Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 126, 30 May 1935, Page 6

Town Talk

I Male Choir. Thu exccutixu of the Male < ho:, have received with thanks a line pru- , sentation framed enlargement, of theii full group, suitably inscribed, Lrom Mi. M. L. Lampe, of the Tesla .Studios, Wanganui. It is now hanging amongst their historical collection in their meet ing roont ! A Suggestion. ] While the statement of e.-limales was being discussed al vesterday’s special meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board, Mr. D. Ro. -, who was advocating a reduction in expenditure, suggested, that £4O a year might be saved if one of the office stall cleaned the offices. ‘‘The total office expenditure for the year amounts to only £1125,” said lhe managing secretary, ■‘This includes the chairman’s honorarium. I don’t think there is an office of its size in New Zealand run as cheaply. ’ ’ Rugby Union Ball. ’l’he decision of the Wanganui Liugi.v Union to inaugurate an annual ball in Wanganui on the night of the King's Birthday has been very favou-rabl v commented upon. The two unions of Taranaki and Wanganui play Rugby op that day every year, and to further cement the happy relationships between the two the ball is being pro? ns being made a public event and it is hoped that the initial occasion will be made auspicious by a large attendance. The union is not issuing invitations, but has intimated through the Press its desire that the ball be fully attended. Hockey Enthusiasts. Several parties of Wanganui hockey enthusiasts journeyed through to Palmerston North yesterday to see the match betwen the touring Indian team and the Manawatu representatives. ”lt. was an interesting match at the outset, when the home team had scored two goals to be level with the Indians,” said one of the Wanganui spectators. ‘‘After that,” he added, ‘‘it was just a massacre. ” Comparisons with the, Spriggens Park playing surface were not. so favourable to the Palmerston North ground as the score of 22 goals to 2 would appear to indicate. Ship to Shore Radio. The ship to shore radio came in for its share of citicisin when the estimates' were being considered at yesterday’s meeting- of the Wanganui Harbour Board. A member criticised the expenditure on the recently-installed radio which enables vessels lying in the roadstead to communicate by wireless with lhe Pilot Station. The chairman, Air. W. Morrison, replied that the ’phone was practically a necessity. The board did not pay the entire installation cost. Each ship calling at the roadstead contributed a certain amount, while the New Zealand Refrigerating Company also bore part of the cost Winter Fuel. City residents who are confronted with the problem of securing a winter supply of fuel for heating residences would view with envious feelings the stacks of firewood in some of the backyards at Castlecliff. Residents of the seaside suburb have been cnabL' ! to secure large quantities of driftwood, sume of excellent quality. One Castlecliff housewife remarked that ths* pas* season had been the best for several years, and on more than one occasion she had assisted to reap a particularly rich harvest from the high-water mark after floods and favourable ocean currents. Hopes for Gold. On lhe eastern shore of Lake Wakatipn, from Queenstown to near Glenorchy, little camps may be seen here and there. Alost of them are the temporary homes of men, who, with the aid of the relief scheme are fossicking the banks in search of gold. So f;>r as can be learned the results are not such as to satisfy high hopes, for no in : . or;ant successes are talked about; but there is reason to suppose that some of the mea are managing to make a living in a modest style, and prefer to go on thus, hoping for the best and meanwhile gratified with the thought that they are not running inlp debt. Tin cost of living under such conditions is reduced to a minimum, for thoie ate no rents or rates to pay. clothing may be worn after it is out of fashion, and the growing of vegetables lessens the outlay for food. For London and New York. There is still a considerable quantity of frozen meat lobe shipped from AVauganui to New York and London. Four more steamers have been allotted to load in the roadstead on diites ranging from now until the end of .July, and between them will transport some thousands of freight carcases of mutton to the markets abroad. The Hurunui is expected to load this week and will be followed in the near future by the Port Darwin. The latter vessel will sail direct for New York, her Wanganpi cargo including I<ij ( 9 < ar. asos of mutton for the United States. The I’iako, at present loading at On:; am. will also be in lhe roadstead next week. On June 20 the AVestmoreland is expected from Timaru, to be followed a few days later by the Port Gisborne. The la. t freighter on the list is lhe ('ambridge, due here in Jul’. r . Of the six vessels mentioned above, Wanganui will be th-* final port of call for the Huruuui and Port. Darwin. The remainder will proceed to otner Now Zealand ports to complete loading. Wanganui Supreme Court. Indication was given in tin- Supreme Uourt at Wanganui yesterday b\ His Honour, Mr. Justice Uallan, as to the progress of the sitting and probable fixtures for the remainder of lhe week. Ho said that it was nndesiralile to commence a criminal trial on a Saturday morning, and that would not be don?. If there was an unfinished trial staa i •ng over from the day before, however, it would lie gone on with on the Saturday. In any event, he proposed to si*, at 9..30 on Saturday morning <o hear the divor. ? action, Rouse \ Rouse, and, if time permitted, Mct.'nnn \. Mci'ai'.i. Then it' Saturday morning happened to be free of criminal case-, he would hear ll’n' civil action Jari.'iis v, Hogben and then the bankruptev ca--e- anil, in Chamber ', morlgagors ’ eel i f work. The Cuiii'i would nol sit. on Alouday. which was a pub'iiv h'di.la; , bill a Ii ■ I uro had been madi * \»r H' a.m. ji. Tuesday of Harris < a-tleLcrg and the Public Trustee, siibji’u;. ••! course to the criminal bu-ii;- -s being finished. ‘I would pa it ictila iiy ask lhe men: bets of the profession to ns-!-t with tin[irogi'es'- of iiLC'lgagii;>' relief work,’ concluded Hi- llomnir, ‘‘as I havt urgent work a.w'.itinL . ■ in Nov l’l\ mouth. If neces.-ary. I am prepaid to make appoint incuts fur evening work, and will sit in the evenings h! a.-on-able hour.-.'’