Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 6

Town Talk

Band Contest Music. The contest music for the coming Band Contest is expected to arrive in Wanganui towards the end of this week. The executive controlling such matters is now situated in Wellington. Dairy Factory Pay-Outs

Suppliers to the Wangaeliu and Okoia dairy factories received 9A a pound for butter-fat during the month of October. The Kai lwi cheese factory suppliers received lid.

Learner’s Mishap While a learner was being taught on the .Mosston road to manage a car about three o’clock yesterday afternoon it left the road and stopped in the ditch. No appreciable damage was done, and the car was assisted out by another.

Over £lOO Stolen. Over £lOO in cash and notes in a cash box was stolen frum the premises of the Eatox Beef Company on Thursday afternoon. The employees wore attend ing the Wanganui Show. The money included the takings from suburban shops of the company. Evidently the thief entered by the back, and had also a key which fitted the safe. The Age of Speed.

Reservations arc now being accented by the Wanganui branch of the New Zealand Tourist Department for the aeroplane service between Christchurch and Dunedin. A saving of five hours is effected on n journey from Wellington to Dunedin. The fare for the trip, including taxi hire at, each end, is approximately double that of the train journey.

Hawera Show Popular. Striking evidence of the popularity of the Hawcra Show is furnished in the fact that this year the entries in five classes total 2019, as against .178!) for the .1929 Show. The comparative figures are. the 1929 figures being in parentheses: Cattle 436 (374). sheep 125 (111). horses 359 (403). pigs 43 (73), home industries 1056 (826). The show commences on November .19. Band at Castlecliff. Although yesterday was marred in some respects by showers of rain, the Queen Alexandra’s Own Band was fortunate in being able to carry out their programme at ('astleclifT without, disadvantage of wet weather. There was a good crowd present, and the selections played by the Band, conducted by Captain Buckley, showed them in some of their best pieces. Kept His Word.

The Mayor. Mr W. .1. It igers, has refunded to the Town Clerk the sum of £l7 6s 3d. representing the amount of three weeks of the Mayoral allowance. This amount is to be paid in the general fund, and is to be earmarked for wages. The Mayor’s action is in keeping with a statement which he made at a recent Council meeting, when the matter of 97 employees being asked to take three weeks’ leave without pay. was under discussion.

Invitation To Wanganui. As the original itinerary did not include Wanganui, action is being taken to extend a invitation, through the authorities, to the effect, that the bombing squadron to lour the North Island from Auckland on November 21 should visit, tl : city. The Refrigerating Company has kindly given permission for the 'planes to land at their property at Westmere. It was originally intended that the ’planes would leave Auckland on November 21, and would visit New Plymouth, Hawera and Hastings.

Locally-Grown Happy is the housewife who can pick strawberries from her own kitchen garden at this stage of the season, considering the weather that has been experienced during the past months. A Glasgow Struct resident enjoyed a dish of the tasty berries during the weekend, the culmination of several weeks’ patient tending of her strawberry bed One factor which was considered to have played a decided part in ripening the strawberries so quickly, was a mulch of dry pine needles.

Help Appreciated. Appreciation of literature sent out by the Agricultural Department with regard to the Calf Club competitors is expressed in a letter forwarded to the “Chronicle” by two pupils of the Westmere .School. “We would be very happy if you would thank the Wanganui Agricultural Department Dr the splendid information in notes which they sent out io the Westmere School to guide us in fitting our calves for the Wanganui Show.” ran the letter. “It has been great fun educating our little pets, and we arc looking forward to winning fresh laurels with them as yearlings,” the letter continued. The two girls also stated that they were planning to enter two better calves next time, and they also hoped that there would be more competition, when there would be more fun.

Swimming Champion. Some doubt has been felt in swimming circles as to the suitability of the water in the Gonvillc baths for staging national championships. Fresh water varies in the matter of buoyancy and this has considerable effect on the speed of the competitors. While swimming in the bath in question on Saturday, Air J. Enright, expressed the opinion that the water was far better than anticipated and that no trouble was likely to be experienced with the bath appointments for the control of such a function as a New Zealand Championship meeting. Mr Enright competes in Wanganui in March at the championships when he will, have been a contestant at 25 national meetings, and he is perhaps the most fitted swimmer in the Dominion to state such an opinion. He also said that indications pointed to an excellent representation of swimmers being present at the championships.

□he Yes and No Man “Bill Jones” writes to the “Chronicle” thus, under the heading “Wisdom for the City Council:” Marmaduke got a job in a bank. A month later he said: “I’m going to resign.” “Why”? spi<l Dad. Well 1 ’ve got to work from 9to 5 for a pound a week. The manager comes in at, 10 and in the afternoon puts in an hour or two—plays golf when he feels like it—and gets £5OOO a year for simply saying “yes’* and “no.” That’s not good enough for me to put up with. What Marmaduke didn’t understand was that it had taken a quarter ol a century’s bard work and experience to learn when to wisely say “yes” or “no”—and that this was the hardest, jon anout the plnca» for a wrong decision could menu serious trouble for shareholders—depositors—employees. Every executive is a “yes” or “no” man. It, is his business to express his experience. Get busy I and get experience.