to discuss common problems over a cup of tea. ' These conferences take place (between 3.30 and 4.30 p.m. \
A Ministerial reply to the Farmers' Union on the subject of - slates 'in schools, read at the executive meeting in Wellington on Thursday, stated that the slate had long been condemned as insanitary. Mr. O. P. Lynch (Manawatu); "We used to be able to rub out a mistake and rewrite it, but you can't do that on paper." The !chairman (Mr. r W. J. Poison): "That is where the irisanitariness comes in."
Secretary Smith, of the Carterton Fire Brigade, when urging the.;;Carterton Borough Council to take a .poll to set up a Fire Board in the Borough, said: "The Brigade has collected in five years the sum of £759. This amount has. not been expended in recreation, but devoted to the purchase of new equipment."
When an " excursion train from Oamaru entered St. Andrew's railway station the other evening (states the Tiniaru "Herald"), the tablet receiver did his duty,, but the tablet failed to swing back, 'standing with its sharp point forward at window level. Fortunately no passengers had their heads out of the first three carriage windo,ws, and a, railway official rushed forward and saved the situation.
With reference to the Palmerston North Guild of Registered Architects' suggestion that a committee be set up to prepare a town planning scheme for Palmerston North and that the architects, civil engineers and surveyors of Palmerston North have representation thereon, the Palmerston North Borough Council has decided to set up its own committee and that the professions mentioned be invited to appoint one representative each to act 'on the committee in an advisory capacity.
The value of skimmed milk as a fowl food is Httle realised by many people.' Its worth, however, is well known to the poultry farmer, Referring to this article of diet a Foxton man stated that prior to feeding skimmed milk to. his fowls his food bill had cost him in the vicinity of £BO per month. Since introducing the new - article of diet this amount had dropped to between £46 and £4B. The fowls displayed a great liking for the milk and thrived well
Many boys and girls who left school last December intending to secure employment are still in the position they were six weeks ago (says an Auckland paper). Last week a hundred girls answered an advertisement for a minor position in an office in a western suburb of Auckland" at a salary of £1 a week. Most of the answers were sent through the post, and bearing a penny stamp, they meant a revenue of 7s 6d for the Postal Department. The applicants were in all parts of the city and suburbs.
An incident which demonstrated the sagacious nature of the trained sheep dog occurred at the Dannevirke show sheep dog trials on Tuesday. The dog had difficulty in heading one of a number of sheep into the pen. Eventually the sheep was induced to partly entei the closure, but was not in sufficiently for the gate to be closed. A false move on * the part of the dog would have been disastrous and spectators waited with interest for what would happen. To their astonishment the dog crept up quietly behind the sheep and, using both front paws, pushed the stubborn animal the remainder of the distance.
It is stated that Miss Mercedes Gleitze, who won fame by swimming the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar, has abandoned the idea of coming to New Zealand fo essay the attempt on Cook Strait. It is learned that she has now decided to stay in England and to put the "close season" to good use by gaining personal knojwledge of the conditions under which various classes of working girls live and earn their living. She recently spent a week as an assistant behind the counter in a big Manchester stpre and next went to work in a spinning mill. Miss Gleitze recently became engaged to be married.
The running of the Daylight Limited express between Wellington and Auckland has been discontinued.
February 23rd is to be offered by the Manawatu Association to the Horowhenua Association for a return match, while the Feilding Association is also to be invited to visit Palmerston North on the same day. Play will commence at 12 noon in each instance and cease at 6.30 p.m.
"T.t will be missed," said Cr. Jensen, when the County Council on Saturday, decided to call tenders for the erection of a bridge to replace the old Waikawa bridge. "That is the piano bridge," he added; "it plays a tune every time you go over it." Cr. Catley remarked that it could be heard from his place, a mile away.
Unemployment has increased slightly in Palmerston North during the past week, according to the Labour Department's figuids. On January 26th, the names of 19 men with 42 dependants and 4 without. dependants were registered, while on Monday last there were 22 men with 46 dependent upon them and 4 single men, looking fete work.
The fact that no boat now makes direct runs from Lyttelton \o Foxton is very much felt by Foxton poultry farmers. Since this service has ceased it costs them an increase of £1 per ton in freight on grain*shipped from Lyttelton and reaching Foxton via the port of Wanganui. According to v one poultry farmer eggs are now down to pre-war price while feed is 100 per cent, dearer. —Herald.
"As a Minister of the Crown, 1 want to become acquainted with the leading men of the country, for quite apart from party politics, we have a big job in front of us. Every one of us loves his country and is .giving up .to her what abilities he has been blessed with. It is up to everyone to help carry on the work," said Hon. W. B. Minister of Railways, in the course of a few remarks to-the Palmerston North Citizens' Luncheon Club.
Officers of tie Eailway Department are at present engaged in collecting data in connection with the whole question of level crossings in New Zealand. It is understood that the railway crossing warnings, the respective claims of different crossings for equipment with warning signals, methods of reducing danger and kindred matters Will be looked into. "There are about three thousand level crossings in New Zealand and wherever the Department can do so it is assisting to eliminate the worst places," said the Minister of Eailways (Hon. W. B. Taverner) yesterday.
Just over a thousand eels wero shown to a reporter at Invercargill a few days 'ago by Mr. W. Broad, a fish dealer, who had caught them in the Waikiwi stream near West Plains. Mr. Broad explained that the fish had been driven for about 250 yards by men in the water and had been forced into a large, specially, constructed eel pot. The labour involved in taking such large numbers had been enormous, and for every one caught two or more escaped. The fish were ot all sizes, but were mainly small, the average weight about J2ib, and the average length 2ft. Mr. Broad intends •sending the eels frozen to Germany just as they are. He stated that he did not know what was done with them on arrival, but last year he had sent a consignment carefully gutted and be headed, and on that occasion had been" told that the fish would be preferred merely frozen as they came out of the water.
On all the higher levels in Palmerston yesterday the town water supply failed owing to the low pressure being inadequate to carry it to the outskirts of the town. The Mayor and Borough Engineer visited the hospital and found a very serious state of affairs. Here in an institution accommodating hundreds of patients, they discovered a condition of absolute helplessness against the ever present risk of fire. Not a drop of water was available at the ground level while the pressure gauge stood at zero. Boldly put, the situation was. that the whole great building, with its hundreds of inmates, could have been swept by fire while the town looked on helpless, "It is ap 1 palling to contemplate the possibilities of the position were a fire to take place in any part of the building," said Sir James Wilson, chairman of the Hospital Board. . The Ma#or states there is plenty of water at the intake but the reticulation is inadequate andthe ratepayers have rejected four or. five water loan' proposals.
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