Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

Schools Be-opcn Wanganui primary iciiools commenced the second term of the academic year yesterday alter the firstterm holidays. Secondarv schools will recommence to-day. Wanganui Supreme Court. lhe quarterly sessions of the ( Supreme Court at Wanganui were , adjourned on .Saturday to permit His i Honour, Mr. Justice Smith, to open the I sittings at New Plymouth yesterday. I He will return to Wanganui on Frii day, to conclude the business rcmainI ing on the calendar here. A Month of Worries. : For many people May is a month uf i worries. Not only do they have to ’ have their income tax returns lodged ; with the Commissioner of Taxes by the • end of the month, but they are obliged, j if they are motorists, to register their . cars. To many a man the task of filli ing in the miscellaneous details rc- . quired in the income tax return is an j arduous one and calls for several hours ! of tiring work. Cars in Collision .Shortly before noun yesterday a car driven by Mrs Marumaru collided with a taxi at the intersection of Bell and Dublin Streets. Mrs Marumaru was driving along Bell Street and the taxi was proceeding along Dublin Street toward Bell Street. The taxi was turned around completely and overturned. Both drivers and the.four occupants of the taxi received minor cuts and bruises. The taxi was extcnsivelv damaged. Wanganui Tourist League. At last night’s special meeting of the recently-tonned Wanganui Tourist League in the City Council Chambers, the Mayor of Wanganui, Mr. AV. J. Rogers, presided ovvr a large attendance. The Mayor was elected pator* and Mr. AV. J. Gibson Hughes, who was responsible for the proposal to form the league, was elected as the fiist president. A number of suggestions were brought forward and were referred to the executiv-c for consideration. Motor Registration. Only four more days remain for motorists to secure the new registration plates for their motor vehicles for J 936-37. Every year there is. a final rush to secure the new plates and it is anticipated that a similar position will prevail this year. Many car owners put off the task of registration until Ihe last moment, and consequently hava to spend some time in a queue awaiting attention. Jt is illegal to have the new black and yellow plates affixed until June J. “Sparks” Sigils Off. When the Government motor-ship Maui J’omare arrives al AVellington from Island ports, Mr. L. Hooker, wireless operator and purser, will sign off after having spent LI years at sea. Mr. HooKvr, who is a son of Mr. L. O. Hooker, Hawera, was previously employed on thv llinemoa as wireless operator. In 1927 he was sent to Dublin to join the Maui I’omare, coming out as wireless operator and purser on her maiden voyage. He '‘.ill take up a shore position in N K ew Plyfnout’n. Industrial Legislation. A statement concerning iiidiisLiial legislation was made yesterday by the secretary of the Wanganui Employers’ Association, who remarked that there appears to be a considerable diversity of opinion as to when the new legis.ation under the several amended acts will come into operation. >So far as is known at present, the new Labour legislation is io come- into force on July 1 next, except in respect to, the Act. relating to hours of woik. ih’-‘ will take effect as f'om September L Delayed by Fog. A dense fog enveloped Lionville ami Castlecliff ’ late on Sunday night and early yesterday morning, with the result that the coastal steamer Titoki, which arrived off the bar from Westport at midnight, was unable to navigate the river, 'lhe vessel was able to make the entrance during a momentary lift in the fog, but owing to all leading lights ami beacons in the river being completely obscured was compelled to berth at Castlecliff instead of the Town AVharf. She discharged a portion of her cargo at the Heads xestciday morning and steamed up the li'ei on’ the noon tide. The vessel was to have sailed yesterday on her return trip to Wvstporl, but will now clear Wanganui this afternoon or to-night. The Titoki has practically a full cargo for local discharge. Confidence in City ‘‘A penalty of one month’s imprisonment should be imposed on any person who decries Wanganui when visiting another centre,” suggested Mr AV. A. Veitch at last night’s meeting of the Wanganui Tourist League. “I have travelled around New Zealand a good deal during the past quarter of a century and I have always been known as a Wanganui man. Ilowevi r, on many wcasions I have been ashamed of some of the remarks that have been made by other AVanganui people. There is nothing wrong with Wanganui. AVanganui is ju.t as good as anv other centre in New Zealand and a good deal better than many because of its wonderful possibilities.” Mr A’citeli said that it was of little use trying to .idvancc the city unless this spirit of pc-u-ini'sni was overcome. Pessimism was the greatest evil the citv had to cope with. The president, Mr AA\ .T. Gibbon Hughes, said that one of the objects of the league was to develop civic pride. People should speak on’.v in lugh terms of the citv in which they earned their bread and butter. Overseas Mails Arriving. An arrival at AVellington yesterday afternoon was the Union Company’s intercolonial liner Monowai, which cleared Sydn , cy last Friday with passengers, cargo and mails from the Commonwealth and beyond Australia for New Zealand. The vessel’s consignments include Empire air mails which were despatched from London on May 6 and 10. The Wanganui portion of the Monowai’s mail will probably be delivered in the city and suburbs this morning. Delayed t>y bad weather, the Union Company’s P.M S. Maunganui did not leave Rarotonga until last AVcdn-esday, instead of Alonday. Consequent upon this delay she is now expected at Wellington to-daj, instead of yesterday. The vessel is bringing English and American mail, the Wan ganui portion of which will probaldy be delivered to-morrow. Advice has been received that the steamer mail which left AVellington on April 14, via San Francisco, arrived at London on May IG. The Empire air mail which left Wellington on April 30, e via Australian and Singapore, arrived at London on May 18.