Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929.

Shannon News, 16 August 1929, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929.

Mr P. O'Neill, who has been visit ,ing friends in Shannon, left on Wednes- | day by the s.s. Maunganui for San I Francisco.

This evening the fortnightly social and dance will be held in the Parish Hall. Dancing will be interspersed with musical items, there also being a number of novelty dances. Mrs Butler will supply the music, and patrons can look forward to a pleasant evening.

The friends of Mr and Mrs B. G. Tayler will be sorry to hear that their little son George, who has been ill for the past few days, had to be. removed to the Palmerston Hospital on Wednesday. All will join .in wishing the little fellow a speedy return to good health.

The Shannon schoolboys, who Avon the Noad Shield at the Horowhenua Primary Schools seven-a-side tourney, held at Levin on Wednesday, on their arrival home by Field's express in the evening were 'met by a number of their schoolfellow and enthusiasts and accorded a rousing reception. Later they were entertained at supper by Mr A. E. Hyde, chairman of the School Committee, who announced that to celebrate the team's win he was granting free admission to all school children to this evening's picture entertainment at the Maoriland Theatre.

There was a large attendance of players at the weekly euchre tourney held in. Laurvig's Hall last evening. The winners were: —Ladies: Miss R. Roaeh, 51b. box of tea; Mrs Hennessey, 251 b bag of flour; Miss E. Wirrem, lib. of tea. Gents: Mr Peach, 51b. box of tea; Mr R. Sands, 251 b. bag of flour; Mr R. Carter, lib. of tea. The conso. ration prizes donated by Miss M. Tremewan were won by Miss A. Lanson and Mr C. Young. Those to compete to qualify for the gold watch being Mesdames Russell, Curran, jun,, Moyni-h-an, Butters, McLaggan, Radford and Messrs Mabey, sen.; Gregory, "L. Satherley, J. Osborne, Moore, sen., H. J. Mabey, C. Ellery, and R. Harding.

The condition in regard to unemployment is reported to be improving in Palmerston North.

\ It was mentioned at the annual meeting of the Foxton Bowling Club that the Plunket iSociety had been offered a section in Whyte Street free of cost on which t.o erect their new Plunket room.

"The Now Zealand Parliament is of a high standard, although some of ub are dull)" said the Minister of Education, Hon. H. Atmore, in an address at Auckland. "If it is to be a thoroughly representative institutioa, Parliament must contain some dull' men. We accept the criticism levelled at us; a good deal of it probably is deserved."

A message from St. Thomas Ontario, states that the elephant Alice, now 110 years old, who was with Jumbo •when he was accidentally killed at the station at St. Thomas in 1885, came back recently with a circus. When she arrived at the spot where Jumbo was killed, Alice went down on-her knees, then stamped, writhed and trumpeted shrilly, causing the other elephants to go on a rampage| They were quieted but when Alice, after the show, crossed the spot again she repeated her demonstrations of sorrow.

The amount pf food consumed at the Maori tangi at Morrinsville gives a fair indication of the large number that attended at the Morrinsville pa to pay their last respects to the late chief Taingakawa Tamahana te Waharoa. To feed, the concourse (states the Wcikato Times) eight bullocks were slaughtered, as well as a number of pigJs; 800 loaves of- bread were ordered, while the standing order was 100 loaves a day. Other items were six tons of potatoes, half a ton of sugar, a chest of tea, two crates of cheese, two cwt. of rice. The cooking was done in the open in four large open cooking fires.

The report o£ the Medical Officer, of Health for the City of London shows ■that New Zealand has a fine record on Smithfield from a veterinary point of view, indicating the healthy condition of the Dominion's herds and flocks, and reflecting credit on the rigid system of veterinary inspection adopted by the Department of Agriculture. New Zealand's record is much better than other exporting countries who ship meat to the United Kingdom, which is a most valuable asset, and shows how important it is that farmers should adopt every safeguard to keep their flocks and herds clean from contamination from outside infected sources." —Extract from annual report of New Zealand Meat Producers' Board.

A letter, posted in Treves, Germany, in August, 1928 —11 months rived at its destination in Dunedin last week by somewha't indirect means. The letter, which was written by M. Rene Bellugue, then serving with the French army of occupation in Germany, carried the correct address, except that the street number was wrong, and it apparently travelled to the city, where the owner could not be found, went back to the source of its travels, where it was found that the writer had returned to New Zealand, and finally came to him through the post. He was thus able to hand it over to the addressee personally. The envelope, adorned with the stamps of 15 post offices, and bearing evidence of handling by many officials, was, in itself, an object of interest, which i 8 not surprising in view of the fact that it made the journey between Europe and th« .Dominion three times.

