Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929.

Shannon News, 20 September 1929, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929.

Mr W. Gray has been appointed ranger and dog tax collector for the borough of Shannon.

Mrs R. Lind, who has been visiting her mother at Rongotea, returned home on Wednesday. ,

A social will be held in the Parish Hall this evening by Yen. Bede’s Ladies’ Guild to welcome the Rev. Mr Young to the parochial district _ of Shannon. All are cordially invited. The musical portion of the programme has been organised by Mrs CliffordJones and items will be rendered by Mrs Cronquest, Misses Aim, Quarrie, Ingley and Thomson, and Messrs Cole and Milner.

The progressive euchre tourney held on Tuesday afternoon by the ladies of the Croquet 'Club was well attended. Afternoon tea was provided and at the conclusion of play Mrs McLaggan was found to have won the greatest number of games and was presented with a china salad bowl. As the club opens its season on October 112th, the last of these series of card parties .will be held ion October Ist.

To-morrow (Saturday) a street stall will be conducted in Plimmer Terrace by the Shannon Amateur Athletic Club for the purpose of raising funds to enable them to permanently surface the cycle- track in the Domain. The committee have given a lot of their time and worked hard to construct the track and it is hoped the public will respond liberally to enable them to do tho desired improvement. Donations of home cooking, produce, sweets and any saleable articles will be gratefully accepted. Goods can be left with Mr' J. T. Bovis at the Council office.

A most enjoyable hard-up dance was held at Mangaore last Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Mangaore Social Club. The music for dancing was provided by Mrs Butler, whilst Messrs Cronquest and Henry capably entertained the guests, who were received by Mr and Mrs Blackwood. Prizes for the best hard-up costumes were awarded to Mrs Elvines nd Mr Tregurtha. Many guests' from Shannon were present, among3t whom were Dr. and Mrs Miller, Mr and Mrs Stevenson, Mr and Mrs Franks, Mr and Mrs Cronquest, Mrs T. Moynihan, Mrs Wiggins, Mr and Miss; Goodwin, Mr and Mrs C. Johnston, Misses Roach, Curran and D. Jones.

Last evening was the final night to qualify to play-off for the gold watches at the weekly euchre to’urney conducted in Laurvig’s Hall by the Shannon branch of the N.Z. Labour Party. There was a large attendance, the winners being:—Ladies: Mrs .J. Murray, 51b box of tea; Mrs M. Mabey, 251 b bag flour; Miss M. Gray, 1 lb tea. Gents: Mr G. Mabey, 51b box tea; ;Mr R. Sands, 25 lb. bag flour; Mr G. Jones, 1 lb tqa. The consolation prizes, two clocks donated by Mr Poach, were awarded to Miss Lanson and Mr F. Buckman. Those to qualify to play off for the watches were Misses E. McKenzie and Warren and Mesdames Bell, Ellery, G. Pritchard, Fuller, T. Yeale and Messrs G. S. Nesbit, D. Lee, G. McEwen, B. Iloldsworth, J Osborne, C. Pritchard, A. Devonshire, J. Lester, B. Russell, W. Butler and Maclean. A total of 129 players have qualified in the ordinary way to play-off for the two gold watches, while a number of others will qualify by attendance. The play-off takes place next Thursday evening in tho Maori!and Theatre.

There was a large attendance of members at the monthly meeting of the Women’s Institute held on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs R. Waring Taylor presided. Apologies were received from the president (Mrs E. Butt) and Mrs J. T. Bovis, who were absent on account of sickness. Referring to a local case of distress which had come under the notice of the Committee Mrs .Taylor stated that material had been purchased and members were asked to assist in making it up into articles of clothing. Mrs McKenzie gave, an outline of the entertainment to be held on the evening of 22nd October when a playette will be staged- There will also be stalls, competitions, etc., and each member would be asked to make something for sale on one of the stalls. Mrs Taylor then introduced Mrs West, of Palmerston North, who gave a most interesting demonstration of the art of making slippers, lea cosys, bags and various other articles from raffia, which proved very instructive and was greatly appreciated by those present. During the afternoon songs were given by Mrs Cronquest and Miss Aim, and a pianoforte duet by Misses A. Aim and V. Quarrie. The awards for the prettiest coat hanger resulted as follows: —First, Mrs J. Aim; second, Mrs H. Blaikie; third, Mesdames Waring Taylor and J. T. Bovis, tie. A potatopeeling competition blindfolded resulted in Mrs Sinclair and Miss Brady tieing. At the conclusion of the meeting a vote of thanks was accorded Mrs West and those ladies who contributed items. The hostesses were Mesdames Clifford-Jones, Pettit and McKenzie.

