Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 100, 30 April 1938, Page 8

Town Talk

Interest in Dr. Williams. Word has been received from Auckland that outstanding interest is being taken in a public lecture Dr. U. G. Williams, of Wanganui, intends cc deliver in that centre to-morrew. "Amazing enthusiasm!” states an Auckland wire. . . • “Town Hail booked right out!” Liberation of Trout. Approximately 3000 rainb-./ trout yearlings from the Taranaki hatcheries at Inglewood are to be liberated in Reid’s Lake at Nukumaru this morning by members of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society. The Wanganui society is endeavouring to stock thu lake with trout in order to make it u popular rendezvous for anglers. Air Pageant At Hawera. The Hawera aerodrome is to be officially opened this afternoon when an air pageant is to be staged. The Wanganui Aero Club will be represented by its Tiger Moth and Gipsy Moth. It was hoped to have the Miles Hawk in attendance at the pageant but the machine is still a: Wellington undergoing tests for the renewal of its certificate of airworthiness. Mr. J. R. Franklin intends to fly his Taylor Cub to Hawera this morning. Wanganui Repertory Society. The annual meeting of the Wanganui Repertory Society was held on Thursday night, when the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. S. W. Rankin; vice-presidents, Messrs. C. P. Brown and P. Latham; committee, Mesdames T. L. Sperring and N. Bancks; Misses J. Strouts and H. Bassett Smith; Messrs. G. Tarrant, Roland Young, and N. James; secretary, Mrs. H. Gilberd; and treasurer, Miss A. Wood. The meeting decided that club nights be held tri-weekly Instead of fortnightly, as formerly. It is also the intention of the society to hold play-readings at regular intervals.

Feeding Native Birds. That the provision of honc>-bear-ing trees in order to provide food for native birds had been one of the society’s most successful undertakings during the year was the opinion expressed by the retiring president, Mr H. J. Duigan, at the annual meeting of the Wanganui Acclimatisation Society last evening. Mr Duigan said that he had a file of letters of appreciation in his office which had come from as far south as Timaru and as far north as Whangarei. It was pleasing that Wanganui was the one society ii. New Zealand which had made this effort, and he hoped that the same policy would be continued in the future.

A Book in Demand. One of the latest additions to the shelves at the Wanganui Public Library is a book which is in such demand that one order tor nearly a quarter of a million copies was received by the publishers. The book is “The Flivver King,” by Upton Sinclair, who has dealt in lictionised style with the life of Henry Ford, giving his version of what the years of the 74-year-old motor magnate and his dollars have done to him. Stated to be not unkind but searching in character, it is regarded as a revelation of an industry and a system. The United Automobile Workers of America ordered 200,000 copies of “The Flivver King.”

Inter-School Sports. The first inter-school athletic sports gathering in which the Wanganui Collegiate School and the Wanganui Technical College have participated took place yesterday on the Collegiate School grounds. Interest was keen throughout and in the aggregate Collegiate School had the advantage in points, scoring 105 i points to Technical College’s 89i. in each ol the events, with the exception of the relays, the competition was limited to three entrants from either school, and no pupil was permitted to start in more than three events. It is anticipated that the gathering will be made an annual event and will be held earlier in the season in order to avoid the risk of unsettled weather.

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