Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 6

Town Talk

The sum of £2 has been added to thi Mayor’s Relief of Distress Fund b; Airs. Lynch. Rotary at Cricket. Members of the Wanganui Rotar; Club have selected an eleven to pla; the St. George’s School first eleven a cricket on Saturday, April 22. • • Laughter. ’ ’ An address entitled “Laughter, Keej on the Sunny Side of tne Road.” is t< be given to the Wanganui Rotary Clul oil Monday by Mr Wedderspoon. Advertisers are requested to not that the following replies to advertise ments arc awaiting collection at th I lanch ofiice of the “Chronicle,” Vic toria Avenue: E 7, E 27, E2B, E 32, ElO.l ElOB, EllB. Ell'). El2l, El3l, E 134 E 139, E 156. Gelignite Explosion. A resident of Orangimca, Waitotara. Mr. Archibald B. Laird, a farmer aged 35, was admitted to the Wanganui Hospital on Thursday night from burns and cuts on the hands and wrists as a result of an explosion ol gelignite. His condition last night was reported to be comfortable. Farmers’ Unions This is the period of the year who.' the respective branches of the Far mors’ Union hold annual meetings am look back on the work of the pas twelve months and forward to activj tics for the future. The MaxwCu branch meet-- to-night and Wangaehi on Monday Clinic Association. With a view to co-ordinating the administration of several dental clinics in Wanganui it was decided at a meet ing of the Keith Street School Committee on Thursday evening to fake steps | to form a Wanganui Dental Clinic Association. The project will be brought before tho notice of householders meetings to be held shortly. Sunday School Anniversary. The Sunday School anniversary services usually held every year by St. David’s Church, Upper Aramoho, are to take place to-morrow. The Rev. R. Dudley will take the service in firmorning, Rev. C. W. Brown in the afternoon and Rev. E. B. Patterson at night. A feature of all services will be the singing of the children. Rfitana Activities. During the Easter holidays a sports tournament will be held at Katana, twelve hockey teams participating, some coming from Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa and Lovin. There will also be Rugby matches. The first Rugby match of the season to be played at Katana will be that between Kaicrau and Katana this afternoon. In order to enable the Ratana Club to augment their funds the Wanganui Metropolitan liugby I nion has granted permission for a ’collection to be taken up at. the ground. Contract Abandoned. 'I he erection of the Ruapirau Stream Bridge is at present temporarily delayed owing to the contractor having abandoned the work. Enquiries by a “Chronicle” reporter at the Public Works Department elicited the information that the bridge is about a quarter completed and that preparations arc being made for tho remaining portion to bo finished either by contract or piecework, pending the decision of ihe head office. All necessary material is at the site of the bridge, which, when

completed will provide the link in the road between Wanganui and Pipiriki. New Radio Station. Tho tender of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Limited, for the supply of transmitting equipment for the new • IYA station on Banks Peninsula has been accepted by the New Zealand Broadcasting Board. The plant is to be deliven'd within six months. The board holds options on seve-al properties on the peninsula, but e final decision regarding the location is not available. It is expected that the station, operating on two and a half kilowatts, capable of being increased to 10 kilowatts if the service demands it. will be clearly heard in Wellington. The board’s plans provide for improvements at Dunedin and Auckland after the construction, of the Canterbury station. Cutting Freights. Writing on March 17 to the New Plymouth Harbour Board. Mr. S. G. Smith. M.P., in a letter before the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, referred to a telegram from the board regarding the suggestion that the Railway Department proposed to cut freights to very low and unprofitable rates. He said Mr. W. A. Witch, M.P. and he had interviewed the Prime Minister and. later, the chairman of the Railway Board on the matter. The latter had agreed to visit the district at an early date, when full representations could be made by all the parties concerned. The chamber decided to inform the Harbour Board that it would assist in any way possible. A Use for Maori Names. By pretending ignorance of English, and by replying to the annoyjng importunity of guides at some foreign ports of call with jargon mai.e up of Maori place-names, Mr. E. L. Turvey was able to ft void one of the inconveniences which tourists have to I ‘ while on world tours. In a travel tr'k to the South Brighton Progress League Mr. Turvey said that before coming t. one port ho had been warned that the would-be native guides there were likely to prove nuisance, and that a direct refusal to engage them would not shake them off. So when h_ was accosted he did not reply in Em ish, but gesticulated wildly and remarked, “Ngaio, Porirua. Paekakariki . . . ’ and so on through the names of a few more main trunk railway stations, lhe guides salaamed and left him. •‘Forever New Zealand.” Tho following letter has been received by the Wanganui Rotary Club from the Walton-on-Thames Rotary Club. England:—During the Great War a hospital for New Zealand troops was established in this town ami many New Zealanders, in consequence, made an acquaintance with the neighbourhood and its peop”. Some of your countrymen, alas, found their last resting place here, and so we have in M alton a corner which will be for ever New Zealand. Thus we feel that we have a link with your country and we are writing in the spirit of Rotary to ask if we can be of service tn any of your members or their friends, who would like to have news of any old acquaintances or associations, or if there are any who would ke any service done in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and who lie in that little corner already mentioned. We should be only too happy to do what we could.”