Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 181, 3 August 1933, Page 4

Town Talk

Okoia Rainfall. I A total of 276 points of rain fell at Okoia on .12 days during the month of July. Cameramen and Pressmen. It is estimated that there w< re over 50 cameramen present at the unveiling of the memorial to Turi at Patea yesterday. There were over a dozen pres representatives. Visitors to Gallery. There was a large, attendance al the Barjoant Gallery, Wanganui, during last month as compared with July 1932, no fewer than 442 visitors outside Wanganui viewing the pictures as against 356 last year. In addition to that the number of Wanganui people who visited | the building increased from 62 to JOO. A Misunderstanding. In an objection before the Assessment Court yesterday, two sections were entered as one by a lady objector. Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt said that the lady had obviously made a mistake an 1 meant the objection to apply to both sections, lie did not think that the i Court should take advantage of a technicality, in view of the fact that she had filled in the objection form herself. Dog, Suet and Hook. Carrying a large piece of suet in its mouth, a small black dog caused some amusement in Victoria Avenue yesterday afternoon as it ran along with its head in the air, proud of its prize. The fact that an iron hook was embedded in tho suet, however, was an indication that the meat had been come by dishonestly and also that there was an irate butcher in the city. Liberating Pheasants. With the conclusion of the shooting season in the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society’s district 100 pheasants are to be liberated. They are to arrive in Wanganui to-morrow evening from Paraparaumu and will be set free in selected spots in the district between the Waitotara and Wangachu Rivers on Saturday. Every precaution will be taken to see that they thrive. Thefts in Taranaki. Several thefts that have occurred in Taranaki recently have given rise to the suggestion that those responsible are operating with a motor car that can be conveniently fitted with four or five different number plates. It is understood that the police are on the look-out for a Morris major. The theft at a Waverley bowser station on Tuesday ; night, when three pumps were broken open and JO gallons of petrol stolen, was similar to a theft which occurred at Aramoho last week. On that occasion 15 gallons wore removed from one pump and the lock of an empty pump was broken. League Congratulated. Congratulations to the Wanganui and District Development League on their work in connection with the Youths’ Afforestation Camp at Kaitoke, was extended by the Hon. J A. Young, Minister of International Affairs, when he paid a visit to the camp yesterday morning. The Minister, who spent Tuesday night at Wanganui on his way to Patea, considered that the site for the camp was ideal and that tho scheme was deserving of whole-hearted public support. He was accompanied on his visit by Mr. W. A. Veitch, ALP.. Mr. D. Dustin (president of the League), and Messrs. D. McFarlane, W. J. Gilberd, and Tancred Cooper. Ministerial Co-operation. Hearty co-operation in evangelism was evidenced at the Ministers’ Association yesterday morning when the Rev Joseph Carlisle, Baptist evangelist, was warmly welcomed on the motion of the Rev. John Paterson. Mr. Carlisle in responding stated that he was in Wanganui primarily to advance the Kingdom of God and rejoiced in the very real spirit of brotherhood already manifested. To-night a welcome social will be tendered to the Rev. Joseph and Mrs. Carlisle in the Ingcstrc Street Baptist Church and brief addresses of goodwill will be delivered by representatives from all the Protestant Churches in the city. Mr. Carlisle will commence his mission services in a big marquee opposite the Regent Theatre on Sunday evening. Maoris in Possession. From far and near Maoris, representative of every tribe that can trace its ancestry back to tho Big Canoe, gathered at Patea yesterday. In fact many of the native race have been assembled within the borough for several days. A camp was established on the Domain, and cooking ovens and necessary equipment for the commissariat was set up at the rear of the Town Hall. Last night, after the unveiling of the memorial to the great anceter, Turi, there was much jubilation and celebration. Flood lights Jit tho memorial up. The silent figures looked out over the settlement with a serene air, while members of the race of to-day danced and were happy within a stone’s throw of the site of Turi’s first whare. A Growing Union. “1 think it is a union we ought to help and I would like to sec our relationships fostered,” said Mr. J. 1). Crowley president of the Wanganui Rugby Union, at a meeting of the executive last evening when referring to the Wairoa Rugby Union. Members generally expressed pleasure that the standard of Rugby was improving in tho Wairoa Union’s teams and remarked that tho game (hat was played last week was ample evidence. It was stated that the officials were hard workers and gave a large amount of time to the union’s interests. The fact that several “old heads’’ had joined was also helping matters considerably. It wa stated that, in the event of Wanganui. retaining tho Pownall Trophy in th v match with Taihape, that the Wairoa Union might issue a challenge. Mr. C. T. Young said that in the event of such occurring some difficulty might be experienced in fixing a date; tho chai | lengc would certainly be welcomed none the less. Music in the Street. Novelists and poets depict street musicians in a romantic light, but shopkeepers in Cashel Street, Christchurch, which on Friday was visited by no fewer than six of them at different times, were not feeling romantic (says the Press). They bore on personal grudge against the unfortunates who had taken their stand in the street, but their nerves wore a little frayed. One of them supposed it. was a compliment to the street that the musicians should prefer it. to other less busy areas, but wondered whether, if the “racket” became too constant, it would continue to bo so busy. In an interval, when neither the man with a Hute, nor the two violinists, nor the accordion player nor the one who relied on the power of his voice alone, wore active, an office worker called to others in her room. “What’s happened? ’rhe music Ims stopped. ’ ’