Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929.

Shannon News, 12 April 1929, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929.

Among the list of appointments as Justices of the Peace published in the Gazette yesterday is that of Mr William Clayton, Grey Street, Shannon.

Mr Harrison, v of Richmond, Nelson, the recently appointed headmaster of the Shaniion School, commences his duties when school resumes after the term holidays on May 27th. Mr Swift, who is acting as relieving teacher, leaves -on May 10th.

In; connection with the forthcoming Municipal Elections the main district electors roll is now printed and is open for inspection at the Council Chambers. The supplementary roll, now in the course of preparation, closes at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 17th April. All persons possessing the necessary qualifications are requested to make certain that their names are on the roll by that date.

The weekly euchre tourney held in Laurvig’s Hall last evening again dreiv a good attendance, when 62 players took part. The w'inners wore as follows: —Ladies: Mis Snelling, 51b box of tea; Mrs Radford, 251 b. bag of flour: Mr Guv, lib of tea. Gents: Mr C. Pritchard. 51b box- of tea; Mr Martin, 251 b bag of flour; Mr R. Harding, lib of tea. Those to qualify to compete for the gold watch at the end of the series are Messrs F. Mundin, M. Moore, F. Wilson and'Mrs Elwood and Miss Gray. The'play off for the gold ivatcli will take place on Wednesday evening, 24th April. ®

Always to the fore in the introduction of the latest improvements in the picture business, the proprietors of the Maoriland Theatre have installed the New’ Design Electric Orchestra. The instrument was tried out yesterday and is certainly a decided acquisition. The music is continuous, for the fact that as soon as one selection fades out another begins. Similar instruments are being imported by Mr Kemball for U3e in many of his picture theatres throughout the Dominion. first programme at which it w r ill be heard is fixed for Monday evening, when we feel sure patrons will appreciate the management’s enterprise.

The directors of the Shannon Cooperative Dairy Co., Ltd., have arranged a visit for its suppliers to the Massey Agricultural College in order to see the carrying out of modern methods and improvements in dairy farming and agriculture. The date fixed for the visit is Friday, 26th April. Intending visitors are to be on the ground at 10.30 a.m., but are to arrange their own means of transport. Light luncheon will be provided by the Massey College authorities. As it is necessary to know the number who are likely to attend, attending visitors are asked to hand in their names to the secretary (Mr Cronquest) by April 19th. It is to be hoped that the fanners will avail themselves of the opportunity to visit the farm as there is no doubt that they will gain much information that will be of benefit to them.

“I look upon funds raised by school committees as a voluntary system of local rating,” said the Minister of Education (Mr H. Atmore) when replying to a deputation from the Phillipscown School Committee.

As showing that dairying can be .carried o.n successfully in Hawke’s Bay, the “Herald” mentions that for the 12 months ended September 30, 1928, Mr G Cossar, of Ruataniwha, supplied the Waipukurau factory rvith 10,3911bs of butter fat, which returned him £793 los 6d from 34 cows. Ilis October cheque for lllOlbs was £lO2 16s Bd.

At the Plymouth (England) Police Court, Alford Stores Ltd., of Devonport, were fined £5 and £lO costs for /selling Uruguay lamb as New Zealand. The firm inserted an advertisement in October announcing the sale of new season’s Canterbury lamb — which does not arrive till November. The. New Zealand Meat Producers' Board investigated the matter and secured evidence which resulted in the prosecution. The Londoii manager of the Board, Mr R. S. Forsyth, is taking steps to see that the case is given the widest possible publicity in the meat trade.

“Send me, please, full information with particulars, about New Zealand, and nblige,” statdd a postcard addressed to the secretary of the Southland League, from Monsieur E. E. Stefnowsky, who gave his address as “Charkow, Ukraine, Orynsewshajestr, W. 5.9. ” A complete ignorance of this locality was expressed by all those who read the postcard, and no information could be gathered from the printing on the postcard, which was in foreign characters (states the Southland Times). Maybe a harassed postal official will be called upon to decide the whereabouts of M. Stefanowsky.

A company with a capital of £1,000,000 has been organised in America to finance sales of all classes of aeroplanes on the instalment plan.

Snick, the best-known dog in Wanganui, has passed out of human ken (reports the Herald). The mascot of the city fire station, there was not a fire in Wanganui for years that he had not attended, and there are few people in Wanganui who did not know him.

