Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1925.

Shannon News, 17 November 1925, Page 2

Shannon News TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1925.

The Shannon •Ce-dperative Dairy Co.’s pay out lor butterfat supplied during the month of. October will be Is 8d iper lb.

new piano for the school, which has been purchased from funds raised by the public, has arrived and been installed at the school.

Last evening Shannon was well catered for as regards amusements, there being as well as the pictures, a circus and merry-go-round in the township, each of which received a fair share of public patronage.

Mr Bruce Gor wen, of the railway station staff, is. away on his annual leave, which is being spent in Auckland and Rotorua. Mr Brown, who comes from the South Island, is relieving. _

Mr A.' McKay, who for some years was on the clerical stall at the local railway station and who was some few months ago transferred to Te Awamutu, was a visitor to Shannon yesterday.

A well-known identity of 30 years' standing in Shannon,'in the person of Mr Hughie Ohlstrom, was removed to tlie Palmerston North Hospital on Saturday, as the result of a stroke. Advice received by the Mayor yesterday was that iiis condition >.was much the same.

The film “Glorious New Zealand,” which will be screened at the Maoriland Theatre on Friday afternoon and evening, is one qI the most beautiful scenic films, ever produced. It will be of special interest to local and Mangaliao residents as splendid views of Mangahao and dose -up photos of the men at work are included* in the film.

Tickets are selling well for the coming concert of the Shannon Choral Society and patrons are advised to secure same soi as to be sure of a seat. The lull programme will appear in the next issue of the Shannon News. Arrangements are being made for an extension of stage. Several items' are being asked for by request, including “Vale,” Iby -Mrs S. Barber; “Tlie Rosary,” by Mr A. Mottershead; and also part songs by the Choral Society' have been requested.

The question of improving the level railway crossings in conjunction with the Main Highways Scheme was mentioned at the Hu.owhenua County Council meeting on Saturday, Cr. Bryant asked tile engineer whether dm double crossing at. Manakau could not be obviated, it was. a pity, lie said, that the North Manakau Road and the main road could hot be brought over the one crossing. The engliieer informed Cr. Bryant that the Government was considering the question of erecting -overhead, bridges where main roads, crossed the railway line. The C-oynty had been instructed to do no work tor five chains on either side of one crossing until the Department had decided what steps it will take.

At .'Saturday's meeting of Hie Horowhenua County Council, Cr. Harkness suggested .that the Works t Committee take into consideration keeping the irieri on during the holidays in view of the fact tliiit so much time had been lost over the crush or not coming to hand. Even if the Co-unciJ -had to pay a little better rate it would be •worth while. The Engineer said the staff only got three days tit Christmas and one at New Year. Cr. Ryder said the suggestion was a good one. The chairman: “You would not ask them to work' cm Christmas Day, would y-our:' Cr. Ryder said that- left two days on which the work could go on. Cr. c.atloy said men wanted some time for recreation. - The chairman: “It is not worth the Council's while.” Cr. Harkness agreed rind said he was under the impression when he made the suggestion that the County staff closed down for a fortnight.

Barking dogs which become a nuisance can now be “cured” by having iheir barks removed, as a result of experiments carried put by the American Veterinary Medical Association. f An aspirant for file position of ranger to the New Lynn Town Board stated among his qualifications: “1 have a good knowledge of animals, us l have been amongst them practically all my life, having been a resident of New Lynn for some years.” (Laughter). However, the board did not approve of his “animal’ qualifications, for he was not appointed.

A Masterton resident, on going to record his vote in a southern town, found the polling 1 clerk doubtful as to the existence of the town of Mastodon, for it was “not on his list.’ He eventually decided that there might be such a place “somewhere in <l}he Manawatu,” a'nd therefore, under pressure, allowed the vote to be recorded.

Nearly three thousand more niotoi vehicles were registered in the Dominion last month- than in the pievious month, there being a steady increase in cars, trucks ami cycles. The total registrations for the Dominion as at the close of oac-h month, since the end of June last have been: junk, 106,449;. July, 110,161; August, 112,933; September, 115,843; October, 118,535.

The Restoration law provides that a licensing committee must be elected in Ohineimnfi, with power to grant not more than one license for every 500 voters, nor less than one license for every. 1000 voters. -This means *tiiat from seven to fifteen hotels may be granted in Ohinemun, which includes the towns of Waihl arid Paerda. Preference must he given’lq those owners of premises which were licensed when no license was carried in 1908.

Additional rules ‘and regulations under the Daw Practitioners. Act, gazetted thig week, eliminate the matriculation examination as a preliminary for the solicitors geneial knowledge examination, and provide instead that students desiring to take the latter examination must first secure at least a 50 per cent, pass m the -entrance .scholarships examination in the University of New Zealand, in .Latin, English, history, and any two other subjects selected by die" candidates.

