Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 439, 3 December 1930, Page 6

Town Talk

There will be a wool sale at Napier to-day. Brokers anticipate slightly better prices than those obtained at either Auckland or Wanganui Atkinson Park.

The Metropolitan Rugby Union intends holding a further working bee at Atkinson Park on Saturday to erect a fence alopg the front of the property. Potatoes and Frost.

A Smithfield Tcrlont reports that his potato crop was affected by the recent frtlfit, but ho noticed that only the big leaves were touched. He considers that if these are removed the stalks of the plants may easily be preserved. Fat Stock Killings. There is not a full board of butchers iu operation at Imlay as yet and there is nothing definite yet as to when the works will be killing at full capacity. The schedule of prices current is as follows': Lambs: 361b5., (id; 42Jbs., 5Ad; overs and seconds, sd; wethers: His to 17s per head; ewes, up to Bs.

Christmas and New Year Holidays. Wanganui retailers have decided io observe Thursday and Friday in each week as holidays during Christinas and New Year period. On the Wednesday in each week (Deceinbei 24 and January 31) shops will remain open at night and on the two Saturdays (December 27 and January 3) will remain open until 5.30 p.m. Inter-House Debate,

Several years ago the Wanganui Technical College Old Boys’ Association donated ,a cup for competition between the different houses. This year’s debate will bo held next Monday afternoon in the College hall at two o’clock. The subject for the debate, will be “Should India be made a full self-gov-erning Dominion?’’

Effect of the Flood. The recent fresh in the river has caused siltation opposite the town wharf. It has shifted several tons of spoil from the sand bank opposite the Castlecliff wharf and deposited it'in the fairway. This means that there is only equal to 18 feet depth of water at high water spring tides and 15 feet at high water neap tides.

Eights In Action. Always productive of interest, and more spectacular than other events, the Wanganui Rowing Club will to-night hold the first of the heats of the eights competition for the Wray Cup. The course is of one and a-half miles, from opposite the Duchess Theatre to Dallas’ wharf. On Thursday and Friday the two Collegiate School eights will be competing. The final will be held on Saturday.

Two Trade Conferences. Two important conferences are to be held in Wanganui early next year —that of the New Zealand Master Grocers’ Federation and the annual gathering of delegates to the New Zealand Drapers, Clothiers, Furnishers and Boot Retailers’ Association. Mr A. Weekcs, secretary of the Wanganui branches of these organisations, is at present arranging details. The Grocers’ conference will be held between February 3 and 6 and the Drapers about the second week in March.

How to Pronounce. Palmerston North decided some time ago that all new street names should bt the names of native trees. At the last meeting of the City Council there it was decided that the motion should bo rescinded. Cr. G. Tremaine said that they had gone througa all the Maori tree names and were getting names that were similar sounding to those already in existence. He brought Wanganui in •to the picture by sth ting that Wanganui East had Maori names for some of its streets and they were at times unpronouncable. Another ’Plane

At last night ’s meeting of the general committee of the River Carnival, a letter was received from Mr 8. Freeman, of Taihape, formerly of Wanganui. He stated that he had been working hard for several months ou another ’plane, a successor to the one that ho endeavoured to fI.Y "at Wanganui East some years ago- The machine that Mr Freeman now has in hand will bo capable of landing on either land or water. Mr Freeman has received offers to fly the machine from Captain White, and from Captain Robinson (of Dominion Airway's). The machine, stripped of all exterior coverings will be on view at the River Carnival on New Year’s Day. The Gold Standard

Suggesting that there was an imperative need for a realignment of world finance, Mr J- T. Hogan, M.P., told Monday night’s public meeting, which had been called to discuss unemployment, that experts held that the world would “never put. its house in order” until it returned to the gold standard. “There may be a way out by stabilising the sovereign at fourteen shillings as France has done with the franc,” he said, “but authorities say that by doing that we are only putting off the evil day. We must get back to the gold standard, they say. I fail to see why it is necessary myself, though I would not pit my mind against that of the authorities.” Maori Music

The Maori song ‘‘ E Pari Ba ■’ ’ which has been harmonised and arranged for the Choral Society by Mr Slater for its concert to-night has an interesting history. The words were written by the Hon Ngata and set to the melody of a well known waltz. It was originally intended as a song of farewell to the Hawke’s Bay members of the Maori pioneer battalion and as such was first rendered to a Hastings audience in the form of a tableau by a Red Cross nurse and a Maori soldier. It gained instant popularity in Hawke’s Bay and has lately been broadcast from 2YA by the Putiki concert party. The performance of 'this composition by the local Choral Society will add interest to its conceit this evening.