The annual meeting of the Shannon Tennis Club will be held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening at 7.30.

The ratepayers 1 list for the Buckley Drainage District was passed at the sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Levin yesterday, there being no objections.

The Mayor reported at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening that Mr R. Law had very kindly offered to donate one hundred cabbage trees to the Shannon Beautifying Committee to be used as they think fit. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr Law for his generosity.

A Thorneycroft motor lorry belonging to J. O’Brien and Co., Welliington, came to grief at Makerua on Wednesday afternoon. The lorry, which was returning to Wellington empty, when negotiating the bend just below Mr Prior’s property pulled over to allow a car to pass, with the result that it dived over the bank and striking a tree came to a standstill, the front wheels being embedded in the mud which reached up to the radiator. The driver had a miraculous escape from serious injury as a branch of the tree entered the cab breaking the windscreen. As it was he suffered a broken nose and received abrasions on the face. The front of the lorry was badly damaged, the axle broken and the steering gear put out of order . Yesterday morning Mr C. C. Franks hauled the lorry back on to the road and it was brought into Franks and Christite’s garage for repairs.

The Rev. Clyde Carr, of Timaru, gave notice in the House of Tris intention to ask the Minister of Customs if he will consider the imposition' of a duty on artificial silk goods seeing that they at present come in (free, whereas on woollen piece goods there is a duty of 20 per cent.

A Wanganui resident who recently made a trip to Hanmer states that everywhere he went in Canterbury he struck a rabbit pie on the menu. “It’s the Canterbury national dish, all right,” he added, “but they can keep their rabbit pie for me. I would sooner have a slice of Ndrth Island wild Pig-” .

Rather an amusing incident occurred in connection with the visit of the Government additor to a neighbouring local body recently (says the Thdmes Star). In the course of his investigations the auditor unearthed the fact that one dog collar was unaccounted for. He duly questioned the dog tax collector. “Where i 3 the missing dog collar?” To which he got the answer, “Holding on my spare tyre.”

At the monthly meeting' of the general committee of the Manawatu and .West Coast A. and P. Association it wag reported by t'he, chairman (Mr J. Linklater, M.P.) that a deficit of over £SO had been incurred over the recent ball, and that the expenditure was £l7l. The chairman stated, however, that the. association would not be called upon to meet the deficit, as the ball contmittee Fad decided to defray it themselves.

Raising tobacco plants from seed and planting onions are receiving extra attention from the Rotorua Maoris this year and more land has been brought into cultivation ’(says an exchange). With regard to germinating tobacco seed, a new method Jias been inaugurated. Spaces have been cleared in places where steam is continually coming through the ground. Over these tents have been erected and the seed boxes placed on shelves. The heat accumulated in the tents is acting as expected, and the plants are coming along splendidly. , °

“Marlborough the Golden’* cannot be termed a misnomer, as far as this portion of the province is concerned (observes the Press). The hillsides surrounding Pieton are, at the present time, a blaze of colour, the flowering gorse being in full bloom. From a spectacular point of view the scene is a pleasing one to the eye, and visitors from, foreign climes are enraptured with its entrancing beauty. Propertyowners, however, do nof display the same amount of pleasure at the sight, for the rapid spread, of .the ncxious weed is one of 'the curses inflicted upon poor mortals of the present day.

