Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 93, 21 April 1939, Page 6

Town Talk

Churton Creek Level Because of the continuous rain yes- fa terday, the level of Churton Creek t rose rapidly by over two feet and the \ creek was transformed into a turbu- A lent and swift-flowing stream. End of Summer Time F A Gazette notice has officially an- i: nounced that New Zealand summer-/ time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, April e 30. Time will therefore, at that hour and date, be put back 30 minutes. Repertory Membership i The membership had reached a r peak of 463, which was most satisfac- I tory, reported the president of the Wanganui Repertory Society, Mrs. S. Rankin, at the annual meeting last f night. County Anzac Service The observance of Anzac Day in the 1 Waitotara County will take the form of a commemoration service at the Soldiers’ Memorial, Maxwell, at 2.30 p.m. The service will be conducted by the Rev. A. C. McLean, and an ad- J dress will be given by Trooper T. E. Wilson. Return Polo Match g A return match between polo teams ‘ representing Mangamahu and Makiri- t kiri will be played during the week- ( end on a paddock about half-way be- x tween Wanganui and Mangamahu. The match played at Makirikiri last Saturday afternoon was won by the j Mangamahu team. £ Colds and Flu. [ Colds and attacks of influenza are • prevalent in Wanganui, many employers reporting that numbers of their staffs are absent because of a 1 comparatively mild epidemic. Quite a : few have had to spend a week in bed ' and the present damp conditions are i such as to rather increase the com- ' plaint. Struck by Car Severe abrasions and shock were suffered by Alexander Weir, aged 11 years, when he was knocked down by 1 a motor-car near Horopito at 3.40 p.m. yesterday. The boy had just alighted < from a school bus when he was struck by a car crossing the road. After receiving medical treatment, Weir was 1 taken home. i New Swimming Baths'. “Are these the new swimming < baths?” asked a bystander yesterday afternoon as he looked on at the scene of the excavations for the basement of the new post office for Wanganui. His question may have been prompted by the fact that the heavy downpour ' had resulted in a couple of feet of ; water accumulating in portion of the : excavation. Four Major Productions That the staging of four instead of three productions this year be considered by the incoming committee, was a suggestion made at the annual meeting of the Wanganui Repertory Society last night. Major productions were the life-blood of the society, saicj Mr. P. Latham, and an additional one would make an advance step in its work. The Same Little Old Engine. Complaints of the smoke nuisance at the hospital made by the Castlecliff railway train was laid before the board yesterday and the company is to be written to and asked if they could do something to alleviate the trouble. “They have the same little old engine which was running 40 years ago when I was a boy,” said Mr. L. V. Kerby, the managing-secretary. Fifteen Miles an Hour. To curb the recklessness with which some motor vehicle drivers negotiate the entrance to the hospital grounds at Wanganui, the board passed a I\'law yesterday limiting the speed to 15 miles an hour. The same restriction is to apply at the hospitals in Taihape and Raetihi. “Some of them drive up here so fast I should have a revolver,” declared the managing-secretary, Mr. L. V. Kerby. Extensive Excavations Id the work of excavation, to provide for the foundations of Wanganui’s new post office, together with the extensive basement provision, the excavation of approximately 6000 yards of material will be required. This has been removed at the rate of about 300 yards daily, and there appears to be only 1000 feet of spoil to shift-be-fore this portion of the task is completed. Three lorries have been kept busy removing the spoil to various dumps in convenient proximity to the site of the excavations. London Telephone Directory The half-yearly distribution of the telephone directory for the Wanganui district took place early this week. The size of the book suggests a comparison with the London telephone directory, which is also printed halfyearly, in two volumes, A to K, and L to Z, respectively. One issue takes 20,000 miles of paper 45 inches wide. In all, 900,000 copies are printed, requiring 1700 tons of paper, and some large firms and hotels require as many as 1200 copies. The directory contains 632,500 entries. Pedestrian Injured. Knocked down by a motor-car as he was walking across the Kaikokopu Road, when proceeding to his home in Anzac Parade, at 6.20 p.m. last night, Harry Taylor, aged 64 years, was taken to the Wanganui Public Hospital by the St. John Free Ambulance. The hospital reported later that he had been considerably shaken and was in a satisfactory condition. The motor-car was coming from the direction of Upper Aramoho and turning into Kaikokopu Road when the accident occurred. Anzac Day A feature of the civic service on Cook’s Gardens on Anzac Day this year will be the provision of a band, the Wanganui Garrison, to play a programme of music at the reserve pjior to the arrival of lhe main column which is to march from the Drill Hall, via Queen’s Park, where the Cenotaph is situated, Moutoa Gardens (Maori Memorial), Taupo Quay, Victoria Avenue, and Nelson Street. The band will entertain those who assemble at the grounds early and when the column arrives will play a march until all. the units are in position. Elderly people desiring to attend the service are advised to use the Tra- > falgar Place or Nelson Street en(trances to the ground and avoid the r. stiffer climb’from St. Hill Street.