Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929.

Shannon News, 12 November 1929, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929.

During the gale which raged on Friday- night, one of the telegraph poles near the railway line at the cutting to the south of the railway station came clown. Another pole was also, reported to be down on the East road.

On Saturday, as Mr Sam Anderson was cycling in from Whitanui, he had the misfortune to collide with a motor cyclist, with the result that he received a cut on the leg besides a bruise on his hip, which will incapacitate him from work for a day or two."

Constable Blaikie commenced his annual leave yesterday; Avliich he will spend with his parents in the South Island. During his absence Constable B-ell, of Foxton, will be the police officer in charge of the Shannon district.

The Shannon Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., are paying 1/6 per lb. for butterfat supplied during the month of October. The plans of the new factory came before the directors of the Shannon Dairy Co. at their monthly meeting yesterday, when it was decided to call tenders immediately. Ten'ders are i:o close on December 7th.

A sale of work will be held by the Ladies' Guild of Ven. Bede's in the Parish Hall, commencing on Friday, 22nd November, and continuing on Saturday, 23rd November," both afternoon and evening. The opening ceremony will be performed on Friday at 2.30 p.m. bv His Worship the Mayor (Mr R Butt).

At the nurses' examination held in Wellington last week, Miss Greta Jones and Miss Nancy Cole, both of Shannon, and members of the Wellington Hospital nursing staff, were successful in passing the nurses' semifinal examination. They will now go up for the final examinations in June next, and if successsful they then become fully qualified nurses.

A visitor to Shannon on Saturuday was Miss Sybil Bell, xWellington Provincial Secretary of the Girl Guides. In the afternoon, accompanied by Misses K. Todd, D. Jones and G. Brown, she walked out to the top dam at Mangahao, where a site was chosen for a Rangers' camp, which is to be held on December 26th. There will be two companies of Rangers from Wellington and one from Palmerston North, besides a number of young guides •to go into camp, a total of about forty. The party .returned home on Sainday, having Avalked both ways. Miss Bell expressed her self as being delighted with the scenery at Mangahao and its suitableness for camping purposes.

The appointment of Dr. Henry Burrell, of the Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, as missionary doctor and. superintendent of the Paton Memorial Hospital at Vila, New Hebrides, has been announced. After seeing war service, Dr. Burrell took medical degrees at the University of Otago in 1928.

For seventy years Pencarrow light has blazed from its lonely height, callin ships from the east and the west to New Zealand's principal port. Now, the superior claims of Baring Head have led to a decision to do away with the old beacon and erect a new one on the more conspicuous position.

"Try New Zealand," was written across a letter bearing a Birmingham postmark of September 6, which has just been received by a Hamilton resident (says the Waikato Times). Tho missive travelled to Hamilton, Ontario, and was then sent on to New Zealand. There are at least six largetowns named Hamilton in the world.

Twenty-three years ago Ivlr Ramsay MacDonald mounted a platform at Ballarat to support an obscure Labour candidate who had the temerity to oppose the then Prime Minister, Mr Pea kin. Mr MacDonald was visiting Australia as leader of the Independent Socialist Labour Party of England. His protege was Mr J. 11. Seullin. Mr Si'ullin was defeated at the election and probably not one of the 3000 pco pie who attended the meeting, remarks the Sydney Mcrning Herald, ,dreameu that he would one day be Prime Minister of Australia and his supporter elected to the highest British office. Still less would anyone have thought they would be contemporaries in power.

The heavy wear on the roads through holiday traffic has come under the notice of the Highways Board, and a circular on this subject was received from the Board at the meeting of the Ilorowhenua County Council on Saturday. The circular drew attention particularly to maintenance of Main Highways during the Christmas period. In some cases, the Board's chairman (Mr F. W. Furkcrt) pointed out, it was the practice for local authorities to grant surfacemen leave of absence durin'g the Christmas period, but where heavy holiday traffic was likely to take place, the Board suggested that this arrangement be varied and that surfacemen and (graders be kept at work. In some cases, to keep the road satisfactorily maintained during the Chiistmas period, extra labour and graders-would n.> doubt be required and should be utilised. The County chairman (Mr G. A. Monk) stated that last year, in connection with the corresponding holiday traffic, steps were taken by the County Engineer to keep the gravel roads in fair order. He moved that the circular be referred to the Engineer, to act upon as he thought fit. The motion was carried.

Wing-€ommander Grant Dalton, who is Director of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, hopes before long to see the North and South Islands linked up by a flying boat service between Wellington and Nelson, and says the trip would be one of the most beautiful and wonderful in the world. At 5000 ft high a view of almost half of each of the two islands is afforded.

A requisition for two pounds of sandflies "of the real biting variety," was recently received by 'Mr C. H. Long, manager of the new hostel at Milford Sound, from the Otago University authorities. The University has had under consideration the lessening of the sandfly nuisance on the west coast of Southland, and they wanter subjects for expcriment! Mr Loi;g replied expressing hsi willingness to comply with the order ■if the University would provide a "trap" for the purpose. lie has heard nothing since, however.

A return showing the number of sitting days and hours sat, etc., was laid on the table of the House of Representative* immediately prior to the adjournment to-day, states a Press message. The total days occupied were' 136. Despite the new Standing Orders, the House sat over 02 hours in sittings extending past midnight. The daily average, however, was 6 hours 38 minutes, which is lower than for any session since 1922. 'The hours during which the House sat throughout the session totalled 530^.