Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1929.

Shannon News, 31 December 1929, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1929.

! Mr R. Small (Carterton) is visiting

Mr and Mrs Small, of Vogel Street,

Miss Ingley had a fall from her bicycle recently and in consequence her arm has been in a sling for some time.

Mr and Mrs Burling and their youngest daughter leave for Christshureh on an extended holiday next week.

Mrs Bennett and daughter, of Wellington, are guests of Mrs Rewi Moynilian, of East Road.

Mr G. G. Mitchell intends to leave on an extended car tour shortly, the far north being his objective.

Miss McKenzie and Miss Ryan are the guests of Mr and Mrs J. Cm-ran, jnr. •

Miss M. Brown is spending her holidays with her parents, Mr and Mrs Brown, in Shannon.

Miss F. Whitehouse and Miss Gill Hamilton have been the guests of Mrs J. Roach, Stout 'Street, for a few days.

Messrs E. J. and J. Curran, Wellington, are' spending their holidays with Mr and-Mrs Curran, jnr.

Mr 11. Knowles, of Wellington, is spending the holidays with his parents in Yance Street.

Miss Ruby Small and Miss Marjorio Small, of Wellington, are spending the holidays with their parents, Mr and Mrs F. Small, Vogel Street.

Mr .rid Mrs C. C. Franks and family, also Mr and Mrs Blackwood and family are camping at Waikanae for the holidays.

Miss Alison and Miss Audrey Pees (Palmerston North) are visiting their auiit, Mrs J. Richardson, of Thompson Street.

Mr Lee, son of Mr C. Lee, met with a painful accident recently',,, when an. axe slipped cutting his foot badly and necessitating several stitches

Many Shannon, sportsmen visited the Awapuni course for the races, but generally speaking, they are now poorer but wiser men. Too many "good things" somehow wont astray.

Two boys thought it fun to start a bonfire in a washhouse in Vance Street on Friday. Fortunately there were people about and a bucket brigade managed to quell the flames before serious damage was done.

Local cyclists «*are complaining that it is impossible to put in practice on the track in the Domain, on account of the'sheep on the'ground and are now biking over to Mangahao for practice. Is it the fault of the track or are tile Girl Guides the attraction over the hill? /

There are now 52 Girl Guides in camp at Mangahao and although the weather has been against them, they are all well and enjoying themselves, and are eagerly , looking forward to sunny days. Fortunately their quarters are good and comfortable.

Mr Noel Franks had a narrow escape on Sunday |as he was driving a five seater car on the beach at Waikanae. The car evidently got out of control, and went over a bank, and pulled up standing on the bonnet with the back wheels in the air. The driver Avas fortunately' unhurt. » . .

Is it true that a prophet has no honour in his own country? It certainly appears so, since it came as a great surprise when Shannon wireless enthusiasts listened on Sunday night to a Maori talking picture from KZEM, Manilla. It was a Government picture and the talking and singing came over well on the short wave. Few knew that a Maori talkie had been made.

Picture-lovers and dancing enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to Wednesday night at the Maoriland Theatre. Work has been commenced on the special lighting and it was favourably reviewed by a large audience on Saturday. By special request the management have decided to leave the decorations intact until after the holidays. The price for admission for Wednesday's long dance and picture is only one shilling. Supper will be available at an extra charge of sixpence. Buses will run from Foxton and the outskirts and a bumper house is expected.

The estate of the late Mrs Helen Baird, of Otahuhu, who died on December 2nd, leaving a number of bequests to Presbyterian Church organisations, has been sworn for probate at £700,000.

A Hawke's Bay squatter who owns a Moth aeroplane, has stated that the character of much of his estate hid made top-dressing a tedious and costly matter and he proposes to employ his aeroplane for spreading the r manure in the wilder country where the machine could deposit the grass tonic from the smooth skyline above.

The children of a standard in an Auckland school have a canary. As they file past the bird in the morning the children will say, "Good morning, Percy," and Percy will chirp merrily in reply. An inspector, a tall, portly gentleman, visited the school recently. To the class, possessing the canary he said: "I see you have a canary.. Now, what can the canary do that I cannot do?" "Please, sir." "Well?" "Please, sir, you can't have a'bath in a saucer!"

The Hawke's Bay Electric. Power Board has 2018 consumers, while there are 301 electric ranges in use, with 92 milking plants and 315 hot water systems.

The uncommon sight of a white pheasant was witnessed by a party of New Plymouth motorists in the vicinity of Oaonui. The bird, which had not a coloured feather in its plumage, flew across the road and settled in a paddock.

Advice has tffeen received in Masterton to the effect that the Department of .Education has made'a grant of £250. together with hospital '.expenses?, in connection with the case of Alice G-old-er, a pupil at the Wairarapa High School, who received an injury to her eye when engaged in experiments at the High School laboratory some months ago- v

A man and his wife called at a house in an Auckland suburb recently, both in search of work. The woman said they had not tasted meat for the past three weeks. She was willing to wash, iron, darn or clean the house, and the man offered to do any work in the garden. He said it was better to go out and hunt for work than wait for a job at the Labour Bureau. Fortunately three lawns wanted cuttting, so the man got a few hours' work to help him along.

The whole of the area of the Kaituna flax .plantation, comprising 1350 acres, has now been planted and the work of replanting the misses, which are few, is now being carried out. The oldest of the plantations, now three years' old, is looking exceptionally well. On these first planted .areas another year's growth should provide the first side leaf cut for the mill, which is to be erected during the coming year. The milling operations sjhould provide Jwfork for quite a number of people and be of considerable value to the district. — Te Puke Times.

"I am a native New Zealander, and therefore I say thank goodness you haven't covered this beautiful timber with paint," said Mr H. M. Campbell at the opening of the new Salvation Army citadel at Hastings. "You have used good New Zealand riinu," and you have' been wise enough to leave it in its natural beautiful colouring. I

I always think that a home of God ( should be as near Nature as possible. } You have followed that idea, and fol- | lowed it well.

Mr William Horn Henderson, formerly of Huntly, but whose address is at present unknown, was recently awarded a silver medal by the Court of Directors of the Eoyal Humane Society of New Zealand, for his action in rescuing Joseph O'Brien and attempting to rescue Samuel Broadbent from being buried by a fall of coal and stone at the Eotowaro mine on July 26 last. It is hoped that he can be located so that he can take possession of the silver medal, which has been forwarded to Huntly for him.

The practice of selling wool at 14$ lb to the stone was discussed at *a meeting of the East Yorkshire Executive of the National Farmers' Union. It was proposed by the Poeklington branch that the sale should be: stone literally. -The allowance of the Jib is a set-off against the "foreign" matter frequently found in the wool, and the secretary pointed out that if the Poeklington resolution (which was referred back) was passed, the buyers would reduce the price per stone, so that the anticipated benefit would not arise.

As the result of being attacked by a rooster a week or so ago, the 18 months' old daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs A. J. Riley,, Gladstone Street, Haw.s- - died in a private hospital in Hawera, on Thursday last. It has been ascertained that death occurred from the infection from two small wounds on the child's head. On the Thursday prior to the child's death, Mr Riley, hearing the child screaming, reached the t y'ard where she had been playing in tunc to see a large rooster standing by. Two small -wounds were found on the ln:;<I of the child, and had evidently; been inflicted' by the rooster's beak. No immediate ill effects were noticed, but the following morning, an unusual symptom being apparent, medical advice was sought, and the child was removed to the hospital,-where in spite of every care and attention, death ensued.