Shannon

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6815, 21 January 1929, Page 2

Shannon

From Our Own Correspondent. Mrs C. C. Franks, Vance street, left on Saturday afternoon for a holiday in Christchurch. Mr Dunlop, of Waiuku, Auckland was a visitor to Shannon last wlt::, when he was the guest of the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr. and Mrs E.. Butt). Mrs B. J. Braun left on Friday to spend a few days with her parents in Wairoa.

Mr and Mrs J. E. Taylor leave today for a holiday at Paekakariki. The paddling pool in tho recreation reserve has been well used during the last few days. Large numbers of children are to be seen and heard enjoying themselves to the utmost.

Mr and Mrs P. Cole returned to Shannon on Thursday. The usual welcome, complete with tins cans, was given in the evening. Mr J. Boach, senr., returned on Saturday from Wellington, where ho has been taking part in the bowling tourney. When the shannon school re-as-sembles, it will find many alterations have been effected since the last term. Work was commenced last week and tho oldest room has disappeared. This room will be missed by old residents as 40 years ago it was the Shannon school, with a roll of 12 pupils, under the direction of the late Mr Voyscy as pupil teacher. The largest room is also being divided up and a new room added. A room for the teaching staff, complete with all conveniences is also being built. Next year a seventh standard will be added to tho school so that those pupils who have completed standard six and do not want to leave, can remain on. Nowadays motor lorries are used, for many purposes. Their adaptability was' fully demonstrated, on Friday evening, when a five ton lorry was driven round a hav paddock in Vance street, loaded up from haycocks and then driven to the stack about a mile distant. Needless to add that the ground was hard.

Sports. The tennis match with Foxton, which was to have been played on Saturday, has been postponed indefinitely. A progressive pairs tourney will be held on the bowling green on Anniversary Day, and the next round of the Triangular shield match will be played on Wednesday at Otaki. The usual meeting of the Women s Institute was held on Wednesday evening, when there was only a small attendance, many members being still away on holidays. The resignation of the secretary, Mrs J. T. Bovis, was accepted with great regret, and it was decided to call a special meeting at the end of the month to consider the appointment of a new secretary. A short paper on “The League of Nations was much enjoyed, and games and competitions provided an interesting programme. Good headway is being made witn the bitumenising of the main road from Shannon to Makcrua. A formidable array of machinery is at work and provided the weather does not break, the work should be rapidly completed. Mr C. Skitrop, C.E. representing the Union Asphalt Co., is expected in Shannon to meet the Mayor and councillors and discuss with them the matter of giving an estimate of the cost of bitumenising the main highway through the borough. At a meeting of members of tup Shannon amateur athletic club held on Thursday, it was decided that those present meet at tho Domain during the week-end to make an inspection of the cycle track with a view to laying down a permanent surface; also to discuss the advisability 'of holding a sports meeting.