Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 6

Town Talk

Pipe Band Entertained Members of the Wanganui Highland Pipe Band were entertained at supper at their weekly practice night last evening by the president, Mr. A. McSkimming. Arainoho Boating Club. The Aramoho Boating Club will hold its annual presentation of trophies in the clubhouse on Saturdaynight at a dance and social evening. The annual dinner will be held the following Saturday night. I Motor Tanker Due To-day i The Shell Oil Company’s motor Hanker Paua is due at Wanganui at I mid-day to-day to discharge bulk petirol at the company’s store at Castle- ! cliff. The Paua is under the com- • mand of Captain R. D. Paterson. ; Train way Timetables. ; Revision of the Wanganui printed , tramway timetables is to be put in i hand shortly. The books on issue at present require certain amendments Lo bring them up-to-date and the task I is to be handled by the Tramway's Committee. ! School Baths. Advice that lhe Education Department would provide a subsidy of fl for £1 up to a maximum of £2OO in approved cases would be provided toward the cost of improvement works at school baths was received at yesterday's meeting of the Wanganui Education Board. Grant for Education Board. Notification was received from the Education Department at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Education Board that the board’s grant for maintenance for the year ending March 31. 1940, was £9170. The chairman, Mr. E. F. Hemingway, stated that the grant last year was £9124. I nter-Sclio-ols Rugby. After the Rugby match on lhe Collegiate School ground yesterday between the first fifteen of the New Plymouth Boys’ High and the Collegiate Schools, the New Plymouth boys were entertained to dinner at the school and afterwards taken to a picture theatre. They return to New Plymouth to-day. Sihool Savings Scheme. Since the introduction of the schools’ Post Office Savings Bank scheme at the Gonville School last ; March, the sum. of £135 has been deI posited by approximate!.? 200 depositors. This total has been reached after lhe schi-me has been in operation 18 weeks, and the average of weekly deposits has been steadily; maintained. Children’s Garden Circle. “This is one of the finest institutions in this district connected with education. It is one of the very best," commented the chairman, Mr. E. F. Hemingway, at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Education Board when the Wanganui Children's Garden Circle applied for a holiday for its members on Friday, September 15, . to enable them to exhibit at the annual show. The request was granted. Castlecliff Beach. Big improvements have been made . at Castlecliff beach in reeadiness for the . summer . season. . Macrocarpa branches have been used as wind and sand breaks along the beach frontage above high tide level, and marram grass has been planted and further turfing done. A children's playground has been placed quite near the bench, with swings and chute’s, which have been removed from a site inland from where the old tea kiosk stood. School Rugby .Match. The third fifteen of the Wanganui Technical College, which plays in the Wanganui Rugby Union’s fifth-grade competitions, defeated a team from the Marton District High School yesterday afternoon by six points to three. The game was played on a heavy ground and during the progress of the match there were showers of rain. There was little between the respective teams. The College team has an unbeaten record this season. Territorials Parade. At the invitation of the management of the Regent Theatre, the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of lhe Wellington West Coast Regiment attended the theatre last night, mainly to see a feature entitled “The Warning,’’ dealing with Great Britain's precautions against air-raids. Eleaded by the regimental band, and under charge of Captain H. J. Dalzell, a total of 180 of all ranks marched from the Drill Hall to the theatre. Amateurs Apr Professionals. Hair pulling, kicking, and a host of other fortes of the professional matman were resorted to by two amateur wrestlers who provided one of the preliminary bouts at the Opera House last night. The contestants were Kappa Hogg and Peter Wiwi and they entered into the spirit of the bout with enthusiasm. Drop kicks and flying tackles were frequently resorted to and both men showed a good knowledge of showmanship which put the crowd in a good humour for the professional bout. Urban Farm Lands. Removal of an area of land formerly owned by the Parkes Estate, St. John’s Hill, from the urban farm lands roll of the city of Wanganui was authorised by the City Council on Tuesday night. This land has been purchased by the Government for State housing and, having ceased to be farm land within the city, will become liable for rates. Certain other areas on the list have become eligible for and the list, by resolution of the council, is to be suitablyamended. Sheep Farming Industry. It is not known definitely whether the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the sheep farming industry will sit in Wanganui. It has been pointed out to the chairman of the 0 Commission, Sir Francis Frazer, that H Wanganui is the centre of one of the \ most important sheep farming localiv ties in the Dominion, and Raetihi is d the centre of a district vitally cons cerned with hill country farming, f which will form an important part of n the commission’s work. The Wan- - ganui provincial office of the New - Zealand Farmers’ Union is urging d that the commission should at least n sit in Wanganui and hear evidence, s and, if possible, it should make every e'endeavour to hear evidence at Raetihi.