DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 696, 22 December 1909, Page 9

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

: TEOUBLE AT THE .ORPHANAGE!. ■ Illy Tclcßraph-Hpcdnl Onrrcspondont.l '".'■ Wanganui, December 21. Dr. Poniare has gone up the river to HirUhararaa in consequence of a report received of a typhoid epidemio, which may mean a postponement of a big Maori gathering which was to ; havo been held there at Christmas. '• Considerable comment has been aroused by the resignation of the matron of Wanganui Orphanage, who took the stop on account of what' she alleged .vis. tho illegal punishment of one of her-charges, by his schoolmaster. She complained to the Orphanage Committee; who ignored the complaint whereupon sho resigned end the committee then accepted her resignation "with regret." There is. a good deal of feeling at tho action: of tho. committee, and more will probably be heard of the matter. .-" ; , -..■■■.:. .■' ". . .;;•.■:■;/. .; ■ There is.every, prospect.of, the Wanganu! Amateur Athletic Club's meeting on Boxing Day being a great success, ■ tho -nominations being large, and Wellington, Hawke's Bay, and Taranaki being, all woll. represented.'.' Harding, of Napier, will attempt to lower tho New Zealand 1000 yards' record.. : - ■'.'...■"•■•■■ : :' . ■At a meeting of the' Agricultural Association last night the' president,. Mr. K. Russell, presented Sir. J.. T. Sinolair, show supervisor, with a smoker's companion, as a mark.of members' appreciation ■of--th«;-way in which, for many years, he put his shoulder to the wheel, ard did ; several men's work. ''■ :■ '• .'."■-.. Mr. E. A. Campbell will .represent the' Wanganui Freezing Company, and also. theWanga* nui,.Agricultural Association at the conferences 'whiiih are to .-be .shortly held in' Wellington to discuss the placing o9 the frozen meat trade on-a. better footing.' '■ ''■ ' ■''•'. The .engineer of : the firm of Messrs: Mervyn,' Stevenson, and Co., Christchurch, is.'.to report, upon. the munioipal gas-works. ' • The Borough ..Council: has .decided to mifte a uniform charge of 7s. per 1000 feet for gas to -all suburbs.- ■, > .' . : : : "The Mayor, Mr. C. E.< Mactoiy. was toSTav : presented by councillors and the borough staff with a\ silver. 1 cradle, to, mark the, occasion of .the birth of a. son during his term of office..'