Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929.

Shannon News, 7 May 1929, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929.

The weekly cribbage tourney conducted by the Women's Institute will be held this evening in Carters' Building. Good prizes are being offered and the price of admission is only one shilling.

Tenders are invited in this issaejjy the Shannon School Committee for the supply of firewood to thejschool. Tenders will close with'the.Chairman (Mr A. E. Hyde) at noon on Monday, 13th May.

Mr F. Haley, who is an inmate of -the Palmerston North Hospital, is reported to be progressing satisfactorily. Another Shannon resident, Mr F. .Buckman, who has been very ill, expects to be able to leave the institution in the course of a few day 3.

At the committee meeting of the Shannon Football Club, before commencing business, the President (Mr 'A. Birchall) feelingly referred to the loss to the Club by the death of the late Harry Tremewan, a motion of sympathy with his parents .and. volativc.s being" carried iu silence.

A social evening in aid of the Church of England will be held in the Parish Hail on Friday evening commencing iit eight o'clock; when there will be dancing, interspersed with singing and competitions. The price of admission is small and. those who attend ar;: assured of a good evening's enjoyment.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Wanganui (Mr and Mrs W. J. Eogers) were visitors to Shannon on Sunday, when (hey visited the Power House. At the mayoral election two years ago Mr Rogers was returned with a majjrity of 151. Last week he was re-elected by 5128 votes to a total of 3188 for his two opnonents.

A "Hard-up" dance organised by the committee of the. Women's Institute will be held in the Institute room, Carter's Buildings on Tuesday evening, 14th May. Prizes aire -being awarded to the lady and gent wearing the best "hard-up"" costume, and a prize will also be awarded to the win-' ners of a Clock waltz. Everything points to the dance being both interesting and enjoyable. - \

While shunting operations were being carried out in the Shannon railway yards in the early hours of Saturday morning, a workmen's hut was derailed, turning over on its side. Fortunately the occupants were away on their week-end leave. After the carriage had been righted it was jacked back on to the line, the necessary gear •to do this having to be brought from Palmerston North by the down Auckland express.

In the trial games on Saturday to decide on Wellington's quota of three boy nominees in the National Junior Hardcourt Tennis Championships, to be played at Wellington commencing on May -14th, Selwyn Clifford Jones, son of Mr and Mrs H. Clifford Jones, of Shannon, was successful in whiniiig all his games and as a result is one of those included amongst the three nominees. Master Jones "who will represent Victoria University College, was runner-up in the Miramar Easter Singles and was the winner of Saturday's elimination contests.

The voting in connection with the ;Baby Carnival at the Maoriland Theatre was brought to a conclusion last evening. A lot of interest has been taken in the contest, there having been no less than 43 entries, nearly all of whom had supporters. The final count was mada known after the interval and was as follow: No. 22 Mrs S. Mitchell's baby, 688 votes, Ist; No. 9 Mrs J. Hennessey's baby, 520, 2nd; No. 32, Mrs F. Jamieson's baby, 506, 3rd; No. JO, Mrs Shailer'.s baby, 315, 4th. After the results were made known MiHyde presented the prizes and handed to each mother of the contestants, a photo of their child.

For the extraordinary vacancy on the Horowhenua County Council, owing to one nomination instead of two or more having been received for Tokomaru riding representation, it is understood that Cr. Barber, one of the sitting members, is to be nominated.

Imports of new motor vehicles into New Zealand during the first two months of this year were very heavy; 5308 cars, chassis], and commercial ■ vehicles, as compared with 1791 for January and February of 1928.

A curious incident occurred in connection with the nominations f')v the Waipawa Borough Council (says the Napier Telegraph). Mr H. W. James, one of the retiring councillors, who was going out of town for the day, posted his nomination, together with a cheque for the requisite deposit, by the early morning mail. The returning officer (Mr H. Fletcher) did not clear the post office box until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, two hours after the time nominations had closed, and then he found the nomination paper. Mr Fletcher at once communicated with thi3 borough solicitor, who gave the opinion that the nomination could not be accepted.

The Plunket Carnival in Foxton resulted in the raising of £409 for the Society.

The Auckland City Council ballot paper contained 67 candidates (21 required) and is two feet in length.. The absurd method of voting required voters to cross out 46 names.

