SHANNON

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 19, 19 December 1932, Page 4

SHANNON

(From Our Own Correspondent). SHANNON, Dec. 18. In tlie Jlorowliemia cricket championship, Te iloro defeated the local eleven at the Shannon Domain on Saturday l>y 19 runs. Xe Horo made 97 in tho first innings, Shannon replying with 78. The Shannon railway staff is at present having a. busy time. For the past, week there was an increase of consignments of 926 head of stock and 42 tons of sundry goods over the same period of last year; and 408 passengers were booked from Shannon during the week. The school closed for tho Christinas vacation on Friday afternoon, when the usual merit certificates gained for the year’s work were presented ut a short ceremony. Proficiency certificates were received by Allan Bell, Ronald Carlyle, Stanley Gunning, Leith Hopkins. Stuart Hyde, Trevor Inglev, Rhys Jenkins, Ronald Law, Stanley Le Cointo, Cyril Marriott, Gilbert -Seaton, George Sinclair, Lloyd Small. George Third, Verna hasten, Vera Fell, May Gardner, Audrey I/uw, Alma Pedersen and Florence Thompson. Competency, Stuart Anderson, George Lang Thomas McMceking,- '.I homaa New 1 ton, Whitman Porter. Vena Brassingtoii. At the final School Committee meeting of the year, tho headmaster (Mr U JMark) reported that tho roll numl*er was 325, with an average attendance for the last term of 309.7. The school had been awarded the R. A. Nicol Shield for the best kept garden in the Wellington dr'triet. Tho committee contratuliiton children and placed on record da appreciation of the excellent work done in the gardons. The Shannon calves wen; placed third at the Levin judging, being only live points behind Kopoturoa (win* weie the winners), and won hrst place in the northern section. The hduciHon Hm notified the appointment of Mina '"»> to flic teaching stall. . Iho n" « linking up with the Nationall-. •deration '• School Committees was left over t ill u iator meeting. ~, , , , The Whituuui llaximll closed «lown - Saturday. It is niiderdood Ilia lie ... ers are unable to luol a marliel. loi • t»«**r 1,1 The many friends of Miss IW.I galb ered at a gift, evening m 110- I ar.sb I on Friday, when an enjoyable lum. was spent, l.y 'all and the guest of the evening was the recipient of a large nuother gifts and good wishes. Mr and Mrs L. .1 Mark and family left on I'relay A Thh" n't urn match be, tbe Mangaoro and Shannon tennis juniors was plnyeil the local courts on Saturday morning, where the Shannon team were victorious bv R sets to 5.