Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 244, 14 October 1937, Page 6

Town Talk

Cross-country Race Pupils of the Wanganui Intermediate School to-day will participate ir; their annual cross-country race. The course will be a short one and will include for the most part a good deal of open country in the Springvale district. Rowing Clubs’ Opening. The three rowing clubs in Wanganui are to hold their combined opening on September 30 from the Wanganui Rowing Club’s shed, when an “at home” is to be held. The opening of the season generally takes the form of a gala day, when a varied programme is followed.

College Reunion. On the evening of Easter Sunday an undenominational service is to be held in the assembly hall at the Technical College in connection with the school’s reunion celebrations. On the Monday various sports are to be held on the school grounds, and the celebrations will conclude with a ball in the evening.

Table Tennis Popular The Aramoho Boating Club has recently had two table tennis tables installed in its shed for the use of members. The recent visit of the Hungarian. champions aid much to stimulate interest in the sport, and its popularity has increased considerably. Apart from being an interesting indoor game table tennis, played in the correct manner, demands a good degree of fitness, and this is the chief reason, for many sports clubs encouraging their members to play.

Scouts and Cubs. Scouts and Cubs held their crosscountry race on Saturday, Castlecliii winning the Cubs’ banner with 17 points, Y.M.C.A. (44) being second and Glasgow Eagles (50) being third. Glasgow Eagles (18 points) won the Scouts' banner, with Castlecliff (20) second. Two Castlecliff Cubs, Watson and Anthony, were first and second in the individual placings, with Dillon (Y.M.C.A.) third. Hansen (Castlecliff) was first home in the Scout’s race, followed by Wilkins (Castlecliff) and Willetts (Glasgow Eagles). Value of Honey.

Apart from its household uses the sustaining properties of honey are recognised by most athletes, and in a number of sports participants consume quantities before engaging in contests where titles and honours are at stake. Many Wanganui runners are in the habit of taking up to several pounds a week at odd intervals as well as a considerable dose before a race. Apart from its invigorating power honey is a valuable aid in cases of severe colds and influenza, and can do much to alleviate sore throats. Faithful Feline

» The manner in which dogs follow their masters is well known, but cases in which cats display similar attachment are rare. A Wanganui resident has a cat which regularly travels some distance with her on a shopping errand each morning. If she does not go the full distance to the shop, Toby waits in a hedge for her mistress until she passes on her return journey when she darts out and playfully catches her skirt. The cat never fails to make the journey, but it is worthy of note that the shop visited is the butcher’s, and she never misses receiving a tit-bit in return for her interest.

Putiki Church. Some of the work that has been entailed in the construction of interior decorations for the Putiki Native Church has been both elaborate and involved. The panels of fine taniko work for the pulpit have occupied a tremendous amount of time and labour, and credit is due to those responsible for the splendid work they have done in this connection. Mrs. A. Katene has woven one of these, while Mrs. Al. Bailey and Mrs. P. Osboine have together completed another one. Another is being done by Mrs. Foley, a noted Rotorua weaver; a fourth by Mrs. Eruini, of Maketu, and two rear panels are being woven by Lady Ngata, at Wellington.

The Bowling Season. Wanganui bowlers are looking forward to a good season, the hope being that the weather will be kinder to summer sport than was the case last year. To-day the Rapanui Club will open. Gonville and Castlecliff have already opened and Wanganui, Wanganui East and St. John’s Clubs will open on Saturday. On the Wanganui Club’s green there was a standing joke last year, the committee having bought a brand new lawn sprinkler. It was never used, the heavens being too liberal with a supply of water. This year, if the sprinkler can be called into use, if only once, bowlers will be ready to acclaim that it has been a good season (compared with last).

Mangahao and Radio Sets The retiring president of the Power Boards and Supply Authorities Engineers’ Association, Mr W. A. Waters, took as the text of his address at the conclusion of the engineers’ conference at Wellington the amazing development of the electrical industry and its acceptance by the people of the world in so few years since it became a real force in everyday life and industry, and to point his argument used a striking New Zealand illustration. “Who would have thought when Mangahao was being built in 1922,” he said, “that only fifteen years later, if all the radio sets now in New Zealand were tuned in for an important broadcast, the total power required for broadcasting and reception would be nearly equal to the full capacity of Mangahao?”

Handbag Lost and Found. An elderly woman who was resting on one of the seats outside the Wanganui Post Office on a recent afternoon lost her handbag but had it restored to her under happy circumstances. Apparently she left the bag, containing a fairly substantial sum of money, beside the seat when she moved away after resting. A stranger who noticed the bag passed it over the post office counter, remarking that the owner might call for it. One of the postal officers, suggesting that the lady might return to search at the scene of her loss, awaited a claimant outside the post office, and a few minutes later accosted an elderly woman who was apparently looking for a lost article. On asking her if she had lost anything he was told that the handbag was missing, and was able to restore it to the delighted owner.