SHANNON NOTES.
A team of local bowlers, consisting of J. Gallaud, G. Hansen, J.Roos. and J. "R. Esson (s.) hare"challenged the Otaki Club to play for... tlio junior .Manawatu ferns,'presented'by Mrs. E. Thomas, of Palmerstoii;North..'. The aspirations of several' local rinks have been buried with ' the Kinniburgh' Feathers—in Otaki. So it is to be hoped that tho ferns will prove to bei, a luckier star.' - "The local Bowling Club, is holding a champion pairs tournament on January •23. , .-• , ...: ■ Tho. Misses Dunckley recently returned ;from a trip.to the Cold Lakes... . It ■is said that tho • Advances to Workers' Department .has closed .dowii on this 1 llaxmilling district. . Tho pre-, sent- depressed state of the hemp;market is held, to' be .responsible for therecent refusal of many- applications from Shannon and Tokomaru. ■ Foxton also is. understood to bo tabooed. Shan- ■ noil and Tokomaru hare survived ,more tliair one crisis in the industry, and in Tokomaru especially there .is a good demand for houses for .working men. '•
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 8
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163SHANNON NOTES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 8
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