SHANNON

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6885, 15 April 1929, Page 8

SHANNON

From Our Own Correspondent. Constable T. Shannon, who for live years was stationed at Shannon, and is now at Oamaru, was a visitor to Shannon during the week-end. a -Mr. W. Corh, Fox ton, is on three weeks' J< ::\ which he is spending with his paicnih, -Mr. and -Mrs. ,T. ltouch, i Stout street. Among the list of appointments as Justices of the Peace published in the Gazette on Thursday is that of Mr. William Clayton, Grey street, Shannon. The weekly euchre tourney held in Laurvig’s hall on Thursday overling again drew a good attendance, when 62 players took part. The winners were as follow:—Mrs. Snelling, 51b. box of tea; Mrs. Radford, 251 b. bag of flour; Mr. Guy, lib. of tea; Mr. C. Pritchard, 51b. box of tea; Mr. Martin, 251 b. bag of flour; Mr. E. Harding, lib. of tea. Those to qualify for the gold watch at the end of the series are Messrs. F- Mundin, M. Moore, F. Wilson, Mrs. Ehvood and Miss Gray. The play-oif for the gold watch will take place on Wednesday evening, April 24.

Plunket Society. The monthly committee meeting of the Shannon branch of the Plunket Society was held in the Plunket room-) on Tuesday evening, when Mrs. Clifford Jones presided over a good attendance. The nurse's report showed satisfactory progress. A letter of appreciation and thanks was received from the matron of the All Saints’ Children’s Home, Palmerston North, acknowledges the sack of vegetables forwarded through the Eev. Farrell from the stall at the recent garden fete. An invitation from the Levin branch for members to attend their annual meeting was received, several members notifying that they would be present. Bowls. A challenge from the Otaki Bowling Club to the holders of the Kinneburgit feathers was defeated on Saturday afternoon, when Shannon retained the feathers by 23 to 13. Teams w r ere as follow:—Shannon: Hook, Eoach, Whibley, Quarrie (s.). Otaki: Noble, Palmer, Wilmot, Pearce (s.). It has been decided to hold the closing day on Wednesday, April 24. Croquet. The final day of the Croquet Club’s season will be held on April 24, when competitions will be held for all present. Football. Saturday saw the commencement of the local football season. Seniors journeyed to Foxton to play the Foxton seniors and were defeated by 9 to nil. The Shannon team could only play ten men owing to different troubles in the club. Apparently, there aro too many seniors in Shannon, and as a result, several members have signed on for distant clubs, leaving the local club in an extraordinary position. It is to be hoped that this will be remedied this week, otherwise senior football will not be worth watching. Juniors put up a very creditable per- .' formanco on the local ground, when’ they played a composite team of seniors and juniors from Athletic, Palmerston North, and defeated them by .10 points to 8. Juniors played 14 men until 20 minutes before the finish, and the game was exceptionally good for the comemneement of the season. From the kick-off Athletic started to press, but J. Mabey was prominent in defence. From good -work by Birchall, Shannon’s full-back, Mabey following up well, obtained the ball, and after dodging two of his opponents, took a pot at goal when hemmed in and registered Shannon’s first score. Shortly afterwards from a penalty awarded in Athletic’s territory, N. Holden increased the score to seven points with a well judged kick. Athletic continued to press, but good work by Newman, Ngatuna, Mabey and Tippler carried the ball to touch at the corner of Athletic’s line. There, however, Eobb intercepted a bad pass and ran the length of the field, closely pursued my Newman, to register Athletic’s first score between the posts, the try being converted —Shannon 7, Athletic 5. From the kick-off, Newman made a fine attempt to score, but was collared on the line and the ball returned to neutral territory, when the whistle sounded.

After a much-wanted respite, Athletic, playing downhill, attacked hard, but Mabey again proved the stumbling block and sent the ball back to halfway. Prom a line-out, Putti registered Shannon’s first try, which Mabey failed to convert —Shannon 10, Athletic 5. Athletic again attacked, but a good dribble by the Shannon forwards up the lino took the ball to half-way. The game fluctuated up and down, with Athletics trying to break the defence. They finally ran over on the corner, to score an unconverted try—Shannon 10, Athletic 8. No further scores wore registered when time sounded. Next Saturday sees the commencement of the Cup fixtures, which are as follow: — Senior. Shannon v. Weraroa, at Levin. Foxton v. Wanderers, at Foxton. Hui Mai v. Otaki, at Manukau. Junior. Shannon v. Weraroa, at Shannon. ' Foxton v. Wanderers, at Wci>roa. Hui Mai v. Otaki, at Otaki. Waikanae v. Paraparaumu, at Paraparaumu.