WANCANUI.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1940, 24 December 1913, Page 13

WANCANUI.

The town and suburbs are at prcsont 'depending upon tho emergency water supply, a heavy slip, the result of the recent rains, having carried away a portion of tho pipe track near tho.Okehu waterworks.

The new boys already 'entered ! fpr '.the first torm of 1914 constitute a record for tho Wanganui Collegiate School.

Though boarding accommodation was built in exccss of requirements at tiio time, tho pressure on it now is so great that tho trustees will shortly bo called upon to'build another bouso, which will ma.ko tho fifth at the school.

Largo entries havo been receircd for the AYanganui bowling tournament, opening on Boxing Day, and continuing throughout Christinas week. Every club botween Palmerston and. Now Plymouth is represented. During tho month of November, 135 patients were treated at the AYanganui Hospital, of whom 73 wcro discharged, cured, and six died. _ Tho attraction of the Auckland Exhibition has seriously affected 1 tho entries for tho annual Wanganui Riflo Meeting, which was to havo been held on Boxing Day. On account of the paucity of these, it has been decided to postpone) the gathering till January 22. _ The abnormal rainfall in this district recently may be judged by tho fact that for tho week ending last Wednesday morning 5.34 in. fell. This is about the avorago quantity for tho month under normal conditions. Tho heaviest day s fall was on Tuesday last, when 2.lnn. was recorded. , Tho tramway returns for November show that 176,104 passengers were carried, and tho revenue earned was 14s. 5d., the borough portion of which was £1157 os. od, Tho Gonville Iramway Board's earnings were £30 less than tho amount paid for car mileage, bad weather having considerably affected the seaside traffic. , , _ . Tho Wanganui River Trust's staff is now busily engaged in widening the navigable channel in tho upper reaches to permit the passage of large steamers. Tho recent floods have seriously interfered with the work. At a meeting of tho Trust yesterday it was stated that further areas of river lands, of no valuo for scenic purposes, would shortly be made available for settlement. .