Mr J. T. Goodrich, of Lower Maugorei, brought a giant specimen of the New Guinea Wonder Bean into \tlic Taranaki Herald Office). This specimen, which was blown eff the vine by .the wind, was a splendid straight specimen 63£ inches long and no v doubr. would have attained a great|r length df allowed to develop.

When two Opunake district residents felled a 40ft dead riniu on the farm ■recently they made an unusual discovery (reports the Times). In a hoilow in the trunk at the top of the tree wa.j a bird's nest lined with scraps of paper, labels, and a 10s note?. The .note was ouly- slightly frayed at the edges, and is still legal tender.

iTo'tara is now no longer used for telegraph poles (says the Auckland Herald). It cannot stand a transverse blow. If struck by, say, a runaway motor-truck a totara pole is apt to break cleanly in two like a carrot. A heavy ironbark pole would probably give the truck the worst of the encount ;r. Ironbark and New Zealand silver pine are now the standard timbers, but silver pine is not used much in cities, for the reason that it Is hard to obtain in perfectly shaped lengths.

When the resignation of Mr John Balsillie from the executive of the Maniiwatu branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union was received at its annual meeting, on Saturday, general regret was expressed by members. "In Mr Balsillie we are losing the services of a kindly good old friend," said Mr 0. P. Lynch (president) in moving that Mr Balsillie "be elected an honorary life member of the executive, as a recognition of his many years of service to the Farmers' Union. Mr Balsillie, in tendering his resignation, stated that he did so as he was getting on in years and had retired from active farming.

A petition was received by the Horowhenua County Council on Saturday, from (six residents of Queen Street West, outside the Borough, asking for the installation of an electric lamp, as there was considerable traffic on that part of the road at night and no footpath for the use of pedestrians. The petition was signed by Messrs A. E, Raplev, C. W. Findlay, A. J. Hooper, W. E. Kilsby, H. Tantrum and E. F. Young. The County chairman (Mr Monk) explained that the Power Board would pat up a light for an annual charge. As it would be necessary to have an inspection of the locality, he suggested that the matter be left < to the incoming Council to deal with. This course was agreed to.

"Our attention has been drawn to the fact that the roller for imprinting the national brand on top of the butter in each box is being used on winy butter," says a circular issued to dairy companies by the Dahy Produce Board. "We would point out that this is entirely contrary to regulations. ; We 'feel "sure this has only to be mentioned to ensure that the directors and proprietors of daily companies will tike steps to safeguard the national brand. It is very necessary that this brand should appear only on a first-class article, as in the board's advertising campaign the 'Femleaf.' is being empha sised.''

An amusing story of the scientifi:: procedure of a Government department is current among manufacturers in Wellington. The matter of the acceptance of a tender for the supply of tobacco to prisons and State institutions is before the Cabinet. Prolonged investigation of the tobaccos for which tenders have been prepared has been undertaken by one section of the service, and it is stated that one offic.-r has been kept busily smoking samples of all the various brands. The unfortunate side of the proeeeolings was that the officer had to accomplish so much in this practical test that he became ill.

A recent cable message from Paris stated that France claimed that the French navy possessed the fastest war vessel in the avovlcl in the Gulepard, which steamed 38$ knots. In a letter to the Melbourne Age "Director Tower" states that the British destroyer Turquoise, when fully armed and equipped, and carrying fuel for a 'journey of 1000 miles, steamed 39.62 knots for four hours. The thi.-d and fifth miles in the first fix miles test were covered at the rate of 40 knots per horn'. Two other British destroyers, the Mounsey and the Tyrian, also excelled the French vessel's /peed, the latter having made 39.4 knots on a four-hour trial. • The Mounsey was 3crapped in 1920. Most foreign warohips ran their trials without tliei? guns, and with magazines empty, resulting in an incorrect speed being registered.

According tc William James Smith, he is another victim of that mysterious man who roams Auckland with stolen goods which he gives to unsuspecting passers-by to sell for him. Smith, a middle-aged man, pleaded not guilty at the Police Court, reports the Sun,"to stealing a coat valued at £8 8s from Ernest Roy Hood and a suitcase valued at 35s from Charles Wise. He admitted attempting to sill the articles to a dealer a quarter of an hour after they had been stolen, but claimed that they had been given him to sell by a man whose name he could not recollecH. "That story is no good, you know," commented Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M. "What is- his record?" Chief-Detective Hammond: Napier, obscene language; Whangarei, theft: Auckland theft—seven days. Mr Hunt: And now Auckland, theft—six months.