Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 99, 30 April 1935, Page 4

Town Talk

i Sum of Money Stolen. ! During the week-end a sum of ap ji proximately £6 was stolen from a safe .. in the premises of Messrs Cuthbertson |i and Lee. The police are making enquiries. ; Serious Offence. Before Mr. J’. H. Salmon, S.M., in the Wanganui Magistrate’s Court, Frederick Stevens pleaded guilty yesterday morning to a charge of indecent assault and was committed to the Supreme Court, Wellington, for sentence. Detective C. L. Packman handled the case for the police. Wanganui Girls’ College. During the month just ending there i were 356 secondary pupils, 35 primary, I 86 boarders and 51 piano pupils in at- , tendance at the Wanganui Girls’ Col--1 lege, according to the monthly report, of the lady principal, Miss A. C. Tizard: | The report was received at yesterday’s I meeting of the Board of Governors, * The Collegiate School. Next April it will be 25 years since the boys of the Wanganui Collegiate School shifted from the old school premises in Victoria Avenue to the present buildings. Appropriate celebration of the first quarter of a cen- ■ tury’s occupancy of the present school is now in contemplation. The change over was made to coincide with the opening of the second term in 1911. Minor Accidents Two minor accidents yesterday resulted in the two victims being admitted io the Wanganui Public Hospital. John Anderson, a waterside worker, residing at Sea Front, Castlecliff, was crushed while working on a vessel at Castlecliff. His condition last night was reported as being satisfactory. Charles Kitchener Stokes, aged 20. an electrician in the employ of the Wanganui - Rangitikei Elevtricpower Board, suffered from a severe burn when an arm came into contact with a live wire. His condition is regarded as satisfactory. Repairs to College Repair work to the Wanganui Giris’ College and hostel has cost in the vicinity of £228, £65 of which the . Board of Governors will provide from the hostel account, the remaining amount (£163) being a charge against the endowment income account, subject to the approval of the Education Department. At yesterday’s meeting of Ihc Board of Governors the allotment of the board’s share of the repair work was agreed upon, the chairman (Mr. J). McFarlane) reporting’ that he had made an apportionment of the estimated cost of repairs. King’s Jubilee. Next Monday, May 6, will be a public holiday, and in Wanganui appropriate celebration, will be made of the Jubilee year of the reign of King George V. Cook's Gardens has been selected as a suitable centre and the authorities contemplate a programme which will embrace the military units of the city, the returned soldiers, school children, Boy Scouts, St. John Ambulance, bands, and other bodies of a like, nature. Units of the Wellington West Coast Regiment stationed in Wanganui paraded on Cook’s Gardens last night in preparation of their part in the celebrations. May 6 is the 25th anniversary of the dav on which King George succeeded his father, the late King Edward VII.

Late-comers at Concerts. Late-comers at concerts are an inconvenience to both audience and artists and this it is hoped will be avoided at to-night’s Combined Choir Concert by closing the doors before an item starts and keeping them closed until the number is finished. “I would strongly urge all members of the public to be in their seats before eight o’clock” said Mr. A. R. Donaldson, manager of the choir. ‘‘lt is a rule which is now being followed in London, namely, to keep the doors closed, but. the choir desire that the public should hear the full programme. (Delay caused by late-comers Jiolds back the progress of the programme, and it will add to the pleasure of the occasion if a prompt start is achieved an * no interruptions are. made, thereafter. I do ask the public co-operation in this matter. ’ ’ College Tennis Courts. The tennis courts at the Wanganui Girls’ College are to be repaired, the estimated cost of the work being in the vicinity of £lOO. It was reported at yesterday’s meeting of the Board of Governors that the courts are badly in need of repair, and that for £3OO fresh courts could be laid down. After considerable discussion it was unanimously decided that in view of the modern and satisfactory tennis courts which have been laid down at Wanganui East, repair work only would be authorised. A further matter which came up for discussion was that the building adjoining the Assembly Hall in Campbell Street. Owing to the increasing number of pupils, this building has now been acquired. Alterations which are necessary will be made as soon as possible. It is hoped to have the building ready for use when the school resumes , on May 28 after the term holidays. Well-hidden Nest. Tucked away in the, most unsuspected place and within close proximity to a busy street, a little “white eye’’ built its nest. Sometimes passersby must have almost touched the concealed home, while at others it must have come so near destruction that its fate hung in the balance. The little bird knew its craft thoroughly and so skilfully was the nest constructed that ri was only by accident that it was one day discovered. The nest was built beneath the surface of a hydrangea bloom which was produced last night at the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society’s meeting, when it was an object of curiosity and admiration. Tiny, compact, a perfect work of art, the nest was so snuggled under the flowers of the bloom that only a very close inspection revealed its presence, and the hydrangea, strangely enough, had been growing at the front gate of a suburban home only a short distance from Victoria Avenue.