Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929.

Shannon News, 26 July 1929, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929.

“My Valet” Service advertise in this issue that they dry-clean and press suits, costumes, pleated skirts, etc., by the latest modern methods. Parcels are called for and delivered promptly. Orders taken for suits and costumes. See address in advertisement on page 1.

Some thirty players took part in the Croquet Club’s progressive euchre tournament held on Tuesday afternoon in Laurvig’s Hall. . Mrs McLaggan won the most number of games and was duly presented with a salad bowl. The hostesses were Mesdames Roach, Brann and Aim.

Last evening a ballot 'was held by the Manawatu Building Society. ■ The following were the results:—No. 1 group ballot, Mr W. S. Rutherfurd (Palmerston North), £700; No. 3 group ballots, Messrs A. E. Hyde (Shannon), £SOO and P. S. Cope (Palmerston North) £200; No. 5 group tender, £7OO at £42 per £IOO.

The Beautifying Committee made an inspection of the plot in front of the railway house on Wednesday, with a view to having it brought in line with the plots at the northern end of the town. It is their intention to have it ploughed and levelled, then sown down and planted. Provision is also to be made to give a pathway four feet wide to each of the houses. It was decided to get estimates of the cost of the work.

The twelve girls who have been undergoing a course of training in Girl Guide work are to be enrolled on Monday afternoon at three o ’clock by Miss Kebbell, District Commissioner. Each of these grls have worked hard under the guidance of Misses Todd and D. Jones to become efficient as leaders of the squads to which they are to be appointed to the charge of. The ceremony will take place at the Institute rooms and all who are interested in the Guide movement are cordially invited to attend.

The popularity of the Aveekly euchre tourney conducted by the Shannon branch of the N.Z. Labour Party, continues to increase. Last evening 84 players took part. The following were the winners:—Ladies: Mrs Curran ■, junr., 51b box' of tea; Mrs Pedersen, 251 b bag of flour; Mrs Butler, 1 lb of tea; Mrs Pell (Miss Roach’s special). GenlJs: Mr W. Guy, 5 lb box of tea; Mr G. Jones, 25 lb bag of flour; Mr H. Curran, Ilb tea. Miss Roach’s special was won by Mr Tremewan and Mrs Mercer’s specials by Messrs Campi and McLaggan. Those to qualify to compete for watch being Mesdames Pell, Jones, Terry, Mabey, Holdsworth, Moynihan, Hennessey, and Miss 'R. Roach and Messrs Jensen and L. Satherley.

At the previous meeting of the Bor ough Council.it was decided to instruct the borough ranger to impound any stock wandering, irrespective of under

• what conditions. On Tuesday evening . the. ranger (Mr Ellwood) waited on the Council asking if the above instructions were to be carried out in the case of stock herded and doing no harm. The Council decided that their previous instructions included such cases. Cr. Downes said no one more than himself would like to see the family man with one cow being allowed to graze it on the road, but it is quite impossible to grant this privilege as it opened up such a big question. If it was granted in such cases, it would not be long before those persons with herds would also want the right to graze them on the roads.

Writing in the New Zealand Railways Magazine, the general manager of railways (Mr H. H. Sterling) states that the latest figures in regard to traffic, show that in spite of difficulties arising chiefly from adverse weather conditions, railway business remained buoyant, the operating revenue for the current financial year to. May 25, showing an improvement of £9561 over that of last year.

A movement is on foot to arrange a fitting memorial to the late Sir James Wilson, of Bulls, who during his lifetime took such a keen interest in agricultural affairs.,

A strong protest was passed at the meeting of the Dominion Executive of the Farmers’ Union last nighty concerning the “over representation” of the motor interests on the newly-formed Advjisory Boafd to the Ministry of Transport.

An Auckland business man o.vns one share in a Waihi mining concern, which has lately declared a dividend of one penny a share. Recently the fortunate shareholder received his cheque for one penny' on the Ban:: o! New Zealand. With stamp duty on the cheque, and the stamp on the envelope, payment of the dividend cost threepence in all.