A lady who called at the Woodville “Examiner’' office last week stated proudly that although she had lived for over 40 years in Woodville she had not purchased a pound’s worth of goods outside the town. She looked none the worse for her loyalty.

“We put fifty yards of metal on the main street. It has been down only ten days, and you would scarcely know that any had been put there,” .stated the deputy mayor at a Borough Council meeting at Eketahuna. “We can’t go on that way, the road will have to be tar-sealed, ”

On Sunday (afternoon a motor-ear hailing fr'om Wellington, called at a Waipukurau garage and inquired how much further Eketahuna was away. I-; appears that the driver, instead .of turning off at Woodville, and going south, had gone on 50 miles to the north.

Shoals of small fish along the coast must be numerous Just now. Some few days a shag, diving in the sea just off the New Plymouth baths, attracted much attention* A reputable observer said that within half an hour, in 30 dives, the bird caught 29 fish, some of them between 9in. and a foot in length. Where the bird.found room for all tlicjfish is a mystery, but at last his Gargantuan appetite was satisfied and ( the bird spread his wings and stood drowsing on a rock until his-enormous meal was digested.

A total of 13,847 vehicles passed the Bank of New Zealand corner at Christchurch between 8 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on February 20, according to a census taken by officers of the City Council Traffic Department. This total included 952 G bicycles, 2184 private motor cars, 872 trams, 405 motor cycles, 341 light motor vans, 140 motor lorries, 214 taxis, 7 horse cabs, 4 horses and traps and 26 trade carts. Another classification can be made as follows: Bicycles 9526, motor vehicles 3337, horse-drawn vehicles 50, motor horse-carriers 56, trams 872.

<. In the course of his address to the .Palmerston North Rotary Club yesterday, Mr J. J. Stevenson, Dip. Ag., of the Palmerston North Boys’ High School, referred to the danger "of people growing liemlcck in their gardens. This plant, he stated, was of a very poisonous nature, when eaten, yet quite a number of Palmerston North gardeners grew it as “filmy fern.” Some little time ago the danger constituted by this plant had been tragically demonstrated by the death of two little girls at Brooklyn, Wellington, through eating the seeds.

The adventures of a party of five people who caime to Napier during Easter provide a proof of a truly amazing shoitage of lodging accommodation (says the Hawke’s Bay Herald). They triad from late on Easter Saturday till about 11 o’clock before they were able to find beds for the night, and even then had to be satisfied with shakedowns in a house that only occasionally takes boarders. The party had tried to get accommodation in Hastings, and then had gone into Napier, but neither public nor •private hotels nor boardinghouses could give them beds. Then they tried Havelock North, Fernhill, and even Te Aute, but everywhere the answer wa3 the same —“no room.” It may have been that many motorists who had intended to. camp out had been driven by the weather to seek indoor accommodation.

Mr Harry Hutchins, of Foxtou, had a narrow escape from serious injury while engaged -in tree felling on the Herrington Estate the other day. Two trees had been felled, and in falling had become caught up in another pine tree alongside of which was a dead sapling. Mr Hutchins went in to fell the standing pine to allow the trees to fall. This was accomplished quite successfully, but as he was running away from the trees they crashed on to the dead sapling, smashing it into five and six foot lengths, which were hurtled about in all directions. Glancing over his shoulder as he ran, Mr Hutchins noticed one piece of timber flying in his, direction, and had the presence of mind to throw himself flat on the ground. As it was a piece of the sapling about five feet long struck lxis back and ripped his clothing, but did not inflict any serious injury. Had lie not thrown himself on the ground ■when he did it is more than likely he would have been killed. —Herald.

A remarkable demonstration of the forcing powers of paper mulch is to be seen on the property of Mr A. J. Heighway, Henderson (says the New Zealand Smallholder). Here Mr Heighway has side by side two crops of tobacco, the halves of which are being treated differently One-half the crop is being 'grown under paper mulch, the other by the ordinary method of cultivation. On a conservative estimate the plants grown under the paper mulch s3 r stem are on the average two feet taller, and«the leaves correspondingly larger than those grown without. 'fSomc idea of the luxuriant growth may be gained from the measurements of some of the leaves which were 30 inches long and 15 inches wide. Then, again, apart from the stimulated growth there is the question of cultivation. Once the paper is down all weed growth is stifled and, therefore, very little attention is required. The comparative results of the tobacco arears were a most definite indication of the value of paper for farming.

