WANGANUI ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 733, 4 February 1910, Page 2

WANGANUI ITEMS.

> (By. Telegraph.—Special CorresiionaentV. . ■ . ■ Wanganui, February 3. . ; The' 'rainfall here. for.'' January; was.. .-' 4.11iri., compared 'with -3.65 in.. for ; ;JamK- : ary, ; 1909. ■ ; Eain fell oil eleven days. The - greatest fall- in- :a;,6ingle;.-day wa? ' ; 1.2 Gin. on' January 20. 'A.:; '0::;0 Advice received. hero states that there is a likelihood of Ihe ; . 1 table being, reverted to. "v:-- 7 : : ' The. Star- of- Canada,- which"; sailed night, for' Wellington, takes' the, following ■ ' cargo:—From"'Wangaivui:'-'9871 V,cari:asses ' ' lahib, 4275 carcasses mutton,'.'s67, quarter*, •; beef, 413 crates-mutton;: 7 ': Backs, kidneys,. .202 /.casks: tallow" and: pelts, '1057 ,: tales v wool. ■: Mr.. G. E.. Marriner',;'curator - :o'f the* Wanganui.'Museuni,'' who,'reoently 'uhderv-j went ,iani ; operation for:'-'appendicitis;-is' - ; naking ; satisfact6ry:prpgressKM ■ !•> .W-y----f- programme for-'.tho band • contest/ commencing, ouMonday, March 14, bag', been adopted by the committee ..as' , lows:-Various, solos' on Monday, ;.Tuesr ;* day,'and Wednesday; Tuesday, afternoon. < garden-_party ; Wednesday.' eveningAfirst:-.. test;',. Thursday,; afternoon, ; quickstep ■ ;' : evening, quartettes; Friday morning 'and afternoon, solos; evening, anal test. The suggested alterations ■. in. the' l marching. l " 1 rules have'been adopted by the association. ~ A good start 1 has-been/made -ljy l the V contractor, Mr.VN." Sleuli, with tha erection ~ of ' - the . new Boys' College. The .'foundations- .ofthe. dining-hall arid" domestic, wing "are.-'all down, and' th« walls are rising. l :-: The- foundations'- -if the * ' ■ school-.; blook.are 'nearly and: all:?: the lines are marked; for the residential ' blocks:'-.: A. largo number- of men are employed, and - the' scene . on' tho site js s a: A:; millioii: and',a"-! half bricks will-Be 'used in building thi ' : college;:'-; -'' j... aYy ;TheGonrille/,Town;''BSard'' stills p'rir^' 1 ' snes -_its.- _vigorous.' : jvorl;s ipolicy .in lan effort' to .give the .suhiirb,.the' benefit' of i - Mo : best.services • possible;..and -last -Aight it, adopted'.loan; proposals,■; involving tho raising of: '.£IO,OOO, which will'' shortly': ba. . submitted, to' a. G, Bignell, :the, board's chairman,-_in ' plaining , the proposals to"-.members, Baid . when tho Town -Board-was: forjhed thre»i ; years, ago-the.;pobnlation / ;WBS' 500, -riowiit". was ."over -The. ratepayers then num- -': ■ pered:-363,. now - they numbered;sßß;*'and:: :the: revenue : had: 41189,: while .for- the'/coming: yeaivit Ava< - estimated at..4l27s..iyThe'revenue, tif;Gon*V I ; , wafl.:larger';i ; than ;'any;;>'ther 'i.toTO-/:. : district:in.^the..Dominion, : ,.jWith v ,th6 T -«x-..v cep tion'; ofthree; • and:■ exceeded.- thai - oIH - insufficient to meet.-.the ;deman'ds,- and; therefore, .a loan--, was-.proposed,: the altoi cation;.-jf^whichr: would' he"---'ay foHaws;~;.v ; : Driinage" extension', ;450b0 ;T r water""'eiten- . : sion,'- SI2OO , of iland.'ioiit/roads-': publw". . swimming b'ath," ..£600; public.: hall, "4700 ;'i ! : ; «»aag^wVr:jei^;.g.rThe;.;'^n'^p > ;. would' be'ipread:overvthree:.years.- : -,- r TKatr : -' i for next \Tcar . was . estimated -at i:isooo.': Mr.; Bignell said; that at' the rate. tha board's revenue was increasing it would • bs' ample \ to.; vand!' sinking - , ; fund - clinrges, ' and lcaye a - : several hundred ■ poii'Ma v to.. iDeet ~ihain'; : tehancC, requirementsand .'small, worka . The'";bo"ard. mously. , ,