According to a return presented to Parliament, the Government paid by way of bounty to the Onaltaka Iron and Steel Compauy, Ltd., for the year which ended on March 31st last, £6729 18s in respect of 5176 tons 17 cwt. of pig iron manufactured at Onakaka, Collnigwood. Prior to April 1, 1928, £14,548 7s 2d was paid to the company in respect of 10,602 tons 7 cwt. 2 qr. of pig iron.

An interesting function took place at Hamilton when a number of of Freemasons gathered to present Mr 11. E. Tristram, of Hamilton East, with a cake to celebrate his 75th birthday. The cake was decorated with a representation of a masonic apron. Mr Trisham possesses the distinction of having been a member of each, of the four Hamilton lodges and of having taken an active part in Freemasonry for the last 50 years.

A long trek ended when Daniel le Roux died at Worcester, Cape Colony, recently. Le Roux was the long, thin Afrikander who set out in 1922 with threepence and an indomitable little wife to walk from Johannesburg round the world, pushing a wheelbarrow before him. The pair trundled their illehoser. vehicle through New Zealand in 1928, and had almost arrived at their starting-point when the male partner succumbed tc. exhaustion and strain. v

Says the Martinborough Star: —‘A complaint from a parent that several small pupils of the local school were in the habit of cigarettes when going home was inquired into recently, and proof in support of the complaint secured. One of the offenders, on being asked where he procured the cigarette, naively replied: “It was one of mum’s that she left on the mantlepiece. ” It was further elicited that there is considerable cigarette smoking at the picture intervals bv children attending school.

Rangi owned a hundred acres of worthless land in the Far North. Not. having very substantial fences he found it difficult* to keep his cattle off his neighbour’s property. At last he gave us trying. “Py chove, ta’at kapai,” he said. “More grass in Mr Purdy’s paddock.” One day Mr Purdy called on Rangi and complained about the cattle. “Look here, Rangi,” he said, “if you don’t keep your cattle off my place I’ll shoot every one of them.” Rangi eyed Mr Purdy (who kept an apiary). “Orrite,” he said, “I keep my cows off your place, when you keep your bees out of my paddocks.”

Shags live on fish, which they swallow whole; and, of course, there is a limit to the size of a “mouthful,” says the Acclimatisation Society’s annual report. A resident of Tawa Flat found evidence that that limit is large enough to bring other risks than choking. Seeing a shag in the Pahautanui stream unable to fly, he chased and captured it, and found it overburdened with freight. It contained a trout ,L6ins. long and 3-Jins, deep and weighing lib. 6oz. The trout was still alive and showed no marks of injury by the bird’s beak, but digestion had already commenced on the tissues of the head. The Acclimatisation Society’s office Avas consulted, and it was found that the biggest trout swallowed by a shag, within the Society’s official knowledge, was 12ins. long.

The Foxton Bowling Club has decided to allow ladies to become active members and participate in play on the green, the Croquet Club subscription to cover their membership.

Several Dargaville young mer. who were recently employed as carpenters on the Public Works at Kirikopuni and' Tangowahine have taken advantage of work offering in the earthquake area in the South Island, and from letters received have all struck -work, some of them working 12 hours per day.

A mishap of an unusual nature betel Mr W. Neville at Foxton on Saturday week. He was acting as lint umpire for the rep. match played on Easton Park when two players collided with him, knocking him over and badly twisting his leg. As a result he has .been incapacitated for the whole of the week.

Whang'srei is taking the same stand with regard to streets stalls -as Dargaville and at a recent meeting almost vunanimously refused permission to a 'ladies’ committee who desired to run a stall in aid of the earthquake funds. Several of the councillors stated that street stalls interfered considerably with business people who had to pay rates, taxes, and shop rent.

A JB’oxton visitor to the Wellington 'Show says that the exhibits are well displayed, but in his opinion are not comparable with the Palmerston Show. The great attractions at Wellington are the side-shows, roll-downs, dodge’ems, etc., etc., where-hundreds of pounds are spent nightly. Cut these out, he says, and the Show would not survive a week.- —Herald.

