Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 78, 2 April 1938, Page 8

Town Talk

ILiinfaH at Okoia According to records kept by Mr F ' Frail, rain fell on eight days at Okoi: in March for a total fail of 151 points . In March of last year the fall was 23; points on 13 day.. ALikirikiri Spuds. ’Jo- iiy’.h sports meeting at Makiri kiri is civiH'ilt.’ to draw Jargi I crowd it the v.eaiher Fine . Ever\ ■ are lias been taken to mak< I the tiny a success and the varlec i i nai. . • ut the programme will main H wide appeal. A novelty will be th< ■ • double-handed sawing event, on< : | which has not been featured on thi: i i coast for year.-. Thu Wanganui High i i land ripe Ban-,1 will be in attendance Resiurnt-s’ Rude Awak-imig • I Residents in a hou..c m Godwir ! j Crescent received a rud? awakening . in the early hours o: veslc.day moi.? ■ j ing by thudding and skidahig sound; ! ! in the front portion ol th-.- : j Inxestlgation revealed tha‘ . cow I • Lad found its way cn to th j veran- ■ • dah. The beast was ‘onllned in t I j narrow space, an I its frantic atj i tempts threatened to break a ncu; i.,5 I window. Eventually the beast wa; I calmed and led out. of its preuica- ! Pipe Baud en Parade. 1 Membeio of the Wanganui Highj land Pipe Bancl are to parade at the I annual sports gathering at Makirikir; J this afternoon, and will play a nuni- | ber of selections. Last Saturday i afternoon the band paraded at the 1 Pank.no sports. Members of the I band have been devoting a considerable amount of time of recent weeks to training for Uie annual pipe bands’ contest, at Palmerston North, at Easter, and the playing of the ’band has been improved considerably. Education Week. The members of the New Zealand Educational Institute and Technical Schoolteachers’ Association have decided to conduct <l,ll "Education Week” in Wellington From May 9 to 14 inclusive. It is expected that there will be a large representation 01 educationists present and much value will undoubtedly attach to the results of their deliberations. The Railways Department has decided to grant special fares to all delegates and their wives and children who accompany them. First I’ile Driven. Steacy progress has been made with preparations for the construction of the new bridge which crosses Nixon’s Creek on Anzac Parade. On Thursday the lirst pile of the new structure was driven. City Council employees have been engaged for several months building a temporary bridge to carry trahic while the new structure is in the course of ere. lion. The contractor, Mr. F. Pepper, stated that timber in the old bridge was stiil quite sound in places, and in a remarkable state of preservation considering the number of years it had been in service. Truck Capsizes An accident, fortunately without serious results, occurred on the Mangahoe Road, Hunterville, on Wednesday morning, when a new truck, owned by Messrs Bullock and Co., contractors, of Wanganui, overturned. The machine, which was going out with a load of metal, met a mob of cattle, in a narrow side cutting and the driver pulled well on to the outer edge of the road and stopped to allow the slock to pass. The edge of the road broke away and caused the truck to fall down a bank, where it came to rest with its four wheels in the air. The driver crawled out unhurt, and the machine was very little damaged. I* orty-seven Kinds of Apples. Townspeople whose knowledge ut dessert apples is limited to such wellknown varieties as Cox’s Orange Pippin, Delicious, Dougherty, Granny Smith, Stunner, Jonathon, Gravenstein, and Rome Beauty, can have no idea of the number of varieties which apparently are being grown in New Zealand. The fruit gracing and inspection regulations issued last week, apply specially to forty-seven varieties, including Ed- | ward Lippiatt, Frimley Beauty, Glengyle Red, McLiver’s Winesap, Mr. Gladstone, Salome, Shoreland Queen, Stansill, Wolsey Stark, Stayman Winesap and Wiliie Sharp, and also cover "other dcssciN varieties” which are not enumerated. Seventeen cooking varieties are also specified. Careless ZMotorist. The unthoughtf?] action yesterday of a motorist made lie- Isubject of censure from ty.-landw::. An elderly lady was wa'i.im; in Victoria Avenue with the aid of. a white stick, which indicated that her sight was defective. Holding the slick in a i vertical position, she made her way j on to a pedestrian crossing, and she '■ wr • some yards out from the footi pal ) wh?:i a motor-c.??-. (•••!'. ?•, hy a ; woman, came up the ctreet. Instead of halting and glviny ihr ; nede irim* way the driver coni mue-’, • ly unaware of her obF/.'dion : ) s: ?:. When only a few f.-om ; ; .;T lady th? car abruptL-- rwcr-v ! , a’YJ narrow;;.’ mir-c i ».• < strctchc ’ canc. ? ;. • <c. ian appeared to be uca-v.-’re e? nor;:;,v escape. 0.8. U.. Statutes. A revision of I’m' status r ’.ating to the honour know? as th? Mee Excellent Older o' P. ’.t . ’:ww nn-' published as a svaplrmer.i to the Gazette ■• w . v.■ • . TT-.t? Order consis;:; of t-ie Eo’. ore'.;;n and a Grand M?sb?r imi . . , Kniglds Grand Cro. ; • Dames Grand Cro . Kniph' s » ’• (nhiander? and Dames Com- ■ . t.' uomanders, OtHcris an ! Mcrnlw.-. Each of these Five »c. mum- .wo sub--1 diviUor. miiTnin a:: I t. nd each ■ subdivi - ' partly of I ordin.w. and ’ honorary members. Tlr» • lu es give the class. lof p'T.-nn cF'.ib:.' f;'- poinlnicnt to | lhe military an ’, <:-.!! divis.onj, the maximum : :m.’..(■ • ■?:;! i .a hoL’. the Order at t’ : , Hi-.' maximum I numb'*r that < !.n e.ppoinlc.l an- ! mia’F-. and • I. of allou 'ion to ' (he Unite I Fir: ■> Dominion , colionics mar. irJe ! L?r: i’o -iCT-. and overj sees dependenc e . 'j ord?” nf prej ecdenro is also ; ' and lion of th? in- pt —laming to the various class::.-;. Similrr' in!:? nv.itlon is given in r-.y .! of th? Imperial Service Ord??. Ecplic i to AdveniMT-a rtU Replies to advertii-emcnt.s awaiting collection at the Avenue I ofiice include: P 7, Pl 3, 1-22, P3l, F 33, )PlO3, Pll9, Pl3l, Pl4B, P 149.