Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1929.

Shannon News, 8 October 1929, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1929.

Mr Frank Wilson, who has been ill, left for Plimmerton on Friday to recuperate. He was accompanied byMrs Wilson.

( The friends of Mrs W. H. Gunning, who is at present in hospital at Palmerston Noith, will to hear that she is making good progress.

The Mayors of Shannon and Foxton are suppliers of cream to the Shannon. Co-operative Dairy Co., states the Manawatu Standard, and that in a recent test the Foxton Mayor .headed the list, followed by the Mayor of Shannon!.'

The Ladies' Guild of the Methodist Churcl: held a very successful "shop day" on Saturday. A good collection of }>; "flnce, sweets and cakes were offered, also a number of ready-made garments, all of which met with a. ready sale. During fch'e day a number of competitions were held, the winners being:'—Bag sugar. Mrs Bowler; din-ner,-Miss Chris tensen; cake, Mrs Humphries; sack coal, Mr T. Ingley; stocking b'lg, Mrs Doidge. The committee wish to thank all those who gave dona : tions and assisted, especially Mr A. E. Hyde for the use of his shop.

Oh Saturday evening Mrs Chas. E.iston. of Buckley, received the sad news of'the sudden death of her brother, Mr T. A. Ballantyne, which took,place at Hawcra. The deceased, who was 63 years of age, had retired on superannuation from the Post and Telegraph Department .and Avas residing in Hawera. For many years he was on the telegraph office staff at Wellington, but later was postmaster at Mangaweka and Petone, being stationed at the latter place at the time of his retiring from the service. To Mrs Easton will be extended the sympathy of her many friends in her bereavement.

At a meeting of the Buckley Drainage Board Trustees, Mr Robinson, engineer of the Public Works Department, waited on them and made a pro-, posal regarding repairs to the flood gate on Mr Bryant's property. It was resolved that the Board take over the mahitsnance of the banks as far as Johnston Street, providing the Public Works Department puts the banks and the floodgate in order to the satisfaction of the Board. It was resolved to ask the Horowhenua County Council to clean the drain between the railway line and Buckley road from the Buckley stream north towards the Shannon Borough.

The death occurred at his residence, Stout Street, on Saturday, of Mr Edward, Fraser Jones, at the ripe old age of 86 years. The deceased gentleman, who had been ailing for only a few days, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, coming to New Zealand as a. young man where he followed the profession of architect in both Wellington and Auckland for many years. About four years ago he. came to Shannon to reside with his daughter en his property in Stout Street, which he had purchased in the early days. He was a Justice of the Peace and an old member of the Masonic fraternity, having been at one time Worshipful Master of Waitemata Lodge, Auckland. His wife predeceased him many years ago; but he leaves an adult family to mourn his loss. The interment took place at'the Shannon cemetery yesterday, when h"a was a-jcorded a Masonic burial by the members of Lodge Mangahao, Eev. Williamson also conducting a service.

lOn Saturday evening, the Ladies' Guild of the Von. Bede's Church held a most successful social and dance in aid of the hall improvements fund. The dance was held in the Parish Hall, which was beautifully decorated with arum ]ili.;s, clematis and greenery, and the perfect music supplied by Mrs Butler (piano) and Mr Mason (violin) was much enjoyed. The duties of M.C. were admirably carried out by Messrs Pat Cole and J. Mabcy. During the evening, items ' were rendered by the following artists: Miss Ferguson (Palmerston North), humorous recitations, "The Garden of Eden, U.S.A." and "The 'Subaltern ; buys a ring"; the Misses Corlett, humorous dialogue "The Story of Lady Godiva"; Mr C. Cronquest, humorous songs, "I Lift up my 'finger," "Broadway Melody," and a "Jewish Impersonation"; Mr H. G. Leng-Ward, vocal solos, "Brian of Glenaar" and a negro spiritual "The Gospel Train." A Monte Carlo dance was won by Miss Edna Satherley and Mrs Morgan. The committee desires to thank the younger members who went to 3uch trouble to make the evening a success and also those residents who sent along supper.

The Shannon Bowling and Croquet Clubs will open their season on Saturday at 2 p.m. Intending members and friends of both clubs are cordially in-, vited to attend. •■"'

Mr C. Chapman, of the local railway S'tation staff, .leaves on Thursday for Wellington and the south on his annual leave. He will be accompanied by Mrs Chapman.

v Fishermen in the Thames gulf complain of th-j -extraordinary abundance recently of jellyfish, known to the netmen as "Shamrocks." One fishing boat lost four nets and Anchors, worth £2O. The weight of the jellyfish causes the nets to break away.

