Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 142, 18 June 1932, Page 6

Town Talk

Dairy Pay-out. At a meeting of directors of the Kuhl Dairy Company yesterday, it was decided, after reviewing the balancesheet for the season, to make an additional pay-out of a id per lb. of butterPower Off With the exception of the Wanganui City area, power will bo cut off in the whole Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric Power Board’s district te-iaorrow during the hours of 1.30 to 3*30 p.m. During that period the Government supply is to be shut down. Good Crop of Carrots Judging of Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs’ competitions, which has just been completed, lists a remarkably heavy crop of carrots grown by a Waverley Convent pupil. The crop averaged out at 99 tons odd, and bids fair to be a record for the district. Airport Improvements According to the report of the citj engineer covering work of the pas! two months, the task of forming an access road to the hangar sites at the Landguard Bluff Aerodrome has been completed and levelling work on thtlanding area is being continued. Mar ram grass is being planted on the seaward side and exposed areas.

Sweetshop Burgled Another case of breaking and entering occurred at Arainoho some time during yesterday, the sweetshop adjacent to the Duchess Theatre being robbed. One of the windows was broken and a quantity of sweets was removed* Judging by marks on the door the marauders had evidently attempted to enter there but were unable to do so.

Town Bridge Approach Work on the reinforced concrete abutment on the Taylorville side of the Town Bridge is progressing satis factorily, states the latest report oi the city engineer (Mr. J. S. L. Deem) The whole of the piling and founda tion work has been completed, and the wall will shortly be above spring tide level. After that progress will be more rapid. Free Picture Entertainment.

Much is being done by the Y.M.C.A. for children of unemployed to help in times of stress, and to-night free pictures for children of unemployed will be screened at the Wanganui branch of the organisation. The Wanganui Y.M.C.A. is helping all it possibly can in the way of entertaining young people, and this innovation should be greatly appreciated. The entertainment will commence at 7.30. A Good Cow

The remarkably good milk test of 15.4 has been returned by a four-year-old Jersey grade cow, owned by Mr. D. J. Beard, of Kauangaroa. At this time of the year the average test is stated to be in the vicinity of 6 or 7. The figure recorded by Mr. Beard’s cow is authentic, for the test was carried out by the Manawatu Herd-Testing Association.

Advertising Pays “I am satisfied that, even when pessimism is evident in certain directions, advertising pays,” remarked a Wanganui business man yesterday afternoon. He inserted a half-page advertisement in the “Chronicle” yesterday morning, and early in the day received several telephone messages from as far distant as Marton, Raetihi, Waverley and Hunterville, in addition to numerous calls from subscribers on rural lines.

City Water Supply Water in the Okehu dam has reached to within a few feet of the spillway, the volume having been swelled by recent rains. Construction of a concrete weir across the Kai Iwi Stream, at a spot surveyed preparatory to the erection of an auxiliary pumping plant, is two-thirds completed. Excavation work for the pump house is in progress and it is expected to take delivery of the pump before the end of the month. Boots and. Shoes Wanted

A heavy demand on the boots which are being supplied to the unemployed by the Revs. H. G. Goring and IL Dudley has been made during the past week, with the result that the stock has become low. A request is made to those people who have boots or shoes which could be reconditioned to leave them either at the Ladies’ Rest or at the Department of Labour in Trafalgar Place. Two men are being employed to effect repairs and ' they are working at full pressure.

Appeal for Help An appeal has been made to the Rev. H. G. Goring by the men who arc stationed at the forestry camp at Karioi for boots, clothing, reading matter and playing cards. The men are stationed in a particularly-lonely place in the country, and are some .1600 feet above sea level, so that during the winter time the climate is often severe. Any person who can help the men by donating the articles asked for is requested to communicate with the Rev. Goring.

Central Relief Committee Proposed It was decided at a meeting of the Mayor’s Central Relief Committee, held yesterday afternoon, that the Wanganui Uijemployment Committee be asked to establish immediately a

central committee with a view to distributing relief among the regis tered unemployed. This committee is to be asked to take over the work of assisting unemployed, which is now being carried out by a number of small charitable institutions, and to form a central depot with a view to eliminating overlapping. The matter is to be considered by a special meet, ing of the Unemployment Committee on Tuesday.

Castlecliff Health Camp Owing to curtailments which have been effected in the architect’s branch of the Wanganui Education Board, it has become impossible for the board to supervise No. 5 scheme work on the children’s health camp site at Castle cliff. It was stated at the last meet ing of the board that regulations now made it imperative that a man should supervise the starting of the men in and a man would bo required again to chock them off the job. The board thought, that some way might, be found to get, over the difficulty and the mat ter was left, so that the chairman could consult with the chairman of the Wanganui Unemployment Commit tee.