Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 27 November 1935, Page 6

Town Talk

Matriculation Examinations The annual matriculation examinations in the Wanganui district will be conducted at St. Paul’s Presbyterian i Chuivh Hall cuminenuing on Alonday ■ morning next. Surfoplanes. At last night’s meeting of the Wanganui City Council the Surfoplane Company were granted permission for ' surfoplanes to be made available for ! hire to the public on the Casftecliff I Beach. Snow at Horopito. i A Wanganui motorist who came down from Horopito via the I’arapara Road on Monday informed a reporter i that bo sterous conditions were experi- . | enccd’ over practically the whole of the iijoirTiey. Conditions were extremely ; I cold at Horopito where there was a light, fall of snow, rain and a i squally wind made ilriving conditions I unpleasant on portions of the I’arapara j Road. Mechanic's Good. Fortune. To have a motor lorry fall oil a jack i and fall on to his body and escape without any-serious injury was the experience ot' a mechanic in a Wanganui garage on Alonday. When the lorry fell on to his body the machanic was able iu call out for assistance and tvas speedily removed from his precarious j position. , Had the lorry come to rest .ou his body several inches higher he would have been seriously injured or, more likely, killed. As it was he escaped with injuries of a minor nature. Catering for Children. It is intended to cater extensively for children at the Wanganui Regatta, to be held at ISandy Hook, Upper Aramoho, on Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26. Children under the age of 12 years will be admitted free, and in addition they are to be provided with prizes from a fund to which the Wanganui Rowing Association last night decided that £5 be allocated. This will make the gathering more in the nature of a picnic, and for the convenience of the general public free water and free milk will be provided. Contract for Dog Collars. When tenders for the supply of dog collars wcrer being discussed at last night’s meeting of the Wanganui City! Council, it was noted that one of the tenders was from Disabled •'Soldiers’ Products. This was about 50 per cent, higher than the lowest tender, which was o'cntuallv acc.jted. Cr. Robertson said that he favoured accepting the tender of the disabled men, as it would be doing them a good turn. On the motion being put Io the vote it "as found that those favouring its acceptance were the Mayor and Crs. CoLterill, Robertson and £cott. Elections and Business. The opinion that the general elections were having an adverse effect on business throughout the country was expressed by a businessman in conversation with a reporter yesterday. People, he said, were thinking of little else but the Parliamentary elections and giving little consideration to shopping other than for their necessities. When the elections wore over the Christmas business should commence iu earnest and trade generally should show a decided improvement. In several other centres, ho had conversed with businessmen who had expressed a similar opinion to him. t Back to Winter. The weather experienced in Wanganui yesterday .lor coldness and roughness rivalled anything experienced du ling the winter months. There was a strong and cold southerly wind blowing throughout the day, the full force Oi. whieh was felt in the exposed portions of the city and at Castlecliff. Che bar of the Wanganui River was I whipped into a sea ot foam and whiteI topped waves lashed the coast line. Viewed from the north mole in the i I last rays of the setting sun the foamy ; waves breaking on the coast to th ■ i i north and to the south made a pretty ■ sight with “white horses” extending out to the wes’j as far ;.s the eye could see., A Wanganui motorist informed the “Chronicle” last night that heavy snow was falling all the wav from Chateau Tongariro to Kakatahi and was one of the heaviest falls experienced for some years. Coastal Shipping Delayed. Consequent upon the strong "estcrI ly and southerly " inds of the past lew days, coastal shipping working the port of Wanganui has been delayed. On Alonday night both the motor-ship Kapiti and the s.s. •Storm "ere held up and unable to sail for Wellington, while lightering operations with the t.s.s. Alahaua were suspended. ’1 he Mahann, which arrived in the roadstead on Saturday morning, was compelled to put to sea during the weekend. The Kapiti and the Storm, however were able to sail yesterday morning. both bound fov^-Wellington. The Northern Company’s auxiliary motorship Hauturu, originally due at Wanganui on Sunday, has been unable to dear New Plymouth and cannot do so before the weather moderates. She has sugar and general cargo for ANanganui and was' to have sailed from j New Plymouth last night. I’he MaI hana is now scheduled to work the roadstead to-day. after which she will leave for Auckland. Gisborne and