Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 103, 2 May 1936, Page 8

Town Talk

' Justifiable False Alarm. Shortly after six o’clock last evening the Wanganui Central Fire Brigade re--1 ceived a justifiable false alarm to the offices of the Public Works Department , in Trafalgar Place. Diet and Diseaaa, Under the auspices of the Wangaj nui Douglas Social Credit Association an address on “ Diet, (Disease. Healing and the New Economics’’ will be delivered in st. Paul’s Hall next Thursday night by Dr. L’lric Williams, of Wanganui. Mr. Watkin will give an address on “’l’he Parent and Child ] under Social Credit.” Building Activity. "* Fifteen permits for buildings of an I aggregate value of £3082 were issued by the A\anganui City Council during I April. During the corresponding month ol last xcar 15 permits of a total value 01. £2120 JOs were issued. The Waitoi tara County Council issued one build- . ing- permit during the month for the 1 I erection of a dwelling valued at £7OO. Minor Collision in Avenue. j Shortly before 6.30 p.m. last even- i ]j ing a minor collision occurred between - two motor vehicles at the intersection of the Avenue ami Plymouth Street. A small sports car was proceeding tcv.ard the city and collided with another vehicle turning into lhe bowser station on lhe corner from the direction of the city. Only minor damage was done to both vehicles. Y.M.C.A. Harrier Club. Members of the Y.M.C.A. Harrier Club will hold an unofficial opening run this afternoon oxer an easy three-mile course. I’he run, which will leave the Y.M.C.A. building at 2.30 p.m. will be more in the nature of an outing for old and new members and it is hoped that there will be a full muster present. The opening of the season will take place on Saturday. May !*. Driver's Licences. During April lhe Wanganui Cilx - Council, issued 56 motor drivers’l licences, making lhe total number of licences lor the year -111’!. During the same month six Jieaxy traffic licences were issued for which £2l I.ls 2d was received in fees. The Wanganui County Council issued nine motor drivers’ licences during the month to make the year’s total 801 and the Waitotara County Council issued seven licences. The total number of licences for the Waitotara County Council i.| 773. . St. John Ambulance Brigade. 1 I’he rii. John Ambulance Brigade has I receivc'l the following cable from St. -I John's Gate. London: “Please advise j all members of the brigade that the j jubilee celebrations of the St. John ' Ambulance Brigade will follow immedii atcly after the Coronation functions in May. 1937, on which occasion His j Majesty will hold an investiture in • honour of recipients of honours from the Venerable Order of St. John, of which the King is the sovereign lead.’’ The investiture will be followed by a garden parly in the grounds of Buckingham Palace al which members of the Order and officers of the Brigade from all parts of the Empire will be present.’’ Ranks Rapidly Thinning. j The parade in Wanganui on Anzac Day served as a telling reminder that the ranks uf Maori War veterans arc rapidly thinning. In a few short years there will be none left of that sturdy old band. Time was, and only a few years ago. too, when approximately a dozen stalwarts, bemedallod and veterans in the true sense of the word, were accommodated annually on the dais in Cook’s Gardens. Two are remembered with ease—the late Major Lomax and the late Mr. Hickman. Last Anzac IDay there was but one of that old band left -Mr. W. Hudson Davis, Durie Hill. His presence was a reminder in the true sense of the spirit of New Zealand, and reminder, too, of; lhe passing years.

Motor Registration. Motorists at the end of Hie piemen: i month will be fated with the expense i of registering their vehicles for the I coming year. Many vehicles were re- i gistered during the summer months for j holiday purposes and now that the re--gistration period is drawing to an end will be driven into their sheds for the winter months. This year’s plates consist of black figure on a yellow background and are now available. However, it is illegal to have them attached before the end of the month. This year the symbol has been abandoned in favour of the figure 1 for all numbars above 99.999. 'The identification letters tor vehicles other than private cars will remain the same. ’The numbers allotted f<_> Wanganui are 119, 401. to 12. i, 200 for motor-cars and 20,301 to 21.20.) for motor-cycles. New Scheme of Rugby. Much interest was aroused in ’he city and Rangitikei districts yes’.c nay, when it became known that the fi:<r step in what is known at the “Moye •Scheme ’ of Rugby competition wouil be launched to-day with the resumption of sen io i Cup matches on Spriggens Park, after the lapse of some three weeks. The amended scheme embraces the clubs in Rangitikei and is aimed to develop a community of interest between that district and the city. Sprirgens Park, which has undergone special treatment during the off-season, is m better condition this winter than it has ever been. It was cut last Tuesday in readiness for to-day's first-of-thc-Muye-Scheme’} matches and looks a picture. It will be recollected th it Waverley Club was brought into the Wanganui competition to widen the community interest of the game. anJ the success which attended that move inspired the Moye Scheme. Handling of Guns. Now that lhe shooting season for native and imported game has opened it is likely that the sport during the next few months will be marred by a number of serious, if not fatal, accidents. In the majority of accidents the cause is due to the improper and careless handling of firearms, especially when negotiating fences. Many a sportsman has met an untimely death through leaning a hammer gun against a wire fence with both hammers lowered or pulling it through the wires barrel first. The hammers have been drawn back by t’i? weight of the gun and either oil* or both barrels have been discharged into the body of the unfortunate sportsman. ’The only safe and sure method of negotiating a fence is to unload on one side and then reload on the other side. The older and experienced sportsmen usually handle their firearms with care, but it is the young and inexperienced enthusiasts who are apt; to be careless. No firearms can he treated v-ith tn n great respect.