Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 107, 7 May 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

1 Incipient Fire Only one call was recci'/eJ by the Wanganui Central Fire Brigade yester- ■ a . v . -At 2.48 p.m. a mavliine was de- ! spatched to the Grant Central Hotel, where a minor outbreak had occurred, i The fire was extinguished w'tho-ut diffiI culty. No damage resulted. The Wandering Jew I Mr Philip Lewis, the “Wandering ! Jew,” will return to Palmerston North ' to-day, where he is engaged to coni duet various meetings. Mr Lewis, who ! arrived in Wanganui on Monday, will | return to the city on May 17 and ivill l deliver addresses at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in the morning and the Baptist Church in the evening. ! j Navy League Souvenir The Navy League’s souvenir this year for school members is to consist of a photograph of the. late Earl Jellicoe with the shade of Lord Nelson in the background. The signatories of the two famous admirals wdl be printed | on the card together with Lord Nel- ' son’s famous message to his fleet, “Eng * land this day expects than every man ; will do his duty.” and Jcuicoe’s well- || known words, “The sea io our life.” Lighting By Gas. Recommendation by the Works Committee that two 250-candle-power lamps be erected in Guyton Street, one in each block on each side of Victoria Avenue, was considered by the Wanganui City Council last night and was referred back to the committee ivith an instruction to consider the advisability of erecting gas lamps in preference to electric. Cr. J. J. Scott was the instigator of the decision to refer the matter back, stressing the fact that gas for street lighting purposes had increased in popularity in recent years. Apart from that, the council would be benefiting its oavu concern by utilising gas. A Delighted Audience. A large house at tlie Wanganui Opera House last night was highly delighted at the opening wrestling bout of the season staged by the Wanganui Wrestling Association —not a bout between. two trained-to-the-minute professionals, alive to every hold known to the ring, but two midgets, every bit as enthusiastic and just as determined to interest the onlookers —J. McFarlane and A. Gervine. It was an - all-in go and at the end of each round the audience applauded loudly. Fittingly enough, the decision was a draw. Other amateur bouts which folloAved later, maintained the crowd’s interest to a high degree. Japane.se Love for Timber ‘‘Wood is more generally used by the Japanese than by any other people of the world,” said Mr E. Phillips Turner, in a lecture at Auckland recently. “In using it for their houses they are not actuated mainly by considerations of cheapness, .for good building stone, shingle for concrete, and brick-clays are abundant. They use wood mainly because they have an artistic preference for it. They do not paint the exteriors of their houses, because the grey-veWety appearance gained by the iveatliermg of welldressed timber is pleasing to them. Neither do they varnish die inside of the timbers, as they consider the finish which they get by te use of very sharp tools is more pleasing than that obtained by varnishing.” Wrestler Injured. Wrestling against B. Sheppard, of Wanganui, in an amateur bout at the Opera House last night, Thomas John Laivrence Tucker,, of 420 Broadway, Miramar, Wellington, was knocked unconscious and was later admitted to the Wanganui Hospital for observation. Tucker had secured a flying body scissors in Sheppard who immediately fell backwards to the mat, pinning Tucker under him. Sheppard secured a toehold on Tucker and it ivas not until he grabbed for one of his arms that he realised that his opponent was unconscious. Tucker was tieated by a doctor and (St. John Ambulance officers and was ordered to hospital for observation. His condition, is satisfactory and he will be discharged from the institution this morning. City Inspectors “The routine Avork of the city inspectors has been carried out in a satisfactory manner, although they are often hindered by lack of transport.” states the city engineer (Mr L.~ F. Row) in his annual report to the Wanganui City Council. “Each officer has the use of a car for only part time each week, and, although the trams are made 'use of and a large amount of walking done, it often leads to dissatisfaction on the part of the public. For instance, a suburban resident may r-nv up with an urgent complaint regarding wandering stock or some other nuisanke, but the inspector may have to defer action for some time as he has nu means of reaching the locality. When he does finally arrive, he mav receive a very hostiie reception, as damage has probably been done and he is too late to take action.” Overseas Mails Arriving With a large quantity of mail from Australia and beyond Australia, the 10,000-tou intercolonial liner Wanganella, which cleared Sydney last Saturday afternoon, arrived at Wellington yesterday. Included in the vessel’s consignments was an Empire air mail which left London on April 19. The Wanganui portion of the Wanganella’s mail will be delivered in the kity and subunbs this morning. An exceptionally large English mail is expected to reach Wellington next Sunday when the New Zealand Shipping Company’s R.M.S. Remuera arrives from London. The vessel is bringing 1200 bags of English mail for New Zealand and 200 parcel receptacles. The next Australian mail is expected on Mon Joy h. the Union Company’s R.M.S. Makura, which leaves Sydney to-day fur San Francisco via ‘Wellington. Advice has been received thia.L the Empire air mail which left New Zealand on April 8, via Australia and Singapore, reached London on April 27.