ITEMS FROM REPORTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 8

ITEMS FROM REPORTS

INTERESTING EXTRACTS CONSUMPTION OF WATER CONTROL OF MOTOR TRAFFIC Informative items culled from th’e various reports stress the pains gone to by departmental officers to make their respective documents not only comprehensive but interesting, Wanganui consumed 637 million gallons of water last year—s 67 million from the Okehu dam, 41 and a-hali millions from the Kai Ivvi springs and .19 and a-iialf millions from \ irgHida Lake. The maximum daily consumption o-f over three million gallons occurred the day prior to the imposition of hosing restrictions and, within a few days .<•£ that, the consumption fell to .1,91)0.003 gallons. The tramways (including buses; afforded the citizens 1,753,211 rides last year. Revenue per mile was obtained Dy the tramways as follows: —GouvillcCastlecliff, 12.0 d; Aramo'ho, 11.Od; Wanganui East, 14.1 d; special t ranks, 26.3 d. Total mileage, 399,722. Buses: bt. John’s Hill, 35,857, 10. Id per mile; special buses. 601, 21.64. Total mUes, 36,458. Wanganui people are more careless of umbrellas than of any other type of property they carry with them in trams and buses. A total of 102 umbrellas was found in various vehicles during the year by the department, Strange Jy enough, purses rank high in the list of forgotten things, a total of. 37 being found, Thirty-nine pairs of gloves werg left by passengers during the year, and 45 parcels, but umbrellas outdid the lot. 'there are thirty-two taxi cabs operating in Wanganui, according lo the report of the traffic inspector (Mr. H. E. 'Tipper), Fourteen, operat-e fre-m the Maria Place stand and the remaindci from private depots in city Ttod suburbs. A total of 385 applications were i?ceived from new drivers of motor vehicles last year. Of that number 21. failed in the driving test and five iu the eyesight test. Approximately 219 heavy niotc-r vehicles are registered with the City Council und’er the heavy traffic regulations. Heavy traffic licences issued during t)he year represented a sum of £3,085 5s 7d as against £2,882 Is 5d for the previous year, showing an increase , of £203 4s 2d.