Both the Same.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 109, 11 May 1933, Page 6

Both the Same.

‘'Dazzling headlights from a member’s car is just as bad as those from a non-member’s” remarked a member of the Wanganui Automobile Association. last night. Wanganui Courthouse. The fact that a representative of a well-known painting firm in Wanganui was being shown over the Courthouse yesterday, by an officer of the Public Works Department, strengthens the belief that that building is at last about to receive a new coat of paint. New Zealand Legion. Following on the recent information of a branch of the New Zealand Legion in Wanganui, it is interesting to note that over 500 members have been enrolled in the Poverty Bay district. Two public meetings have been held in Gisborne and these were addressed by Mr. L. T. Bernard. Grass Fire. The Calstlccliff Fire Brigade engine was called to a grass fire in Karaka Street yesterday afternoon at 3.15 o’clock. No damage was done and the outbreak was controlled without difficulty. There have boon few calls on the Wanganui Fire Brigade lately and. since the beginning of April, only five have been recorded. Not a Prophet. “I don’t suppose you can give us an assurance that there will be no breakdown in the railways?” asked Mr. P. Dickson, of Mr, J. Sawers, the Railway Board’s information officer, during a motor licensing case in Wanganui yesterday. “I am not a prophet,” Mr. Sawers replied, “but as far as I know there is no likelihood of a breakdown. Mr. Dickson: If there was the cars would be the saviours of the country again as they were in 1918? Mr. Sawers: We will face that when it comes. Dazzling Headlights. At last night’s meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association the erection of a board in the vicinity of Watt Street was discussed, the purpose being to provide motorists with the means of ascertaining whether their headlights needed adjustment. It was pointed out that if .such a board was erected a driver would be able to tell whether the lamps needed attention, and it was held that if 33 1-3 per cent, of those whose cars were found to bo at fault in this regard had adjustments made the “safety first” campaign would be well served. The matter was referred to the Roads Committee with power to act. Profits of the Railways. During tin* hearing of a motor licensing case before the No. 5 District, Licensing Authority in Wanganui yesterday, it was disclosed that the North Island Alain Trunk line was a paying line. Officers of the Railways Board also stated that, so far as they know, the line from Wanganui to New Plymouth was profitable. They did not have the figures, which were kept in Wellington. Mr. ,1. Sawers, information officer employt d by the board, said that, it was not fair to compare the North and South Island railways in

•ogard to profits, because in the south in:erest charges were low. Ho pointed out that while revenue on the railways was falling the board was counteract ing that by cutting expenditure to an absolute minimum.