Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 95, 24 April 1940, Page 4

Town Talk

There will be no publication of the ‘Chronicle” to-morrow, Anzac Day.

No Rubbish Collected. There will be no rubbish collection by the Wanganui City Council outside staff on Anzac Day. The areas on Durie Hill, Wanganui East and St. John’s Hill, where rubbish is usually collected on Thursday, will be serviced on Friday. Sandon Old Settler.

A message from Palmerston North published in yesterday’s issue, stated that one of the five original settlers in the Sandon district was Mrs. Trisk, aged 84. This should have been Mrs. Prisk, who is now 88 years of age. Mrs. Prisk came to New Zealand when she was three years old.

Recruits For Navy. Ten recruits for., the New Zealand Station of the Royal Navy were examined at the Drill Hall yesterday, the recruits volunteering for positions as seamen boys. From the Wanganui military area 19 applications have been received. Recruits for short service seamen rank will be examined later.

Army Rugby. Included in the Trentham Military Rugby team to play Burnham, at Christchurch, on Saturday, is the former Wanganui representative, S<ergeant D. G. Barton. He will captain the side. Taranaki has four representatives in the Trentham team. They arc Sergeant T. G. Fowler, Pte. J. B. Simpson, Sergeant D. G. Latham, and Pte. B. Pf Oaks. Fowler is a former member of the Clifton Rowing Club’s, champion four.

Good Work by County. • At the annual meeting of the Waimarino branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, reference was made to the prompt way in which the Waimarino County Council had opened up the roads closed by the recent big flood. A letter of thanks is to be sent to the council. Mr. A. Barrow was applauded by the meeting for allowing his land to be used by the public, when normal access had been cut off because of flood damage.

Summertime Soon to End. Summertime in New Zealand will end at two o’clock next Sunday morning, when all clocks will have to be put back half an hour. The fourth Sunday in April is fixed as the date for the reversion to normal time in order to ensure a maximum amount of daylight for Easter holiday-makers. With the change back of half an hour, New Zealand will be 10A hours ahead of England, where summertime came into operation in February.

Motor Vehicle Licenses. “The number of motor vehicles licensed in the Dominion at March 31 last,” states the Postmaster-General (the Hon. F. Jones), “was 315,520 —an increase of 9692 or 3.17 per cent, over the number of licences at the corresponding date in 1939. Compared with last year’s figures, the car licences have increased by 7372 or 3.47 per cent, and commercial vehicles by 4228 or 5.86 per cent, while motor-cycle licences have decreased by 1908 or 9.04 per cent.”

Jerseys for Troops. “From the form we have already seen you may rest assured that the colours will not be disgraced,” stated Lieutenant C. N. Armstrong, in a letter to the Wanganui Rugby Union from Trentham Camp, and read to last night’s meeting of the unions Management Committee. The writer was referring to a gift of a set ol jerseys for Wanganui men in camp, and thanked the union for the prompt way the request had been answered. It was decided, on the motion of Dr. G. J. Adams, to wish the men godspeed and a safe return.

Stamp Circle. A quarter of a million stamps have been collected in three years by the members of the stamp circle at St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream, and sent to the headquarters of the Marist Order in Washington for disposal. The proceeds go towards the work of the Marist Missions in the Pacific Islands. The stamp circle is a comparatively small group, but each member takes an active part in the collection, grouping and other duties associated with th? project. Business houses in Wellington City and individual citizens over a wide area have assisted by sav* ing their stamps.

Anzac Night Concert. “Everything is going splendidly,” ; said the president of the Wanganui i R.S.A., Mr. W. 11. Cannan, yesterday, ■ with reference to the annual war-; time extravaganza, which is to be I staged at the Opera House to-morrow I night by the R.S.A. in aid of distressed ! returned soldiers. Mr. Cannan point-| ed ca'. that many returned men are | only now feeling the effects of war | disabilities. Many of them could be : called “burnt out ’ in the full sense ■ of the term. “It is to help such men i that we reserve the night of Anzac i Day,” he said, “and we can look for • the .same generous support from the : pub’Z: as in the past.” Simpler Language. A quaiqt old legal circumlocution which adorned the pages of the Gazette until last month has uc.w disappeared. Whatever land was token for railway purposes, tne proclamation always began: “Whereas it has been found desirable for the use, convenience and enjoyment of the such and such railway to take further land . . • In the latest issue A new and simpler form of words has been adopted, omitting the preamble and merely stating the certain land has been taken “for a particular railway. Probably onij lawyers could say why the old form appeared to endow railways with a personality and its accompanying emotions.

Hockey Facing a Crisis. “A crisis confronts the Wanganui Hockey Association, and unless support is forthcoming immediately men’s hockey in Wanganui must go into recess,” said Mr. J. D. Tizard, a vicepresident of the association, yesterday. Mr. Tizard went on to state that it might be difficult to re-establish men’s hockey if immediate action was noi taken, and the future of Gonville Park might enter into the problem. Three teams are available for the club competitions, but the necessary executive officers have yet to be obtained to enable the Hockey Association to function. An appeal is being addressed to a number of citizens who are known to be interested in hockey, and a meeting to discuss the position will be held ‘next Friday night.