Palmenton visitors to Woodville on Sunday witnessed a phenomenal feat of memory by a four-year-old boy, who does not 'yet know the letters of the alphabet. He arranged 200 cigarette cards, portraits of football players, round the wainscot of the room, and when cacli one was pointed to, he. gave the name correctly Avithout a single error in the whole series of 200.

"Grape-growing, both .outdoor and under glass (says the annual report of the Department of Agriculture) is making progress, and where soil and climatic conditions are suitable, the production of outdoor crops should! be capable of some extension, as the markets in our centres of population appear to give paying returns to growers. The wine-making industry continues to develop satisfactorily, a good article of its type being produced."

Mr Donald Ross, who is.a farmer in a large way, and is president of the Wanganui Agricultural Association, at the Farmers' Union meeting to-day stated that he had noticed in the Press recently a fair amount of propaganda about encouraging the .'use of more wool than silk and other fabrics for clqthiiijg, etc. "The' m,ost effective means for every farmer in the Dominion to adopt," said Mr Ross, "is if your wife and daughters come home with silk stockings, throw them in the fire."

"A great opportunity .has been lost by the people of New Zealand' in allowing the Norwegian monopoly of whaling in the South Seas," said Mr L. G. Bagnall, speaking to the members of the. Karangahape . Road Progressive Business Society in Auckland the other day. Over £3,250,000 has been subscribed by the tiny fishing .'villages of the Norwegian fiords'in .the form of shares to a limited liability company for tin purpose of exploiting .the chance which New Zealand missed. •

"The Dominion's fat lamb trade has increased very rapidly during recent years," said a Waitotarara farmer. It Avas a trade -which had to be fostered, and that could be done if every farm Were reduced to 20 or 30 acres. He considered that a too intense prosecution of a closer settlement policy would mean danger to the fat lanib trade. He agreed with closer settlement in the main, but insisted that prices had to be reasonable, and, above alj, settlers had to be of the right calibre. Even under the bast of conditions, inexperienced farmers Avould never survive for long.

Every year Mr E. J. Thayer; of Hastings Street, Napier, sends a collection of used and damaged stamps to Dr. Barnado's Home, and recently he forwarded another consignment of 71,700 stamps, which 5 brings his total for the past 22 years of collection to 3,500,875. An immense amount of time and trouble is involved in collecting and sorting the stamps, and Mr Thayer has received a special letter from the home authorities warmly thanking him for his labour of love over such a long period of years. Mr Thayer holds the record for the contribution of used stamps, to the home.

Two larg3 and important bridges which require reconstruction were dealt with at the last meeting of the Main Highways Board, and the rate of subsidy to be paid by the board in each case was determined. The first is the Fitzherbert Bridge on. the boundary of the Palmerston North Borough and the Kairanga County on the highway between Palmerston and Levin. The Board's subsidy in this case is to be on the basis of £2 for £1 on the cost of a two-way traffic bridge, together with a footbridge. The second ease is the Waipukurau traffic bridge on the Na-pier-Wellington main highway, and in this case the Board's subsidy will be £2 for £1 on expenditure up to £IO,OOO, and'£3 for £1 on expenditure in excess of that amount.

They staged a mock trial at a' Central Otago township recently. The prisoner was —Tobacco. There was a judge and jury and a large attendance of the .public. Many witnesses were called, and counsel having addressed the Court, the Judge summed up. He said accused (represented by a wellknown loie'al rasident) had hosts of friends and many enamies. He was accused of being a poisoner. But when tobacco poisoned people it was their own fault —they smoked the wrong kind. Imported tobacco w*as mostly full of nicotine and therefore highly injurious. Happily, however, there were other kinds—those produced in New Zealand, for example, by the famous National Tobacco Co., the pioneers of the tobacco industry in the Dominion. The question for the jury was. "Is tobacco guilty or not guilty of poisoning?" The verdict was: "Not Guilty, so far as the National Tobacco Company's tobacco is concerned, because it is toasted (as no other tobacco is) and quite innocuous." The Company's "Riverhead Gold," "Cavendish," "Navy Cut" and "Cut Plug No. 10" are all toasted.—2*

"Some of our small bridges are standing by sheer force of habit," stated the engineer at a meeting of the Woodville County Council.

