Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 6

Town Talk

Gift of Books The Wanganui Technical College has . benefited to the extent of 89 books. They have been received from the executors of the estate of the late Mr A. AVigzell. Afforestation Camp Fund At the inter collegiate Rugby tournament. held on the Collegiate ground on Saturday, a collection in aid of the Wanganui ami District Dev eiopment League’s Youths’ Afforestation Camp ut Kaitokc realised the sum of X2L Os Id. A Rolcrec Defined • The following new (fcfimtion of a I'ugby referee was applied on Saturday night by Mr Norman Reid, when making a presentation to the president of the Wanganui Referees’ Association t (Mr J. M. Richardson.'; “A vvhitcshirted musician. 7 ’ Even Going. Remarkably even play was the fca- 1 lure of an inter-club match on batur- ' day in which the Waverley and Seafield clubs were engaged. Both fourball ami pairs matches were played, and the clubs finished all square on 1 the day. In the four-ball matches five games were won by each club, two be- a ing halved, while in the pairs each , club won eleven games and two were [ ail square. i * ‘ Windscreen Land. ” Motor-cars parked in Liverpool , Street Extension on Saturday during < the intercollegiate Rugby tournament were well within the “danger zone” whenever the ball was kicked for the westerly wind to carry it out of the ■ field. Every windscreen ran a risk, . ami anxious owners watched the flight of the leather on each occasion, but, happily, the nearest the ball got to the t “land of broken glass” was when it ! struck the top of a hood. i t Appreciative While replying iu ihe toast uf the j Railway Department, at Saturday j night’s reunion of the New Zealand ( Railway Officers’ Institute (.Wanganui ; branch), the General Manager (Mr G. j H. Macklcy) expressed his appreciation J of the complimentary refeicnees .made by the Press to the introduction of t)he new rail cars. Mr Mackley also stated I that the department was appreciative - of the favourable comments made by s the Press on the administration of the s railways as a whole. r That TlU’ee-l'ronted Scrum. Speaking at the annual re union of c Wanganui Rugby referees on Saturday j night. Mr. G. 11. Pownall, sole selector ( of t/ho Wanganui. Rugby Union ami ( manager of the touring team which ( has just returned from the South is- j land, said that the opinion in the South was that the greatest drawback to New Zealand Rugby was the three- ( fronted scrum. “If the Imperial con- f fercncc docs not abolish the three- | fronted scrum this year it would pay , New Zealand to do away with it fc-r all the games in the Southern Hemisphere,” Air. Pownall added. His re- ’ marks received warm approval from ? the referees present. « A Sou them Cargo With general cargo from South f Island ports, via ‘Wellington and Pic- j ton, the Canterbury Company’s char- i tered coastal steamer Orepuki arrived ( at the town wharf yesterday. The steamer will load to-day for the return | trip to southern ports. The Orepuki is > a single-screw steamer of 5-15 tons gross | register and is engaged in the Wanga- | nui, Wellington and Dunedin service ' until the arrival of the new motor-ship ] Gale. The latter vessel is expected to- $ wards the end of the year and will replace the steamer of the same name ( sold last Al arch to Australian buyers. - The old Gale, incidentally, is now ? trading on the Victorian coast. The vessel’s name has been changed to . Wanoon. Press Facilities The Wanganui Collegiate School authorities have made excellent accommodation for the Press representatives at the inter-collegiate Rugby tournament, which opened on Saturday and is to be concluded to-day. A platform has been erected to accommodate the press tables and an excellent view of the playing field js possible from such a vantage point. Boys, representative of each team engaged in the competition, wore placed at the disposal of the reporters, who were thus able to follow the trend of both games and know every player. During the progress of the first game a human '‘wind-screen,’’ composed of spectators, formed round the pressmen in rear of the platform, and the shelter thus afforded was greatly app r ex‘iate(L Accident at Oastlecliff Through the car in which they were travelling leaving the road :n Cross Street, Gastiecliff, and crashing into a telegraph pole in the earlv hours of yesterday morning, Henry Gordon Stewart (Marton) and Hatold Goss were admitted to the Wanganui Public Hospital, btewarl, who was driving the vehicle at. the time of the accident, is suffering from n Iract’.ired rib, while Goss has head injuries and abrasions. Their condition was reported last night, as being satisfactory. The mishap occurred at about .1 a.m. The car was proceeding citywards and left the road near a bend on the Cast leu lift’ side of the (ram shelter. The radiator missed the post, but the front wheel struck the obstruction and the force of the impact tore away the left mud guard, running-board and the hood. 1 The ear was darftagod praulicallv beyond repair. Popular General Manager Among tho>u proent at Saturday night’s reunion of the New Zealand Railway Officers’ .Institute (Wanganui bran'ch) was Mr G. 11. Alackley, the general manager, who made a special trip up lhe Island by rail car in order to attend the luiivlion. Mr Maekley was accorded a hearty welcome by the large gathering of rail way a.On a'-'i during a lull in the proceedings availed himself of the opportunity of renewing his acquaintance with members of the department. Remarking on .nis feature one of the speakers later sail: '‘Mr Macklei i~ indeed the captain of the gneat railway team. The way ho went round tho room ami made himself personally known lu those present, was, T think, one of the finest gestures of staff loyalty one could wish to en--1 counter. ’’ When Mr Mack I. \ and party were, leaving the hall after the . conclusion of the function, a voice ‘ called ‘‘ Throe cheers lor the G.M!’’ The building rang with the response.