Mr Addenbrooke asked at Friday’s meeting of Ngaere factory suppliers bow the company managed to obtain such a high yield (2.702), seeing that the dairy scientist had stated that such a yield could not be obtained without reading down tests. Mr Taylor said the scientist had not said it. was impossible, but that a full knowledge of all circumstances was required to state how such a yield came about. He knew the Ngaere yield had been obtained fairly. Mr Addenbrooke: Mr Ye ale said that with a true test of 2.42 the yield would be 2.58. The chairman: Yes, but he was using the analytical test, not the Babcock, which was a different matter.

The Egrnont County Council lias decided to institute a campaign against unlicensed drivers of motor vehicles. At the last meeting of the council it was stated that over 700 licenses had been taken out, but councillors said there were cases of men driving cars without licenses. The inspector was authorised to take drastic action. Beference was also; made to the fact that in some eases children under 15 years of age were driving cars and milk lorries, one member instancing a case of a lad of 12 years driving at an estimated speed of 45 miles an hour, and narr.owly averting an accident.

“It is only a matter of time and Wanganui will revert to the Saturday late night,” a business man in that city states. ‘ •

The trials and tribulations of school committeemen trying to run a school on insufficient money were very much to the fore at a meeting of the members of all the school committees in the Wellington district this week. One speaker caused much amusement when he said: “Mr Chairman, when I took a position on my committee I thought it was an administrative job, kut /• have found that all it consists of is cadging. ”

Two white blackbirds are among the attractions at Ellerslie Park, as the grounds of the Auckland Racing Club are called. Recently an almost perfect albino specimen of the blackbird has been observed wit a the true blackbird. oii the lawn, under the trees.at the back of the members’ stand. This bird, is true to type in conformity and in the notes of his call, but has a black tip about the size of a sixpence at the end of one of his wing feathers. The other bird is not nearly so pure white.

An American actor, Mr Leo Carrillo, now in Sydney, employs, a _ Chinese dresser who has neen with him many years. Tha theatrical employees at the Criterion Theatre threatened to strike if Wong Wing was allowed to continue to depyive a member of their union‘of employment. The J. C. Williamsoii management thereupon applied to the Court for an injunction restraining the staff from striking. After hearing the evidence Judge BrakeBroekman ordered that a salary be paid to a unionist, to act as a nominal dresser, in the meantime the Chinese servant being allowed to serve his master in any way he should require. “Funny law, him!” commented the bewildered Wong Wing, when asked for his private opinion of the threatened hold-up on his account and the, payment of two men for ,one man’s job.

Mr A. Coughtrey, of Foxtbn, had a narrow escape from losing his car by fire on Sunday. Uiiknown to the owner, a sack had been placed underneath the bonnet of the car to prevent the water from getting on to the plugs during hosing down operations. The removal of the sack had been overlooked and when driving the car subsequently Mr Coughtrey smelt smoke and pulled up. He thought his brakes re-, quired adjustment, but on getting out of the car he noticed smoke issuing from the bonnet. quickly opened up the engine and discovered the sack alight. Fortunately he was able to extinguish the outbreak before any serious damage had been done . but even so the distributor and wiring had been damaged and the car had to be towed back to Foxton. for repair.— Herald.

A Levin resident who is’ a returned soldier has obtained from the Royal Mint the large and small medals struck to commemorate the signing of the Armistice. It is the first time in British history that such a medal has been struck in the United Kingdom, and it is intended to convey a message of peace. On the eve of Armistice Day, 1928, the Mint announced that, following the example of the other countries which had participated in the war, it had been deemed appropriate for Britain to strike a commemorative medal. Mr C. L. Doman was the succes’ful designer, and he endeavoured to avoid anything militaristic. The large medallion is of solid silver, three, inches in diameter, and a quarter or an inch thick. On the obverse side as a representation of the Cenotaph, partly ''surrounding which is the motto “Their name liveth for evermore.” and, below which is engraved the, date of the Armistice which closed hostilities, “November 11th, MCMXYin.” The reverse side bears in high relief two fig- . ures, Britannia a ybung warrior with sheathed sword and broken shackles, offering a wreath of laurels to the memory of the fallen. The miniature replica is a neat medal, 1J inches in diameter, in bronze. The Mint sells the large medallion at £1 10s for the silver specimen, or 10s if cast in bronze; the price of the small medal, which is only cast in bronze, is Is 9d.

