Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 126, 31 May 1932, Page 6

Town Talk

Tug Kahauui. To undergo its annual slipping and overhaul, tho Wanganui Harbour Board’s tug, the Kahanui, left for Wei lington early yesterday morning. Obligations. To-day is the last day upon which tho unemployment levy may be r aid without penalty. Income tax returns uro also due to be made out and motordrivers ’ license and registration plates should be obtained. Yesterday there was a continual stream of people pay- ( mg their unemployment levies at the j Post Office. J Offending Cyclist. I “The offence is a nuisance to the | police and tu the public. I am continuI ally being faced with this class of case,” said Mr. J. H. Salmon. S.M. at the Magistrate’s Court at Wanganui yesterday morning when dealing with au offender who had driven a motorcycle without registering it or obtaining number plates. A line of £2 was i imposed. Miniature Shooting. A big effort is being made this year to materially strengthen the Wanganui Miniature Rifle Association by drawing in the country clubs. {Several of these bodies ha\ e been written to, and it is probable that the annual meeting this week several will signify their willingness to link up again. Bulls, Ohakea, Sanson and Ohingaiti arc likely. Evans and Olympic Gaines. Arrangements for the sending of ’ C. E. (Don) Evans to the Olympic I Games wore advanced another stage : last night at a meeting of tho Wani ganui committee. It was decided that ! a concert party from Wanganui visit I Taihape early in June, to raise funds j for the cause, and arrangements for a ' similar concert in Marton and Wanga- ! nui are now under way. Advertising Wanganui.

The Wanganui Aero Club has had an enlargement made of a pho.Tigraph taken at the North Island Air Pageant at Landguard Bluff. This shows the splendid car parking area and the aerodrome in the background. It is intended to hang the enlargement in the club’s rooms and smaller copies have been made and distributed to every aero club in the Dominion for the purpose of advertising the Wanganui port. Cheerfulness In Business.

“I would appeal for cheerfulness in business,” said Rev. Raymond Dudley, speaking at yesterday ’s meeting of the Wanganui Rotary Club on the subject, of ‘‘Unemployment.” To say that business was bad, was bad for business.

( said the speaker. He had heard it said that business must indeed bo bad because tho farmers had stopped growling. (Laughter). There should be optimism about everybody’s work, said Mr. Dudley, and there should be greater optimism and cheerfulness in business at tho present time.

Explanation Accepted. Inquiries were made at the meeting of the Wanganui Rowing Association last night as to whether the Aramoho Boating Club’s nominee for tho posil tion of coxswain with the New Zealand eight to compete at Los Angeles j had been, forwarded to tho New Zealand Bowing Council for consideration. It was stated that tho nominations had boon sent to tho New Zealand Rowing Council and that it had received due consideration along with those from other clubs. Aramoho delegates accepted tho explanation as being satisfactory.

Golf Course. The golf course established at the Wanganui Aerodrome for convenience of members of the Aero Club (active and honorary) is proving popular. At the annual meeting last night .33 names were listed of members willing to take part in a competition. Tho course js uno of six holes at present and will be increased to nine later. It is probable that it will become an 18-hole course in time. Several of the holes are named and familiar aviation titles have been applied in each case—•‘Scot,” “Landguard,” “Kingsford Smith,” and so on. Landing Fees. A. matter to be taken up with the Wanganui Airport Committee is the charge for landing fees at the Landguard Bluff Aerodrome. The matter was mentioned briefly at last night’s annual meeting of the Aero Club. It has been pointed out that neither the New Plymouth ’drome, nor that at I’almorsto/North, charge ’planes for landing. lu consequence, fliers from Auckland to Wellington prefer to break journeys at these two ports in preference to Wanganui. Captain Bolt, who passed over Wanganui recently, flew inland to Palmerston rather than laud here and have to send back a postal note for two shillings as a landing fee. In most quarters the principle of charging landing fees is approved, but the fueling in the Wanganui Aero Club is that while tho two neighbouring ports do not charge it is inadvisable for Wanganui to do so. The matter is one which will come before the New Zealand Aviation body in due course with a view to arriving at uniformity throughout the Dominion. Problem of Resits. Whether land agents in Wanganui would bo prepared to take produce in lieu of rent from those people who were unemployed or found themselves in straitened circumstances, as land agents have been reported to have done in Australia, was a question put to an agent; yesterday. The reply was tha: such a procedure would not be likely to succeed in Wanganui, as conditions here were different. One other way in which a tenant could pay for his rent, it war stated, was by the land- ; lord supplying paint, wall-papers and materials, the tenant to carry out rei novation work and his services to be. ' accepted in lieu of rent. The land | agent stated that this had been dune i in several eases in Wanganui and had ; proved to he very satisfactory, i Owing to the reductions in interest i and insurance, and an expected reduction in rates, it was considered that landlords would have more money to spend in doing up their houses, thereby giving an impetus Io the building trade. It was also stated that in thb near future, as soon as conditions improved, there, would be a possible shortage of houses in Wanganui. The land l agon said that in some parts of the town it was already difficult to obtain an empty bungalow.