Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

■ Rotary Club Attendance. A bulletin of the Wanganui Rotary Club states that first place lor attendance during October Was taken by | Ihe Whangarei Club with an average attendance of 84.13. Tire War gan ri Rotary Club was eleventh with an average of 78.51. Offer From Wanganui. An enterprising Wanganui firm, seeing a Press report under the caption “I want a job,” and referring to Mrs Freer, despatched a mesa<? to • Auckland offering her a position. Mrs I Freer, when approached, slated that she had declined acceptance but was ’grateful for the inte.cst displayed on her behalf. Spring Horse Fair Freeman R. Jackson and Co., Ltd., offered a yarding of 160 horses of a standard below the sales of other years at their spring horse fair on Saturday. Taking info consideration the quality of the animals, the prices realised were on a par with other sales. The best sales of the day wer« for two unbroken three-quarter draughts, which were disposed of at prices above £-10. Rotary Club Speaker. The speaker at to-day’s weekly luncheon of the Wanganui RoJ.aiy Club will be Mr O. N. Gillespie, of Wellington, whose subject will he “New Zealand’s Outlook.” The weekly luncheon on December 7 will take the form of a community luncheon to which the representaH ves of all bud’fxs j doing community work in the city jviJi be invite'!. Toe losr. r.ice‘.i , ’g cf I the year wiil be h<’ld cu December 21 j and will take the form of ladies’ day. Sugar Cargo Arrives Bringing a large quantity of Auckland sugar for discharge al Wanganui, the Northern Steamship Company’s auxiliary motor-vessel Hauturu, of 296 tons. a*.r ve l st the Town Wharf yesterday morning from Onehunga. While on route down the coast the vessel cal'cd at. New Plymouth, where a pc-rti n of her cargo was discharged and consignments of general merchandise loaded for Wanganui. The Hauturu was originally scheduled to arrive here on Saturday, but was delayed a day longer at Onehunga. Traffic on Main Roads Wanganui patrons of the Levin Racing Club’s meeting on Saturday report that there was a large amount of traffic on the highways, an increased number of this district attending the races. Indicating that i the Saturday holiday has provided | more opportunities for travelling far j afield for sports gatherings, the attendance at the Levin meeting was of record dimensions, and the totalisator turnover was nearly 70 per cent, above last year’s figures. The main highway is in good order except for the unfinished portion of the SansonHimatangi road and the portion under reconstruction across the Whirokino swamp near Foxton. ■ Week-end Flying. I Full advantage of the fine weather during the week-end was taken by ' pilot-members of the Wanganui Aero Club and the Moth ZK-AAX was in I constant, use. This machine was flown i to Palmerston North late on Saturi day afternoon by Mr. P. Tennant, who ; was accompanied by a passenger. The ! return journey was made yesterday . morning. Yesterday afternoon a i large number of people visited the I Airport and a number of passenger I flights were made. On Saturday afternoon the Manawatu Aero Club's I inverted engine Moth ZK-ABV was I flown to Wanganui by a club pilot | with the instructor. Squadron-Leadei’ White, as passenger. The machine made a brief stop and then returned to Palmerston North. Crowds I'lock to Beaches Y’esterday’s brilliant summer sunshine attracted thousands of city dwellers to the Castlecliff and Kai Iwi Beaches and to popular picnic spots along the Wanganui River and in other parts of the district. Although the maximum shade tempera- | ture recorded was 72 degrees Fahrenheit, the absence of wind made the heat seem far greater. The beaches at Castlecliff and Kai Iwi were thronged throughout the day, hundreds of motor-cars being parked at I he former beach where many people spent Ihe whole day. A number of launches made journeys up the river, several craft, being taken across the bar to the open sea fishing areas. The hot weather and warm waler tempted many people to have their first swim of the season. Dangers of Sunbathing Each summer the Department of Health points out the dangers of excessive sunbathing, especially during the early part of the summer when the human skin is pale and easily burned. Despite these warnings, on the first hot day each summer, hundreds of swimmers overexpose their pale bodies to the fierce rays of the sun and besides turning a brilliant red

suffer unnecessary and agonising pain. Yesterday at Castlecliff Beach, pale bodies in ail manner of attitudes, lay in the burning rays of lhe sun and when the day was over many u person went home severely sunburned. More than one over-enthu-siastic sun worshipper spent last night in a bed of agony with lhe sheets seemingly as heavy and rough as if Wanganui Sailing Club Favoured with a good westerly wind, the Wanganui Sailing Club hold the third and last of a series of races lor lhe Kutu Cu>- on Salu»day afternoon. Considerable interest has been taken in the series, which was won on points by Valeta (Mr A. Deerness). This boat was the winner on the first day and came second last week. Saturday’s race, however, resulted in a win for Rio (Mr J. Inder), 'vhich was followed home six minutes later by Merlin 'Mr F. B BethwaiteL Mr Frank Bishop’s Sprau was third. Merlin, incidentally, is a new vessel of the Idle Along class and was raced on Saturday for the first time. She put up a particularly creditable performance, starting on scratch and securing fastest time. Last week, owing to the boisterous wind, this event was decided in the almost record time ot just over an hour. On Saturday, under conditions less favourable, Merlin made the distance one hour 38 minutes. Sailing conditions were ideal yesterday and practically every boat of the club’s fleet, was in the water. A number of vessels went out over the bar and manoeuvred off the Castlecliff Beach, thus creating considerable interest, among lhe large crowd present.