Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 371, 15 September 1930, Page 6

Town Talk

Two firas, Seven Lambs. Two, ewes recently gave birth to seven lambs between them on an Okoia farm. Ono had four. All members of the two families are said to bo doing well. In this connection it is interesting tj know that a few days ago a ewe in the Auckland province gave birth to twin black lambs. An Historical Address.

“The History of Disraeli” is the subject upon which Mr R. Wedderspoon will address tho Wanganui Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon to-day. Mr Wedderspoon, having made a keen study of history, has accumulated a great deal of information regarding famous people. Music At Races.

The musical programme at the Wanganui races on Saturday was provided by the Queen Alexandra Band under the baton of Captain Buckley. Included in a list of items that found popular favour selections from the opera “The Yeoman of the Guard” were particularly appreciated. Anonymous Correspondence.

There' is nothing more futile than to write anonymously to a local body in criticism of its actions. At the lasi meeting of the Ohakune Borough Council, says the “Chronicle’s” corresponaent. an anonymous letter was received dealing with charitable aid matters. It was committed to the wastepaper basket without being read. Insanitary.

Charged with killing three sheep for human consumption in an unregistered slaughterhouse, and also with killing three sheep in an insanitary place, John Hurley, a Waitotara farmer, appeared before Messrs H. Middleton and H. W. James, J.’sP., at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Waverley on Thursday. On the first charge he was convicted and ordered to pay ten shillings costs and on the second he was fined £3 and costs. In Saturday’s report the defendant was stated to be John Hardy. The name should have read John Hurley,

Rangitikei Heads Fatality That the deceased met his death by drowning was the verdict of Mr F. C. Wilson, Coroner, who hold an inquest on Saturday, into the circumstances surrounding the recent fatality at R'angitikei Heads when Colin Allan Campbell lost his life, states the “Chronicle’s” Bulls correspondent. The body of the deceased was identified by his brother. The funeral of tho victims of the tragedy, Victor Guinan and Colin Campbell took place yesterday, the cortege being representative of town and country, spdrts bodies in particular. Rev. B. R. White officiated at the cemetery.

Aerial Activity Cabled advice received through the Australian Press Association in Wanganui on Saturday stated that Messrs De Havilands had received orders to build 101 Moth ’planes at a cost of £70,000. Eight of them are earmarked for the New Zealand Government. The Western Federation of Aero Clubs, which includes Wanganui, will be interested in this quota, in that one of the ’planes is to be set aside for the Federation to purchase. The matter was discussed at the last meeting of Federation delegates held in Wanganui at which Wing-Commander Grant Dalton was present. It is understood that the eight ’planes for New Zealand are due to arrive in two months’ time. Industries Week.

Arrangements for the Empire and New Zealand Industries Week in Wanganui, opening early in October, are now well in hand. Lord Bledisloe has intimated that he will not be able to be present for the opening ceremony. It has boon decided to ask tho Acting Prime Minister (the. Hon. E. A. Ransom) to open the week’s functions. Invitations have been sent to the president of tho Manufacturers Association, the British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand (Mr Paish) and Ministers of the Crown to be present. Mr Hope Gibbons has accepted the position of “minchost” for the week. There will be a procession of Englih cars and a procession of decorated trade vehicles. Through the efforts of the Wanganui Gas Company and the generosity of Messrs/Brinsley and Co. t of Dunedin, a Champion gas cooker has been donated for the slogan competition. The sum of £45 will be devoted to a number of competitors as prize money. Foot and Mouth Disease

Some three weeks to a month ago tho Wanganui Provincial Centre of the Farmers Union expressed alarm at a suggestion that the embargo placed by the Government on stock purchased from Great Britain be lifted. The opinion was voiced that the danger of the introdutcion of foot and mouth disease into the Dominion was too great to take risks with, and though the promoters of the campaign to lift the ban on United Kingdon stock held that the disease had not manifested itself in Great Britain during the past year the United Kingdom stock held that the Association message from Christchurch received by the “Chronicle” last night indicates that the Union was wise in being hesitant. The wire iea3s as follows: “Three fresh outbreaks of foot and mouth disease among stock in Groat Britain, have been reported to the New Zealand Government by tho High Commissioner, Sir Thomas Wilford. Information about the recurrence of the disease was reported to Mr H. D. Acland, president of the New Zealand Shcepowners’ Federation by Dr. Reakcs who stated that there had been three cases of stock affected in Yorkshire on September 6 and 7. New Museum Treasure. As there is only one other specimen on exhibition in New Zealand and, that at the Dunedin Museum, the Wanganui Museum has a valuable accession to its collection in a porbeagle shark which was secured by. Mr G. Shepherd, the curator, on Saturday morning. On Friday Mr T. Smith, of Maxwell, advised Mr Shepherd that there was a shark on the beach on a rocky point, up the coast from the Okchu bathing sheds. With the help of Mr P. Brown, of Wellington, Mr Smith dragged the shark down the coast to the sheds. There it was skinned and Mr J. Patterson removed tho skin to the museum in his car. Tho shark was quite fresh, seven feet long and an excellent female specimen. The porbeagle is a very rare species about the New Zealand coasts Mr Shepherd told a “Chronicle” reporter. He added that it was one of the best and rarest specimens secured by the museum in recent years. The pcrbeaglo belongs to the same family as the mako, but the teeth are not as formidable, and are of a slightly different form. The shark will not he on exhibition for some time as there, is a great, i deal of work involved before it makes its appearance before the public.