DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 4

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

' : /PLAIN WORDS ;<ON JURY; SERVICE. ■ :;. .-'■ '(By Telegraph-Special Correspondent.) -'■•'.' ''•,'•.'■■:; • '"' -v Wangnhul'.'Sep'te'mbe'r' 21. ! ■' Mr,; Charles Bailey, of Spiritualist, fame, is about to start oh a campaign in Wanganui, i.audjhplds his]first s.eaiicepji Friday evening. : i O Mr. justice-, -;l!dwnrds. spoke ;■ very plainly at thoi,openinV,(if tho Supremo Cdu'rt this morning Von tlTe question of,, exemption froth jury .serviced./. .The •manager of a largo: wholesale business applied to b6 excused as his .principal .was:-dway, but'the Judge told, him that ho.jhad a largo staff, undor. him who .could Carry on'{ 'without - him for '■'■. a'■;" (lay or twbi/.-.&mption also/was refused to:one of': the' railway' foremen, .his Honour stating that, if the Government desired its employees to be exempted, it should frame a law to that effeot.-' ■•■■■■ t A slight' shock of 'earthquake ocourred here at'l.3o.this morning. .;•. -. ;; :The,:heavy warm rains of the last few days have' had', the' effect of molting - , the; snowsron. tho high<<!6untrV inland; and;tho river, foso in. the niijht rather suddenly. ;.To-day 'a .largo volumo of water was. coming down,. and,'.where (the-banks: tag.Jpw, ..-the', land adjacent.has been submerged,' though not., to any 'great ..depth. ■ No .V serious l-d am age "'is'yet reported, aUd.-it looks' as, if- the principal effect'of; the .flood will"' be"'tho'.bniltling up of -the .lower. tevels. by adeposit of. silt. This has been the ciis'o'.i vritli many successive floods in tho Wanganui- Riveri ahd.jwhere.damago has been done, it has'been •compensated for, :to 'some extent,' by/the raising of.lowJying places above the water-level.. ; :;-;dEI?UTATIONS . TO EONy G...FOWffIS. './■ .■''.,'* r illjr -'l'cleErapiii—ilpCClal CerrMOci'ndout.l '-.'. '..'-;'•'}'.: */:' '-~.-.;' '■'• ■■' .September. 22. '■•',. ''large' numbers of visitors.havo.arrived hero from>north.:and; south], for tho. ..Wanganui Jockey Club's spring .meeting-to-morrow..'■ ... .'The news'of.tuo rise in'the price of wool was received .with much 'satisfaction in■' this ldis.'■tricti'where .ajlarge number'of exporters; will. -benefit: j :'"[>'X '■"■•■';'.■' '•-..''. -''''':,'■': '..Judge .Edwards this: morning - took exception to: counsel, wasting the time of. tho Court, and told /them .in: plain' terms thai; /whilo 'he ' did, hot object'; to'-the or'der;iri which they might arrango. for.;cases to;bo. taken, he wished-it-clearly understood that thero must'be no delay) and .no. lapse' of timo between one casp ahd : another, "''"u'''./,' '■'■'■■ .: ,-'.■■•' :;.'■•;-

.'■ But 'little. 1 dattwigo.is iroportcd in:..'conse r . queilce.of.t.he riso.in thV river, though, it was , within'thrto feet''of:tho'highest recorded floodIt, (however,: interfered .with-,tM -work of repairing'thoToini'Bridge.: As showin'g.'tho. 'strength'idf-'tha.current; it. maybe mentioned that' ycstcrday'jthe. steamer Putiki was.:.'.twj> h6'\lrt.,in'"covering:,the four,.,miles'-from ;'tho Heads to■ (ho, town; ,- ' '■;'.■' "'':" : ,'■;■.■ ■•':. '.' It is .stated that thß.Hon.. James- Carroll in■tehds • visiting the:,up-river Native settlements shortly; ■ and will: receive". Native deputations on Bovbrfll •matters' affecting'ltabri interests.,:, -\ ': '■The'Koa/ Q. Fo'wlds.spcnt this morning visiting various .parts of tho town and' suburbs;. aild'liiKtho'altefhbofl he received: deputations. Ho speaks ;atrWangnnui East, to-night iri':cbn-l Section 'with-Alr. Smith's .candidature^for the RangliffioLsoat. ;To a deputation which asked for ■tjcohsideratto' enlargement of 'the WanganuirEist- School 1 on account of ,tho- : rapidly- ? rowing .ipopulation of. that suburb,, ho; said hit':ho did:not feci'like'giving a promise'on ,thi. eve iof, nn.rclectibri,; though, ho recognised .that 1 it waA, nhdesir«blb,,tb,l»yo .to ( pay rent •foi.a'ibuilding'in ivWch'to held somb of/the 'classes;:' An > : Ar»mbhb','deputation'-.'■ asked'.- the Minister's assistance.in-.{Drtherlair:..tie movement'for its, constitution :«s a new.. add'he promised to'lay'their representations before' the Afinister ; of Internal Affairs; . Tho ■Wahg&hui Education Board asked: Mr';. Fowlds ■ffhb would .assist in passing legislation to.em- 1 , power tho'board to.lca'so-tho site Te.ch:nical and Infant Schools, .and use- thb revenue as:ieourity,'for<a.loan ,to.;erect new; buildings. ; Thoy : had secured; a long, leasb-from.-tho College -Trustees,:.and proposed to erect.now build- ; ings,. which,were'badly-needed ; for. the Technical School; Infant; School, and board offices'. A. ■ good rbvcnu'o from tho ' lcase.of the present site .waVassuvbd, ,'as; it.-.was" in a bnsy.-.paft of-the :town," and:'only-i'half ,tho climated;'; -revenue. would still be sufficient toprovido interest nlid sinking-fund "on tho loan Tho'Mih-: lister"said;:that.''i'-'iundomehtal:objection.-was •thfttjitho/sfti.' primary' school: one, andtlieiaw said that.'Whon subh was sold tho prqceecls'shdnrd"'boused in buying/other sites, Ho ; denoted l ; if yho.:could• sanction i 'the'- ;proposed 'legislati6p:,;inariwas.he certain if,- Parliament •itouM-. ph&< Jit.j •Av national prino!plo : '-was:■-•' involved,: and. that would toko -consideration.,Ho would .the scheme,. "but' : 'if' ; tue-boaTd-:iWonld.;piit its proposals in writing.he-would'Consider;thorn; and.see if it :werb..^possiblo.;to"giyo. ; effect. to .;tho .board's 'wishes.;"-. !;'■■■-{■: '•v&V';' 7 ;':- 7 '•'.' -. ''..'■■':'. .'-.-,''- : - •