In Town and Out

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20105, 26 March 1928, Page 6

In Town and Out

The Court of Arbitration will sit at Wanganui on April 17 and 18.

Owing to the wet weather on Saturday morning and the uncertain outlook in the afternoon all senior cricket matches were postponed. Other sports suffered in a like manner.

There have been very few fires in the city for the past few weeks, compared with the busy period of January and February. The Fire Station reported last, night that the brigade had not been called out, during the week-end.

Toward the end of last week City Council employees were engaged in repairing Guyton Street. This street has been in need of renovation for some time, but the footpaths are still in a very bad state, some of the potholes being about two to three inches deep.

Yesterday afternoon the Queen Alexandra Band rendered an enjoyable programme of music at Castlecliff. There was a large crowd of spectators, and judging by the applause which followed each item the playing was greatly appreciated.

Good progress is being made with the tar-sealing of No 1 Line, the first portion of 3 A miles having now been completed. A first-class 18ft. highway is being laid down, the specifications providing for three-coat work for the new permanent surface.

A man named William May, aged 48, was admitted to the public hospital yesterday at 3 p.m. suffering from injuries to the left leg and ankle. He has been working in the bush at Mangamahu, where a tree fell on his Jpg and crushed his ankle. His condition is not seri-

The Waitotara County Council’s scheme for widening, straightening and carrying out additional tar-sealing work on the main highway in their territory, is now receiving the attention of the Public Works District Engineer (Mr T. AL. Ball) who will report to the Highways Board. It is not anticipated that the proposal will be looked on unfa vourabv.

The two excursion trains from New Plymouth to Wellington and from Wellington, to Rotorua were well patronised over the week-end. The train returning from Wellington to New Plymouth last night was crowded, although not a great number of Wanganui people made the trip, the majority coming from New Plymouth and inteimediate stations.

The growth of Wanganui during the last few years was remarked on by an ex-Wanganui resident who has returned to the city for a short visit. The increase was particularly noticeable in the suburbs, and in the outlying districts which had grown to be suburbs. “With the addition of a few shops, Wanganui East will be a small town on its own,” he said. “A few years ago there was no such place as Springvale, and Westmere was an outlying district, not a suburb of the city,”