Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 117, 20 May 1932, Page 6

Town Talk

The winter school vacation terminates with this week. Primary schools resume on Monday and the Technical College on Tuesday. Splendid Sunsets. There have been several remarkable sunsets visible from Wanganui during the past month. Colourings in the western sky gust after the orb of the sun had disappeared have been startling in their brilliance. Large Interests “I don’t think dial the public realises that the board officials handle £lBO,OOO a vear: it is a tremendous sum.” said the chairman. Mr. E. F. Hemingway, speaking at the last mect- • ing of the Wanganui Education Board. Prince of Wales Cup. Arrangements for the Maori Rugby competition for tho Prince of Wales Cup and Te Mori Rose Bowl are to

bo discussed at a mooting of the Maori Advisory Board at Otaki to-day. Mr Alex. Takarangi is to attend as representative of the Wanganui district. Good Fishing Days. Calm weather during the past Tew days has been almost ideal for fishing off the Wanganui Heads. Ono launch party struck blue cod off a bank not far from the mouth of tho river. They caught the fish in dozens. Incidentally, they landed two Conger eels. Small-fann Scheme. The Government’s small-farm scheme, which is being promoted to relieve unemp’oyment. is to be carried still further forward at a big meeting at Waverly to-day when the combined committees on tho north of Wanganui are to meet and decide on a plan of campaign. “Over the Fence” Scheme All councils who arc employing men on “over the fence” schemes are to be asked by tho Wanganui Unemployment Committee to supply the names of the farmers who arc engaging tho men. This action was decided upon at a meeting of tho committee, held yesterday afternoon. Abolition of “Stand Oown Week” It was reported by the Mayor, Mr N, G. Armstrong, at Lie meeting of tho Wanganui Unemployment Committee meeting vesterdav afternoon that he had interviewed the Minister for Employment, lhe Hon. -I. G. Coates, with regard to the abolition of the “stand down” week in tho Wanganui district. Tip' Minister had undertaken to go into tho matter at once and to advise tho Mayor as to the decision reached, at the. earliest, opportunity. Firewood for Unemployed For the purpose of establishing « central depot to supply destitute unemployed with firewood during the winter, a committee consisting of Messrs. T. Dix. A. E. Halligan. J. S L. Doom, R. IL Dawson and J. D. Crowley has boon appointed by the Wanganui Unemployment. Committee. When lhe depot is established it will bp handed over to the Mayor’s Relief Committee. Tho wood is to bo out. bv single mon employed under the No. 5 scheme.

Clear Photography, Outstanding oxamides of clear photography are being disnlaved in a retail window in Wanganui. They depict Sydney harbour and tho famous bridge during the opening ceremony. So clear arc these prints that the features of peop 1 e on boats and round tho shore stand out and can be identified oven though tho subjects have boon a fair distance from the camera lens. Vorv comprehensive views are given of Sydney’s fine harbour, particularly Circular Quay. The Boy and His Jag. Fishing is nearly always a game of patience: scores of times it. is one of exasperation. There was an incident at a Wanganui wharf recently which proved that fact. Several patient people wore holding lines fully hopeful of herrings being attracted bv tempting baits. Nothing happened, however, but a grinning bov camp a’ong with a kerosene tin of refuse. This he emptied into the waiter and with calm pre cision jagged sixty odd fish. As h»» landed the sixty-fourth, tho. last of the lonely line holders was travelling a fast road homo. He was muttering under his breath. Girls in Camp. Six girls have spent the school holidays camping in the Long Acre Valley. They have enjoyed every minute of their adventure under canvas and hard though tho frosts can be in tho pretty bush-lined valley thev were not equal to overcoming juvenile enthusiasm. “We wore never cold,” said one of the girls during a brief visit home. The party had one exciting experiei.ee. They forgot, to securely cover up the “grub” and in the middle regions of the night a canine prowler commenced a tasty meal. Ho made such a rowdy

business of it that tho inmates of the tent wore awakened and, after much whispering, they put the intruder to rout. Competitions Society. There is a movement afoot to resuscitate the Wanganui Competitions Society. Wanganui audiences have very pleasant recollections of the work, of the old body, which lias been defunct for some years now. and there are some who arc firmly convinced that the high standard set in tho past, can bo revived. Success has attended tho efforts of the Manawatu Competitions now in progress at Palmerston North, entries having been received from all over the North Island. When Wanganui launched a society some eight years ago it met with remarkab’c sup port and it is believed that tho time is ripe for another effort, particularly ns there are several Wanganui artists competing in the Manawatu. Who Will be Privileged? Much interest will attach to the interval of each club Rugby match in Wanganui to-morrow in view of the . fact that the union has ordered that players must remain on tho field and that “no person shall bo allowed on the playing area without. tin permission of the referee.” Several people are wondering whether the referee? will be lenient or otherwise. In sonic unions, where this rule is being car ried out, several non-plnyers have been * privileged to visit, tho teams at half c time. In one centre a member of the f Now Zealand Union was among those who appeared on tho playing area “Thev should do as they do in Scot t land,” said a man yesterday. “Tw( I orange boys are allowed on the flel< at half-time and nobody else. The i (•ranges arc sliced and convoyed to tin ‘‘ players on trays. Lot, Wanganui leaf tho way. Scotland’s not. a bad toun try to emulate.”