Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 137, 12 June 1931, Page 6

Town Talk

City Ta’ivtlTJ The vai • • 'i el' the < i.« <■; \A’••. ■ 1 ganui has been reduced from £lOO.OOO I tu £390.000. i Annual Shooting Match. i The Queen Alexandra Mounted Rifles : gained a victory in their annual shooti ing match with the G Squadron of i Frontiersmen on Wednesday bv scoring 1558 points to their opponents’ 447. Appreciation ot Ambulance 'l’he St. John Ambulance came in for some appreciation at the meetitg of the Wanganui Automobile Association held oji Wednesday evening. The good work that the organisation was doing was remarked upon and a sum of £lO 10s was donated for its use. Pets’ Parade. One ut the leal ures of the Wanganui “Welcome Week” so rar as the children arc voncerned, will bo the parade on the Saturday afternoon when a pets’ procession will bo held. Decorated prams, soap boxes and bicycles will add colour and amusement. Earthquake Risk. At yesterday's meeting of ihc Wan-ganui-Rangitikei Electric power Board, Mr K. W. Dalrymple asked if .he board building had been inspected tor earthquake safety. It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the chairman. (Mr F. Purnell) aud (he ic;retary (Mr I’. H. Smith i. Power Board Salaries. At yesterday’s meeting of the Wan-ganui-Rangitikei Electric-puwer Board the chairman and the mauagiug secretary were given power to go into the matter of the salaries that were likely to be affected by the, ten. per cent, cut recommendation and to report tu Ihc next meeting of the board Number 5 Scheme Questioned by a 4 ‘Chronicle’* reporter yesterday afternoon as to whether he had a statement to make regarding the cessation of the Number 5 Scheme, Mr E. W. F. Gohns said that he had nothing to state as yd. Although the cessation had been expected, b had arrived earlier than the date forecasted. New Motor Signal. The ordinary signs of motoring are well known to the average traveller, but the signal that denotes that a driver is suffering from blindness o* other impediment will be a new one. It is the raising of the right hand over the head. This information was received at a meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association on Wednesday evening from the North Island

Power Board Loans. Advice was received from the Local Bodies Loans Board at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Board that sanction had been given to the raising of the £14,000 supplementary loan -with, ten per cent, additional. The letter stated that the sanction had been given in view of ’he satisfactory position of the accounts. The letter was received. One member suggested that it “be received with satisfaction. ’’ Mild Weather Results. With the publication of a paragraph about the flowering of plum trees at present, due to the mildness of the weather, several more seasonal anomalies have come to light. Cherry trees, ' apple trees and plum trees are in flower in some Wanganui gardens. There is a thrush’s nest outside the bedroom window of a Campbell Street residence, nu.l the bird is sitting. Not only have signs of spring arrived in winter, but th? Christmas tree, better known as the pohutukawa, is out in blossom in. ihc zig-zag reserve on the No. 3 Line. Speeding Motorists. As a result of a watch kept st ’he Manutahi store corner on the Main South Road on April 2, there were 19 charges for driving at a dangerous speed, at the monthly sitting of the Patea Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr J. H. Salmon, B.M. Of these, eleven were undefended. Rates of travelling ranged from 3.1 to 43 miles an hour. The Manutahi store corner requires motorists to drive at at rate of 15 miles an hour. H’S Worship convicted in all cases, making a fine in each ease relevant to the speed of travel. By-lav/s to be Enforced. From time to time the motor-cyclist has been a cause of complaint by patients of hospitals and other light sleepers who have been disturbed by the noise created by the machines. Although sigus have been erected by the City Council at the request of the Wanganui Automobile Association, these warnings to slow down have been disregarded and it was decided by the Association al its meeting on Wednesday evening that the Police Department and Traffic Inspector be written to asking them to take ac’ion in this respect to see that the by Jaws arc enforced. Welcome Woek Lighting. Members of the Welcome Week organisation waited on yesterday's meting of the Wanganui-Rangitikei Elec-tric-power Board asking fur lighting in Paul's old buildiug. festoon lighting, and two ‘•welcome" signs, one at the Town Bridge and the other on •St. John’s Hill. During the discussion after the deputation had retired, i lie engineer pointed out that if the lighting were operating at the usual time for the peak load, it might put ihc peak load up considerably, and then li e Board would have to pay for that amount of electricity being used i I through the quarter. It was possible that if that happened it would cost he Board £l3O. The Board decided to gi’e the power, to provide the lighting ?p pliances for Paul’s building, and to loan the festoon lights, provided the engineer has full control of the extra lighting. It was stated that with the engineer in charge he could arrange in.,lters so that the board’s peak load wonk 1 , not be increased. Stones in the Signal. The black ball which, for long years, has played its part at the Durie Hill signal station, still continues to fulfil its duly between 12 noon and one o'clock, rising to proclaim the lunch hour. Small boys thought they would play a joke on the signalman recently and they tilled the leather up with stones. For several days the hoisting took a irreat deal more energy and the signalman was at k loss to discover the cause. Pulleys were oiled and lopes looked at carefully, but there was io ini prov ement until the weight inside the ball was discovered. At the last meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board a move was made to dispen.-.c wt'li this signal station, but a majority vote, made probably out of sentiment, decreed that the old order should rein.in