Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 229, 28 September 1931, Page 6

Town Talk

“They Both Have Gone.” “The gold standard and the Rugby scrum—New Zealand has lost them both,” said Mr Louis Cohen, president of the Pirate Football Club, at a convivial little gathering at Spriggens Park on Saturday. Before the Magistrate. On a charge of converting a horse to his own use Sydney Lawrence Cheek will appear at the Magistrate’s Court at Wanganui this morning. The animal belongs to Stanley Head and is valued at £B. Fire at Sanson A fire occurred in the Manawatu County Council’s motor garage at Sanson at about 4.30 on Saturday afternoon. The building is of concrete and apparently a lorry caught fire inside. Tho extent of the damage could not be ascertained last night. To Blenheim and Back. Leaving Hawera yesterday morning, Mr B. Haybittie took a Western Federated Flying Club machine with a passenger to Wellington. He continued on to Blenheim and called at the Wanganui Airport in the afternoon. Mr Huybittle was flying the ’plane on to New Plymouth before evening.

Single Men’s Camps. Seven single men have so far notified the Labour Department, New Plymouth, that they arc willing to enter the unemployment camp on the Parapafa Road. There are still 19 vacancies to fill before the quota for the New Plymouth district will be completed.

Cigarettes Removed. A quantity of packets of cigarettes were removed from the window of the Community Stores in Victoria Avenue by persons at present unknown on Saturday night. Evidently tho thieves moved tho slide in the window to one side and by placing an arm inside were able to roach the packets.

A Strange Wind. A strong, westerly wind blew in Wanganui on Saturday and it played its part in the Rugby matches. Broken by. the stand of Spriggens Paik, it struck the field in varying forms. On most of the ground the touchline flags indicated it to be west. In one part it fame on due east and on another corner it -was almost north. Tram-line Re-construction.

The following motion, notice of which has been given, is to be moved by Cr. J. Siddells at to-morrow’s City Council meeting: “That the city engineer furnish a report showing the cost to the council for reconstructing the tram line in Guyton Street from St. Paul’s Church gate to Purnell Street junction and give any explanation, that in his opinion is necessary, as to the deplorable condition of the work so soon after it has been completed.”

Eclipse of the Moon. There was a total eclipse of the moon yesterday morning. The moon entered the earth’s penumbral shadow at 4.10 a.in., and the eclipse was visible to the naked eye at 5.24 a.m. At that time the moon was low in the western sky and as a spectacle the eclipse was at an end at about 5.49 a.m. There was an eclipse of the sun on September 12. There will be a further total eclipse of the sun in October, completing five eclipses this year. Advertising Scheme.

A proposal has been made to the Wanganui Metropolitan Rugby Union by a firm controlling hoarding advertisements, that the outer fence of Spriggens Park be leased to them for advertising. The idea is to have the hoardings placed along a'fence of uniform height, the wording to bo displayed to the roadway of Guyton Street extension. No finality can be reached in the matter until permission has been obtained from the city council. What action will bo taken by the union will probably be decided to-mor-row night. V

Demand for Horses. Ever since the motor-car camo into its own and horse-drawn traffic took a back scat, there has been much said about the disappearance of man’s “four-footed friend.” Some people even went as far as to say that the horse would disappear altogether. Recently it has been noticed, particularly in Eltham, that there is an appreciable increase in the demand for buggies and other kinds of horse-drawn vehicles. Tho latest evidence that tho horse is not going to disappear so soon, or even so quickly as many forecast, is the fact that at the horse fair at Waverley, which was held last Friday, there was a total clearance. This is exceptionally noteworthy when it is pointed out that there was a large entry. A wide variety o'f horsese was sold, including several draughts, spring-carters, backs and ponies.

A Surprise Victory. That it pays to wait until a Rugby match is definitely over before taking steps to congratulate the winners was proved on Saturday in •connection with tho contest for the Junior Charity Cup between tho Technical College firsts and tho Wanganui and Old Boys’ junior side. There was hardly a minute to go and tho score was three to nil in favour of the College. Old Boys did not look like scoring and a supporter of the College instructed Mr Henry Cooper (secretary of the Metropolitan Union) to charge the cup, which was on view, with lemonade for the victorious team. While the secretary was away attending to this duty, an Old Boys’ five eighth potted a goal, giving his team victory by a point. “Never mind,” said the College enthusiast, “give the winners their drink. Luck like that comes once in a while and its worth a toast.” College Hostel. The contractors, the Fletcher Construction Company, expect to be finished at the new Technical Hostel, Purnell Street, in a week to ten days. A supply of steel lockers has been delayed, or the contract would have been concluded before now. A further delay occurred as the result of the Hawke’s Bay earthquake, when the department ordered the cessation of all school building work in progress until such time as the class of construction could be passed as being suitable to resist earth disorders of the type which wrought such havoc on the East Const. It is expected that tho opening of the new building will take place before the end of the present school term, and the boarders will occupy the promises, piobablv in November. Arrangements to shift tho caretako” in are about complete, and he will take over his charge this week or next.