General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 42, 20 February 1943, Page 4

General News

Aramoho War Savings Despite a fairly good day yesterday Aramoho still requires £53 by noon to-day in order to fly the quota flag for the 70th. successive week.

Inspection Tour The reserves committee of the Wanganui City Council carried out a tour of inspection of reserves on Thursday for the purpose of afforestation.

Trades Bowling Tourney For the annual trades and professions bowling tournament, which is to take place on the Gonville Ciub’s green to-morrow, sixteen teams have been entered. Games will be of an hour and a-half’s duration, play commencing at 9 a.m. At Short Notice

All members of 'the Wanganui, Gonville and Okoia Home Guard Battalions and personnel of the 15 L. of C. M.T. Coy. are required to communicate with their respective platoon commanders or platoon sergeants before mid-day to-morrow (Sunday, February 21).

Perfect Rainbow One of the most colourful rainbows seen in Wanganui for years was witnessed in the north-eastern sky at 6.25 last evening. The phenomenon, a perfect bow, held its shape and colour for nine minutes before it commenced to break up. Rotary Speaker The speaker at the Wanganui Rotary Club luncheon on Monday will be Mr. A. E. Watkin, a member of the teaching staff of the Wanganui Technical College. The subject of his address will be “Look to the Land. Soil Fertilii% and Human Health.” “Wanted a Ride” “The reason why we took the car was because we wanted to go for a ride,” said a young man in a statement to the police in a car conversion case. With a companion he subsequently appeared in the Magistrate’s Court, Wanganui, on three charges of unlawful car conversion, in addition to charges involving breaking and entering and theft. Absent »Jurymen “You are the second juryman who has mistaken the time. If jurymen mistake the time for attending the Court they will have to have their memories refreshed with some penalty,” said Mr. Justice Smith, in the Supreme Court, Wanganui, when a juryman said he was absent because he thought the Court sat at 10.30 a.m. His Honour warned jurymen that they must take particular note of the time. If the Court sat at 10 o’clock jurymen were expected to be there at 10 o’clock.

Compost Club A branch of the New Zealand Humic Compost Club has been formed in Wanganui and the following have been elected to office: Patron, the Mayor, the Hon. W. J. Rogers, M.L.C.; vice-patron, Mrs. E. Gower; president. Mrs. G. Watkin; vice-president, Mr. W. G. Davidson; honorary secretary, Mr. A. G. Dooley; committee, Me’sdames Howard and Cawley, Messrs. A. Bamford, W. Benson, R. Hume, W. J. Stone. W. D. Young, P. Brand, and W. Jenkins.

Guides and Scouts to Rescue After making an unsuccessful search for her two-year-old child who had wandered away from her home in Marton on Thursday morning, an anxious mother appealed to the headmaster of the Marton District High School for help. This was readily given and several Girl Guides and Bov Scouts on bicycles were sent out as‘a search party. The young wanderer was found by a Girl Guide in .the afternoon near the Marton Railway Station, about li miles from Marton. Session Concluded

The first quarterly session of the Supreme Court, Wanganui, for 1943, which opened last Monday morning before Mr. Justice Smith, concluded yesterday afternoon after His Honour had* dealt with petitions for divorce. The criminal business was heavier than usual, but the session was shortened by two of the accused persons reversing pleas of not guilty made in the Lower Court. This left four criminal cases for trial, two of them being disposed of in one day. The shortest trial of the session, and possibly one of the shortest held in Wanganui, was on Tuesday afternoon when a young man was charged with unlawful carnal knowledge. The trial lasted only an hour and ten minutes. The jury was empanelled at 2.15 p.m. and the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. N. R. Bain) opened the case for the Crown a few minutes later. Four Crown witnesses gave evidence and accused was called to the witness box bv counsel for the defence. By 3.35 pm. addresses to the jury and His Honour’s summing up had been concluded and the jury retired, returning with its verdict at 5.25 p.m. No civil cases were set down for the session and two appeals on the list of business did not come before the Court.