LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12652, 4 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The 'Frisco mail arrived by the Spithead at Auckland yesterday. A young fellow, who happened to become possessed of a'£s note had the misfortune to lose it yesterday. He offers a'reward for its return. Ratepayers of the'Wanganui County Council will be interested, in the an-

nual balance-sheet, which we publish this morning. A meeting of the "Garrison Band Reception Committee" will be held in the-'Borough Council Chambers at 8.15 this evening. .^, ! The Mangamahii: Road Board invites tenders for the; erection of a traffic suspension bridge over the Wangaehu river—l 6 miles above Mangamahu— and for certain road1 formation5 work. The usual meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union 'will-r.be held in St. Paul's classroom this afternoon at 2.30. All women are cordially invited.

The unusual sight of bullock waggons in the town was to be witnessed yesterday. Two teams came down from

Kai Iwi and are to be used for tailing iron bark piles up -to Makirikiri for bridge repairing work. The mails which left Auckland on 28th September per the s.s. Mou'ra, ,aiid connected at Suva with the Vancouver mail per the R.M.S. Makura, arrived in London on the afternoon of 31st October. The ringing of the fire-bell about 7.30 last evening drew people out of their houses, and the red glare in the sky attracted a large number to the River Bank, whence they witnessed a piie of rubbish burn. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning,; 'before 'Messrs. A. A; Govve'r and C. H. Burnett, J.'sJ., an elderly man, convicted of drunkenness for the third time during the last six months, was fined ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment. As the accused said he wished to enter the Old Men's Horne1, he was advised to apply to the Secre-

tary or the Hospital Board. Another ; man, an incorrigible rogue and vaga- • bond, was remanded till this niorm.ng : for medical treatment. I ■' An attempt to reach the summit of Mount Cook, a feat accomplished by . but few, is contemplated by Mr T. Gran, ski -expert of the Terra Nova expedition. If Mr Gran makes the atteimpt, it will be in the course of a few days' time, and he will use muw shoes ' for the purpose. Mr Gran las done considerable Alpine climbing, esrecially ;in Switzerland, where hej has reached the summits of all the big mountains, and it has long beieai his ambition to, conquer Mount Cook. He also wishes to demonstrate the value of snow shoes ito people in -New- Zealand for such I work. i .. j We are in receipt of the programme | for 1910 of tha secondary schools of i N e i-vv Zealand shooting competition. This niatch is to encourage shooting in the secondary schools, and to enable j "those schools to form an. estimate of ' their relation babog gaog gtoftbmfmf their relative merits iv shooting for the year. This is the eighth annifol competition, and promises to be as interesting as the others. As showing the advance made in five years in shoo tin,;, iwe note that in 1905 nine schools cora- ; peted. The highest individual scorer made 55 out of 70, or one Ices ihan inners, and the average per shot was 1.1. Last year thirteen* schools competed. Four boys made 6i, and no less than 57 made inners or higher, while the averagal per shot was 3^B.

The prospects, of the Wanganui Harbour nppe.ii- to 'he very bright at present. The depth on the bar seems to bo steadily increasing, for the engineer, when taking soundings on Wednesday' found Ifift. of -water. Captain Mnir' of the Petoiie, found a similar depth yesterday. A ,vorv_s:atisfflctory foaiiire is that this deirth is said to ex+^nrJ almost across the rivor month. With such a depth onthe bar it is only to bo. exporter 7 that increased shipping will result Severn! v.ew vessels have eo]-no to Wanganm this year, and it is probable that tho TCnnerdale. a, steamer of some 1,200 tons, belonging to the Maoriland Steaivsbin Co.. will visit V'M port about the end of the year. She will brine; part of a cargo of Voal from Newcastle, i? return cargo e.arThe snnp!i«d. A locnl conl-importing firm h:is also charfored a similar steamer to carry ooals from the Australian port for several trips. She, too, is expected to nut in an appearance here about Uhristm as-time.

Mr. E. Shori;, the King's Trumpeter, who was judge at the Ballarat Band contest, has consented to;act as judge at th« North Island Brass Band Assor ciation's contest next February.

In view of the representations madel about the Coronation procession next year, a meeting of the committee-.was held at St. James' Palace and agreed upon two (processions on Coronation Day, thel second —the longer one —to traverse a route through London*

A plea for the adoption ofjlayliglit saving was made in a letteF^rom the City Treasurer read at the meeting of the City Council last night, says an Auckland wire. The suggestion that a trial be made at the municipal offices, pointing out that this could be done without inconveniencing the public. The matter was referred to a committee for consideration and report.

The large general merchandise business built up in this townby Mr A. Hatrick, trading as A. .Hatriek and Co., has been converted into a limited liability cb., with capital of £100,000, all subscribed. Mr Hatrick retains his large farming, shipping, steel pipe company, and other outside interests. The new company will trade as A. Hatrick and Co., L*td.

A Wellington wire states that on Wednesday, voting took place in the Petono and Lower Hutt Boroughs) on a proposal to raise £85,000 for a joint st.'lieme of electric tramways for the Hutt Valley district. proposal was rejected by''both boroughs, the voting being : Petone—For, 359 ; against, 443; Hutt—for, 378; against, 443; aggregate—for, 737; against, 886.

A large residence at Mason's Gardens, Taita, built some, 40 years ago, i\as destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The building ""was owned by R. Keene, of Wellington, and. occupied by two families named Harris and Gelding, who ran the place as tea rooms. Harris had his effects insured for £200, and Gelding his for £75 in the South British. Keene's insurances are not yet ascertained.