In Town and Out

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 6

In Town and Out

Children of the schools who have been enjoying a .fortnight’s freedom from the irksome duties of lesson-learn-ing will return to their tasks again today. The colleges will commence the new term this week.

A vessel, which has not been at this port for some years, is the. Lamb Company’s steamer Omana, due here today from Sydney and Newcastle. The vessel, on her present trip, is carrying 81 bags of mail for New Zealand.

The Wanganui Education Board’s "refresher " course for teachers ended on Saturday. Some 200 teachers took part, and lectures on education and educational subjects were important features of instruction.

"If a man is made bankrupt to-day, the law does not say that he has to pay all his debts straight away. Wc are all bankrupt if that’s the position."—Counsel in the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court on Saturday.

Recalling the tragic plunge of a car from the road on Christie's Hill, the inquest on Miss Catherine Mary Ball, of Ractihi, who was fatally injured as a result of the crash, will be held this morning in the Wanganui courthouse.

Preparations are being made for the construction of the bridge over the Turakina River. Excavations are in progress on the left bank and timber nas been carted to the spot for the commencement of the actual bridge building.

"It’s not an ordinary proceeding for any business man to value his shares in accordance with the fluctuations of the market,’’ contended Mr A. Barton in the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court on Saturday when defending T. E. Thomas, bankrupt draper, who was charged with a breae of the Bankruptcy Act.

Two cars collided in the Wangaehu Valley on Saturday evening. Besides holding up a long line of cars coming from the football match tit Marton little damage was done. Had not the cars been travelling slowly at the time a serious accident would have resulted.

Now that winter is here few people are to be seen on the beaches, but with its sheltered position and convenient kiosk Virginia Lake has found popularity with many. During tho weekend hundreds of townspeople were seen walking round the lake enjoying the warmtn of the pale winter sunshine.

The average person in Wanganui found high interest in the race meeting in this city on Saturday afternoon, but the keenest of Rugby enthusiasts, with satisfactory transport at their disposal, proceeded to Marton to watch the fortunes of Wanganui, Wainui-a-rua and Wairoa in the Taranaki trial game with Rangitikei and Taihape.

Piles of gravel on the side of the main road between the tops of the Wangaehu and Marangai Hills would -be u danger to motorists at night had not a line of benzine tins been placed on the tops of the heaps. The bright tins reflect the rays from the headlights of the cars and show the danger spots up more cleat .■ than any storm lantern could do.

Tt is the general opinion of farmers that, although the drought during the past summer did a great deal of harm, some beneficial effects will be experienced. A Rangitikei farmer stated on Saturday that, in his opinion, the long months of hot sunshine would have their effect on next spring’s crops and that farmers could expect a strong summer growth of nutritious feed.

Improvement was reported last night from the Wanganui Hospital, in the condition of Thomas Dillon, one of the victims of the fatal .smash on Thursday night when a car plunged off Heads Hoad into the Balgownie swamp. Two bones of the right arm of the injured man were broken. Miss Maude Stone, who was admitted to the hospital suffering from abrasions and shock, was able to proceed to her home yesterday.

The Railway Department has arrang ed for two special farmers’ excursion trains to the Waikato winter show, one from Whangarei and the other from Hawera. Provision has been made by the Agricultural Department to have lecturers on the train, and accommodation at Hamilton is being arranged. The train from Hawera leaves there at .10.40 a.m. on May 28 and Marton at 2.39 p.m., arriving Hamilton about midnight. Farmers in the Wanganui district arc making ready to take the excellent opportunity offered them and in all probability the train will be well filled.

During the third spell of the Wonga nui-Rangitikei and Taihape Rugby trial match on Saturday the teams were changed about so that there were green and blue jerseys on both sides. After a few minutes’ play the referee was well puzzled and even the captain of one side was unable to find his own mon. The game was abruptly stopped when a well-known ployer pulled off his jersey and shouted "I’ve had enough of this. Swap jerseys, Jack." "Jack’’ was willing enough, but a laugh was raised when it was discovered that after changing they both still had blue jerseys on.

A plea of guilty was entered by a young man charged on Saturday in tho Wanganui Magistrate’s Court with tho theft of one shilling’s worth of benzine. Detective L. Revell noticed accused the previous evening extracting benzine from a car used by Mr R. L. Avery. Messrs S. M. Dixon and W. Bruce, presiding justices, convicted accused and ordered him to appear for sentence if called upon within six months, and, further, to report to tho police once a month. On a charge of stealing a tricycle from a hotel right-of-way in Feilding, accused was placed on probation for a year.