Shannon News FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 1925.

Shannon News, 30 October 1925, Page 2

Shannon News FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 1925.

The new. road'from Mangahao river to the No. 3 dam is near completion. About Tuesday next will see it open to all traffic.

As a fitting conclusion to the opening of their season, on Wednesday next, the Shannon Tennis Club will hold a. dance in the Druids’ Hall in the evening. .

Arrested on Wednesday afternoon lor drunkenness, Patrick Sullivan appeared, before Messrs Gunning and Spencer, J.'sP., yesterday morning on the charge. The accused, who is a very old offender for drunkenness, was convicted and discharged and a prohibition order for hi months issued against him.

The election of a member for the Western Maori seat will be held on Tuesday next. The polling booth for Shannon will be at the Council Chambers, and Mr J. T. BOvis will act as returning officer. The hours will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.tn. There are two candidates for the seat, viz., Sir Maui P-omara (Reform), and Rangi Mawheta (Liberal).

At the Bowling Green yesterday games were started for competition trophies among the Club members. For the first year players, Thwaites defeated Mason by 22 to 15 for. the Spencer Pins. For the Dixon Pins Burns and Bovis (skip) defeated the holders, Clayton and Gunning (skip), after a very keenly fought game by 18 to 16.

A question asked often and over again in the motor world is. “What is the fastest speed per hour on record.” Answers often differ, but this is the correct one: Captain Campbell holds-the world’s record by _ obtaining u speed of 'nearly 153 miles per hour, 152.833 miles to be exact. This performance was done on Pen dine Sands, Carmarthenshire, on July 21st, 1925, The car used was a 350 h.p,. 12cylinder Sunbeam,

A meeting of the Buckley Drainage Board was held on Wednesday morning, presided over by Mr Waring Taylor, to discuss matters in connection with the petition lodged for the alteration of the boundaries of the Board’s district. Messrs Bowker, Law and Gill, representing the petitioners, were present and the question of dividing the district into wards was discussed, together with general matters affecting the new district. The whole question will now have to remain in abeyance until after the time allowed for lodging objections to the petition. Mr L. H. Atkins, a member nf the Wellington. Education Board, and Mr Powell, the Board's Inspector of works, accompanied by Messrs IV ETippler and Blackwood, members of the local school committee, modi' an inspection of the school and grounds on Wednesday, with a view io carrying out improvements recommended by the committee. After a thorough inspection had 'been inode a scheme of work to be undertaken was drawn up, which will be submitted to the committee at its next meeting, and if approved of. nrniication will then be made to the Board to have the work done.

Although the true!; was inclined to be slippery, some fine riding was witnessed af the Motor Sports held on the Foxton racecourse on Laoour Day. The first and second motor cycle races of the day were a chapter of accidents,, but none of the riders were seriously injured. In the big event, a 12-milo handicap, the crock Australasian rider, Coleman, wa< most unfortunate in not gaming firsl honours. Rounding a ' corner, he fell, losing 50 seconds, but re- \ mounting, finished a good second, j His fastest lime for one lap was 62 f seconds, equal to 60 miles per h-our. j which was a 'wonderful perform- | ancc i'ii a slippery grass track.

At a special meeting of the Shannon Borough Council held on Tuesday evening, a motion was passed and confirmed agreeing to the Coonc n a contribution ol £BSO towards the cost of the new Shannon-Foxton miuge.

The Shannon News has made arrangements with the postmaster (Mr jonesj to .receive the full results of the general election, which, immediately on receipt, will he displayed on a hoarding outside the Council Chambers. This arrangement will enable the public to- learn the results from all over the Dominion as early as those residing in the cities.

The local Inspector of Factories (Constable Bluikie) has received a circular from the Department of Labour regarding the observance of the half holiday on Polling Day, Wednesday, 4th November. In respect to factories it shall not £e. necessary for any factory to close during any working hours on the polling day, hut the occupier of the factory shall afford to each of his employees a reasonable opportunity of recording his vote, and no deduction shall he made from the wages of any such employee in respect of the time occupied, in so recording his vote, provided that such time does not exceed one working hour. Regarding shops the Legislature Act-provides that where the half-holiday is usually required to he observed in each week on another day than Wednesday, that half-holi-day shall in election week he observed on Wednesday in lieu- thereof.

Mr Howard Andrew will take the service on Sunday night at the Methodist Church, his subject being suitable for the 'Church’s attitude on the eve of a great moral battle.

In response to requests, Mrs P. Shipman will commence a course of dress-making classes from November, when cutting, fitting and making up will he taught. Intending pupils are requested to leave their names at Mrs G. E. Tyler’s Grey Street, .Shannon, between 2 and 4 p.m., on Wednesday, 4th inst. Terms £2 2s for 12 lessons, payable In advance.*

“If you turned them upside down, you would not shake a -’ingle penny out of their pockets,” remarked the Prime Minister during The course of his address at Feilding last mglit. He referred to 99 per cent, of the farmers of New Zealand.

It is now time to spray for leaf curl, aphis and brown rot with a limesulphur solution of one-in-a-hundred, or arsenate of lead composed of lib powder or Ribs of paste to every 50 gallons of water. Most pears can be sprayed for black spot and insect pests with the same mixture as fin peaches.

Many people were a little amused, though not uncharitably, as they observed the, crowd walking into the theatre at Hastings the other evening, where Mr *Peter Fraser had been an nounced to speak. By a curious coincidence, the entrance displayed a huge film 1 poster, on which was emblazoned the words, “Into the Net.” Mixed thoughts and comments were Jreely indulged in as people saw the audience enter.

The Government lias referred to Sir Ernest Rutherford for his advice \|ie question of the relation of science to industry in New Zealand, with special reference to the report of the special committee set up to consider the needs and necessities of manufacturers in this country with regard to scientific industrial research, it being recognised that the industrialists in New Zealand should have the opportunity of carrying on their work with all the assistance which' modern science can give.

The “New Zealand Free Lance Christmas Annual,” which has just reached us, right worthily sustains the high reputation of this popular serial. Bound up within a handsome pictorial cover, there are 80 pages of pictures, cartoon, stories and verse, typical of New Zealand and appropriate to the festive season. Every part of the Dominion gets a “lookin” from the photographer, and all phases of life, sport and industry are put under the spotlight. This is a splendid gift souvenir to send to friends far and near. Though the weather was not‘altogether what it might have been, the first annual motor sports held at Foxton on Monday last proved a huge success from every point of view. Unfortunately the course was rather slippery and accounted for several spills, though luckily without serious results. That, the attendance was practically a district record is evidenced from the fact that the gate takings amounted to £220 7s and it is estimated that the profit on the meeting will be somewhere in the vicinitv of £IOO.

A ratepayer in tile Waipa County 1 lias for years been paying rates in j respect of a piece of land of which it. now transpires he was never the owner or occupier, and has applied to the council for a refund. Mr T. F. Martin, counsel for the New Zealand Counties’ Association, has advised that the council cannot legally make a refund or the person in question recover the amount. The payments were not made under protest. The valuation roll and rates book were open to this person’s inspection, and in any case he ought to know his own land. The council, however, has lost its right to recover the rates from the real owner of the. land.