Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 266, 13 November 1935, Page 8

Town Talk

Motor-car Parade “.It looked like a motor-car parade,” remarked a passerby in Victoria Avenue last night in commenting on the number of cars parked in the vicinity of the Regent Theatre. All parking space within a quarter of a mile of the theatre was apparently occupied, the attraction being the address given by the Prime Minister in the eou»-c of his North Island tour.

A. Handsome Prize. A handsome Walker and Hall supper sei has been presented .ay Messrs. Murton's Ltd., Napier, through Messrs. Smith, Beauchamp and Company, Wangaipji, as a points prize in the natural condition Romney class at to day’s Wanganui IShow of Shows. This gilt has attracted great interest among djcoders, and the entries for this class ar«« three times the total entered for mt same classes at the Royal fcihow al Hawke's Bay recently. Summer Golf. Though the golf season in New Zealand extends from late autumn till late in spring. -it is generally accepted that gulf activities may cease early in November, la Wanganui the major clubs have concluded, their 1935 season’s play, but it is anticipated that in one or two instances summer golf will be* played, and with this in view competitions will be arranged. It is likely that only portion of Uh-e courses will be used, giving the remaining holes a rest lor the “off” season. Practice at Shorthand. The majority ol‘ people v. ho attend, political meetings go to hear the candidate’s views on ttie political situation —so the candidate fondly hopes. Yesterday however, it was noted at one meeting that several students had i taken, advantage of the opportunity to “try out” their shorthand and Arete industriously engaged making for themselves a report as nearly verbatim as their ability enabled them. Fortunately. perhaps, for the candidates, speeches are never reported absolutely word for word.

Care When Crossing Streets. That pedestrians, when. crossing streets, could exercise a great deal more care and thus do more towards helping motorists, was the opinion expressed by the coroner, Air. i 5. A*. Dixon, at an inquest yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who v.as knocked down, by a motor-car in Victoria Avenue. The coroner remarked that in such c-ll.’-i the motorist was often the first to lie blamed. He did. not think, however, that sufficient precautions were taken by the average person when crossing streets. Large Southern Cargo. An exceptionally heavy cargo .from southern ports was discharged at the Town Wharf yesterday by the Canterbury Company's 622-tou coastal motorship Breeze, which arrived in the morning. The vessel was berthed shortly before 10 o’clock and spent a busy day unloading, the work not being completed until late last night. The Breeze sailed on the night tide for Wellington and Dunedin. Also in port yesterday was the a.m.v. Hauturu, which arrived from Onehunga, via New Plymouth, with sugar and general cargo fur local discharge. The Hauturu sailed later for Raglan. Interest in Politics Evidence of the keen interest being displayed in the .1935 general election was provided in Wanganui yesterday by the attendance at the several meetings held in the city. One citizen with a penchant for figures informed the “Chronicle'’-' that ho estimated the number attend'ng the meetings totalled well over 6000. He based his estimate on the fact that the Regent Theatre seating capacity was fully taxed last night, with an overflow crowd of nearly 2000. The meeting at the Opera House in the afternoon accounted for another thousand, and candidates’ meetings in other halls last night meant the addition of several hundreds more-

Mistake in Cars. A Wanganui East businessman wont to a city bank on AT on day afternoon, collected £l6 in notes and silver, placed the money in a bag and. drove off in bis car as far as St. Hill Street, where he stopped for about five minutes prior to setting off again for Wanganui East. On arriving home, however, he was startled to find that the bag which contained the money was missing. The police were communicated wjth and a search begun, but it was not until about an hour later that a very surprised businessman discovered that ho had taken the wrong car. The vehicle was restored to its parking place in St. Hill Street and the other car. including the money, was found in its original position, much to its owner’s pleasure. Improving Conditions Speaking in the Regent Theatre last night to a packed house, lhe Prime Minister (the JU. Hon. G. W. Forbes) *aid that in 1931.-32 the total production of the Dominion was £83.500,000, but to-day this figure hod increased to £98,750,000, an improvement of ap- ' proximately £15,000,000. In. 1931-32 the total amount of wages and salaries in the Dominion was £59,000,000, but this item now accounted for an expenditure of £65,000,000. Tho Post Office Savings Bank had the record amount of £49,000,000 deposited in its keeping whereat several years ago the Government was faced with the difficult position of endeavouring to prevent an excess of withdrawals over deposits. The evidence, he said, was that the country was through the depression and on much firmer ground. Those Boards. Dealing with the criticism that has been levelled at the Government on account of the number of boards functioning in New Zealand the Prime Minster, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, informed a packed house in the Regent Theatre last night that the Meat Producers’ Board and the Dairy Control Board had been set up by the respective industries. This, he considered, a wise policy. The value of the former board was revealed when the recent meat negotiations were being pursued in England. Mr. Forbes said that the Dominion’s delegates were in a position to give a definite yest or no to any proposals raised but the Australian delegates were obliged to submit all proposals to their Government with a consequent delay of several days. The officials at Home had expressed the opinion that no country had the organisation that New Zealand had behind it.