DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 583, 11 August 1909, Page 4

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI

,V-'> V THE NEW CHANNEIj.:";.;,: ; < !'. "(By.Tcleeraph.-SDCOial'OoirSsDondetit.)'; '.' J ~>..;/. '.'-■;.'.■•'■■■' r ' fWanganui,'August-10. ] After ';tli6 v ' necessary. preliminaries '■":in : /thp j way -or'organisation;•■•'an'd the consideration - ( of ways''and means;' : tho:/rdwn, Board of,'.the. j recently-constituted Castleoliff; town district ( iß''gcttitig v 'tb^'w6rk'iri' , puttirig'>t.he^roads'-o'f..-, the 1 - seaside AsVtnevSiind !, needs : - little: encouragement to drift>' :it >has | beon decided to' take steps.:to have-'tno i.disi, ,j a "sand.. dr'ift area.' 1 ■ The"'", bparil has struck a rate of a penny m the ( pound ori;capital:value. '•,■;..•. ■"...-....,' ''/ : ' : \'\. I. ; ■■ The c01%9 .trustees''have granted a lease , of moro'land''for'tho;,projected contral/infaut '■ •school in town', making tho total area: throe. acres.'.'.! :'•''-'■' •.•■-: : .-::-l\-- ;■;-'.■'- V* v.■■_•-.■' . School Committee: and.-a .:Humbfl'i ; : Braik:.last.ieveni'n's- iii, : tlipTech liicajV School: •tdV'diseUss the question.of instituting.cours.es • 'in-rural economy and domestic hygiene-'atthe . -'Distrlct-HiVl!' School.'-, Mr.- Br'aik - submitted - a'^chojne,'including both'ordinary andjechnical subjects, 'providing' for: .twenty-four • hours' instruction: per! week. -' 'This was. fully' .'discussed,.. and, finally.'.anprovedi;, '.There .was srimo difference- of opinion, however, .as 'to, ■whether'''thbvclasßes ; should bei. held at. the High School-or'"tho -Technical;. School, .and* it'.iwas: respited,:to hold another meeting-to. ..discuss and'seitle' the' point! ■"' .;-..- ■<\ti.--':'' ' • •r The'-election for tho .vacancy.in the' ; ' North-/ -era' -Ward of tho AYanganui. '• Education Board's .District, resulted in. the return of Mr./B. Dixon (Hawera), who polled 188.' Mr. P..-o'Dea/(Hawera),'polled 157.'.,. . ;;'- ' ;Licut; T Colonerßauchope opened a class of 'instruction' 1 -for.officers and non-commissioned officersV-last knight,:- musketry work being • tnfcoh.'v"-. V'!;' ':■'-.' ■'■'.'■ ' '-, v The "mysterious light"; epidemic, though not'existing :in-a 'severe form in -'Wanganni/ still-shows:occasional sign's of--its presence, aiid'anL'.'illuminated mystery" was reported tb : be.-roamnig about tho sky on Sunday ..night fromV'.a'pojht a .few'miles from town. '■;.- The evening-paper' suggests that' tho Qovernment shbuld"'''!bradicate-the-. pest;" .''■' '; ; . ■■", RegafdiiigVthe nr'opqsed; road, along part of ,-th<! western-bank of thp'river to conncct-w.ith ' . tho-inland blocks'- oponed within the', last year,ortwo,.the Minister for Public Works has informed Mr.'Hogan.'M.P.', that,asfthe' cost* of construction would bo about £2250, "and comtiensation for land, taken and ~cost of fp'ncing, probably another £1200,- ;ho .does'■■' not think it-possible.'to' work .this/year'..; Further information, .howover, is -being ...gathered as' to, tho. exact amount' '■- of compensation ■': required •by the owners ..of land,7 : after.. which the question whether.'.to take it or riot, will ,be settled. ,' - .'.'The-rapid' development of the new channel .over the'-.'bar is being accompanied by tlie-al- , most'equally'', rapid closing up "of the old.; Soundings in the'new-passage give equal to 13ft. 3ih. at/ high' water spring tides,' and there "is every reason. tp„believo...that ■ this depth will be further' improved upon before long. Besides giving better water, .-the. new passage''has': tho advantage' of . giving a straight: .run..- out past- the. breakwater, .two factors ■- which make the entrance' of vessels ; much easier, and give shippers, a''great, deal . less cause of anxiety than has been felt.forseveral months past.. The effect, of .the.works iiisidc the 'entrance is also beginning ;to- be seen, and.the channel in the lower harbour ' far less tricky aqd tortuous.- > '■■ '■'.