JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 773, 23 March 1910, Page 4

JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

THE GROWTH OF TENNIS. ' RAILWAY CHANGES BAILED. (By TeleEraßli.-Bpeoial CprreuDondent.) '■'';';."'.;" : :. Winganui, : March' 22. : The tennis tournament?. whioh is to bo held.here on Friday and Saturday next'has attracted no fewer than'3oo entries, including a number from Auckland, Tarauaki.Haivke's Bay, Wairarapa, Manawatu, and Wellington. Eight courts have been prepared on' Cook's Gardens, aiid they should bo in good order.', All the arrangements are well in. hand, and the 'tournament' promises to be a success from every point, of view. ■.■.■. W ':..>..' . , :.,.-~-..''■.'■" A very cold snap is being'experienced hero, tho weather being : very wintry, and in'marked contrast-to the lovely conditions which prevailed last week for tho' band'contest. A very painful accident happened this afternoon to.Mr.. Sclby Morton, secretary of tho Wanganui. Agricultural Association arid thfi Warrengate Jockey Club, who slipped on the; marblei : floor while turning round ■ in ' : 'the Rutland Hotel, and fell on the edgo of a step, with the result that the bone of his nose was rather badly fractured; and a severe cut inflicted. The Commissioner of Crown ' Lands is to visit the Awartia Block shortly, with a view ■'to ascertaining what portion is unfit for reserving for- timber so that it can be opened up for settlement. It is also proposed that. the Commissioner shall inspect a block of about 700 acres, on tho- iVlangawharariki Stream, about four .miles from Mangaweka, and another' reserve.;on , the Mangaweka-To Kapua Road, with ,a view to opening up these lands for settlement. • Tho annual-general: meeting of the Alexandra Mounted Rifles was- well attended, and nine, recruits wero elected. In his report Captain Morrison referred to the change in the military system. and to tho likelihood 'of -its bringing plenty of recruits to tho squadron. The Gisborne Band left for homo this morning. The . members, who made themselves very popular during their stay hero, were' given a very cordial send-oft. .. •.■■-.• ; Much satisfaction is felt hero at the news that tho railway time-table', which has been in fproo. during: the last three mouths, is going to be abolished, and that wo are going to'.revert to something very similar to tho old timetable. It'is sincerely to be.hoped that, when the new time-table comes into operation, an effort will bo made to adhere to it better than has been itho case lately, as: a great deal of inconvenience has been caused to travellers, business people, and others by tho vexatious delays."experienced in the arrival of some of the trains. This ..'maladministration of the service has boon very marked ever since the Manawatu lino was .taken over, and it is high time that somo improvement was made.