Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1929.

Shannon News, 27 August 1929, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1929.

Mr and Mrs Arthur Moore (nee Winnie Pickles) of Wellington, were visitors to Shannon during the week end.

Nurse Parsons and Miss Dolly Parsons, of Levin, were the'guests of Mrs J. Griffiths, Ballan.ee Street, over the. week-end.

Mr and Mrs A. E. Hyde, accompanied by their two small boys, left on Sunday by motor on a visit to Auckland, where they will spend a fortnight's holiday.

On Friday evening a farewell will be tendered Eev. and Mrs A. J. Farnell, who leave f or-Opunake next week. The i function will take place in the Parish Hall and all are cordially invited.

The injury sustained by Mr Bert Tremewan, when he received a heavy fall through the forks of his cycle breaking, were more serious than first thought. After receiving medical attention, he was removed to the Palmerston North Hospital, where eighteen stitches had to be inserted in the wounds in his head. From enquiries made we learn that he is now progressing satisfactorily^

A very enjoyable social evening was held in "the Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening and even .though the notice was short there was a very good attendance. The gathering was conducted by the Rev. R. Williamson. During the evening songs by Miss Agnes Aim, avlio is organist of the Church, and Mrs Telfer, were very much appreciated, while recitations by Mr Clayton, were well chosen and very impressive. Mr Marriott gave two attractive exhibitions of club swinging, while recitations by. the juniors, Miss Evelyn Williamson, and Masters Rosslyn Williamson, George R*adford and Steve Telfer were all very nicely given. At the conclusion of the concert the ladies of the Guild provided a good supper, which was enjoyed by all. Thus another enjoyable little gathering was brought to a close.

Since the land-tax proposals were introduced by Sir Joseph Ward, three large estates in the Marlborough district have been offered the Government for sub-division at prices which are considered reasonable.

As much as £40,500 has been subscribed already towards the loan of £50,000 being raised by the New Plymouth Harbour Board at 5£ per cent. "There is ivo doubt that the whole amount will be raised," said the chairman (Mr C. E. Bellringer) at a recent meeting. This shows that money is more plentiful, and cheaper.

Indications point to Morrinsville being the first provincial town in New Zealand to hav.e the "talkies" installed. Mr T. Martin, proprietor of the Regent Theatre, has signed an agreement with an American firm, and the plant, which is "to cost £2OOO, will be installed by September 21st. —Morrinsville Star.

A broad "war" is being fought in Wanganui at present. On Friday, as a result of severe price-cutting, bread was being sold at 4£d a loaf. Tho Wanganui Chronicle states that the contest among the bakers is likely to continue, but it cannot last long and must end in the survival of the fittest.

Motorists between Foxton and Wanglimpse of the water-logged condition ganui yesterday were afforded a of the country side from the highway. Hundreds of acres were covered with surface water and it was pitiful to see young lambs in sodden pastures. . Water tables and culverts were spilling over and in one place, about a mile this side of Sanson, cars had to negotiate storm water on the highway.

The reason that so many of the Reform members are at present in the limelight by reason of their speeches in the House was explained by Mr H. S. S. Kyle, Reform M.P., at the re-union of the Canterbury Breeder?, snd Owners' Association the other evening. "You know, when we filled the Government benches," he said, "the Whip used to come round and tell us not to have anything to say just then. 'Sit tight and say nothing.' Now he comes round and says, 'You fellows got to loose your tongues tonight. Get up and say something." And that's the reason we have iso much to say," he concluded amid laughter.

The public has now learned how to spell Mr Ramsay MacDonald's name, but till he became Leader of the Opposition in 1922, both Who's Who and Hansard spelt him without the internal capital (states the "London Observer"). MacDonald is really one of the names which should always be so spelt. The Gaelic rule is that whereo the prefix is followed by a personal name (as, in this ease, Donald), the capital D should be retained; where ti is followed by any other than a proper name (as in Macintyre—"son of the carpenter") the capital should not be used. But it is a rule with which individual taste and fancy have played a good deal of havec.

