Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 291, 9 December 1939, Page 6

Town Talk

■ Rotary Club Speaker | The speaker at Monday’s luncheon of the Wanganui Rotary Club will be . Mr. R. R. Rayner, whose subject will j be "The Greatest Problem To-day and j the Solution” ■ Son-and-Daughter Day I The Wanganui Rotary Club will ' hold a son-and-daughter day on Monday, December 18. The speaker will be Mr. F. W. Gilligan, headmaster of the Wanganui Collegiate School. Flag Day Appeal Donations of £5 from Mr. C. L. Duigan and Mrs. C. L. Duigan have ! been received for the flag day apj peal to provide Christmas cheer and I comforts for members of the Special I Military Forces. Food for Waitangi. Catering for the Waitangi celebrations is already being planned by the Ngapuhi tribe. Among the provisions : needed will be 25 tons of potatoes.

; .1000 fowls, 60 pigs, 40 beasts and 12 I sacks of cabbages. If the Maori batI talion attends the quantities required | will be even greater. ■ Physical Welfare Act. The chairman (Mr. A. H. Collins), Cr. W. Craig and the clerk (Mr. G. Darbyshire) were appointed at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui County Council as a sub-committee to administer the Physical Welfare and Recreation Act within the county. It is the intention of the . council to work in co-operation with thte Wanganui City Council. Patriotic Funds. Advice that the chairman, Mr. A. H. Collins, had been appointed by Zone C Patriotic Committee as Ihe collector of patriotic funds for the Wanganui County area was received at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui County Council. It. was stated that any functions organised on behalf of the patriotic funds in Ihe county would have to have the approval of the chairman. Stock on Road,".. That the number of wandering stock on the Wanganui River Road was becoming serious was mentioned by Cr. J. J. Lissette at yesteix I y’s meeting of the Wanganui County Council when he reported that with the advent of the holidays and increased traffic the stock would become a menace. Horses and cattle he said, were the main cause of the trouble. The council decided to sene its new ranger to the district with instructions to take action against the owners of wandering stock.

Effect of Import Cuts. The drastic effect of the import restrictions is shown in a letter received by a Hamilton business man from an Auckland firm. The letter reads: "After 35 years in the wholesale importing business, it is with many regrets that I have to advise you that 1 am forced, through this Government’s exchange control and imports selection, to close my business. You. of course, know that 80 per cent, of the goods that 1 imported are not made, and cannot be made .in New i Zealand.” Praise for Exhibition. "1. want to appeal to the people of Palmerston North not to miss on any account the Centennial Exhibition,” said the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr. Mansford, speaking at a flower show. "It is the finest exhibition that has ever been held in New Zealand, and it may be 100 years before one is seen to equal it. Those of us of this generation won’t have an opportunity of seeing one better.” The Mayor added that he had spent three halfdays at the Exhibition and had not seen one-tenth of what there was to

Repairing Flood Damage. That a deputation had not yet gone • to Wellington to make representation ; lo the Minister of Public Works, the , Hon. R. Semple, for a subsidy toward i ihe cost of repairing damage done to roads in the recent storms was reported to yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui County Council by the chairman, Mr. A. H. Collins. Mr. Collins said that it was hoped to have an opportunity of approaching the Minister when a demonstration of land clearing equipment will be given at Ohakune to-day. The council’s request for a subsidy was turned down by the Public Works Department "becaii.se of the stale of the council's finances.” Appraisement of Wool. The First appraisement, of wool in Wanganui under the scheme of commandeer arranged between the United Kingdom Government and New Zealand is lo be started on Monday. It is expected that 25,000 bales will be valued. Valuers are getting through ihe work as quickly as possible, and have instructions to appraise as much wool as can be brought forward. Shipping facilities will govern the disposal of clips to a great extent, however, though it is understood that every ship that can be spared to take cargo from New Zealand wiil be made use of. Whether the wool 5s shipped through Wanganui as much as in the past will depend on the timetable of the ships concerned, on weather conditions and on the war generally. Ped estr ia n C r o.ssin gs. In conformity with recent amending regulations, pedestrian crossings in the streets of Wanganui are to be marked at each end with poles painted with black and white bands. These poles are to be seven feet high and arc to indicate to motorists the loca-

tion of pedestrian crossings. It is permissible under the new regulations, the chief city traffic inspector, Mr. H. E. Tipper, explained yesterday, to paint pedestrian crossings the full width with some colour which contrasts sharply with the colour of the roadway, say white, or red against the black background of bitumen. It is not intended to adopt that system of marking in Wanganui in the meantime, however, he said, mainly because there is difficulty in getting a material which will stand up to the wear and tepr imposed on it by passing traffic. The crossings will continue to be marked with white lines at angles from the centre. Jt is not possible, because of the tramways, to establish safety zones half-way across each crossing in Wanganui, he addedMotorists are now forbidden to park vehicles within 20 feet of a pedestrian crossing. , Replies to Advertisements Will advertisers please note that the following replies to advertisements, are awaiting collection at our branch office, Victoria Avenue: K 9, K 25, K 26, K3O, K 33, K 36, KlO6, Kill, Kll3, 'KI3I. >r ' ”