In Town and Out

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20012, 1 December 1927, Page 6

In Town and Out

A grass fire on a Puriri Street, Castlecliff, property brought the Centra] Fire Brigade out at 4.21 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The outbreak was quickly extinguished, no damage being done by the flames.

A motorist who turned from. Victoria Avenue into Plymouth Street yesterday afternoon during a rush period, came ‘into, collision with three cyclists. One rider had a hand injured and his cycle was considerably damaged, but his companions escaped injury.

Late yesterday afternoon, a school girl named Mildred Turner, aged 10, was knocked over by a motor-cycle, her injuries necessitating removal to the Wanganui Hospital. Last night she was stated to be suffering from abrasions and .shock, but her condition, was reported to be satisfactory.

Proficiency examinations have been held: during t’he past week or so in most of the smaller schools in the Wanganui district. Dates for the holding of the examinations in the larger centres, in the Wanganui Education Board, it is stated, are arranged by the inspectors of the Board and the examinations will be completed shortly.

Bastia Hill is regarded as one of the future residential areas of this city, and within recent months, there have been several additions to t’he number of houses in tnis locality. Improvements have been made to roads in the vicinity and surface and banking operations were recently completed on Wairere Road.

A. typographical error in a letter in Tuesday’s issue of t’he “Chronicle” from. Mr W. A. Collins, chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, made it appear that the cost of providing a meal for the children attending the recent primary schools sports was £B. The actual amount was £BO.

Only medium-sized entries of stock were forward at the Wanganui stock sale yesterday and although there was a comparatively small attendance of buyers, a good clearance was made at satisfactory prices. Dealing in stock lias been generally brisk during the past few weeks and steady business is expected at forthcoming stock fixtures.

Shorn sheep were plentiful at yesterday’s Wanganui sale and emphasised the intensity of shearing operations recently embarked ou by farmers. These operations, however, were responsible for a (depletion of the ranks of buyers yesterday and the attendance was not as largo as has been the case for several weeks past.

Numerous people, and those in the country district's more particularly, have been reluctant in adopting fully t’he daylight saving scheme. In some homesteads a clock showing the actuar time is kept for use on the farm property and another timepiece shows the advanced 'hour in under to meet the new requirement.

Up to December 12, donations of books wtill bo received by the Victoria League, St. Hill Street, the volumes to be included in. a supply which will be forwarded by the League to the leper colony on Makogai Island, Fiji The League will also send a book for Christmas to each public school boy in the district.

Three more freighters have been adjded to the loading schedule at Wanganui for the present export season. The Norfolk and the Matakana will visit the roadstead in December in addition to the Turakina and the Port Sydney amd will take cargo during January. This week the Mahia will be engaged in loading operations at this port-

judging from the remarks of farmers at yesterday’s stock sale, Monday’s heavy rain was »dccidedly unwelcome and many run-'holders had badly flooded fields to remind them of the visitation. Some properties in the vicinity of Turakina and Wangaehu suffered, although the flood waters did not remain long.

Keen interest has been shown by local followers of sport in the announcement in yesterday’s “Chronicle” of several members of the team to represent Wanganui at the New Zealand athletic championships in Christchun-n next week. The remaining members of the Wanagnui-Taranaki team are to be chosen after the electric light meeting on Saturday night on Cook’s Gardens.

Yesterday—St. Andrews Day —was popular from the point of view of employees in local banks who celebrated a full holiday. Outdoor sport claimed the attention of most and a practice cricket match was held on Cook’s Gardens in the afternoon. Technical College students and other local cricketers were participants and C- S. Dempster, Wanganui’s representative in the New Zealand; team, was also in attendance.

After several years of conspicuous absence, a ticket box has made its appearance at the Maria Place entrance to Cook's Gamens and has met a long felt requirement from the point of view of ticket-collectors and sports organisations having the use of the reserve. The collectors in the past have juggled with tickets and money fre-

quently iu rain and bleak winds, but last Saturday the man at the gate was safely sheltered, although, as it happened, the weather was mild;.

Applications are now being invited by the Public Trustee for grants from the amount becoming available under the T. G. Macarthy Trust for distribution to charitable and educational institutions in the provincial district of Wellington. These must be lodged not later than February 28 next. The applications, when received, will be considered by th© Advisory Committee set up by the Board of Governors of the Trust. Recommendations will then be made by th© Advisory Committee to the Board of Governors, which Anally decides on the allocation of the grants.

In the case, Arcade Buildings Ltdagainst the Aerated Water Co. Ltd., judgment was given in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday by Mr J. 8. Barton, S.M. After setting out the terms of the lease and showing t'hat the covenant to repair was qualified by an exception of fair wear and tear he dismissed; the counterclaim for wrongful entry. He assessed the damage to the building, at £3B 15s and held that the defence had not proved an agreement to waive these damages. Judgment was given for £3B 15s and costs. Mr C. P. Brown appeared for the plaintiff and. Mr R- 8. Withers for th© defendant.