“The players have to assemble at the nearest station at their own expense,” said the president of the Horowhenua Rugby District Council, in speaking on the expenses of representative . players, at the meeting of the Management Committee last evening. “I am not going to allow professional players to come into the (Jq'ion. If i fin 1 one getting more than he is entitled to, he is.going up.”

It was reported at a meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce that there was every likelihood of a Dutch firm of steamers being subsidised by the Government to take up trade with Melbourne and Bluff to the East. Mr A. S. Burgess voiced a protest and moved that the Prime Minister be written to,’ pointing out that a British firm should be given preference. This was agreed to.

A rather humorous episode occurred during the progress of a Rugby football match near Wanganui on Saturday (says the Chronicle). At*the commencement of play one team could muster only nine players, but, as the game proceeded, reinforcements arrived. It was not, however, until the referee’s attention was called to the matter by spectators that it was discovered that 17 players had taken the field for the hapless team.

A newspaper man in his time is called upon to play many parts, but a Napier scribe got something of a shock when, while strolling doAvn the street the other day (says the Napier Telegraph), he was accosted by a perfect stranger rvho demanded that he act as a witness at his wedding. The pressman demurred at first, but eventually acceded and followed the bridegroom-to-be into the registry office, where lie witnessed the brief nuptial ceremony.

The N.Z, Nervs (London) says: Nearly every year a number of Ncav Zealanders return to the Dominion with the report that “there is nothing about Nerv Zealand in the English nervspapers. ” It Avould probably surprise them to know that the average daily number of newspaper cuttings relating to New Zealand in this country exceeds two hundred. A casual glano? at two or three London papers does ‘not give sufficient evidence to form a sound opinion on this subject.

The death occurred at Wellington on Sunday from the after-effects of war service of Captain Victor Gallic, M.C., Croix de Guerre, late of the Royal Field Artillery, aged 38 years. Deceased received his early education at the Martinborough School, and later at Wellington College, Avhieh school he represented at Rugby football for three years. Ke leaves a widorv, but no children. Captain Victor Gffllie was a brother of Captain Oscar Gallic, D. 5.0., M.C., Avho was killed at Ypres. Both brothers had seiwed at Samoa, botlT went Home to seek active serA’ice and both were decorated for distinguished service.

A .sinister report comes from the South Island (says the Woodvillc Examiner). It is to the effect that the southern wheatgrowers arc putting their heads together and reducing the area under Avheat, so that there will be a shortage of supplies next year and a, hardening in the price of the cereal. If this report be true, then all the talk about tariff protection being necessary, in order to keep the Avhcatgrowers on their farms is so much fudge. It is perfectly clear that the farmers will grow wheat only Avhen it pays them to do so. They have no more consideration for the consumers than they have (for the man in the moon. In these circumstances, the subsidising of the Avheat-grower is granting a concession to tnis class of farmer at the expense of all other sections of the commmiity. The dairy farmer and the fat lamb raiser have just as much moral right as the wheat-groAver to a subsidy Avhen the price of their produce reaches below a certain level. What Avould the Avheatgrower think if the dairy farmer sold his produce in the Dominion at a price Avhieh Avas substantially higher than the Avorlci parity?

For use in eases of emergency when the telephone or telegraph may not be available between the West Coast and other parts of New Zealand, a radio transmitting station is being installed at the Greymouth telegraph office.

■ When exercising on the horizontal bar ar the Wluaigaroi High School, Richard Luxford, aged 13, slipped and fell, breaking both wrists. The boy is a son of Mr J. H. Luxford, Chief Judge of Western Samoay who recently went to Apia.