The Woodville Jockey Club on Wed nesday made a lady a life member.

A'member of the jury who arrived at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth five minutes late the other day was fined £a by the Chief Justice, Hon. M. Mvers.

Mr G. S. Davidson stated at the annual meeting of the Papatawa Dairy Company that the whale oil procured from the Eoss Sea was used in the manufacture of margarine used for cooking purposes in the Old Country.

In answer to a question at the meeting of shareholders of the Papatawa Dairy Company, the secretary stated that according to a firm offer made that morning, a sum of B|d per lb- could be obtained for the next season's output.

The Dunedin demand for "All Quiet on the Western Front" is something more than a spasm. The librarian of the Athenaeum says that his 12 copies are continually bespoken, and that the 20 extra copies cabled for, and due to arrive next week, are sure to be at once in, circulation.

Mr J. G. Brechin, speaking at the meeting of shareholders of the Papatawa Dairy Company, stated that them was a difference in the tests of this factory and the Ta'raiiaki factories. If they had reduced the test one point, to bring it down to that of Taranaki, they would have had a sum of £ISOO available for the payment of bonuses instead of £IOB2. —Examiner.

Agnes Ethel Roland, aged 17, was thrown from a tiolting horse which, slipped and fell on the asphalt road at. Patapu Street, Wanganui East, on Saturday afternoon. She was taken to the Wanganui Public Hospital, and died early the following morning without regaining consciousness. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Eyland, of Jellicoe Street, Wanganui East.

Speaking at Morrinsville on Monday night Captain Kushworth said he did not want to see another but it was difficult to say what might happen. Sir Joseph Ward, who had shown wonderful • vitality, when first chosen as Premier, was snowing his age very much of late, and if anything happened to him there was no one* else ill the United Party to take his place. Sir Joseph might hang out, but they should be prepared for, any emergency.

A meeting at Foxton beach of whitebait fishers di3cussed the proposed regulations and decided to urge amendments to provide that there be a distance of two chains between all nets whether hand. or set. The proposed regulations suggest two chains between set nets, five yards between hand nets and ten yards between hand and set nets. It was considered that the season should open earlier and run from August Ist to November 30th, istead of from August 14th to November Ist.

Injuries that will probably fatal occurred last week to a little girl in Sydney in an unexpected way. Eileen Robinson, aged 12, of Lakemha, whose mother was ill.in bed, was engaged in slicing onions to be placed in a stew. She was standing over a fuel stove working busily with a celluloid handled knife. The handle of the knife suddenly caught fire, and the girl's clothes were, soon ablaze. Frenzied efforts were made to smother the flames, while the girl screamed pitifully. She was enveloped in flamo, which burnt practically all her clothing. After she Jiad received first aid she was removed £o the Western Suburbs Hospital in a seriou.* condition.

The effect on poultry in the Henderson district, Auckland, of low-flying-aeroplanes has resulted, it is stated, in a decline in some cases of 50 per cent, 'in the laying capacity of the birds. One poultrykeeper stated that his flock of ,40 ducks had been laying from 30 to 35 eggs a day, but as the result of a "false moult" caused by the birds' fear ,oi aeroplanes this number had dropped to one and two a day. The Auckland Egg Produce Association has written to the New Zealand Poultry Association asking that representations be made to the Government to prevent aeroplanes flying at low altitudes.

Venus, as the Morning Star, is a splendid sight in the eastern skies just now. The moon is not bright enough to discount his effulgence, and, moreover, by the time, he is above the horizon she is well over in the western skies. The Morning Star is one of the few that have two poetic names. When it rises in the evening, f during the summer, it is called Hesperus, but in the winiter it 'becomes Lucifer, and also changes its sex. It is also one of the few stars for which the oldtime Maoris had a name. Among them it had the musical .name of Tawera. Another star, or rather cluster, they named, is the Pleiades. The Maori "name was Matariki and when it re-appeared ever the horizon the Maoris knew it w„as time to start planting the kumera.

