Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 142, 18 June 1931, Page 6

Town Talk

Relief Committee Workers. . A meeting of all ladies willing to t - Si«t in the present effort to alleviate distress among the unemployed will be held in the Y.M.C.A. to-'ay at 3 p.m. The meeting is convened by Mrs Hair at the request of the General Committee. His Worship the Mayor (Mr N. G, Armstrong) and Mr J. McMillan will also be present. House Rents Falling "There is no doubt about it. all house rents arc coming down,” remark cd Mr w. Poynter at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Boa rd. Officers' Camp. Authority has been granted to hoi I a camp for officers and N.C.O’s of the Queen Alexandra Mounted Rifles on the racecourse at Waverley from June 27 to July 2. They will report at camp on Friday, .Tune 26 and will return home on Friday, July 3. An Able Chairman. Congratulations were extender, to Mr F. Currie at the meeting of the Wan g.'iniii executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday on his able chairmanship at the conference of the combined provincial districts of Wanganui, Wairarapa, Wellington Central and Manawatu. held at Palmerston North recently. Early Payments Appreciated The response to the request from tho Hospital Board to the local bodies had been wonderful, said the chairman (Mr W. Broderick'), at yesterday’s meeting of tho board. There had not been one that had demurred. They all sent along their first instalment, judging on last year s estimates, and it showed that

Hiey had the interests of ihe boat*, at heart. It had helped the board con siderablv.

Pay-ont for May. An excellent standard of butter has been maintained by the Okoia dairy factory during the past season, and tho company has received first-class reports from England for its butter. Recently 34'59 boxes were sold at Is Old per lb for shipment to Loudon. Of that output every box was of finest grade, with t' ■ exception of 22 boxes, which is :.>> exceptionally high percentage. The pay-out for the factory for the month of Mav will be Is OJd. Central Farms? When the conference of the exocuties of the Farmers’ Union was held at Palmerston Nor 'i recently. a scheme for dealing with central "farms to absorb a number of the unemployed was propounded. by Mr J. it. Franklin. Yt the meeting' of f • Wanganui executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday, he reported that that scheme, with e rtain additions, would go before the Advisorv Board and then possibly before ’(he Unemployment. Board. ‘

Fanners Aiding Relief. Ou the motion of Mr K Parsons, the Wanganui executive of the Fanners’ Union passed the following resolution at their meeting yesterday: “That this executive is in favour of holding a stock and produce drive among the far niers to assist those in want or distress.Mr Parsons said that it was now the time of the year when tl ev all had a few sheep which they could spare, while the season had also been a good one for potatoes. He thought th'ev could assist in this manner with the relief of those in '<ieed.

Providing for Unemployed Speaking al yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board. Mr Moreton said that in Raetihi efforts were being made by the people to meet the position occasioned by the unemployment there. Some had food and some farmers had wood which they wore allowing unemployed men to cut for firing. When food was given the unemployed were working it out in many places. Mr R. Farley followed the re marks up with the suggestion that the Wanganui committee should record the farmers who would bo willing to donate wood if the unemployed would cut it. He himself had quite an amount, he said, and he was sure there were quite a number of similar cases. Wangaehu Factory Successes

Considerable success attended the entries from tho Wangaehu Factory in the butter competitions at the National Dairy Association .Show at Palmerston North. Awards up to yesterday gave the Wangaehu Factory the following placings: Second in the butter championship of New Zealand, third in the salted box for export, second in the box of pat butter, second in the box for export open to all factories, third in the box from home separator cream only, third in the competition for the box of unsalted butter made under the most favourable conditions, third in the box suitable for local trade buttermakers of first assistants only, and. for tho Wellington Province, gained highest marks over other provinces for the Provincial Medal Specials.

Hospital Board Estimates “Everything is most satisfactory,” said the chairman of the Wanganui Hospital Board at yesterday’s meeting, when it had been decided on Mr W. •I. Rogers’ motion that the estimates should be finalised in accordance with the wishes of the Health Department. 'l’he Departmental architect and the board’s architect each recommended that strengthening work against earthquake damage should be carried out. I’he work, the chairman explained, would be done out of capital expen diture. which would thus carry a £ for £ subsidy. It was originally intended to spend £lOO6 on building strengthening. but the Department had suggested an extra £lOOO, That would mean that, ratepayers would have to find £lOOO instead of £5OO. Hospital Board and Unemployment “With regard to the unemployment in our midst. I do not know what to say, it has got me thinking,” said Mr W. Broderick, chairman of the Wanganui Hospital Board at the meeting yesterday. The question was, he said, what was the board going to do with the coming s ’sponsion of the No. 5 Scheme. Mr \. S. Uoleman said that the board should throw its weight in behind the Hospital Boards’ Association in its communications to the Minister and tho Department of Health. On the motion of Dr Skerrnan it was dicidcd that the board should write to the Minister and to the Department of Health stating that it would be impossible to keep within the estimates in view of the stopping of the No. 5 I nemployment Scheme, and asking for the direction of the Mini ter in tho matter. It was stated that last year the btai’il had estimated for £7OOO for elm i liable aid and had spent £9BOO. This year the estimate was for £6OOO.