Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 3, 5 January 1939, Page 6

Town Talk

Motorist Injured. Injuries to his back were suffered by Mr. Clem Mercer, aged 20 years, of Marton, yesterday, when his ear overturned on the Main South Road at Turakina. Mr. Mercer was admitted to the Wanganui Public Hospital in a serious condition. Back to Work. Rejuvenated by Christmas and New Year holidays, workers in Wanganui resumed business yesterday, when factories, shops and offices reopened. Housewives viewed with relief the chance of being able to replenish supplies, as no meat or bread was available from Saturday. Esperanto in Schools. A motion urging the Government to put into effect its policy plank providing for the introduction of Esperanto into the curricula of all State schools was carried at the ninth annual congress of the Esperanto Association which was held in Wellington at the week-end. Tennis Tournament. The semi-finals and finals in the Wanganui Lawn Tennis Association’s annual New Year tournament will be played on the Wanganui Club’s courts this afternoon. The semi-finals will be played this morning and the finals will start at 1 p.m. It is hoped to conclude the tournament to-day after four days’ play. A feature of yesterday’s play was the number of lengthy games, one championship set running to 20 matches. 1940 Chess Congress. The 1940 New Zealand chess congress will be held in Wellington and will be one of the features of the centennial celebrations. Players will be competing from Australia and the Continent and the congress will be the most important yet staged in New Zealand. Players attending the congress at Wanganui were photographed on the Wanganui Museum steps yesterday. The congress will conclude to-day when the final round of the championship will be played. New Zealand Names New Zealand has borrowed a great many place names and street names from the older countries of the world. Now, it appears, the opposite process has taken place. Letters receved by the librarian of the Canterbury Public Library, Mr. E. J. Bell, from the Channel Islands, show that the group of New Zealanders living there have brought the name ‘‘New Zealand" to that part of the world and have given Maori place-names to their houses. There is a "New Zealand Avenue,” and in it are houses called "Papanui," "Otira Gorge," and "Wanganui." Youthful Chess Player. The winner of the premier reserve at the New Zealand chess congress at Wanganui, R. G. Wade (Wellington), is only 17 years of age but has been a chess player for eight years. He was taught the game by his father in Dunedin and on going to Wellington to continue his studies joined up with the Wellington Chess Club where he holds No. 2 position on the ladder. He is a keen student of chess and plays a sound game whether on the attack or in defending. Wade lost one game and drew another out of the nine games he played in the premier reserve. “Wonder Berry" The popular American Boysen berry, a cross between the raspberry, loganberry and blackberry, has been successfully propagated this season, for the first time in New Zealand The grower, Mr. W. Andrew, sold the first of the fruit, grown at Panmure, on the city markets this week under the name of "Wonder Berry." The fruit is similar to the loganberry but larger, and has a delicate flavour reminiscent of all the parent stocks. It is dark red, juicy, and has few seeds. Mr. Andrew says that the bush is hardy and able to withstand frosts and drought, and to be grown in warm or cold climates. Motoring Parties Return. A number of parties of Wanganui people who have been making motoring tours of the North Island during the Christmas and New Year holidays returned to the city on Tuesday night and early yesterday morning. Many of the parties spent each night at a motorists’ camp site under canvas or in caravans. "Although the weather could have been much more favourable all the camps we visited were well patronised, the Rotorua, Tauranga and Hastings camps in particular being popular spots,” said one motorist. There was a large volume of traffic on all the North island roads which were generally in splendid condition for the heavy holiday traffic. Y.W.C.A. Holiday Camp. Twenty-seven members of the Palmerston North Young Women's Christian Association are holiding a summer camp in the Wanganui Y.M.C.A. building. The young women arrived on Boxing Day and will depart for their homes on Saturday. Miss H. M. Saunders, general secretary of the Palmerston North Y.W.C.A., is in charge of the girls and associated with her are Misses N. Jordan, P. Fuller, D. Stuart and N. Matthews as leaders. The activities of the visitors have included swimming at the baths and Castlecliff, tennis at the Intermediate School, picnics and a trip up the Wanganui River. To-day a visit will be made to the Wanganui Y.M.C.A. summer camp at Kai Iwi Beach and to-morrow night the young women will hold a bauquet. Replies to Advertisements. Will advertisers please note that the following replies to advertisements are awaiting collection at the "Chronicle" branch office. Victoria Avenue:—Y2, Y2O, Y 36, Y 46, Y5l YlO2, YlO4, YlO5, Y 134, Y 142.