Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 25 November 1936, Page 6

Town Talk

Shearing Labour Several Wanganui farmers are experiencing difficulty in getting labour for shearing. In spite of the increase in wages and improvement in conditions, it would appear that, there are other avenues of employment which afford a more lucrative remuneration. Strawberries Coming to Profit. | Wanganui district strawberry crops are rapidly coming to prolit and the early fruit is reported to he of excellent. quality. This district has quite a reputation in the fruit, market and growers are looking forward to a good season. I Assistance from XV.D.I .1 . At. Monday evening's meeting of the executive of the Wanganui Tourist and Development League the offer of Ihe use of the division’s rooms during the Christmas and New Year carnival was received from the Wanganui Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. The executive decided to accept the offer and expressed its thanks for the divison’s consideration. Tiirakina Railway Deviation. In the vicinity of 130 men are employed on the Turakina-Okoia railway deviation at the present time but another batch of workers will be started within the next few days. The Placement Officer at Wanganui is at. present seeking for 20 married men for work on the WanganuiRaetihi road where extensive imI provements are being carried out l>y j (he Public Works Department. Calf-Club Judging I Judging in the calf club competi- ' | lions promoted in the WanganuiiMain Trunk district is to commence | 'next Tuesday, lhe first throe schools to be dealt with being Brunswick, Rapanui, and Westmere. Messrs J. ] Robb ami J. Thorburn will be judges 1 on that day. Messrs C. Masters and • i Stafford are to officiate on the follow- I j ing day (Wednesday), when calves ai ' ; Wangaehu. Bulls, and Turakina will ■ be judged. I Autograph Album. I The Sports Queen autograph album | now contains the signatures of 20 | Wanganui people who have won world or New Zealand laurels in the field of spoil. These include W. Webb, j ex-world champion sculler, and lhe Smith brothers, owners of the 1936 j Melbourne Cup winner. There are i still a few more signatures to secure j before the album is disposed of al the “joyland" function in the Drill Hall t on Friday night. ; Director of Education I The presence in Wanganui of the | Director of Education (Mr N. ’J’, j Lambourn) is Io be availed of to-ds-y | to discuss administration matters. He i will visit lhe Intermediate School this j I morning, the Girls’ College, and the I Technical School. Arrangements arc being made also for him to visit Queen’s Park. Wanganui East, ano (Keith Street Schools. This evening Mr Lambourn is to meet the commit- | tee of the Gonville School and discuss j with it lhe question of making Gon- 1 ville a contributary school to the Tn-l : termediate. Poor XX’hitebait Season. i The whitebail season this year has been exceptionally bad. There has been during the past few years a I gradual diminution of supply, due to the spawning areas becoming restricted on account of land reclamation along lhe estuaries of rivers and to : more intensive fishing. This year, 100. the weather in the spawning areas has I been very bad. ami repeated floods i have almost, completely ruined (he i run. The season in the North Island | ended on November 15, but it will continue in the South Island until] i the middle of next month. Health Camp Queen Carnival ! The Health Camp Queen Carnival, I i which is at present in progress for the purpose of raising funds for the : Children's Health Camp at Gonville,' closes at noon on Monday. At that, (hour, payments to lhe central executive will cease ami a declaration wilt be made of the winner. There are three candidates for honours: Miss Merle Spurdie (City). Mrs A. H. McLean (Country), and Miss Joyce Wilson (Sports). Last night the respective positions of the candidates were. Sports, 27,600; Citv. 26,316; Country, 24,891. Poster Competition. Considerable interest is being taken in the poster competition now being conducted under the auspices of the Wanganui Tourist and Development League. Good entries have been received and with the unanimous consent. of all applicants the time limit has been extended so that the judging will coincide with the Christmas and New Year Carnival. This competition, which is open to all-comers, is the second to be held by the league. Applicants are required to depict one or more of Wanganui’s tourist, attractions. The competition held recently was for amateurs only. Large Mail for England The Rangitiki left the Dominion's shores during the week-end. and when she arrives in London on Christmas Eve the first thing that she will discharge from her holds will be a very substantial mail from New Zealand. This mail comprises all lhe last-ordinary postings from New Zealand, letters, cards, papers, and parcels. Although this mail is a very large one, lhe bulk of New Zealand Home postings for Christmas left by previous boats arriving before Christmas. Now that-the outward Christmas mail has gone, there will be a reversion to normal in Post. Office activities until the inward Christmas mails begin tc pour in from overseas. There still remains one air-mail, which will arrive in time for Christmas. Coastal Cargoes. Consignments of general merchandise were discharged at Wanganui yesterday from the coastal motorship Breeze, which arrived early in the morning from Dunedin and way ports, via Picton. The Breeze cleared the last-named port on Monday evening and experienced a line weather passage up the coast. She sailed later in the day for Wellington and Dunedin. Further consignments from south are due to-day when the steamer Holmdale arrives. This vessel was originally expected yesterday, but was delayed at Wellington. Two more ships are due at Wanganui from southern ports before the end of the week. The Gale is expected to-mor-row and the Storm on Friday, in addition to which the Kapiti is scheduled to arrive at Wanganui on Fri- | day with wheat and general cargo I from Lyttelton and Wellington.