NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 710, 8 January 1910, Page 5

NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

V;; A- CHIEFS ;iQBNEIipUS vAciv :/ |HISJrOErC EAKD ? i?OK, THE v;.(By':Teloßrai)ii.— Special (Oorreeienaent.) "V • i.;iX,';'■: : ■■■■ ':■'.-WafigSniil,' ■Jamaiy, 7'.:r j;; ;Begiiuuiig ; ab,a.:Ebiiit'. about : ten miles 'up-itue-river; .nearly! alV:"ffio l ,'land, is pri-ivate,•..•property':'to-'..the..water's- edge, and, •hitherto; .excursionists have fen*allowed inland only on sufferance. Owiug to : thodisturbance HpVstqck', | : , ahd--'{6r';ptEer,rctt-;' •sons;/'there"'lias;BeeiS','of. lato .'a'growing■'; 'disinclinatjoh;::aniojigi property , 'owners Uo allow"piciuc parties to 'land, and, ; as: fiver excursions (arj' 'a; veiy'^popular- form';of outing; on'■ holidays, .'the :'publici lvill likely ■•'no', very-distant .date-with 'notices;, thai 'trespassers' will bo' prosocut-: ed. ,V The', pilblie spirit' of a Native chief, AViremu * Hipango;: liowevor,, will' onablo . one portion, of the riven':frontage to -be■always.available fpr,\excursiqn purposes.' Hipango'lias' placed .'a fairly.large area ofy.'laud ■;', 'near : Baorikia (about .--'Sf teeii ■ miles from the' at Hie disposal .'of'''the;lp.ublio;'fol?. lioliday-iualdiig;^imposing' ■no'-' conditions■ •"• beyond' ''^requesting, that: ;people; should .'be'careful' with their :iiies,-,-nnd ;.;refrain "from '.destroying ;the .native ;bush, ,b{'.-which/i'there.'.is.-.a .considerable. place,.is.' an ■ historic: one, :■ being the' 'site'■'of an'old lighting pah]-and near;' the 'faid diis ' "KpmpV Pole,? .'■ erected ■ by; the; late , 'chief,.' ;.■'' llajorVKemp;, some .thirty-five .years ; :ilgo,., : to. mark.'the limit; ■beyond .wbich;-n6.\iivHteiman : 'could. veli-! ;.ture.'i:"|-'v .■•!:'', \;?, ''■#-■'.•"''•,'''-:'':\-i:"' r .'';-' .' : '; : •• Plans ■ for; a draiiiago■' Boheme for St.. .:J6Un's"HiU'i'-.-.which ■■ is . Wanganui's' latest suburb, : are inbw procticallyr. completedj ; and..'; wilL; bo :■• consideredi. at;-' the neit. meeting, of the, Boroiigh, .Council-. ? ..■■'-. • . : ,The; Wanganui ■ County! Council-, to-day decided, to payith'e ..iisual annual subsidy i to; the .public..Hbrary!'- They practico'/hiiis by. cbunty>'c6uncils ;in : tliis district.foiv ! several-years;post:bn account of. the'; great convenience of; the library. ;tp .couiitry- folk wlien in -The;inuseuiii; also ;bonefit3;sitnjlarly.ji :f;'/<i^.VvUi'.?;";'

' ■ ,Tho. Aotea'. Slabfi. Land Board>met;-to-, day,;but, beyond; tho,-usudl,';br6pv.of. trans- , ' f era 'and consents; ■ to; leases, , ■; tlie only; business'of jniportaiice'Tvaai the'authorisa-'" tion of .tlie: survey of: Block 33b, Eaetihi,, for! siibdiyisiqn,;. : Portion.,'of;fcliis land; is ; to';,be 'retained,rby-'tho council 'for. future-' disposal; ':.)'-, 'A*:';: 7i;v,' ':''■■■■'. "■, I ■.' - ■;•.-■ ■