General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 208, 3 September 1943, Page 4

General News

Earth Tremor. A slight earth tremor was experienced in Wanganui at 8 o’clock yes-; terday morning. Humic Compost Demonstration. A demonstration on “Petty” and ' “Indore” compost heaps will be given by the Wanganui Humic Compost Club ; on the property of Mr. W. H. Colman, Benefield Street Wanganui East, tomorrow afternoon. Assistant Silenced. In Wellington the other day a shop assistant who put over the usual “Don’t-you-know-there’s-a - war - on” line to a customer, was somewhat abashed with, the quiet reply: “Yes, my husband was killed in Tunisia.” “Restricted Area.” Motorists who stop to admire the view from the tap of the old road over the Paekakariki Hill, near Wellington, are liable to be moved on by a man with a bayonet. It is technically known as a “restricted area.” Optimist Club. An address on “Leadership,” by the Rev. Nigel Williams, was delivered at the weekly meeting of the Junior Optimist Club. Next week’s address will be by Mr. C. L. Lovegrove on the Suez. Canal. Basketball matches will be played before the meeting. Sulphanilimide. A warning to people not to make a habit of purchasing sulphanilimide ointments for common ailments was given by Dr. H. W. Wilson, in addressing the New Zealand DiabeticAssociation in Auckland. He said too frequent use of this new drug might sensitise the human body to it, and in a matter of life and death, such as penumonia and meningitis, it would then be useless. Toll of the Road#.

Seven people were killed on the roads in August—two ear-drivers, three passengers, a motor-cyclist and a cyclist. There was one level-cross-ing smash and two cars overturned. The rest of the fatalities were from collisions. Three accidents were at night, two at dusk and two in the daytime. The road toll to August 31 for the year was 96 lives, compared with 113 in the corresponding previous year.

Kakariki Crushing Plank The mill had worked a regular shift of nine hours each, day last month, and this had just enabled the county to keep up with orders for track ballast and shingle, reported the engineer, Mr. S. A. R. Mair, referring to the Kakariki crushing plant at the monthly meeting in Marton yesterday of the Rangitikei County Council. The cut made in the river by a bulldozer was now taking a heavy- run of the stream at its normal flow, the engineer added. Pork Still Not Available. It has come to the notice of the Food Controller’s office That although it should not be possible to obtain pork on restaurant or hotel menus, this actualy has not been the case with some people. An official pointed out this morning that sfnee all meals served in restaurants and hotels came under the terms of the Pork Restriction Order, the sale of pork in these places was just as much a breach of the order as it would be in a butcher’s shop. Wandering Cattle.

“Tn many districts complaints had been received regarding the number of cattle wandering at large on county roads,” stated Mr. J. Robinson, inspector of noxious weeds for the northern portion of the Rangitikei County, in his report to the council at its monthly meeting yesterday. In most instances, however, the stock was immediately removed when the owners were interviewed. Mr. Robinson added that since resuming dutyafter military service he had not had an opportunity of inspecting his district.

Nursery for Trees. The Rangitikei County Council had several suitable plots of ground in the Taihape district which would be suitable for establshing nurseries for trees, said the engineer, Mr. S. A. R. Mair, at the council’s monthly meeting in Marton yesterday. Space for this puroose could be provided at roadmen’s cottages at Mataroa and Ohutu, and also at the Utiku crushing plant. The plot selected should be prepared as soon as possible by digging and the provision of shelter. Folowing a discussion, the council decided to establish a nursery at the Utiku crushing plant. New Dog Collars.

A decision to order 2500 dog collars for .1944, at a cost of £139 10s, or aboftt £36 more than the price paid for the same quantity when collars were ordered for 1943, was reached by the Rangitikei County Council at its monthly meeting in Marton yesterday. When the county clerk, Mr. H. H. Richardson, suggested that a slight reduction may be made in the number of collars ordered. Cr. L. E. Deacon said there had been many complaints in the county about the position regarding dog collars. “We had better get the lot,” Cr. Deacon added. The council agreed to this course.