RANGITIKEI-OROUA NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20432, 11 August 1915, Page 7

RANGITIKEI-OROUA NOTES.

A SANDON FARMER'S OLD PANTS

A HUMOROUS REQUEST AND THE

SEQUEL

SAXDOX LADIES AXD MUNICIPAL

AFFAIRS

AX AMUSING ULTIMATUM

SPORTS AND PASTIMES SHIP

MARTON BANDS AFFAIRS

201) CAMP HORSES FOR THE WAIKATO.

(From our Travelling Reporter.) MAP.TON, Aug. 10. Mi- J. F. Sieely, -who recently resigned his seat on the Mar ton Borough Council owing to a claim ho had ;ikainst the Council for work done, is to again contest the seat, it being his intention to be nominated to-ja^,-o-w (Wednesday.)

A Sandon farmer had a bad " frill in" the other day, and it cost him one guinea in addition to a little notoriety. He is well known as a good sport, and rathor^fond of fun. His wife, like most women nowadays, is to be found amongst the great band of workers in the cau-e of-the wounded, and this fact he used as a "peg"' to hang some of his humour upon. He searched through his wardrobe .md resurrected a pair of Prints that bore the impression of an "old country seat." The garments had certainly seen better days, and these he sent to the Red Cross Guild. Attached was an explanatory note to the effect that since his wife had Joined the Guild he could get no patching done at home. He would therefore e.stoem it a favour if the ladies undertook the re. jriii's so necessary to prevent a reminder of o-ec.nsions when the "wind blew m from the sea." The ladies rccei.ved the garment and the request in the best possible spirit, and proved that they were equal to tin* occasion. They lined the trousers inside "with siisrnr sack, and to the outside tliev rivettsd a s-heet of galvanised iron. The excels:velv well repaired pants were returned with nn account for repairs, amountiii"- to oiip. fiiiiipa.. The fnrnie'" thoroughly en:oyed the joke, ond he afterwards considered that he Avns lucky that he had been Ist off *o litrhtlv.

"Sports and Pastimes" were much in eAidence to-day, a well-constructed miniature hosnit.il shio, Avith a liberal decoration of red, Avhitp and blue, being nn vieAV outside the Town Hall. That it attracted attention was shown by the large crowd which gathered round it, and who subsequently Avent ins:de the hall and participated .in the hospitality of the ladies at afternoon tea.

Last month Marton Borough Council agreed to grant the Marton Band a subsidy of £10 instead of dividing the amount up, and«W£*ually distributing it amongst tlie tAVO bands. It Ava-s thought tlrs Avould he a good move towards effecting an amalgamation of the bands, but councillors apparently did not properly estimate the spirit of the members of the Marton Junction Band. They state emphatically that there is no hope for such a consummation, and furthermore they dlaim that there arj more Borough ratepayers in the Marton Junction Band than in the Marton Town Band. Feeling aggiv'ovcd at the action of the Council, a deputation from the band waited on that body last night and. asked for the usual annual subsidy. Tt Avas eventually decided to rescind the motion granting £10 to Marton Band, and the question Avill be reconsidered at the next meeting. It was also decided to pay the subsidy of £5 owing to the Marton Junction Band for last year's concerts.

About two hundred horses from the Tauherenikau camp Avere railed through to the Waikato, where they Avil\ be turned out.

At the Marton Borough Council meeting last evening, it Ava-s agreed to pay G. Cummins'l3s 6d, the cost of replying a AvindoAV, broken by the Council's employees in Wellington Road. Receipts for Marton Borough last month amounted to £784 13.s 2d. The gas Avorking account showed recopte £419 5s lid, and expenditure £292 13a. sd. Big railway developments are shortly expected at Greatford. As soon as the Kakariki deviation is completed it is in. tended to cut out the sharp curves leading into Greatford station. This will nec.fs&:ta'te the removal of the Greatford station further back, and from a railway point of view it will be a great improvement upon the present line.