Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1929.

Shannon News, 6 December 1929, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1929.

Mr R. Hook has been appointed secretary' of the Shannon Egg Circle in succession to Mr L. Richardson, vhe has left the district.

The five silver cups donated by the Herbert Smith Trust for competition in athletics by . children attending the local school have come to hand and are now on view in Mr A. E. Hyde s shop.

We have been privileged to be present at the final rehearsal of the Dramatic.. Society’s entertainment .to be held on Tuesday evening and both the acting and ballet work struck us as being of a very high standard. Patrons can. be assured of getting good value for their money* when it is considered that similar entertainments in the larger centres charge double the price for admission.

The sale of work held on Wednesday afternoon by the Ladies’ Guild of the Presbyterian Church, in aid of tho Presbyterian Orphanage, Wellington, was well attended and proved quite a success. During the afternoon vocal items were rendered by Mrs Telf'er and Miss A. Aim which were much enjoyed. A word guessing competition was won by' Mrs Sanderson. Afternoon tea served by the ladies was much appreciated.

At a meeting of members of the Shannon CtirL’ Club which has just been, formed, Rev. Mr Young, was appointed visitor, Mrs Mark president, Mrs* Aim and Mrs Miller vice-presidents, Miss Dulcio Small and Miss Brady sec-, ■rotary and assistant secretary, the committee to consist of the girls. As it 'S so close to the Christmas holidays *t - 'was decided to commence holding the wecklv meetings in the second week in February, Mould ay night having been selected as the meeting night, which will be from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the summer months and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the winter. Similar rules to the Girl Guides have been adopted, while the Club’s. badge will be in pale blue and navy with the lettering “S.G.C. ’’ The Club will also have a motto, but this has not yet been decided upon. At the meetings a programme of interessing and instructive subjects will be dealt with, while at p the end of each three months, a par-, eats’ night will be held at which tho girls will contribute the whole of the programme.

Viscount Craigavon, speaking to an Auckland Star reporter in regard to the Dominion’s extensive cheese export, said: “I particularly wish to see the organisation which can capture 52 per cent, of the trade in cheese in England, a country which itself-is a manufacturer of cheese, lying alongside of Belgium, Holland and France all cheese making countries.”

In Lady Bledisloe Government House will have a charming hostess, who has long manifested a particularly keen interest in philanthropic work. Lady Bledisloe is the younger daughter of the first Baron Glantawa, of tiwansca, better known as Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., a Liberal politician of South Wales, a great industrialist and philanthropist. The Hon. Elaine Jenkins, was a well-known philanthropist and promoter of Welsh home industries, phe was also a noted beauty, and her portrait is included in “Types of English Beauty,” a volume published in London in 1920. Lord Bledisloe was first married in 1898 to the Hon. Bertha Lopes, daughter of the first Lord Ludlow. 'She died three and a-half years ago, and the second marriage took place in April of last year. Lord Bledisloe’s heir is the Hon. B. L. Bathurst, who was born in 1899, and there is a second son and a daughter.

Levin residents in general will regret to learn, that two of their most esteemed citizens are shortly to take their departure from the town. Mr T. F. Gibson, who was in business in Oxford Street till about a year ago, after which, with Mfs Gibson, he went on a world tour, has taken over a store in Plimmerton, and they will leave for their now abode next Tuesday. Both have been worthy citizens and have had much to do with .the progress of Levin. As a past president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr Gibson has a record of unremitting activity, inspired by a wholesome desire to secure all that was best for the community, lie has held responsible offices in the Methodist Church, in which he was always a ready and conscientious worker. The good done by Mrs Gibson can hardly be expressed in words—it showed itself in so many ways. Like her husband, she has been devoted to the welfare of the church, to the young people of whom she stood almost in the relation of a mother. The Young Women’s Bible Class was her special care, and many of those who were thus associated with her have to thank her for kindly acts and advice. Mrs Gibson has been a member of the. Patriotic Committee since its inception, and in a number of other directions haa also rendered valuable public service. While a distinct sense of loss will be felt at the departure of Mr and Mra Gibson, they will have the combined wishes of the townspeople for their future prosperity and happiness.

The need for a life-saving patrol at Foxton beach was urged upon the Foxton Harbour Board yesterday by the Manawatu branch of the ltoval Life Saving Society. The Board recognised the need, and as a preliminary step decided to purchase another reel, to be placed on the river froutage, and a lighter line for the reel now on the sea front.

, At a meeting of the Buller District Relief Committee cn Monday it was resolved, with acclamation, "That resi-. dents of the Buller district, from Seddonville, in the north, to Brighton, in the south, publicly thank the people of New Zealand, who have so generously contributed to the earthquake . relie*.

fund. Their sympathy with this isolated district in its time of trouble gave residents fresh heart and then generosity made it possible to aid hundreds who required assistance. The work of restoration is now nearing completion, and it is solely due to the earthquake relief fund that it has been possible to restore so many homes in so short a time.’ ’

"You have coming to you as your new Governor-General, a man who knows all about agriculture,” said his Excellency, Sir Charles Fergusson, during the course of his address at the laying of the foundation stone of Massey Agricultural College. "Without exaggeration, he is the first agricultural expert of the United Kingdom. He will bring a mind trained by a life time in agriculture and it will not be necessary to explain to him exactly how everything is done. He should be able to

fill in this country, a position which no other Governor-General lms done. -He is one who can bring a scientinc and expert knowledge'to bear upon the one thing in New Zealand which builds up its prosperity —the land.”

"One does hope,” said the Cover uor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, in laying the foundation stone of Massey College, '"that the establishment _of this college will give a increased iru petus to agriculture and the settlement of land in New Zealand. One of the

greatest problems in this country 13 that which is called the ‘back to the land’ question. Going round the schools and asking the headmasters what their 'pupils are going to do, this is always

brought home to me every day when you find perhaps only two out of'every 100 boys thinking of the land as a pro- , fession, and the rest shaping themselves for the towns and over-stocked professions* The land seems to me to be the last thing the New Zealand boy thinks of. That is something which to me, is melancholy to a degree. If yon talk to a boy and ask him why he docs not like the land, he will not, probably tell you his real reason because lie is ashamed. But you will hear his rea-

son, and it4s that farming is hard work. Of course it is hard work! But is not the : New Zealand ,of the past lone

monument to -hard work? Surely the New Zealand of the future is not going to fail because the rising generation is afraid of hard work.”