Petone, a town Avith a population of over 10,000 people, has no telephonic identity. If anyone wishes to ring up a Petone subscriber, the list of Lower Hutt subscribers Las to be examined.

The firm of "Knight and Day, Avhich 'operates in Palnierston North, has a counterpart in "Moonlight and Son," which carries on business in tha South Island.

At the meeting of the Woodville County Council, Cr. Sheffield stated that a hawker had called -at his house, trying to sell tweeds.. He had asked the man to produce his hawker \s license, but he had been unable to do so, and promptly disappeared.

Several good baskets of trout have been secured by Woodville anglers during the last day or two (says the Examiner). One disciple of Izaak-Wal-ton has landed 35 fish in three days. Very few weighing over 2 lbs have yet been taken.

A Eotorua press Avire stated that Mr A. M. Campbell, a farmer, occupying land adjacent to Eotorua, was going over liis farm recently Avhen he found four coavs dead near a water trough; these having been gored by- a stag. The carcases all showed severe horn marks and bruises. The farm lies near the Okareka reserve, which is infested by deer.

An additional class for the Wairarapa Show at the end. of the month has been arranged for the best yearling thorough-bred colt or filly. The amount offered in prize money at the slioav is £IOOO, and in addition there are over 30 challenge cups and trophies to be competed for. Entries . close on 16th October. Schedules .are' obtainable from P.O. Box 25, Carterton.

Lecturing in Pahiatua, Mr J. W. Deem, Director of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture, said the Department was.making a survey of a large number of farms and picking out the best in each district. A farm had been found in. the Pahiatua district that avrs classed among tho first three in the Dominion. Mr Deem stressed the fact that the yield of butter fat per acre was -always an important factor with, the Department.

Instructions have been received by the Inspector of Labour at Palnierston North (Mr. J. Lowden) that all applications" for work under the Government scheme for the. relief of unemployed must be forwarded through the bureau, and applicants .must state Avhether they are prepared to take work in the country. Men will be advised from Wellington of what work has been allotted'to them. Applicants in the country are to apply through the local Post Offi.ce or the local Government' Labour agency.

Recently the,'proprietress of a Greymouth boarding-house became indispos ed and it fell to the lot of a daughter to prepare the . boarders' meals (says the Star). The homely porridge was an item on the. breakfast menu, and on recovering from her illness the ladv of the house was informed that the" porridge had been left untouched by the boarders during her absence. This was unprecedented in her experience, and led to investigations, when it was discovered that the daughter, instead of using ottmeal had made the porridge daily with fine chickwheat.

The accustomed quiet of Greenwich (says a recent Sydney Sun) was disturbed last night by an exposition of the latest electioneering methods. While most people were at dinner they heard a loud but soothing - voice proclaim: "Hullo, everybody; hullo>- hullo. Dr. Nott will speak at the Presbyterian Hall to-night. You are all} welcome." Everyone, rushed outside- to see where the voice was coming from. What they saw was a "motor car with two huge loud speakers protruding frcm tli3 hood. The car visited'every street in turn, and the result was a bumper bouse !to hear Mr W. M. Hughes's opponent.

It is not necessary to be expert to see that many of the imported so-call-ed hardwood'telegraph poles are mere punk wood (remarks the Rotoru.u "Chronicle.") They are costly, and the money expended on them is sent out of the country. Recently a great deal of replacement work has been done, and poles that, if ironbark lived up to its reputation, should last 25 years, have been scrapped after seven years' service. If an imported pole has a life of only 10 years, it would be far mors economical to use larch with a totara base. Such poles were erected 17 years ago in this district by private persons and stand absolutely, sound to-day. Larch rails harden and toughen with the vears—rails from the Government plantation, taken out when thinning was done 12 years affo are quite sound.

"Everyside of genuine Danish bacon is stamped like this, which means it is guaranteed by the Danish Government, made, only from the finest and healthiest pigs and is free from all harmful preservatives. We shall be pleased to .mow you this mark when cutting your bacon. Insist on Danish bacon." These are the words printed on the wrappers in which Danish bacon is dispensed from British retail shops and is an example of the way the Danes are boosting their pig industry in England (says the Manawatu Times). A sample wrapper has been received by a Palmerston North resident from Mr R. M. Maunder, of Palmerston North, who is on a visit to the Old Country. He. wonders why New Zealand, which is endeavouring to establish bacon and pork on the Home markets does not go one better.

"You can ask, but you Avill not get it," replied Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., to a solicitor in the Magistrate's Court at Auckland, who requested that the name of a man who pleaded guilty to being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car be suppressed.

