General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 63, 16 March 1942, Page 4

General News

Blackout Time. The time for drawing of blinds in Wanganui is 7 o.m. St. Patrick’s Day. To-morrow. Tuesday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day. Rotary Club Visit Cancelled The Palmerston North Rotary Club has had to cancel its proposed visit to the Wanganui Rotary Club. Use of Transparent Paper The use of transparent paper in factories without the consent of the Factory Controller is prohibited by a notice published in the Gazette. Home of Compassion Appeal. A “street day” appeal in aid of the Home of Compassion was to have been held on March 25. Because of unforeseen circumstances this will now take place on Wednesday of this week, March 18. Rugby in England. Playing Rugby in England. Rosslyn Park beat New Zealand by 14 poin.s to nil, and the R.N.Z.A.F. beat Wasps by 6 points to 3. Rosslyn Park were always superior in the three-quarter line, but the New Zealand forwards excellent in loose rushes, states a cable message from London. New Rubbish Dump. A new rubbish “dump’’ has come into being in Wanganui during recent weeks. It is situated on the river embankment from Bates Street to the Dublin Street Bridge. Several evenings of late children have been noticed with barrows full of household refuse making their way to the river bank, where it is deposilcd in the undergrowth. Women Fire-fighters. Women might be called on to play an important part in an emergency, particularly first aid tire-fighting, said the chairman of lhe Wanganui Fire Board. Mr. G. P. Hawkins, at the demonstration with incendiary bombs on Saturday. He added that women who were going to protect their homes should slip a woollen overcoat over flimsy drosses immediately they heard the alarm. Woollen clothes did not take fire easily. A closelyfitting fell, hat or a berat should also be worn. Waimarino’s Response. Recent donations to the “All Purposes” Patriotic Appeal bring the total for the Waimarnio Zone to £2283 9s sd, reports the ‘’Chronicle’s” Raetihi correspondent. The most recent, list is:--Previously acknowledged, £2229 12s lOd; Raetihi Women's Institute, donation parcel fund, £2 2s 6d and £2; Raetihi Drama Circle donation parcel fund, £2 6s Sd; Raetihi. Patriotic Commit lee, proceeds of raffle. £3: Mr. C. Heinold, donation, £3 3s; Ractihi Sports Committee, proceeds of raffle on 12/3/42, £2. Wellington’s Waste. Paper. Ono million square feet of newsprint was used every day in the production of Wellington newsprint, said Cr. M. F. Luckie, in an address to those who attended the opening of the now waste paper depot in Lombard Street recently. Nearly all that paper was waste after it had been read and should bo saved for remaking into new paper. Fifty tons of paper a week was already being saved in Wellington, and he believed the city led the Dominion in that respect but. there appeared no reason why 100 tons should not be saved every week. E.P.S. Conscientious Objectors Conscientious objectors compulsorily enrolled in the Wanganui E.P.S. have been narrowed down to three. One refused to sign the attestation for service, but agreed to be posted to service, stating, however, that he would not obey any order which conflicted with his conscience. Two others refused lo appear to be interviewed and have been assigned t.i units for duties. The fourth intimated that he was prepared to sign the attestation, and said he did not he would receive any orders that, would conflict with his conscience. Junior Library. [’raise for the junior section of the Wanganui ITffili • Library was <■’.- pressed by mwffiwrs of the Wangamu County Council last Friday, when it a of £lO toward lhe cost of this brand) of the institution. The City Council advised that the county had con--I.r;.;uted flu last year, and the chairman, (A. 11. Collins. comm< nt< that this free library service, was used extensively by country children. “Children living in the country.” he added, “have the same beneflis as children in the town, which means free use of the reading-room and library." Glasses Hard to Replace Running a publican’s booth on a racecourse is not without its troubles Besides all manner of arrangements lo make, with so many men serving in the forces barmen create the biggest problem. However, the local publican who controls the booth on the New Plymouth racecourse stru- k a real nightmare when he lost 16 dozen glasses on the lirst day of tno Taranaki Jockey Club's autumn meet ing through various reasons. His losses (in glasses) wore considerably cut down on the second day merely because he had a man both in the inside and outside bars especially to watch his interests in this connection. Barelegged and Barefaced. A novel way of obtaining stockings has been adopted by a woman in one of the suburbs of Christchurch. A woman had just finished her washing and was in lhe house when she heard a knock on the door. Not wishing to be disturbed, she did not answer, but a few minutes later, on looking through the window, she saw the clothes line come down. Thinking that the prop had slipped she went out just in time to see a woman with one stocking hanging from her pocket ant. in the act ol unpegging the other from the line. Her explanation was that she thought it was the house of a friend, and she was borrowing the stockings. In a barefaced manner she tossed the stockings on the ground and walked out. Letter-Boxes Save Time. The ready compliance with the request for street letter-boxes by so many people had materially lessened the length of time taken by the postmen on their rounds, enabling the Post Office to compensate for the shortage of man-power by lengthening the rounds, said the chief postmaster at Wanganui, Mr. D. R. McCowatt, yesterday. There were still a few who have not complied with the Foe! Office requirements that ; household leter-boxes must be places on the street line. A point he emphasised was that the boxes must be on the street line; a few feet back was not good enough, for although the postman had to deviate from his course for only a few seconds for that distance he had hundreds of houses to serve and the seconds soon mounted to minutes.