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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 30 December 1935, Page 4

City Water Supply. In spite of the dry weather the Okehu dam, which supplier Wanganui with about two and a-half million gallons of water each day, is still maintaining a good level and compares more than favourably with this time last year. As yet the City Council has not had to resort to- pumping water from the Kai Iwi springs, which was being done 12 month** ago, but owing to the pipe lines being unable to cope with any more than present demands, hosing restrictions are still imperative. The heavy rain a week before Christmas has helped the position considerably and it scenns likely that even a prolonged spell of dry weather will not produce an acute shortage of water. Railway Forter Injured. As the result of a fall from the roof of a carriage at the Wanganui Railway Station on Saturday, Allen Kitson Lines, aged 20, a porter, was admitted to the Wanganui Public Hospital suffering from severe spinal injury. His condition last night was reported to be comfortable, with a slight change for the better. Kitson was engaged in attending to the replenishing of the water containers of several cars and was on the roof of one, when he apparently slipped and fell to the platform.- No one actually saw the accident happen, but one person noticed him regain his feet, walk a short distance and then collapse. He was attended by Ur. Reid. k-.-Fast Air Trip. A fast journey by air from Wanganui to Palmerston North was made by Mr. W. M. O’Hara yesterday afternoon. Flying his Klemm Eagle machine which he piloted across the Tasman ’in his flight from Sydney to Auckland, Mr. O’Hara left the Wanganui Airport at 3.25 p.m. and landed at Milson at 3.37 p.m. The airman had with him Miss Jane Winstone as copilot, and Mr. A. A. Seddon. during his stay in Wanganui, Mr. O’Hara conducted passenger flights in aid of the relief of distress funds, organised by the Wanganui Returned Soldiers Association. About 24 flights were undertaken and the fund® benefited considerably.