An example*of the Avorth of conservation of fodder is provided by Messrs Jones Bros., of Inverell, N.S.W., who are u«ing meadoAV grass silage put down six years ago. It opened lip in very sweet condition, and was eagerly taken by the sheep. Light feeding aa as found the most effective.

The three tiger cubs born five Ave-eks-ago at the Auckland Zoological Park -&re thri'vihg. The attempt to rear the tA\'o'previous litters failed, the mother mauling the cubs on one occasion and neglecting them on the other. The success with the present litter is -attributed to the fact that both parent'animals have been left with the cubs away from the irritations of public inspections. The keepers state that the mab animal is particularly gentle Avith the trio.

"An important link in 1930 will "be the connection of the Urewera Country with the Wairoa-Waikaremoana. route," states the report of the Auckland Automobile Association. "By this Christmas cars should be able to travel from' Eotorua through the Urewera to the shorts of Lake WaikaremoMia, and by Easter, after several bridges haAe been constructed, it is •anticipated that motor traffic will be able to proceed round the shores of the lake to the hotel and then on to Wairoa. V"

When the executive of the Canterbury Manufacturers' 'Association decided the other evening to hold a "good old-fashioned New Zealand" dinner to mark its jubilee, some of the members realised at once that this might impose some restrictions on the. menu. Mr I. Woolf suggested that no American pickles should be consumed on the occasion. "Shall Ave include some Southland whisky?" asked Mr A. W. Bevan. The president (Mr JL Bradley) to share the doubt of Sir Joseph Ward as -to the existence of such a commodity.

A man Avho Avas driving a motor ear at Omata, near Ncav Plymouth, last Aveek, had a startling experience when a strong gust of wind took the hood of his car completely off and deposited it in a paddock beside the road. A lady and several children were also in the car at the time, but none of the occupants suffered any injury from tho occurrence. The driver gathered up the several portions of his vehicle, folded it up ,and placed it in the car and drove the ear aAvay, the only inconvenience from the mishap being that the occupants Avere more exposed to the fierce Avind which Avas bloAving.

W T hile delivering . newspapers at Shannon early on Monday morning, C. Roberts, of Napier Road, Palmerston North, met with a serious accident, necessitating his removal to the Palmerston North Hospital. He was riding a motor cycle down Venn Street and at the corner of- Ballance Street dollided with another motor cyclist, Ken Goodwin, striki?ig the back portion of the latter's machine. He was thrown heavily and was unconscious when picked up by Goodwin. Dr. Miller was summoned and Roberts was sent to the Palmerston Hospital by ambulance. The extent of his injuries is not known. The other motor cyclist was fortunate and did not even fall from his machine.

Increased fees will operate at the Wellington Public Hospital from January 1 next,, under a resolution carried by the board. The increases, ,it is stated, are due to higher maintenance costs, greater number of patients and increased loan indebtedness. The alterations will be: From 9s to 12s a day for adults, and from 4s 6d to 6s for children. Tl>e scale of charges for dental, X-ray, deep therapy and radium treatment has also been revised, with some increases. An investigation officer is to be appointed at £3OO a year to investigate all matters connected with the payment of accounts and anything which requires investigation, including social welfare and other cases. He is also described as "follow-up" officer, as he,will investigate the, accounts of those who should pay and are not paying.

On Monday evening Mrs C. Synions entertained the teaching staff of tin; Foxton District High "School at her residence, when opportunity was taken to, farewell Mr T. Chipper, a member of the staff prior to his departure for Levin, to which school he has been appointed. Musical items and cards whiled away a. veiy pleasant time. At a suitable juncture, Mr F. A. Mason, head teacher, expressed regret at Mr Chipper's departure and at the same time made eulogistic reference to his splendid services. As a teacher he had done excellent work and he prophesied that his temperament and qualifications would carry him far in the profession. Outside his class work Mr Chipper hal taken' a keen interest in the school games and had proved an excellent coach. He had also rendered valuable assistance in training the children in concert work. He. had.won the respect and esteem of both the children and staff. Their best wishes accompanied him in his new sphere of labour. On behalf of th-3 staff he asked Mr Chipper to accept a pipe and tobacco pouch as a mark of esteem. Mr Chipper feelingly responded and said his connection with the Foxton District High School would always remain a pleasant memory. He referred to the splendid feeling which existed throughout the school and wished all the best of luck in the future. Mr Chipper was accorded musical honours.—Herald.