Wanganui in Wisps.

Free Lance, Volume XVI, Issue 878, 4 May 1917, Page 9

Wanganui in Wisps.

' DEAK OHSISTABEIi, V ■ A'NZAG Day' was/celebrated witli tlie /• ■ /Usual, procession-".-memorial ■set- . vices, speeches, in Cook's Gardens, and -50.:.0n. . : Maori! wal~ veterans- '.and \"ie- , . : •turned men of the- present war turned ' out in good numbers, and a i feature of . tlie procession was • the cai-ying of a beautiful .memorial wreath by :two An- . ; After- > the celebrations this wreath, was placed on tho grave of ■Glaude Comynsj a Wanganui boy, iiwho ; met with an. accidental death a- few ' ..days, after his return from Gallipoli. . There is nothing . new, to record' .the speeches and. ■ Our boys ".are gone, we still miss them sadlyy and ~ 41, day such as this is full of - memo- • ries. : But:; the - vundving spirit Qf.. .-the Anzacs still lives. "L-a bas," v shoulder; to '■ dhoulderi with the 1 glorious?:}-men of JTran-ce - they -are> fighting -fdr - God and . country,, while, we. can- only- wait and watch. . - - - - ,

Dayy.too, is ,over,'.:a'nd v our worthy old Mayor- Mr. •' C. E. Mackay, is also our new one; Such a>lot of peo-~ . pie seem to_prefer. "the evil they know, . -etc.?' .Polling was -particuiarly ' brisk, - and' the - girl - clerks had' a busy but happy 'time putting names and num•bers to people. •. .They :seem ; -to ■ enjoy. v.Jiohning-:; Petering, . and -'Ermyntruding, . :f oik. who, .at- other- times, might: riot .appreciate this manner, of .address.; ■; V --'®''-• p... •••' Saturday is to be theholiday. - Some say it spells: disaster, .some. say- ; such. an idea-is ridiculous; Mr. W. Gibson, ■. ■ principal hustler, .for . Saturday, ~is ,sugge sting a monster patriotic display on the first Saturday "of the reform,, but; s#- thig. is- not to be until - beginning of . -June, more, about it anon. The atmosphere is, now free .of electricity, -and the. hideous posters are'- consigned to boroughVubbish• cart. • '■ V .. Mr. C. G. Young, ■ of the firm- of ■ ' Young- and Collins, left for Australia, thi§ week, route to the United. States-. Mr.; Young- who has i been in indifferent health for some .time, is „ likely "to be away until the end of the

year. ■■■'.■ .■*; # ' ' *> ■ --j-.© . - v.', /• Miss! M. Newcombe has returned from- 4 short '.-and v 'most enjoyable holi'day spent round the Timara district. , ? ■!('■ V-i-.i: ' Mr.. N. Meuli's - many 'friends are .-pleased to' see him-about 'again- after 1 his long, illness _ and serious operation. ; .'For some time now Mr. Meuli ,has been unable to take his usual place-in mat- -: t-ers: public, but we hope that 'he will soon be quite well again and able to ■ once more take up. his round of-self-im-posed duties. - • Among the many little-' Anzac Election night incidents was the "passing"

of Mrs. Conlyns on. .-the shoulders of a couple of returned _ Anzacs/ An evidence . this. surely that th e boys appreciate Mrs. Gomyns' kindly and neverflagging interest' in them. Like being in a'sky-motor,, the-little lady's feelings can be better imagined than described. ;:• V; y .* A bright little concert: was given ■ at .■.■the'hospital by a party of local singers . and players. Miss and,- Mr. Denipsey played piano and 'cello, , Miis Ritchie • the violin, Private Halliwell the flute, v.- and songs were'sung by Mrs. and- the"' Misses Comyns, Miss L. Swan. Trooper Greager's singing ; of - "The Toast is Anzac" was especially popular; also the wee-girl - who'recited "Brave New Zea- .. landers" was niuch applauded. T'low-..ei-5,., v.eakes,, home-made ■ ; sweets and , 'stfiokes, had been 'sent along to. Mrs; Comyns , for'distribution among the soldiers in hospital,., .and, after everyone xliad cheered everyone else, the pleasant • evening-ended. : -••

