Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 204, 29 August 1936, Page 8

Town Talk

Increased Bread Prices. Although the prices of bread have been increased in Auckland and Wellington to meet the increased costs ol production consequent upon the introduction of the 40-hour week and the reversion to the 1931 standard oi wages, no action has yet been taken by Wanganui bakers. A meeting is to be held next Monday when the question will be discussed. However, it is understood that the counter price will not be altered, any increase being made in the price of delivered ; bread. i Railway Revenue i Notwilnslanuing the substantial in- ; crease in railway revenue for the ' financial year which ended on March 31, 1936. enquiries made yesterday elicited the information that, a further satisfactory increase will be apparent | for the current year. Figures for the Wanganui administrative district alone disclose that from April, 1936, to August 22 last, the value of passenger and freight traffic increased by £38,440 over the figures for the corresponding period last year. The total receipts for all lines in New Zealand from April 1 to August 15 increased by £225,000. Generally speaki ing the weekly returns for each disj trict have shown a good increase. I Harrier Activities I This afternoon at Auckland the 'New Zealand cross-country championships are being staged. The race is | being run from Ihe Ellerslie racecourse and about 40 harriers will be competing, the teams coming from I the Wellington. Otago, Canterbury, Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay, Auckland, and West Coast. (N. 1. Centres. The nolder of the title is J. W. Savidan, of Auckland. Members of the Y.M.C.A. Harrier Club are holding an interclub run against the recently-formed Palmerston North Y.M.C.A. Club from the Y.M.C.A. building at. 3.45 p.m. The Wanganui Club is holding a handicap race for junior and senior runners from the Aramoho Boating Club’s sheds at 2.30 p.m. Well-lighted Streets The electric disenarge lamps used in the illumination of Victoria Avenue wore praised by a visitor Io Wanganui on Tuesday. "1 have travelled extensively in New Zealand,” he said, "and I think that your Avenue is one of the best-lighted thoroughfares in the country.” The lighting was particularly good on a wet night when the whole street was brightly illuminJaled without, any glare, he said. It I was a wonder that the system had not been adopted by many more municipalities. "In one large city 1 heard this system of lighting condemned by shopkeepers who alleged that ft spoiled the effect of their window’ displays by changing the colour of the goods on display. In Wanganui there does not. appear to he this trouble. This system of lighting is an excellent one and a great advancement: on the yellow lights of ordinary electric lamps.” Faster Freight Trains. Intimation that the Railway De-: parlment has made every endeavour to provide faster freight services is contained in the annual report ol the general manager (Mr. G. 11. Mackley), who states that during the year which ended on March 31 last, a review of the freight and mixed train services throughout the North Island was undertaken with a view to providing faster transport for goods generally, especially longdistance Irallic. On February 9, 1936, a reorganised freight service was brought into operation in the Frankton Junction-Palmerston North, St rat ford-Okahukura, and MartonNew Plymouth areas. In framing schedules for the altered liming ot trains the best possible use was made of "K" class locomotives. Runs over longer distances were arranged and the frequency of engine changes en route was reduced. Headgear and Lifts Should men remove their hats when travelling in a lift? This question has been a vexed one in many Euro-pean-speaking countries for many years and still no solution has been j offered that, is acceptable by both sides. Recently in America a crusade was started by a group of newspaper men and Congressmen to settle for once and all that a man need not remove his hat. in a lilt. A society called the A.P.T.O.H.E. (Association for the Prevention of Taking Off Hats in Elevators) was formed and was followed two days later by another organisation with this formidable string of letters, 5.P.L.W.E.8.G.T.0.H E. (Society for the Protection of Ladies Whose Eyes have been Blacked by Gentlemen Taking Off Their Hats in Elevators). Despite the formation of these two organisations and extensive publicity in the newspapers of the country in support of their aims the question still remains unsettled.