Itt. is stated that £IOOO has been t offered for a small section of land at "otaki Railway.

There are now 2627 gas cookers in ;use in the Palmeiston North borough, 356 being installed during the year ended March 31. . Consumers now total 4752. '

A member of the Ttatana movemoiu .states that the inhabitants of the' pa have been greatly encouraged by the success of their grain-growing operations, and for next year it. is intended to extend the. cropping area (says the Wanganui Herald). Ploughing and •cultivating are now .in full swing at the farm.

. An ingot of gold, weighing 90 ozs. was taken into Bdenheim the other .morning and deposited -at a local bank. The precious metal was mined at Golden Bar, Wakamarina Valley, by Messrs Strakcr and McLennan’s party, and represented a month’s work. During the past five months or so the mine has ■been yielding from 75 to 95 oz. a month.

An interesting document in the form of a. large envelope was handed to a representative of the Waipukurau Press. Bearing a Londcpi date stamp of 21st February, 1929, the envelope carries the following type-written address: ‘ ‘ Messrs , Drapers, etc, Waibukurall, New Zealand. The fact ihat the missive has been delivered to its rightful owners speaks well for the intelligence cf the Post Office staff. Incidentally this is the second occasion ■that, the English firm has written to this address.

A story was told to a reporter recently of work being done in a North Island district bv the Public Works Department, as relief for unemployment, which) if true, suggests that money is being squandered in that direction (states the New Plymouth Herald). The representative of a big firm of contractors happened along to the locality, and seeing men removing spoil with shovels and wheelbarrows asked how much per yard the 'job was costing. On being told about 10s he made the offer to take a contract for the work at 2s 6d per yard, and said the department could pay the other men 7s 6d to sit on the bank and watch them do the job.

New Zealand honey is being used by the Byrd expedition' at-the South Pole. Realising the food value of honey and the valuable advertising medium such a scheme presented (says the “Waikato Times), scwt. of honey was supplied to the expedition by the Nation/al Beekeepers 1 - Association of New Zealand, which had it specially packed. A letter of appreciation was received from Commander Byrd. It was not until after the expedition had left America that the American Honey Institute realised the' opportunity it had lost in not offering to have-honey included in the provisions. It lost no time, however, in communicating with the New Zealand Association, which got into touch with the expedition on -its arrival in New Zealand. Appreciation of this co-operation ‘was recently received by the Auckland Provincial branch of the National • Beekeepers’ Association of New Zealand from the American Honey Institute and the A.I. Root Company of America.

111-starred from the start of her career has been the Wanganui dredge Kaione (“eater of sand”) on which two men were killed and another gravely hurt, in an explosion last week V(says an exchange). Brought out some vears ago as the last word in design and construction, the vessel proved "hopelessly' unsuited to working the Class of material she was required to ’ handle at Wanganui, and an ancient pontoon dredge that looked more like a relic of the gold-dredging days than a marine unit continued to keep the Wanganui River as clear of silt as possible. When put to work in harder material in Wellington Harbour the Kaione was at once successful. Nevertheless the owners had difficulty in selling her, though she was on the bar-gain-counter for years. It is characteristic of the evil influence that has brooded over the Kaione that the re•cent tragedy happened when she was on / the point of departing for a new sphere of action in Nelson.

. “This is not a fresh ‘stunt’ of the Bishop, although 1 am told someone had that impression,” said Bishop Cherrington at Hamilton on Sunday evening to an attentive audience which filled Garden Place, to hear an open-air divine service. The Bishop said it was also untrue that he had joined the Salvation Army, although he could do much worse (reports the “New Zealand Herald”). Explaining the reason for the open-air service, Bishop Cherrington said he was present- because 25 men in Hamilton had asked him to attend. He referred to the Church of England Men’s Society, which had been in operation in Hamilton about two months. This organisation flourished in England, and he hoped to see it make progress in his diocese. In his sermon, the Bishop referred to the manner in which the laws of justice, mercy, truth, and forgiveness were forgotten in a mass of worldly things. In every-day _ life there was great need of the spirit of Christianity. The service was conducted by Dean G. R. Barnett, Who led the worshippers in the singing of hymns.