“The wireless report of the earthquake which we received in mid-ocean were rather terrifying, ” said an officer of the lonic, which arrived in Auckland on Saturday. “All we expected to find wheit we arrived here was a few rocks sticking up out of the sea,” he added with a smile. Later reports, however, set the fears of the passengers at rest. \ Automatic ld-in-the-slot machines which sell newspapers have been installed in British cities., The appearance of the machine is bitterly resented by'news-vendors. The news-vendors are compelled by law to close their shops at a certain hour, while the “robot” keeps on clocking up the pennies so long as the supply of newspapers lasts. The machines have not yet appeared in Australia, but it is/reportcd they are on the way.

What is claimed as a record lias been achieved by the boys of the Hikutaia (Thames Valley) school in the primary football schools competition, brought to a close last Saturday, when Hikutaia defeated United Paeroa by 51 to nil. The matches played this season between the same schools have resulted 40 to nil, 37 to nil, 26 to nil, and 43 to nil, a total of 197 points to nil. This school won the shield for the first time last year also being undefeated throughout the competition. The issue shows how Avell boys respond to careful constant coaching along orthodox lines.

Mr -Lowe, the Government tobacco expert, discussing the extent of the area put down in tobacco last season, and the area this year which would be somewhat larger, spoke incidentally oi the amount each man should tackle atRotorua. He recommende'd half an acre per man. This area could be given the careful attention necessary. The men and women had undertaken too much last year. By far the most successful grower last season was a woman who undertook nine good long lines and attended them as they required. He stressed the fact that there was no reason why a man with half an acre well cultivated, should not make a net. profit of from £SO t0,£70.

With a view to combatting one of the enemies of trout, the Wellington Acclimatisation, Society has been offering prizes io the most successful eclers, and some rather surprising results are recorded by sub-committees (and included in the Society’s annual report. A racy description is -sent in by the Pahiatua secretary as follows: “Eels. —The enthusiasm shown in the slaughter of these poachers has waned to some extent. I anticipate, however, that approximately 1200 eels have been officially accounted for. Bill Thrupp takes credit for 800, so it doesn’t say much for the rest. Frank Morgan and Tom Little brought, the- heaviest to gaff, 31$ lbs. The intestine was sent to Captain Phillips for investigational purposes, but the “old man” had evidently just finished a fast, for he was ‘miuus anything that would give a line as to what he was devouring. ” In the Hunterville sub-district a boy caught 508 eels, and another caught the largest eel, weighing 31| lbs. The South Wairarapa sub-committee reports: “The prizes of £2 and £1 were secured by Ray Barton, Carterton, with 823 eels, and J. E. Cooley, Parkvale, with the heaviest eels of 19J lbs. There were also caught thirteen large eels, which weighed from 15 to 19$ lbs., two of them having trout in their stomachs. We hope that the competitions will be continued, as eels are still very numerous in our creeks and rivers. Besides the eels (823) secured by the winner, hundreds Avere also caught by other enthusiasts.”

A 16-pointer head taken by Mr Norman Whyte, a Shannon 'deer-stalker, is the subject of a line illustration in the annual report of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society. The report makes some references to the present season, which opened on March 28th, the day before the Easter holidays. It is probable that in future the opening will be somewhere about March 15th, in order to cover any early “roaring.” In the far northern portion of the Society’s area, stags were said to have been roaring at least ten days before the opening. Approximately, 210 licenses had been issued to the middle of May, and it was estimated that at least 150 heads had been taken. Although nothing exceptional in the number of points had been secured as far as was known, the average quality was good, and many heavy antlers were brought in, A 16-pointer taken by Mr J. White, at Tokomaru, was probably the best, trophy, the dry weight of skull and antlers being 20J lbs. A 13pointer taken by Mr Dalziell was very solid, with good tines. The Mangaha o-Ohau country gave best results, and north of Taihape, a good second. The forest between Paraparaumu and the Tararua Range contains some fine heads, but for some unexplained reason few stalkers take on this area. With reference to Sambur deer, the report states that, owing to these being found in the swamp areas, owners of property do not care about their being hunted so early in the season, as it has a tendency to spoil the duck shooting. Several'Sambur hinds have been taken at Tokomaru, and one very line head was taken in the same area; this head was malformed on both tops, but nevertheless was a fine trophy.