. Scrgt. J. J. O'Reilly lias returned to .... Featherston Camp. - Mrs., O'Reilly ac- . ,-eompanied him as far as Featherston • : town, where she will probably remain until the 25ths move out of camp.- / Sapper Mark Storey, son of Mr. and ■ • Mrs. ,W. St. . John's■> Hill, is suffering from jmalarial • fever, and is : lipw in Capetown. Sapper Storey, -wEo : served his apprenticeship in the ykxial. ; Telegraph office, was engaged 'at the outbreak of the war as wireless operator on one of the Home linei-a. On hi& ai - - ■ < rival at Marseilles s he left .his boat and .sped' across rbo England to offer diis services to 'the- Imperial Government. He was fortunate enough, to find a berth in . -the First Division pf the Aerial Corps. 1 : - and . lias- been . flying about ever since; Now comes " the word- that • the strain • has been too much for (him and hevis v.v laid aside with :f ever, ; contracted while on duty in German East Africa.-\ Mark j Storey, although actually born in Aus-v tralia,' is one of our -boys,-. as he grew up and went to school here, and we have .watched • his. progress with great:, , interest; :We wish, him ; a speedy re- . turn to health and Wanganui.

' » ■ • ♦ - *. Mr. • W. McLeod, our ■ well-known , flrwhitect, has ~just returned from a .business, trip to America. This is not . Mr. McLeod's first visit to the land. of x dollars, but .the magnitude and buzz of things has still a greati fascination for him, and: he. is looking, all the better: for his, seven- or 'eight months' fur- ■!'■. lough. . , v . ■ , .. ...■ - .. ; r .S9.i ~ Mrs.- Ma-ry Morrison, Bell-street, has • received the, sad - news of ■ the death in action of;her son, Sergt.-Major J.'Morrison. ; The ;late Sergt.-Major, who as , a'lad of 18, joined the Scots Guards, had been for some years on the permanent Defence staff' in New 'Zealand, and

was well loiown Jiere < among _tjbej ..Ter- . ritorials and cadets as. .one of - their strictest '1 and "ablest- - drill-sergeants. - Keen as mustard to" get away with- theiroops, . Sergt.-Major Morrison/ ".who was a specimen of manhood, ■ threw in his commission) and joined up . with. the. Australian forces.. To his ' widowed mother and sistera we tender ; our sympathy and homage. . ' r /** ' * * v Miss - Delahxtnty, • Palmerstoniis spending J a few. weeks' iii Wanga.n'ui - as the guest of Mrs. Glapham-Sedge-brook.- . . • ; v ;v';'v : . ' : 'v:■■ ' Mrs. Ton Haast, Karori, is b a<&- .. V again among her old friends, and is • staying with Mrs. Gonville' Saunders ' at Gonville. • - ' > , * a * * ' The engagement is announced of Miss ■ Dorothy Caiman, daughter of Mr. and v Mis. G. Caiman, Keith-street, to Mr K. M. Hammond, of'Eata. ■■ f ..V ■ O * Miss V. McKenzie, of. the Technical College, staff; has received nn:. appointment, aT.' rhe. Auckland Technical Ool- .: lege. : Miss .McKenzie is an old .girl .of < •• the Wanganui Technical' - College^| where; she now occupies the position of ,-assistant-commercial instructress,. and her many old friends wish her every ; success in' her new scliaol..:. There ip . another charigel .coming into effect at the. Technical College, Mr. Frank- Jaickson having-\resigned the position of as-. ■ sistant-engineermg' instructor; • Mr. vC. • Eden, electrician at th<>. Qkere ; Falls, - has been selected to fill the, vacancy. . : 7 * >' ' * * * Mail news .is to hand from Corporal ' Harold I. Tojnsett, .who . has ' been in • France for. some' time now. '"Tommy"', was through the Somme -offensive and is in the best of health and - spirits. " There, are only, a few o£ his mates lefty •so fewv.thaliVthejr can be counted on one ' . hand. They missed ,the roll call after the big battle. Sergt . Tom sett has • not had much leave- in Blighty, but-was:: able : to visit- his - parents and .his-, "oldhome.:m England before tlie, death:. of his father. The Sarjent Art Gallery, is going to .• be ..started almost- immediately, land; it • is goingv to be erected on- Queen's Park, over, near the Queen's. Park School. The design was chosen,, out of a collection of. 33, and. is'the work of Mr., Edmund ; Anscombe, and . the . contract vlias .been given to Messrg. Graham and Sons, of ..Christchurch. , The building is going to cost -something like £16,000 and. it is - to be fireproof. , -. ■ • > . Yours sincerely.," j ■■ i ■ ■ ■■ Whirlwind.