Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 82, 6 April 1929, Page 6

Town Talk

Collision Patient. The condition of Eric Benson, who was admitted to the hospital on Thursday morning as the result of a collision with a Chinaman’s cart at Aramoho, was reported last night to be favourable. Isolation Block. Tenders are being invited by the Wanganui Hospital Board, up till April .16 for the erection of an isolation block. Tenders for the bituminous surfacing of roads, pathways etc. at the Hospital will be received up till next Tuesday, April 9. Art Gallery Attendance. The attendance at the Serjeant Gallery has been good during the past week. The holiday on Monday attracted a large number of visitors aud a total of 156 signed the visitors’ book. On Tuesday the signatures totalled 1.14, ou Wednesday 74, and Thursday 28, making 372 for the four days. The End of the Wool Season. The final wool sale of the Wanganui season will be held in the Opera House next Wednesday afternoon. The buyers will arrive on Monday and Tuesday to inspect tike offering, which will total about 7000 bales. A large portion of the catalogue will comprise clips passed in at the previous sales. Magistrate’s Court Returns there were 20 civil and 43 criminal sittings of the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court during the quarter ended March 31. The criminal cases dealt with comprised 227 males and 18 females, which included cases before the Children’s Court. The total amount sued for was £7781 17s 3d and the amount recovered was £3035 14s 3d-

An Open Season. With the exception of a closed season for Mallard ducks, a number of which have been liberated in suitable localities by the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society, an open season has been declared for imported and native, game. Reports from various parts of the district point to a good season being experienced as game appears to be very plentiful. The season opens on May 1 and is timed to close on July 31.

Motor Camp Facilities. A motorist who resided in Wanganui some years ago, and who paid a visit to the city during the Easter holidays, was agreeably surprised on account of the changes which he -loticcd. He was particularly pleased with the facilities at the motorists’ camp at Aramoho. An attractive feature of the site whs that it was on the tram-line, so that a motorist, weary with driving all day, had a handy means of getting into town. Factory to be Rebuilt

The directors of the Whenuakura Co-op Dairy Company have decided to replace immediately the main building which was destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening, with ” valuable machinery and plant. Plans are in course of preparation, and tenders are to be called at once. In the meantime the branch factory at Matukuroa is handling portion of the supply, while the balance is going to Kakaramea- The insurances on the building, plant and stock approximated £15,000.

Presentation of Trophies. At the Gonville Town Hall this evening, the annual presentation of trophies won by members of the ladies’ and men's Gonville Swimming Clubs is to take place. The function will commence at 6 p.m. with special attractions for the children. These will be followed at 8 p.m. by the distribution of prizes and at the conclusion of the ceremony the hall will be cleared for dancing. Throughout the season the swimming carnivals conducted by the club have drawn large numbers of spectators, so that there is every indication of a record crowd being present at this evening’s function. Plunket Food Fair.

The Plunket Society of Wanganui are justly proud of the progress made by the local branch. Such progress is made possible by the hard work of many people interested in the welfare of mothers and babies, and also the generosity of Wanganui people. The fine Stewart Karitane Home, and adjoining Mothorcraft Home, the wellequipped Plunket Rooms in Campbell Street, and now the new rooms at Wanganui East, are monuments to the progress made. AU this activity costs money, and the promoters of the Food I'air, to bo held on Wednesday, have every confidence that they will’be as well supported then as on previous occasions.

A Narrow Escape. A motorist journeying towards Wanganui on the Wanganui-Marton Road last Thursday morning kept a careful look-out for a possible passing train at the railway crossing just outside Wangaehu. He was not so cautious, however, as to his position on the road as, in his desire to get a clearer view of the line, he went over too much to his left. His car struck lose metal and then made a rapid descent down the bank, which inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees. Although it dropped some 20 feet, it did not overturn, and the car, the driver and the passengers (two ladies ami a child), escaped injury. The driver attempted' to get the car up the incline and on to the road again, but was unsuccessful. Eventually, a passing motorist came to his assistance and got it up, none the worse for its experience. Th e Still “Storm”

While other vessels arrived, did their loading and unloading and departed the Canterbury Steamship Company s coastal steamer, Storm, lay out in the river only 40 feet from the Town Wharf all day yesterday and her crew spent the passing hours in idleness for she was hard and fast in the mud. Coming up the river in the morning the Storm bumped in Mitchell’s Reach and again opposite the gas wharf, and although it was but an hour after high tide and she was drawing only 9ft. Sin., she was unable to get up to her berth, held by the mud. So there she stayed all day, till the returning tide, at its peak, released the prisoner, to tie up at 6.30 p.m. And all day long the harbour dredge rattled and creaked a chain or two away—a sight that moved the officers and agents of the stranded ship, if not exactly to tears, at least to shomething approaching blasphemy.