Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 148, 25 June 1931, Page 6

Town Talk

:• Tho silver cup donated by Mr G. Spriggens for the traders’ procession yesterday, was won by the exhibit, of Community Stores (corner Guyton f Street and the Avenue). City Council Salaries. A special meeting of the Wanganui City Council was held last night for the purpose of finalising the estimates. I he only section requiring decision was •/ that relating to staff salaries and on | this the Council went into committee. I Lessening Earthquake Risk Since tho earthquake, the two big rooms at the Technical College new = hostel, the “prep” room and Ihc dining room, have been strengthened with r tic rods, while concrete chimneys have been replaced with pumice and cement chimneys. ’ Bugle Presented. Af the St. John Ambulance parade on Sunday morning at the racecou so. r a bugle was presented to the St John Ambulance Cadet Division by [ Legion-Lieut. N. ' Curran, M.C., on f behalf of the No. I 'Troop, G squadron, of the T.ogion of Frontiersmen. Overseas Shipping. » A correspondent writes asking particulars of overseas ships berthing at Castlecliff Wharff. The largest boat to enter the Port of Wanganui was the s.s. Comeric, 67<>l tons gross. The longest was the Karroo, 4.?1 feet, and the largest cargo discharged from one vessel was 3902 tons. 'There have been 89 overseas ships berthed and many of these were of over 6000 tons gross. Sheep for Export. A very free sale of sheep took place at the Wanganui yards yesterday and prices showed a slight firming over those of last week. Export buyers operated freely, which caused local butchers to exceed the export price in order to fulfil their requirements. Cattle were harder to sell, and . although the pens were full there was a dull sale. Pigs sol I well, and an average price was maintained. School Fire. _bii c destroyed the old school residence of the Moumahaki school on Saturday night at about '8.30. Numbers of neighbours were brought to the scene of the lire, but found they were too late to do anything, as the roof was about to coLapse. The house was of four rooms and had been occupied by the school teavher until recently. The cause of the outbreak is not known. | For Charity. The Wanganui Auto-Uycle Club has oflered to "co-operate with tho Press and Police in connection with Charity Saturday. They are prepared to stage a motor-cycle football match for half-an-hour as a curtain-raiser and to assist in the sale of tickets for the good cause. Whether the cycle contest can be put on depends up ( .n the time of starting the Rugby Union’s Club fixture which is to precede the Police v. Press game. For the Unemployed. A Wellington City Council milk token and a Canadian ten cent piece were placed in collection boxes used bv the Wanganui Junior \ ictoria League at yesterday’s inter-college Rugby match on Spriggens Park when funds were appealed for for the unemployed. “1 don’t know what can be done with them to help the cause,” the City Treasurer (Mr W r . Mitchell) remarked last night. “Perhaps the donors intended them as souvenirs or prizes for a raffle.” ’’Cut’’ Affects Exhibition. One of the indirect effects of the much-talked of 1(J per cent, cut was to postpone the annual exliibition of the Wanganui Art Society. The exhibition which is the largest to be held in this city for many years, necssitated the shipment of many of the pictures from the South Island and the recent strike in the shipping circles caused these pictures to be delayed in reaching Wanganui. Not only is there plenty of quantity as regards pictures at the exhibition but there is also qualitv. Band Entertainment. One of the many attractions of Welcome Week is the music played bv the local bands. To-morrow evening the Queen Alexandra Band will play for an hour and a-half in Victoria Avenue at different points, and on Saturday it will head the procession in the Winter Show, afterwards playing .selections on the. lawn. On Sunday it will take part in the final concert of Welcome Week in conjunction with the Otnki Maori Party. On Monday it will also play in Wanganui’ East in aid of the Wanganui East School funds. League of Nations. The increasing interest in tl ; League of Nations ami its work is being made manifest by the i. mber of requests to the Wanganui brunch of the League of Nations Union to suppl v speakers on League subjects. Besides the Huntcrville meeting of tho Farmers’ Union (mon and women’s divisions) which Mr IL C. Jenkins will address this afternoon in Scots’ Hall, the speaker has three other engagements already booked, one being as far away as Stratford, while arrangements arc in train for other I mootings. Back to Horse and Gig. In spite of the many forecasts that tin! horso would gradually disappear, that his day was over, and that his loath knell had sounded, it appears that he is coming into his own again in Taranaki at least. Tn Eltham it was stated that some 200 farmers hao given up I heir motor vars and returned to lheir former means of transport, the horse and gig. Curious as to whether a similar change, was taking it and around Wanganui. »» t’hronicip reporter mentioned tho fact Io a loes! farrtet srd asked him whether he had noticed a rise in the “storks” nf the horse and gig. “No, I’m afraid I l.nvp not noticed it hero,” replied the farrier “1 onlv wish T had.” Wellington Regimental (Junior) Band. When the Territorial scheme was abandoned Captain J. Trussell and his Wellington West Coast Regimental Band decided that they would carry on. 'They wore fortunate in having funds in hand and the Defence authorities are i pleased to know that this useful conii bination is now at full strength and i ready tn link up under the new scheme I uf voluntary trainnThe band played |:i programme outside the National I Mutual Buildings last night tn aid the i Weh 'Hiir Week effort and wore assisted ■ bv Cr»r»<luetnr Watson of the Wanganui Garrison. It is worthy of note that the Ri'ginieiitiil Band has supplied several players for the Garrison. There fire 1 1 boys who were schooled by Captain , Trussell in the Regimental Baud no" iu | , I he Ga : l ison.