Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

Supreme Court Session. The second quarterly session of the Supreme Court in Wanganui this yea? will be opened on May IR. No indication has been received as to who will be the presiding judge. Short Court Sitting. The . sitting of the Magistrate’s Court in Wanganui yesterday morning was the briefest for some time. There was only one civil case set down for hearing and in this case an adjournment was granted. Anzac Day Stamps

Practical support to an appeal from the Wanganui Returned Soldiers’ Association to further the disposal of An-za-c Memorial stamps was given bv the City Council last night, that body deciding to expend £5 in trie direction named. Youth’s Narrow Escape. A young motor-cyclist had a fortunate escape from serious injury in Ridgway Street yesterday morning when his machine was struck on the side by a railway engine using the line to the Wanganui Sash and Door Co.’s factory. He was thrown heavily to the ground and received injuries to his head. Main North Road. Good progress is being made with the deviation on the Main North Road about two or three miles from Wanganui. A deep dip and two tends have been replaced by a large filling which has straightened out the road. The grade of the road is also being improved in the direction nf Wanganui from this locality. Visit of Missionary. The Rev. A. E. Hunt, who is visiting ■Wanganui, will address a public missionary meeting in the Westmere Presbyterian Church to-morrow afternoon. The Rev. A. E. Hunt was formerly a missionary in Samoa and was a companion of the late Robert Louis Stevenson. He was also a fellow student of the Rev. James Chalmers, of New Guinea. The Rev. A. E. Hunt is a noted elocutionist and is at present supplying at Marton. Claim for Broken Window Legal opinion is to be sought by the Wanganui City Council iu respect to a claim made upon it by Trinity Church trustees for damage to a window in shop premises in Victoria Avenue. It was stated that during the progress of repairs to a tram track a parsing motorvehicle caused a stone to break the glass. The matter was fully discussed, during which the opinion was expressed that the council had never undertaken to keep streets ■clear of stones. Delayed Aeroplane Back. After being delayed for five days by bad weather, Mr Ron Arthur flew back to New Plymouth from Auckland on Monday afternoon in the Western Federated Clubs’ ’plane ZK-ACH. The journey took about two hours and the pilot had to fly low, particularly round Kawhia, where the conditions were not good and visibility was poor. Mr Arthur left New Plymouth last Monday, intending to return the next day. The delay is the longest that has yet been caused any Western Federated Clubs’ ’plane. Anzac Stamps Popular. The first-day sales of the Anza? commemoration stamps throughout the Dominion easily passed the four-figure mark. The sales of stamps in the four chief centres alone on the first day totalled £lBO7. There has been a big demand for these stamps from overseas philatelists, not only in the British Empire, but in the United States, Austria, Swede, and other countries. The stamps have been featured in philatelic journals and in prominent overseas newspapers, and photographs of them have been published together with articles regarding the Gallipoli landing. Cotholic Cemetery. A request has been made to the Wanganui City Council by the Rev, lather Iloare, on behalf of iCat'hoiic citizens, to take over the old Catholic Cemetery on Heads Road. The Mayor (Mr. W. J. Rogers) when the matter came befc*re the council last night, stated.that it-was intended to ask that the city take the area ovei on the same basis has it had taken the old cemetery from the trustees. The Mayor and Cr. J. D. Crowley were appointed to confer with the Catholic authorities and report to the Works Committee, which, in turn, will report back to the council. Airport Road Corner. Recent mention by the magistrate at Wanganui (Mr. J. H. Salmon) of the dangerous nature of the intersection d the No. 1 Line and the Airport Road has led to action being taken by local bodies to have the latter road deviated. A letter from the Wanganui County Council came before the City Council last night asking that body to join with it in bearing the cost of deviation. It was stated by the Mayor (Mr. W. J. Rogers) that if the council agreed it would have to find exproximately an eighth of the total ex pense. The matter wus referred to thiWorks Committee. Home Liner Due To-morrow. To load Wanganui produce for Great Britain, the Federal Company’s | liner Tongariro is expected in the roadstead to-morrow morning from Picton. The steamer commenced her Homeward loading at Port Chalmers and has so far called at Lyttelton. Nelson and Picton. She will spend two days in the Wanganui roadstead and will take on board quantities of wool, frozen meat and dairy produce, sailing on Friday night for Wellington, her final port of call on the New Zealand coast. The Tongariro is a vessel of 8576 tons gross register and is under the command of Captain Wilac. She sails from Wellington next week for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. Now that the season is waning Home liners are becoming less frequent callers in the Wanganui roadstead. A large amount of frozen meat and dairy produce, however, has yet to be loaded. The Middlesex is expected next Monday and will be followed later on by the Port Adelaide and the Tekoa.