- A narrow escape Jrom a serious accident was experienced on a recent evening by, a party Qf police who visited Murhvai and who, incidentally, discovered a quantity of liquor in'tiie possession of some Maoris at a pa (states the Poverty Ray Herald). They w r ere returning home -in the car at a fairly rapid pace when the steering gear became disconnected, causing the ear to leave the load. Tlie drive)' applied tlie brakes, and the car was stopped only a few' feet from a telegraph pole. The occupants 'were somewhat shaken, and the car had to he left on the roadside until repaired.

In congratulating tiro chairman of the Waipa County Council, Mr D. Stewart Reid, upon his election to i parliament Mr "I. S. Fisher remark ' cd that the Waipa County Council ,vas probably unique among, local bodies in the Dominion, for* no fewer than three of its chairmen had been elected to Parliament and a ’fourth had been called to .the Legislative Council. He referred to Mr Edward Lake, who, many years ago, represented Waikato. Then Sir Freddie Long became member for Waikato, and now, Mr Reid ffiid succeeded in winning Waikato back the Reform banner after three years representation by.a Liberal, The Hon. John Fifiber presided over the destinies Of the Waipa County for many years. 1

There being no standard rule., foi deciding at cross and side-roads which vehicle should proceed and which should give way to other tialfle was referred to by Dr. Pinfold at a ’meeting of the Hamilton • Automobile! Association. The speaker said that the underlying principle of the off-side rule was that every user of the street was made responsible primarily for avoiding collisions with any vehicle or person on his right hand. Applying the principle to cross roads, ;i driver should wait fop and pass behind any vehicle* approaching, from his right, and where a driver cuts in from his near side the onus would be upon him, presumably, the near side driver to explain his reasons for so doing should an accident occur.- The rule briefly was, oilier things being equal, to give way to traffic from the right.

Speaking at a congratulatory meeting at liunterville, Mr Gordon Elliott, Reform member for Oroua, said that, having been returned as the representative for. Oroua, be was going to ’sink all party so far as the electorate was concerned. He recognised that lie had to represent In Parliament not only the Reformers but the Nationalist; and Labour supporters a s well. (Applause). He would always put country before party. The speaker then paid a tribute to the Labour candidate, Mr J. W. Taylor, who had fought a. very clean fight. When'.'he (Mr Elliott) had been called away on urgent private business during the last days of his campaign Mr Taylor had called at file speaker’s office in Feilding, utul had offered |o pull out of the fight and address no more meetings. It was a very sportsmanlike and generous offer, and one that he appreciated very much; (Applause).

light Limited,’’ three expresses Will be running daily between Auckland and Wellington from next Sunday. Their running times compare as fol? iuw: — flight .Limited, 14 nrs 2i) mins.; Daylight Limited, 15 hrs 8 mins.; Ordinary Express, 16 hrs 53 mins. Payments as follows are being made by tlie several co-operative dairy coinpanies meiiti'Oued lor butterfut received during October: Shannon Is Bd, Levin IS 7d, Awahuri Is , 6d, Ravenswood Is 6d, Tiakituliuna Is 6d „ i With tlie desire for adventure deep within him Bernard Augustine McCartin, a 13-year-old boy of Malvern, Melbourne, journeyed by the express to Sydney, a distance of 576 miles. The spirit of advemure is appreciated when it is mentioned that McCartin did not travel in the -orthodox method, but by riding .on the bars beneath the carriages.

Although work at the Arapuni' liy-., dro-electric site is proceeding apace,' tlie contractors are not without their labour troubles. The men .engaged on the removal -of spoil from the site of the power house are just now agitating for increased pay, on the score that the work engaged in ip exceedingly dangerous. These workmen are engaged on pick andv crowbar work on the lace of precipitous cliffs of great height, the danger of their occupation necessitating/their being fastened with ropes anchored at the top of the cliffs. The workers so occupied claim that their work is quite as dangerous as that of tlie t-unnelers, who r ceiPe 2s ..6d per hour, against 2s Id by the former. The ' dissatisfied men threaten to strike unless their claims are acceded to. .

GoocTprogi’ess is being made by the Pupblic Works Department with the construction ok tlie section of the East Coa-st Main Trunk railway from Tauranga to the Wairoa River, says the “New' Zealand Herald.” The plate-laying is now well advanced toward the river'on die Tauranga side, and is being rapidly pushed ahead. Just beyond the Wairoa River, Sir W. G, Armstrong Whitworth, and Company’s contract commences. The railway crosses tlie .Wairoa River practiokllv ,at Its mouth, and a -bridge 84t)ft long is necessary. ’ The jridge consists of 13 spans of _ 60ft, and two spang of 30ft. In the sixteen piers there are a!together 185. piles, eaefi of which consists of 40ft of concrete, spliced on to 25ft of softwood. The girders are of the ordinary standard 60ft, steel-plated type, each weighing 23 tons.