Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 301, 21 December 1933, Page 6

Town Talk

Carol Singers’ Success. Carol singers made a welcome ; pearance on Tuesday evening, when t choir of Christ Church divided ir two sections and toured St. John’s Id and the city. Their efforts met witl: ready response, and the collection tab up will be used to bring Christn cheer to the homes of the needy in t parish Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs. Arrangements were completed who by group prizes i n the Boys’ and Gir Calf Club competitions were p seated at the annual breaking-up co monies at the various schools. T committee in charge made strcnuc efforts to see that this was done, a satisfaction has been expressed at t results achieved. Certificates will presented later. Defending Their Young. The spectacle of two parent min; attacking a cat that had stolen c of their young, interested passers-by i Somme Parade on Tuesday. The' < had the young bird in its mouth, a the parent birds swooped and flutter at the marauder so quickly a thoroughly that he was compelled drop his feathered prize, which ma good its escape, at least for the li; being. Suggestions Invited. The request was before the Wangan executive of the New Zealand Farmci Union that suggestions be sent to t Broadcasting Board as to suitable su jects for broadcasting’ to farmci It was asked that suggestions be se through provincial executives. On t motion of Mr. T. Currie, it was agro that country branches should be ask< to communicate with the secretary, M F. G. Seddon. Practical Sympathy. A practical expression of sympatl was made by pupils of the Wangan Intermediate School yesterday, wh( they visited the Wanganui Hospital ar presented Walter Morgan with a cof of Charles Dickens’ “Pickwic Papers.” Walter Morgan was injure in a collision with a motor-car at Tmla recently, necessitating his being take to hospital. He was delighted wit the gift. Combating Ragwort. hTe request that some of the £2OO made available for combating ragwoi on native lands is to be asked for b the Wanganui executive of the Nei Zealand Farmers’ Union. Mr. T. Currie president, remarked at the month! meeting yesterday that there war some tracts of native land adjacent t. Wanganui that needed attention. H urged that the work be carried ou early in New Year, for if the seaso: we.ro allowed to go too far there woub be more trouble for the.dairy farmers Repertory Theatre. A transformation has taken place in side the Repertory Society ’s building in Ridgway Street (old library). Tin purchase of over 270 special scats fron the Lyric Theatre, Auckland, has beet a wise move on the society’s part, am has equipped another Wanganui build ing that will lend itself very favour ably to the production of stage per formances or for holding meetings. I is surprising what a degree of comfort has been reached as the result of t little enterprise. Christmas Cheer. Many people have placed small eon tributions in the boxes on the counter: of the Wanganui City Council offices the Gas Department’s offices, and at the Public Library during the past fev\ days. The amount so collected is tc (be distributed on Saturday by Mr. N G. Armstrong, the Mayor, among vari ous charitable bodies in the city, am will be used for bringing Christina: cheer to families who find themselves it unfortunate positions. The boxes will be removed to-morrow afternoon, anc any people wishing to make donation? are invited to do so before that time. Christmas Tree. With the intention of giving the children of unemployed returned men a treat, the Wanganui Empire Veterans ; Association intends to stock a Christmas tree in the old Victoria League premises, in St. Hill Street, at 5 o’clock to-morrow afternoon. It is felt that every effort should be made to make Christmas as bright as possible for the families of comrades who are not in fortunate circumstances, and to that end the association is making a public appeal for donations in cash or kind. Any person who can assist this worthy object is asked to communicate with the secretary (Mr. F. G. Seddon). Gift to Maori Chief. In token of the esteem in which he is held by the harriers of Wanganui, and as an expression of Christmas goodwill, a presentation was made to Mr. Tanginoa Tafca, chief of the Parikino pa, yesterday afternoon. It took the form of a photograph taken of the gathering of harriers at Parikino at the time of the New Zealand Crosscountry Championship last August, and shows Mr. Tanginoa Tapa standing next to J. W. Savidan, of Auckland, the champion. The gathering yesterday was quite informal. Mr. Tanginoa Tapa, who was obviously delighted with the photograph, thanked Mr. C. R. White, president of the Wanganui Harrier Club, Mr. A. Weckes, and Mr. F. C. Atkinson for the gift, saying that he would hang it in the pa. He recalled the. happy time spent by the harriers. and said that the Maoris had enjoyed themselves equally as much. Question of Liability. The question whether an incorporated body was liable for the act of a servant in committing a broach of the motor regulations was raised in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington on Tuesday afternoon, when the Hardy Transport. Company, Ltd., was charged with speeding, the charge being laid in respect of a heavy traffic vehicle owned by the defendant company and driven by one of its employees. For the defence it was submitted that the circumstances were such that the company could not he held responsible for the wrongful act of its servant. Air. J. E. Ainsworth, who conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Main Highways Board, took the opposite view, and explained that although he was not referring particularly to the defendants, the board had recently made a practice of proceeding against the owners of vehicles rather than against the drivers, as the latter were often under instructions to run to a certain timetable. Magistrates in other parts of the, country had regarded the owners as liable, but the point had not previously been raised. Air. W. F. Stilwell, S.AL, said that he would give a written decision in order to clear the matter up.