DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 624, 29 September 1909, Page 9

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

CONJURER V, MEDIUM. (I3j Tclcffraph.—Special Oorrcaoondent I Wanganui, September,2B.. Mr. Driver fired a* second shot against Mr. Bailey, the • medium, to-day, wlien ho. issued a challenge, in . terms of his original one.in Wellington, wagering <£100 that lie can perforin any, of Mr. Bailey's-, which he has witnessed threo times. Ho also challenges Mr. iiaiiey to allow him (Mr. Driver) to ; test him .at his. seance'to-night, under the same conditions as ho (Mr. Driver) was tested at the Wellington Town Hall. Mr. Driver concludes: "Bailey ran away from mo iu Wellington, I havo come to Wanganui especially to meet him, and l am now to bo found at Ohavannes Hotel, and X now ask him to meet ino and mako good." Mr. Bailcyla only reply to Mr. t Driver's statements made to , the '"Chronicle" oil Sunday, night is to characterise the majority of his statements as false; to. claim that, Driver backed down from the, posiV. tioli taken up in Wellington j and to refuse to take any further notice of. him. "I do. not go :to , conjurers to judge my work. I go to -scientists/-' is Mr,, Bailey's lofty attitude! It would, seem, therefore, as if there isvlittle chance.of His taking up the latest challenge., ' Mr. D. Bell; Town Clerk of Wanganui-East. ha!s . resigned, owing to ill-health. ' v The Wanganui East Borough. Council- .is steadily, pursuing ;its .policy of progress^.The latest proposal, tor : the borough is. to complete the water supply aiid sewerage system, to replaces present.Haphazard services,- and'a special .committee has been appointed to go into»the matter. • The. suburb will' bo lighted throughout with'gas before long* the 'supply being .obtained fjrom the • municipal gasworks •in tho parent, borough, whose workmen are now engaged ; laying gas mains throughout both Wanganui East and Gonyille.- • . • Negotiations in: the matter of the nixr traffic bridge over, tho. Wanganui .River are hung up for.-.the time being, pending the obtaining of certain information as to two rival sites which isjrequired by the Public .Works Department. ... xho failure of the Wanganui Borough-Coun-cil and the timiUe Castlecliff Tramway Board, to'come to an .understanding in the mUttef ef; the supply of power to the latter's systom ;may lead to tho latter, body adopting Purrey' cats instead of electric. The - board wants power at 6d. a.car-mile, but ; the council conRiders the.,prico. too; low. The board. is^- ( prepared, to ditide all! the earnings above thiJ amount tvith the ' council, but tho most the chairman of tho.cibuncil's Tramways Coniimttee is'prepared .to concerto is to sell the power nt cost,, plus•:ten. per'.'cent. - Being, anxious to 'avoid,.two; 'systems running '.in'..the:district,: the council .will hold another special meeting on Monday next tosse r if finality can be arrived vat. . , The matter of the cutting, up the streets by ; . hc^rloads: carried ,on,. narrow tyres. citsaeedthe attention, pi', the,-council this evening? arid tho VVorJta -Cpmtiiittea was authorised to Wako -inquiries, : 'and repprt. ,' "S-i ' .Ihe .council ,'hk resolved .to undertake'the collection of all'Tiibbish in tho borough in future, instead ;of:: lotting .. the work .by,'contract, and with. tho information ' thus gained■as to the amount "of fuel available will-litter' On consider whether ot'is justified in erecting new^- system. 'of: collc.istiojy ml -S Pf the financial yiar, loan shortly falling duo is .to .bfe rpneTred- b.T the JJorough Council,; The currency.is -onlyJveyears, to fit in with other loans Tuaturing .then, with %o object bf cot aoMating', the. whole of the renewals. ■ - : ; " .The;, work at repairing ; and 'strengthening •Wit *s?'' w inK: ""^ed ahead by tho-., Roads Departirifcut'? staff,niid it-»..npeotM-.it will,be' completed' ip about" a couple, ,of mouths. -. " - -