Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 6

Town Talk

The June Rainfall. Mr. Fred Pratt, of Waipuka, Okoia reports that the total rainfall in tha locality during the month of June wa: 229 points ,which fell on 5 days of tin month. In June of 1933 257 ponts feli on 14 days. Warmer Than Usual, I The average temperature during June of 1934 was five degrees warmer thar that recorded in June of last year, not withstanding the fact that the last da> of the month this year was the bleak cst experienced this winter. Advancement. Permission to carry passengers was conveyed to Miss Trevor Hunter over the week-end when she had her A pilot’s license endorsed by the Wanganui Aero Club. Miss Hunter has oeen for three years a member of the Aero [Jlub and has had in all 38 hours’ flymg, including 26 hours soio flying. Visitor from Nev: Plymouth. i Calling in jo spend a couple of hours [ with members of the Wanganui Aero I Club yesterday was a visitor from New Plymouth, Mr. Ken Martin. He stated that the weather throughout the 100milc trip had been gloriously fine an 1 without incident. Mi; .Martin returned to New Plymouth later in the afternoon. Broken Collarbone. During the progress of the As?>euilion football match between Athletic and Aranioho teams on Victoria Park on Saturday afternoon a player named Wade had the misfortune to break his collarbone. He was taken to the Wanganui Public. Hospital, where he received treatment and was able to proceed to his home. Wool Railed to Auckland, The stormy weather experienced ail along the west coast of ;he North Island during the past few dir. s has resulted in the railways again function- • mg to transport wool from Wvigani i to Auckland. A consignment Of 500 bales was to have been shipped by the Hauturu on Saturday, but she was delayed at New Plymouth owing to stormy weather. Aero Club Competition. The Wanganui Aero Club's monthly competition was held over the week-end in perfect weather, though it wa., ■ather cold in the air The landing competition was won by J. Strachan, with : diss 'Parkinson second and Maurice Kiiig third. In the bombing (Oinpaii- ' ion J. R. Franklin was the winner, J. Strachan filling the role uf runnuf-u . while Miss Parkinson occupied the third position. Hip-joint Dislocated. When gathering pine cones at Cheny Bank, No. 3 Line yesterday afteinoon. Eric Rohloff, aged 20, of 28 Liverpool Street, slipped off a branch and fell heavily to the ground. He was taken to his residence in a motor-eir but when examined by Dr. G. H Robertson was found to be suffering from a dislocation of the hip-joint, lie was re moved in the Free Ambulance ( > the [Wanganui Public Hospital, when the | swollen hip-joint was appreciably reduced by treatment. ! Curtailing Top-dressing. | One effect of the low prices received j for butter 'luring the past season is ' lie fact, that dairymen have not been ’able to apply the same quantities of |' op-dressing to their paddocks as. in 'past years. In many cases, however, i he programme has not been curtailed 'altogether and quantities of lime are [being used. This is frequently being [mixed with superphosphate so that a ’greater area may be covered. As a [matter of fact it is generally con[sidered that a better response is noticed iwhen superphosphate is used with lime. A G-ood Winter. ‘‘Conditions in : !<■_ country have lever been better for the time of the ■ear.” said Mr. T. W. Lonsdale, fields instructor of the Wanganui branch of [the Agricultural Department, to a ■‘Chronicle” reporter on Saturday. i‘'Th-e pastures have not yet felt the |effect of the wintry weather, except for [certain districts in the Waimarino County, but this is only to be expecMd [as winter begins earlier there. Even iin those districts, however, there is plenty of rough growth suitable fur ' wintering dairy stock. All classes of I stock are in very good condition ard I the prospects for 'lie spring rrc good” Conditions at tlie Port. Very heavy seas and the strongest westerly wind that has blown for several months affected shipping at the Port of Wanganui oxer the week-end. Th: Gale arrived in the roadstead about midnight on Friday and encountered the full force of the gale on a I rip from Wellington. The llolmd-ile also arrived and neither vcssl‘l was able to make port until yesterday mornj ing. The Kapiti also cxperie'.im: I a | very rough trip from Wellington. A i ship’.s rudder was found at Cd-.', 'e,cliff on Saturday morning. It is bviievcd to haw been broken from a barge or a schooner. It is of substantial dim<nsions and looks to have - rewi'tlr parted with the craft it belonged n>. Rugby Games Not Played ‘‘ ... . E’er half tho tin; was gene a spectator’s leg was broken, just from merely looking on . . . . ” ‘Banjo” Patterson, when ho wrote “The Geebung Polo Club,” had a vision of a mighty battle waged to the death. The referee of the CountyKaierau .Rugby match, played at Fordell on Saturday, was running no risks of any such thing occurring in this more or less civilised country, and when “barracking” became too keen in the last few minutes of the game, lie called it off. Kaierau were leading six to nil. The Management Committee of the, Metropolitan Union will have a seaiNhlight thrown on the matter to-morrow night. On the racecourse a junior game was called off because one team was a few minutes late. That matter, also, will provide the committee with food for thought. Changeable Weather. About midnight on Friday a strong sou’-westerly gale developed in Wanganui and blew with great intensity until after dawn on Saturday. Trees were uprooted in places and limbs of others damaged. The velocity of *he wind lessened a great deal after sunrise and shifted more towards the west. Mery bleak conditions ruled throughout the whole of Saturday. Heavy rain, and occasional showers of hail fell on Friday night; there were several vivid flashes of lightning and some thunder. Conditions cleared a great deal overnight on Saturday and the sun shone brightly yesterday, but the wind was still very bleak. Point 35 of an inch of rain fell on Saturday. Ail Rugby matches were played in Wanganui, but one soccer match had to be. postponed on account of the ground being under water.