Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 85, 9 April 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

Small Grass Fire. At 3.4 p.m yesterday the Central Fire Brigade was called to a u outbreak of fire in a patch of rushes at the intersection of Ferguson and Loudon ► '[reels. The outbreak was suppressed before ar. •• damage was done. Inspection of Library Visitors to Wanganui wj| have an opportunity of inspecting the Public Library on Easter Monday as the building will be open from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Idle libraiy. which was bi'Et for rhe (’ity Council with funds frum the late' Miss, Alexande.’s beque.*t. is dedicated to the memory of her father, one cf Wanganui’s pioneer settlers. People • who have travel,'ed in manv .and* have I expressed the opinion that the Wanganui library is an ideal building for its purpose. Two of the staff will bn O n duty on Easter Mondav. Easter Tram Service. To-morrow the summer Sundav timetable will be observed on all routes Dv the corporation tramways during the afternoon up till five/o’clock. ° Last trams and buses will leave all termini for the city at 5.30 p.m. A half-hourly bus service xvill l>e run to Virgimn. Lake. On Saturday, Sundi-x- and Slier, day the ordinary tram and l.ns service will be observed. On Sunday a half-hourly bus service will be run i .- Virginia Lake, the last bus leaving rh lake at 5.15 p.m. Twenty-five mile sight-seeing tours wilt be <of'!:.. . 2 <■ . Friday } Saturday, Sunday and Monuav. Indian Hockey Film. Considerable interest th e scre-ening of the film oi* the G-. i ami third test matches between thIndian team, which recent I'• vii-i.m.. the Doininic'ii, and the New Zealand representatives, whicih was screened at the annual meeting of the Wang-uim Hockey Association on Tuesday niyh; Those who witnessed the sep’cninu learned a considerable amount regnr> - ing positional play and stick woie from the slow motion pictures » ' thIndian team in action. The ill ms we e screened by Mr. D. A. C. Lillrarne. who was accorded a xole of thank? English Schoolboys Depart. After a very pleasant though i i-.i' stay in Wanganui. Ihe party of English public schoolboys, which arrived from the Chateau on Tuesday evening and spent the night at Braeburn Hotel, left the city at 8.30 yesterday morning • and proceeded to Wellington by car. The boys were entertained at the Collegiate School on Tuesday night and when the time came for leaving Wanganui expressed regret that their stay was 'not of a longer duration. The short stay in this city proved most enjoyable to all members. The party embarked in the ?<ew Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rangitata last night and the vessel is io sail al daybreak to-day for London. Easter Church Services Special Easter service.* >iil be conducted at the chui'.'hes of the various denominations in Wanganui to-morrow when sermon* dealing with the meaning ami significance of Easter will be delive.ed. At St. Taul's Presbyterian Church a Communion service will be conducted at 10.3 D a.m. by the Moderator of the General Assembly, the Right Rev. II 'll. Barton. AT.A. At Trinity Methodist Church a service will be held at 10 a.m.. when the Rev. R. Dudley will speak on “ The Unfailing Compassion.’’ An evening service will be held at 7.30 p.m., when his subject will be ‘‘The Burden of God.” At the morning service Mrs G. Hardy -vill sing”lie Was Despised,” and at the evening sc- \ i'’e the soloists will be Ali < s Rae Bond. “ Abide With Ale. ” and Mj D. Tizard, “The Lord is Aly Light.” Easter Egg.-. Most 01. the uid customs aad superstitions associated With the Easter Kslixal have fallen into disuse and this festival oi’ the resurrection of Christ has become to many a holiday season the popularity whicih is unlikely to wane. One custom that has sur/ivcd the test of time is that of giving Easter vggs, emblems of the resurrection. To many people the reason foi noon by the \\ cilinglon-New Plymouth but in reality it is. symbolical of renewed life. The ancient Rc-mans, Persians, Egyptians and Greeks adopted this symbol and down through the agJ- s it has stood as the sign of renewed life. Easter eggs aic associated wit a the festival of the resurrection practically in every country cf the world in some form or other. In-Germany an emblematical print in which thiee hens hold a basket in which aru three eggs is presented instead of the customary Easter egg, whereas in Vienna t |\j Easter egg is composed of silver, motlier-of-pearl or bronze av.d is filled with knick-knacks of some kind. merly in Austria it was the cu-uom for th? village priests to biess the egg? before their presentation 1? friends.