Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

One-light Cars. i A party ot‘ Wanganui residents re- : turning from Hawera last evening met i five motor vehicles with only one light i burning. In .two of the cases the righti hand side light was out of action. St. Patrick’s Day. To-day is Bt. Patrick’s IDay and it will receive litting celebration at the hands of those who honour the cause of the Emerald IsY. r i’;;e leading attraction on this coast will be the Wax erlcy Agricultural and I’as.oral ''Show, which is being he'd Waverley. i Died Under Anaesthetic. i The death occurred at the Wanganui [ Public Hospital yesterday of Mrs. Rai winia Fraser, '..ifc of Rev. Fraser, of Heads Jh'a<i, Casllecliff. The deceased lady entered the hospital to receive treatment for eye trouble and expired when under the anaesthetic. An inquest is to be opened this morning. I Harbour Depths. Reporting to the AVanganui Harbour Board yesterday, the Harbourmaster (Captain F. E. Naylor) stated that soundings during the month of February registered 21 fe-et 9 inches (highwater ordinary spring tides) at the entrance, and 22 feet 9 inches from the mole cii'ls to the UastlcclilT AMiari. Bugbaar of Crashes. “If wc had had no crashes tie would have made a caiLi profit of about £3OO on the year’)?, working,” remarked the secretary, Air. >S. I. Neilsen, at yesterday’s annual meeting of the Western Federated (North Island) .Flying Clubs. This, he said, would be without allowing for depreciation of tor replacements. “Safe and Snug Harbourage.” J n a letter to the Wanganui Harbour Board read to yesterday’s meeting, Captain Oliver Bevir expressed Ins thanks for tho safe and snug harbourage the HALS. Leith enjoyed whiic al, Wanganui. Tim captain at-o expressed thanks lor t'lbc assisi<im-f* | rc-udcmd hv the harbourmaster a.P<t staff. Car Stolen. A 1'930 model Morris saloon car was stolen from the parking stand in In gestre. Street, adjacent to the Regent Theatre last night. It was parked by j the owner, Mr. Thompson McKie, of Victoria Avenue, who aitciidcd the pictures with, his wife and family. W’hen they came out, tho \ehiclo had gone. Ils registorc'l number is 77/817 land an immediate search for the missing vehicle was commeivml by lhe police last night. Sttiags Abova Town Bridge. Rowing /dubs in Wanganui have, from linn- !•> lime since recent floods, so If’'’ red considerable damage to plant because of 'mage in the river anove the town bridge. The association wrote to th*! Wanganui Harbour Board asking that it clear snags from the bridge to distance of two miles abov-c the railway bridge at Aramo-io. At its meeting yesterday the board expressed its regret that finances would not permit compliance with, the request. Coot cf Flying. “It seems to me t-hal the Operation of flying machines io an expensive business. Ot course Die bugoear is crashes,” said the president, Air. A, 8. Burgess, at the annual meeting of the Western federated (North bland) (''lying Clui>.-, at Hawera yesterday. A delegate: han't ire lock the machines up lor a year? Mr. Utirges.s: Ilien vo would not be doing our duty to Me public. Mr. Burgess said lie did not think there were any aero clubs in the Dominion which ivere doing any better. Claim for Kaionc. Negotiation,c are .-udl takin;*; place between the Wanganui Harbour Board and the Admiralty, in rei'ercaee to the long-standing account for several thousands which the A'lmirally has claimed for bringing the dredge, to New Zealand. At the moment the dtflirullv is tlm question of agreeing with the Treasury on the domicile of a Joan to meet the. amount. Tfae Harbour Board points out that raising the monee in London will save the ratepayers a considerable sum as compared with raising the amount within New Zealand. The matter ifi to be taken up with the Treasury again on that isbuc. | No Trace of Missing Boy No further trace could be reported by the Wanganui police last night of the missing boy, Hoy McGregor Dickey, whose bicycle and clothes were found near the shore about a mile south of the Kaitoke Stream on Sunday. The lad who is 1G rears of age, and is a son of Mr and Mrs A. B. DX'kcy. Durie Hill, was first missed at midnight on Saturday. A search carried out in the early hours of Sunday resulted in the discovery of his cycle and clothes. A sugar bag which lie took with him to gather shells for his fernery was miss-, ing. ami footprints led from where the cycle lay down to the. water. Tn consoquenee of those it. is thought that the boy, who was not a strong swimmer, fell’into one of the deep holes which arc fairlv numerous in this locality, and was <l''owned. Notifying Accidents. It is encumbent upon motorists tvßo become parties to an accident involving injury to life and limb, to report th j matter to the police within a gi v:*’ period. Air. J. 11. Bulmon, di the Alagistratc’s Court at 5v angum.ii vesterdav, inipre»?b‘cd that on a defendant who was charged with a breach of that section of legislation governing the use and control of motor vehicles on the highways. It was stated by Sen. Sergeant Capp, who appeared for the police, that defendan in this instance had not been in the wrong so far as they could see, and had done all he could for the boy cyclist, both as regards paying for the damage to his cycle and the medical expenses. Defendant was fined £1 and ordered to pay Court costs 13s, and witness’ expenses 4s.