Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 198, 24 August 1935, Page 8

Town Talk

Conditions on Ruapehu A telephonic message laic last night • from Mr W. S. Rennie, secretary of i the Ruapehu Ski Club, stated that con- • dition.s on the ' mountain yesterday : were ideal. ‘‘Prospects fire very bright I for the club’s annual outing,” he said. I New Zealanders in Abyssinia. ■ According to Mr. C. H. Barton, who ■ was recently in Wanganui, there arc .12 New Zealanders at present engaged in jthc mission field in Abyssinia. Mr. . Burton, who is a member of Ethiopian I branch of the Sudan Interior Mission, ’ staled at Auckland the other day that at least three of this number camo I from the Auckland district. ■ Raid on Cyclists I The Wanganui city traffic inspectors I staged a “raid” on cyclists last night with a view to abating the growing practice of cycling at night without lights on machines. Several offender 6 were caught in the net and further prosecutions will, it is understood, toli low as a result of the inspectors’ ac- | lion. • Awkward lor Traffic. (During the past week maintenance of the tram-rails in Victoria Avenue over the Guyton Street —Ridgway Street section, has necessitated the presence of a repair lorry beside the track. Frequently motorists have parked their i cars opposite the trues, with the rei suit that passing traffic is endangered. It was pointed out yesterday by a visitor that a little consideration for others would enable motorists to appreciate the awkward situation thus created. Australian Mail Arriving. With an Australian mail for New Zealand the Matson liner Mariposa is expected at, Auckland from Sydney toplay. The vessel will sail this evening | for San Francisco. The Wanganui i portion of the Mariposa's mail will probably arrive at the, Chief Post Office in time for the first delivery on j Monday morning. With the exception of the Marama, which reached Wcllington last Monday, there have been no other Australian mails landed is i New Zealand this week. Brakes and Lights. “We have noticed an improvement of 100 per cent, over lasi, year,” stated a "Wanganui city traffic inspector yesterday when questioned regarding the results being obtained from the inspection of motor-cars during the past fortnight. It was stated that the I majority of motorists had, prior t> the inspectors' activities, secured certificates from authorised garages. This had been of considerable assistance n> the inspectors, while it also indicated that motorists appreciated the fact that a good deal of the responsibility I rested with the individual rather than I with those enforcing the regulations., |Y.M.C.A. Visitors. Under the leadership of Mr. A. Edwards, a party uf 17 boys from Lower Hutt will arrive at Wanganui on Monday afternoon to compete with the Y.M.C.A. The boys arc expected on the .four o'clock express and will remain in the city until the following Friday. An attractive programme of entertainments has been arranged. Rugby, soccer, out and indoor athletics, pfhg pong tournaments and debating, together with other games, have been set down. The Lower Hutt boys will compete against teams from the Wanganui Y.M.C.A. and arc to be billited privately. Accommodation for six more boys still remains to be found. Wheelbarrow ‘ * Marathon ’ ’ On Monday afternoon the wheelbarrow “marathon" attempt being staged by Messrs L. G. Lukcy and J. G. Schofield, of Auckland, will bo brought prominently before the notice of Wanganui. residents. The pair, who arc on their way from Auckland to Wellington, will arrive at the St. John’s Post Ofiive at 4 p.m. on Monday. They will be mot by Mr D. Dustin, chairman of the Youths’ Afforestation Camp, and will be, escorted to their hotel. On Monday evening they will appear on the stage at the Plaza Theatre with their famous “ Snailplane ’ ’ barrow, to give an account of their journey. Auto-graph-hunters will bo able to reap a harvest with their books in the lobby of the theatre prior to the performance.

Cleanliness on Dairy Farms. After reading a paper on the care of milk, at yesterday’s conference of the Royal Sanitary Institute, Inspector I’. >Swindills, of New Plymouth, remarked that America had refused to lake dairy produce from New Zealand unless it was accompanied by a certificate to show that it was produced under health laws similar to those existing iu New York. 'The inspector maintained that under the health laws and the Agricultural Department .Regulations, inspectors in this Dominion had the power to carry out all the improvements desirable on dairy farms to observe cleanliness. A speaker stances of cowsheds where the condistances of cow-sheds whore the conditions were good, but the difficulty was to get some of the milkers themselves to observe cleanliness. Car Over Bank. A tive-scaler tourer car <1 riven by Mr. Colin Stubbs, of Marton, who was accompanied by Air. C. S. Stewart, also of Marton, and four other passengers, went over a bank at a corner on the m,ain south road near the Taihape cemetery on Thursday night. Messrs. Stubbs and Stewart received injuries necessitating their admission to the Taihape Hospital. The latest information to band indicates that they are progressing satisfactorily and will probably be able to leave the hospital to day. The other four occupants of the. car were not injured. Considering the nature of the accident, the consequences might easily have been much more serious. The hood of the car was smashed beyond repair, but otherwise the damage to the vehicle was not exOil Tanker Due To-day. An infrequent but none the less interesting caller at Wanganui is the Shell Company’s 1260-ton oil tanker Paua. With a large quantity of bulk and case motor spirit for discharge at (Justice I i IT, the tanker cleared Wellington yesterday and is expected to berth uh this morning’s tide. The Paua acts as the distributing agent of the company which owns her and carries bulk and packed oil products from one end of New Zealand to the other, sfie is an unusual type of vessel, with high bows, a low well deck, and a* bridge which towers aft. JShe is propelled by Diesel machinery and has a full carrying capacity of 1000 tons. The vessel’s engines, bridge and accommodation for her officers are situated aft. Iler commander is Captain V R. Patterson ami she carries a crew of .‘JO. The Paua will probably sail for New Plymouth to-morrow morning.