Southland is quite satisfied with the way in which the rabbit pest has been dealt with. A recent report states: — "It used jto be that like the poor we had bunny always with us, but now it is rare to see a rabbit on our main roads. Certainly the most effective means of clearing out the pest has been the high price of skins. Top-dressing is being wholly credited with the increased carrying capacity of our grass lands, doing away with the rabbits has in many cases—especially on our riverbeds—been responsible for an increase of at least a ewe per acre. It was nof. only what the rabbits consumed, but also the feed they .left dirty. We have one rabbit board in the province, but it appears it has ceased to function, as there is now no need for any supervision in closely settled districts while skins are worth in th 9 vicinity of la each."

Eight lambs were killed by dogs the other might at thflj Euakura State Farm, the loss entailed being between £8 and £lO. The flock worried was composed of crossbreds, but the dogs dlid not enter an adjacent pajddock containing stud lambs valued at lOgns. each. -

A member of the Woodville Jockey Club stated at the annual meeting that at the perid when complimentary tickets were distributed without restriction, unscrupulous persons had g)t possession of them arM sold them in the trains to visiting sportsmen at 2s each. —Examiner.

Mr E. E. Harris has promised to pre- , side at the next W.E.A. lecture, to be given on Tuesday evening. The subject i s one of special interest, and will deal with "China, the Cinderella of the Nations." China, ancient and modern, will be reviewed, also the "Opium War "_ and China as & competitor in the industrial world of to-day■ and to-morrow.

"L? it not a fact that farmers are in the habit of keeping no books of accounts and they rely solely on their pass books?" asked counsel of the local deputy-official assignee during a case in \the Supreme,Court at Wanganui. "The ones that become bankrupt do," agreed the witness. "Perhaps that is why they become bankrupt," remarked the Chief Justice who presided.

A Wellington message states that the overseas trade figures for New Zealand for the month of July, with the figures for the corresponding period of the previous year in parentheses, are as follow:—Exports, £2,719,835 (£3,355,921); imports, £4,459,652 (£3,666,276). For the seven monthly period ended July, the exports totalled £40,491,376 (£41,071,193), , and the imports, ,£26,997,,095 (£24,58^,976). — Press Association.

Mrs E. Sprott, writing of a recent trip into the interior of the island of Ysabel (in the Solomons), says: "I took with me a gramophone. Most of the people had never heard of such a thing. The first time I opened it great crowds gathered round me and watch-, ed the various preparations. But at the first sound from it they all turned and fled! The native priest explained that it was not, as they thought, the spirits of the dead, and next day thej; gradually, ventured back and said: White mother, make some more funny noises out 1 of that box."

Consequent upon a report presented by the Engineer (Mr J. A. Smith), some time ago, as to the condition oil certain motor vehicle,? and the need of replacing them, the chairman (Mr G. A. Monk) informed the Horowhenua Power Board yesterday that the necessary information ha.d now been obtained and the matter could go before a committee. Accordingly a committee to purchase necessary vehicles was set up, consisting of the chairman, Messrs T. G. Vincent, W. E. Barber, and C Blenkhorn, the Engineer, and the secretary (Mr P. W. Goldsmith). They, met 'at the conclusion of the Board's business, and, after considering offers and terms from various firms, decided to trade-in two cars (a Ford and a Chevrolet) and two light trucks (a iFord and a Chevrolet) and to purchase a five-seater Chevrolet car, a threeseater Chevrolet car, a light Ford truck, and a light Chevrolet truck. The total cost to the Board, after allowing for the old cars, will be about £740.

A motor-car with three people in it dropped 100 feet over a precipice on the Mamaku Hill, twelve miles from Tirau, on the main Hainilton-Kotorua highway, on Monday afternoon, and the occupants escaped with minor injuries. The car was being driven by Mt L. WooMJains, of Kotorua, who was accompanied by Mrs WoolJiams and their daughter, Miss W. Wooliams. Mrs Woolliams sustained a severe cut on the face and cuts on the hand. The others suffered from bruises and shock. After plunging downward the car came to rest on the branches of some :rees growing out of the bank. Beneath the vehicle was a further straight drop of 60ft, and a steep bank between 200 ft and 300 ft in height. In its descent the car turned over several tiinis. A number of Public Works employees, who were working in the vicinity, rescued the passengers from their plight and rendered first aid. The car, w'lich was of an expensive model, was bacPy damaged.

