Shannon

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 121, 23 May 1941, Page 9

Shannon

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Personal. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Graham, Ballance Street, have returned from a fortnight’s holiday which was spent at Taupo and Rotorua. The president (Mrs. F. Cook) presided over the monthly meeting of tho W.D.F.U. Also present were Mrs. A. E. Burling (secretary), Mesdames L. 11. Best, C. H. Speirs, W. R. Mullins and H. Easton. The remits for the annual conference to be held in Wellington on June 17 to 15 were discussed and Mrs. Mullins was appointed delegate. The president and secretary (Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Burling) will attend and report on the executive meeting to be held at 11 a.m. at Levin ou May 28. Tho June meeting will be held on the day of the Shannon stock sale and members arc asked to ring Mrs. Burling to ascertain the date. Temperatures. Temperatures recorded in the shade at Shannon for the month of April were as follows (the figures in brackets being for April, 1940: Highest day temperature in the shade, 68deg. on the 3rd and 30th (GGdeg. on the 4th); lowest, 53deg. on the 14th (50deg. on the 22nd and 28th); highest night temperature, Gldeg. on the 3rd (53deg. on the sth); lowest, 36deg. on the 24th (32deg. on the 33st). Rainfall. At Mangaono rain fell on thirteen days during April last, measuring 2.25in. In April, 1940, there were J 4 wet days when 2.84in. fell and in April, 1939, rain fell on nine days measuring 3.13in. At the top dam the records show: April 1941, 4.13in. which fell on 16 days; April 1940, 8.93in. on 19 days; April 1939, 35.Slin. on 18 days. The month of April, 1941, was the dryest month since 1929. Card Afternoons. Successful progressive euchre parties are being held every Tuesday afternoon by meftibers of the social committee of Veil. Bede’s Anglican Church. The prize winners for the first afternoon were Mrs. McLaggan 1, Mrs. R. Roberts 2; for the second afternoon Mrs. R. Roberts 1, Mrs. J. Sinclair 2, and for this week Mrs. F. Thomson 1, Mrs. King sen. 2. A points prize will be given to the person gaining the most points over the season. The winner of the bogey competition at Buckley last Saturday was E. Murrow (1 down) with N. Birch (3 down) runner up. Miss Evans was the winner in the ladies’ section. On Sunday (May 25) Buckley will entertain a team of Tui Glen (Wellington) representatives in a match from the Tui Glen Trophy. On Sunday last a team of Buckley players visited Oroua Downs and, in the ensuing match, won 10 games, lost five, and halved three. A mixed foursome is to bo played at Buckley this Saturday afternoon (May 24) at 1.15 p.m. At Mangaore on Saturday afternoon, commencing at 1.15 p.m., will be a bogey competition. The winners of the mixed foursome last Saturday were Mrs. J. Seager and W. Cameron.

J. Kilmister 1 (8 games), and A. R. Blackwood 2 (7 games), were the winners at the weekly meeting of the SlmnnomMangaore Crib Club in Mangaore Social Hall on Monday night. The card afternoon arranged by the ladies of the Anglican Church on Monday afternoon, was well attended, the winners being Mrs. F. Thomson 1, Mrs. T. King, snr., 2, the consolation prize being won by Mrs. D. McLaggan. At the Women’s Institute card evening on Monday night three men played off for the honours in their section, Mr. G. Wilkins (N.Z.8.; being successful, while in the ladies’ section, Mrs. A. Thomson was the winner. That the behaviour of motorists had been good, was the comment of the Traffic Inspector in his report for April, submitted to the fortnightly meeting of the Borough Colncil, pointing out that the general patrol of the Borough had been carried out. Close attention had been paid to the %)eed of vehicles in the borough, and two heavy vehicles had been weighed. It was resolved that rental renewals of Borough sections bo offered to the present tenants on the same terms as last year. The Town Clerk was directed to call tenders for the supply of 400 yards (approximately) of metal. A battalion parade of the Home Guard is being held at Shannon on Sunday next (May 25), when members of tho Tokomaru, Opiki, Poroutawhao and Shannon units will assemble at the Recreation Grounds at 1.15 p.m. A demonstration in the use of Molotov Cocktails is to be given on Messrs. Moynilian Bros. 7 property at East Road. Members of the St. John Ambulance Unit are asked to parade on this occasion.