Mr Henry Tolley, of Feilding, who has just returned from America, made a point of enquiring into the troubles in Samoa. He says the attitude of the New Zealand Government and that of the Samoan chiefs could be likened to two schoolboys, both believing themselves right and each refusing to give way. The root of the trouble, Mr Tolley was informed, was the introduction of a form of military control, which fell foul of Samoan customs and from this interference, which the conservative Samoan resented, other troubles grew, while military authority remained incapable of understanding the native and his traditional customs. Mr Tolley was assured by those qualified to offer an opinion on the complicated issues that very little effort was requhed tc bring about a peaceful conclusion. It could be settled in half-an-hour at a round-table conference. “Nothing,” he says, “will shake the confidence in Mr Nelson, who to the natives is the uncrowned king of Samoa. From the strictly European and military point of view, .he may have minor failings but on the other hand, he is liked and admired by a large- native following and there is no doubt that he has the confidence of the natives and can better interpret their ideas than one, trained in military ideas.” Mr Tolley thought than an early opportunity should be taken by the Government to meet Mr Nelson in a friendly conference when he anticifrom the assurances he had received, that peace and industry would once more prevail in the mandated territory.

Speaking at the new welcome to Rev. G. Y. Woodward, the new vicar of All Saints’ at Palmerston, Rev. J. D. McArthur, president of * the Council of Christian Congregations, briefly referer to church unity; He was a great believer in unity but not in uniformity. He liked to worship in one way and and his hearers liked to worship in another way. If uniformity was essential, he could not -see unity poming for many years. But, without uniformity, unity could not be far away if there was a fellowship of the followers of Christ.

Thirty-one suspicious fires have occurred in Christchurch within a period of just over two months. Besides the fires, a number of burglaries have been committed. The clain of fires commenced on July sth, with a fire in Dobson’s garage. The largest fire in the list was that at Messrs D. H. Brown .aud Son’s petrol store in Carlyle Street, aiid the most daring, burglary took place on the night of July 16, when Mr E. Hammond, of the, firm of Hammond and Turner, was shot by some unknown person. Since Mr Hammond was shot, a revolver has been found in the river near the Hereford Street bridge. ' Public anxiety has increased of late,, because the last four suspicious fires have taken place in.the suburbs, and it is difficult for the police to patrol these places as efficiently as has been done in the totvn area.

A resolution was passed at a meeting of the Wairere Power Board at Te Kuiti to the effect that when members of the board’s staff are engaged on dangerous work on lines, power should be disconnected. “This is a serious matter,” said Mr C. K. Wilson, in respect of the recent aceident to. the boards manager. “The lives of the Power Board staffs should not be endangered at any cost,” said Mr W. Wilson. “When certain work is being carried out, current should be disconnected, even if it causes inconvenience to consumers. ’ ’ This view was shared by other members and a resolution providing for the disconnection of power in cases where employees are engaged in certain work on lines was passed.

The clergy are Warned against being imposed on by a tall, dark, youngish man, claiming to be an “English Public School Boy” .immigrant, and using alleged acquaintance with other clergy in this diocese as a means of commendation to, sympathy (says the Church News, Christchurch). He passes under various names, but generally begins as an immigrant fallen on adversity; father churchwarden in Wales, mother the patron of two livings; later reveals that he has been at sea, claims to be a master mariner and so on. His real trouble is the usual one-—thirst. It appears that he has “stung” clergy all over the diocese, and is at''P resen l ; “working” the city clergy. His only acquaintance with any of the clergy he has yet named proves to be begging acquaintance; he is otherwise a total stranger, as to antecedents, to them all, especially to the editor, and the clergy who after this warning help him will do so at their own risk. Once he is allowed inside, he becomes a pest.. His tale is told with insidious simplicity, but he is leaving behind him a trail of clergy whose chief complaint •is that he has driven another- nail in the coffin of their trust in human nature.