Sixty new members were elected at a meeting of the Manawatu Automobile Association on Monday evening.

The Whakaronga Co-operative Dairy Co. has sold its output of butter until the end of February at a highly satisfactory price.

The Waikato County Council has received a notice from the Health Department, requiring the demolition of the two'roomed house occupied by the Elmsley family, as it is unfit for habitation.

The earthquake has its humorous side and some of the applications for relief have also evidenced some sense of humour. In answer to the question, "What is mortgagee's name and address," a soldier settler solemnly wrote, "King Geoige, England."

All Saints, Sumner, haa decided to do away with the formal collection of offerings at services by means of passing round the plate or bag, as from August 4th (states the Church News). The chief reason for the change is that so many of the parishioners subscribe through the duplex envelopes that it seems unfair to embarrass them when they have already put in their contribution at a previous service.

A 3 there is no provision in the Municipal Corporations Act for making an allowance to the Mayor for the use of his private motor car on the eity's business, the Christchurch City Council has decided to expend a sum up to £6OO on the purchase of a mayoral car and to employ a man to look after it, and act as chauffeur when necessary.

A "new chum" Chinese driver from Tauranga, driving a heavy lorry with vegetables up the Kahika Hi?! on the vmain south road a few miles from Te Puke, slipped the gears into reverse instead of second gear (says the Poverty Bay Herald). The lony suddenly reversed, crashed over a steep bank, and somersaulted into a fence. The driver, Wong Eat, was thrown clear. The lorry s was seriously damaged.

It may come as a surprise to many to know that theie are no fewer than 198 blind civilians in the Wellington district registered wi!:h the Red Cross •Society. These are visited periodically and the economic situation of each is investigated with a view to assisting them to secure a pension. The Eed Cross Society has installed forty crystal radio sats in private homes where blind rjersons are living.

During an interval in its monthly meeting on Saturday, the Horowhenua County Council held a special meeting, when Cr. Barber move<l and Cr. Ryder seconded that the balance-sheets for the years ended March 31st, 1928 and 1929, bearing the' certificate of the Audit Office, be finally settled and be signed by the chairman. "They are both returned without tags," said the chairman, '<and we are asked to pay £B7 for the job." The motion was carried.

Dr. L. Cockayne is at present engaged on research into wild hybridism in New Zealand plants. Dr. H. A. Allen is working with him, and the results of their reseai*ch will be pubJished. Two ether botanists, Messrs J. Scott Thomson, and G. Simpson, of Dunedin, are making a special study of about 300 acres of beech forest near Dunedin. They believe this to be a reniß«nt of the ancient forests that flourished in that part of New 'Zealand in an age before the oidisary forests which now clothe tho land.

During the year, a request was received by the New Zealand Sheepowaers' Federation from the Maharajah «f Mysore, India, for suggestions as to tb.3 best means of improving the grade of sheep raised in that state. The advisory, board dealt with the matter aa far as was possible with. the. inforaiation whieh had been supplied, and conveying the recommendations wafe sent to the Maharajah, r and was gratefully acknowledged in a letter received from him by the executive. It is hoped, as a result of the recommendations made, that purchases lof stud sheep may be made within the Dominion for shipment to India.

A hundred of the letters stolen from street posting boxes in New Plymouth were found at the lower end of Belt Road. Although the letters had been opened it is understood that they are complete and will be forwarded to the addresses on the envelopes. The 200 letters previously found have been sorted out and as many as possible have been forwarded. Where envelopes only have been found they have been forwarded empty, but in the ease of letters without envelopes a large amount of returning will be necessary. This shows the advisability of putting one's address at the head of a letter, and not merely the date.

"Why are Bibles ao often not only printed poorly, but bound in mournful black?" asks the Bishop of Southwark, in the Daily 'Chronicle. "Why is it necessary tfhat almost alwayte (black should be regarded as suitable for a volume which contains good tidings?" Dr. J. H. Ritson, chief secretary to the British Foreign Bible Society, which sells 30,000 Bibles a day, in 600 languages, replies in the same paper: "There is no demand in the world to-day for bright-coloured Bibles, except in cer_r tain parts of South America. We have tried them on all sorts of people.. We thought it would be effective upon th.e negroes of Africa. We were wrong. Some Testaments in bright red colours go to Central and South America, and the four Gospels, in Spanish, sold at a halfpenny each, are printed in yellow, blue, green and red. There ar.e seasons against 'brightening' Bibles with' imaginary pictures. Any representation of the Deity is resented in Mohammedan countries."