In Town and Out

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19990, 5 November 1927, Page 6

In Town and Out

The annual health camp at Turakina, which is controlled by Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, commences on Tuesday and. will last about five weeks.

The primary schools in the Wanganui Education Board’s district will close for their annual summer vacation on Friday, Decomber 16, and will re-open on Tuesday, January 31, 1928.

"Stick to the clock” is the slogan adopted by the Wanganui Ministers’ Association during the currency of tho Daylight Saving Act, and services from to-morrow onwandis will commence at the usual hours.

Advertisers are aske>d to note that .the following replies to advertisements are awaiting collection at the "Chronicle” branch office, Victoria Avenue:— R 6, R-8, Rl5, R 25, R.lOO, RlOl, RllO, Rill, Rll2, Rl3l, 84, S 5, SlO7. Sll3, 8114.

Bringing cargo from the American Pacific Coast, the freighter West Nivaria is to berth at Wanganui within the next day or so. The steamer is a Knit of the American-Australasian and Orient Line, and is the first vessel of that fleet to visit this port.

At 8.34 o’clock last evening the City Fire Brigade received a call to 24 Kepa Street, where a motor car, the property of Mr A. Martin, had caught fire in its shed. The hood was burned, otherwise the vehicle was not seriously damaged. There was no insurance on the car.

The secretary of the Wanganui District Nursing League (Miss M. A. Newcombe) desires to acknowledge the following idjonations to the funds of the League, which is making a special effort to raise money on Wednesday next:—Mr Gifford Marshall £1 Is, Mr A. M. Moreton £1 Is.

Heavy rain showers fell in the city and district yesterday and the business area, in particular, wore a bedraggled appearance. Changeable weather has Characterised the commencement of spring, and, in consequence, has frequently moderated the enthusiasm of devotees to summer sports.

Eleven new houses are to be added to the railroad settlement at Eastown shortly, and tenders are being invited for the erection of these dwellings. These houses are factory-cut at Frankton Junction and are sent down with key plans to guide the erectors. Piecing them together resembles nothing so much as solving a jig-saw puzzle. Pushing ahead on their walk around the world, Messrs Hubert J. Halliday, W. N. Batty, and N. A. Godward lei?tWanganui yesterday morning and tramped a few miles out of the city where they stayed the night with newfounrl friends. To-djay they will continue their journey to Palmerston North, where they are due to arrive on Monday morning.

Wet weather generally has bad effects on road surfaces, and instances of the damage wrought by adverse conditions have been noticed in several parts of the Wanganui district. The Parapara Road,, notably, is in a bad state at present, although the main coastal highways provide moderately easy travelling.

Yesterday’s wet weather no doubt will deplete to some extent the ranks of intending excursionists from this city during the week-end. It is expected, however, that numerous motoring parties will set out on jaunts through the district, although beach resorts on various parts of the coast will see only comparatively small numbers of visitors.

City flower lovers and amateur gardeners were keenly interested in the summer show of the Wanganui Horticultural Society, held yesterday in the Drill Hall. Bright displays—mostly of roses—transformed the appearance of the hall and reflected credit on the exhibitors for securing such good quality in their blooms so early in the season.

Athletic sports continue to hold public interest in this centre, and this was exemplified by the exceptionally good attendance at the inaugural evening meeting of the season on Cook’s Gardens on Thursday. Local athletes are concentrating on training operations in view of the fact that the West Coast. (N. 1. championships take place in this iity on November 26.

With regard to the recommendation made by Mr W A. Veitch. M.P., that a central site be acquired for the Castlecliff School, the Wanganui member has received a letter from the Minister of Education (the Hon. R. A. Wright) that the Education Department had written to the Senior Inspector of Schools asking for a report on the matter, which would be considered when the report was received.

The first two babies to occupy the new Plunket Society Mothercraft Home in Campbell Street are Douglas Reid (Wanganui) and Drcndon Malone (of Riverlea, near Hawera), and at the opening ceremony these young gentlemen were presented by Sir Truby King with an inscribed silver spoon each, in commemoration. Their mothers received the gifts on their behalf.

The registration of the following Wanganui Company is notified in the Mercantile Gazette: —Maoriland Forests, Ltd., registered as a private company, October 26, 1927. Office, Wanganui. Capital, £7500, into 30 shares of £250 each. Subscribers: —Wanganui: J. D. Anderson 1, R. Michie 1, P. Higginbottom 8, H. C. Edwards 1, J. Hutchinson 1, F. O. Bridgeman 1, T. H. James 2, W. Anderson 1, A. E. Halligan 2, F. Wood 1, A. F. A. Woollams 1, G. S. Gordon 4, 8. E. Pepper 1, A. Pepper 2, J. H. Henson 1. A. Doig 1, O. G. Russell 1, H. Christie 2. Objects: To carry on business as timber growers and general incidental.