Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 82, 7 April 1934, Page 8

Town Talk

Tailor's Better Returns “Over the past quarter my return, show a 33 1-3 per cent, increase,” stated a Wanganui tailor yesterday. The fact has been taken to indicate that there is an increasing demand to: tailor-made garments, a very hopeful sign in present conditions. i Golf at Castlecliff i At Castlecliff this afternoon the new i links arranged by the Castlecliff Golf i Club will be opened. The new course is to. be known as the Cornfoot Park links, and it is claimed that, when developed, it will be one of the best allweather courses in commission in the Dominion. Planting of Bulbs. Bulbs for planting at Maxwell have been donated by the Maxwell branch of the Women’s Institute, Mrs Gibson, Mr W. E. G. Paqualin, Mr J. W. Baker and Mr Howard Edwards, to whom thanks are extended by the WaiI totara County Council. Sufficient bulbs i for the purpose required have now I been received. Firms’ Choral Shield Reposing in a prominent place m the Wanganui City Council offices is the Carnival Committee’s shield, which was won by the choir entered by the city staff in the 11l ms’ choral tableau and competition last February. Under the baton of Air. O. Kitsou, the choir put up a very line performance, singing the Gypsy Chorus from “Tho Bohemian Girl.” The trophy is of wood, handsomely decorated with silver shields, which will record the names of the winning choirs through the years. Godwit Migration The godwit migration from the far north to Siberia and its adjacent lands commenced about March 15. This year the main flocks left the upper reaches of the Parengarcnga Harbour and then concentrated on the eastern beach at Ngakengo, which is a few miles south of the North Cape lighthouse. From this point the birds flew to Hooper’s Point, which is at the eastern end of Spirits Bay, without landing and thence on their long ocean journey. There are still many birds left in the harbour reaches, and. it is probable further flights will be made this month. Wanganui Opera House cry satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Wanganui City Council by the Ama .cur Musical and Dramatic Society tor the use of the Opera House stage tor rehearsals of “The Alan From Toionto.” It was ’eported to a meeting of the society” committee yesterday by Air. Paul Latham, that the council way desirous of helping amatcui productions to the fullest possible eGent, and would cooperate as far a* it was able. The committee appreciated that attitude, and it was decided to write and thank the council. . Cracks in Road. Several rather ominous cracks have made their appearance on the edge of the Kauarapoa Road, in the vicinity of Raorikia, and in some quarters the opinion has been expressed that in wet weather these will prove a source of considerable trouble. It is stated that these cracks have made their appearance since the recent earthquake and may have been caused by the earth disturbance. The seepage of water into the cracks during a heavy fall of rain might cause portion of the roadway to slip into the Wanganui River, a sheer drop of nearly .100 feet. Firewood Getting Scarcer. That it is becoming increasingly difficult to get supplies of timber suitable for firewood and easy of access is being brought home to Wanganui dealers, who find themselves compelled 'to travel considerable distances to secure wood. One cutter who is operating within 20 miles of the city states that he spends almost as much time travelling to the site of his supplies as he does in gathering the wood and loading it. Incidentally, he has to climb a spur of a hill which would dwarf Durie Hill and is even steeper. The task of getting the firewood down the hill and across a gully to the roadside may be better imagined than described. Maori Remains Discovered The skeletons of eight or nine* human bodies have been found, a lew feet below the surface of the ground adjacent to the Alexander Aluseum, where excavations are now being carried out by workmen. The remains have been identified as those of Maoris, aud it is thought, from the position in which the heads were placed, that the locality was used.as a burial ground. The bones were in an advanced state of decomposition. They were handed to the police and have been re-interred. Alaori remains have been found on more than one occasion in the locality of Queen’s lark, formerly known to the Maoris as Pukcnainu. Roadstead Loadings. The Shaw, Savill Co.’s vessel, Nebraska, arrived in the Wanganui roadstead from Nelson yesterday to load the following produce: For Liverpool, 70 crates of frozen sundries, 20,750 cai’cases of lamb, 3250 carcases of mutton; for Alanchcster 4000 carcases of lamb, 7;V) carcases of mutton, 10 tons of boneless beef; for Glasgow 10 tons of boneless beef; for London 59 bales of wool. The Nebraska is to sail today for Wellington and to leave there on Thursday for London. Her place in the Wanganui roadstead will be occupied on Monday by the Fedeial Co.’s vessel Otaio, which is due to load the following produce for United Kingdom ports: 2750 carcases of mut-

ton, 7750 carcases of lamb, 55 tons of boneless beef, 85 casks of tallow, 400 boxes of butter and 53 bales of wool. She is due at Wanganui from Lyttelton, and leaves after discharge for Wellington. An Old Flag

Instructed by the Alexandra Cavalry Ohl Al embers’ Association, Captain E. R. Al organ. V.D., has deposited in the Alexander Aluseum, Wanganui, a flag presented to the Alexandra Volunteer Cavalry in June, 1879, by Airs. D. 8. Durie. The Hag was made, bv ladies of the district between Wanganui and Wangaehu, the No. 2 Lin . xi.d Fordcll, and the presentation was made in the Market Square, known today as Mouton Gardens. Captain AV. Symes commanded the volunteers at that time. Wanganui’s cavalry troop is stated to have been one of the oldest in the Dominion. It was found I ; n 1864 and was known as the Alexandra Lancers, the name being change I in 1869 to the Alexandra Volunteer Cavalry. Ln 1911 they became known as the Alexandra Alounted Rifles, which was changed in 1913 to tho Queen Alexandra's Own Mounted Rifles.