JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 4

JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

V BAND 'LEAVING FQRtBALLARAT.

(By Toloffraph — Spocial Correspondent I Wangariui, October 4.

: .-., ;In ■ connection ; with •'the.-'.-'questionv-.'ofi whether the new traific bridge to Wanganui East should be/of weod'or'steel, :a-paragraph, in'..the monthly report of Abe foreman' of thej'jWaitptara... County Council,' presented yesterday/ created some' interest^here.'Referring to, the Waitotara, bridge, ,'.the. /foreman; : says; that .in spite of , numerousrcbais /of paint rust has got';'a"'nrm ; 'hold of the steel work, while, on the other hand, the, irnqb'ark portion; of; the structured is'as sound as tho day on .which "it was. put- in; ■':':''::■;':■: : " /;// •.'■ '*■/,;/./A// I ■!:■'■■

.. The : Wa'nghnui Nursing. League's two : district ntirsesMaade 476/ visits, to.' the .sick-/poor during 'September.' ;„■ .•■;

" 'Word has .'.been'"received ■~' that:'; : Mr; : : Gilbert Carson'has. been; elected unopposed' as this' district's, representative on the Board of Advice'.of. the 'Welling-! toil Training College.: '■■■■. .;.'•','..

The'draft plan 'for.the /new Technical School'iii''lngestre Street'has been prepared -by Mr. T. ;H'./, Battle,'/architect,'-, who hd's: designed - ay" very handsome building in'the /Renaissance''style, providing ample facilities for the school's many',activities;; ■-.' ''"/.' ;: . '/'.'■;,"".,' ''.":•;-

■- The:,/' Garrison ;; ./Band - bazaar / was: brought to a successful olose last' even-: mg, ! after/a ten days' j-uiij during which' .over: £800 was;" realised. ;'The public has responded Very. liberally ;to .'; the band's appeal;for funds':to'enable/it to. proceed ,'to the Ballarat'.'' contest,' arid 'during the -past. few■'■ .weeks' /has..:: contributed close- on £1000 in bazaar;tak''concert takings, and .voluntary Contributions.- The cost 1 of-the, trip will be. 'oyer: £800.' -The band leaves; -tomorrows/giving- a concert / at. "Palmerston: en' route, and; sails .from 'Welling-, ton' for Sydney'oh' Friday..

. December 27/ and 28. have: been : fixed as : the dates for:the' tenth annual meet-: ing of the Warig'anui Rifle Association, ivheh the prize' list /will show an '■•'■' in-, creas'eoyer that/of /previous years. ■;..- A new. match—the / ila/sterton Match— has been added, with 34 prizes, total-, ling £25, and there will be .several onerange' matches'. The /entry' fee will be reduced to 45...f0r/each raatchV '-Programmes "will be' out this': week,;..-and can be' obtained on application to the hon. ; secretary,; Staff: Sergeant-Major.H.' Peacock. . .;■',

An'.instance ,of the absurdity . of- Departmental methods is found in a situation which has arisen ' concerning the: new. ferry punt at Ahuahu ? on the Wanganui River. Those qualified to judge say that a half-inch rope has been quito strong enough to travel the : ferry from side, to side of the river, but the Pub- ; lie W ol 'ks Department: insisted on a seven-eighths-inch .hawser.. This , has been', provided, but proves ,to be so heavy that the comibined efforts of. all .tho settlers who could be mustered have been insufficient to ' stretch it taut across the river.. "The consequence is that, "though the purib has been /at Ahuahu for nearly two weeks, the settlers have been unable.to use it, and, to use the words of one-of them, can only "admire" it. The/ferry is very badly needed, besides ; which tho extra cost of the heavier hawser has not tended to make settlers feel enamoured with the Department's methods. I