Dr. McMachan, of Cleveland, Ohio, a recognised authority on anaesthesia, who is visiting Jtew Zealand before attending the Medical Congress in Australia, paid high tributes to the character and work or the medical and dental schools of the University of Otago. He said: "I was completely swept off my feet by the really wonderful medical and dental schools that have been built in Dunedin. In details of architecture, construction, furnishings and equipment they rival the very best medical and dental schools in the United States and the British Empire. In some respects, probably, they excel them. They challenge the greatest of our universities in the United States, which have millions of pounds behind fliem." Dr. McMechan said he alsi/ received a most vivid impression of the two student bodies. He found the young men and women the most earnest, intelligent, receptive and responsive that it had ever been his pleasure" to come in contact with. They seemed to have all the personality, character and ability to provide Now Zealand with a newer generation of physicians and dentists who would bi' quite on a par with the best that wors being turned out in any part of the world.

Sir Harry Lauder recently arrived at Hollywood from New Zealand for "his sixth ■, animal ifarewell tour of America," as he explained it.

A tribute to the efficiency and smartness of the Napier police is paid by a party of Auckland commercial travellers. While in Napier they purchased some petrol and omitted to receive the change for a £5 note. As it was their first visit', to Napier, and they did not know the name or locality of the firm, they * communicated their loss to the Napier police. On Wednesday they received a money-order telegram from the sergeant of police at Napier for the balance of the money, £4 8s 6d.

The Murehison Standard, which ceas-' ed publication owing to the destruction of its printing premises by the disastrous earthquakes recommenced publication on August 7th. In the meantime, owing to the disorganisation in the district, it is intended to issue the paper once a week only. The paper states that it i$ the general contention that within the space of a very few months the district will not only be well recovered, but on the way to the prosperity destined to it before the advent of the big earthquake. Murehison is a progressive dairying district and the output for the past season constituted a record.

With 414 leper patients, on its roll the South Sea Leper Hospital on the Island of Makogai, Fiji, stands out as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the world. Leprosy, according to the man in the street, is a disease from which there is no recovery. Last year 55 patients were discharged from Makogai totally free from the disease —cured. This year, so far, 17 have been discharged cured and the section set aside for cases considered almost ready for discharge is full. "If we can get leprosy cases when the disease is in its early stages," says Dr. E. A. Neff, niedicajl superintendent, "the chances of effecting cures are now very high. The sooner a case is reported, the better are the chances."

According to Mr L. H. Barr, curator of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society's trout hatchery at Fukeweraj Park, 98 per cent, of the trout fry] liberated in New Zealand rivers is lost. Mr Barr, who has had considerable experience, considers the only economical way of stocking streams is by > liberating yearlings, though in Canada rivers famous for salmon are stocked by netting off certain positions foi the hatching of ova and others for the liberation of fry where they would b< protected. In New Zealand he consid er,s it is an absolute waste of nionej to liberate fry, since they are nearly al lost in the sea, and for that reason h< thinks the society should c.oncentrat; on the raising of yearlings at the pro posed Durham road hatchery.

"I think there are very few peoplj who realise what enormous number! of stoats and rats there are in Ne\ Zealand," wrote Mr Edgar F. Steac the well-known Christchurch natura' ist, in a letter Tead at the Wellingto Acclimatisation Society's meeting r» garding the protection of birds at it game farm. "I have no doubt whal ever that both the black rats an stoats exist .here in millions. Neitht dogs nor cats, nor both together, wi keep these vermin away. I keep tw spaniels and my gardener has one, an yet there are always black rats : the creepers round my house, and stoa within 50 yards of it. If you want in get some idea of the numbers of raw •and stoats in the country, have a 100 l at their footprints in the freshly fall™ snow, or in the mud along the banlß of streams." t I