General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 233, 2 October 1943, Page 4

General News

Britain’s Total War Effort. In August and September, 1910 the R.A.F. destroyed 2225 German planes for the loss of Gl6 of ours. On five separate days the R.A.F. shot down more than 100 German planes, with a maximum of 185 on September 15. Inf ectious Diseases-:. Four cases of infectious diseases were reported in Wanganui last month. Two were diphtheria and two scarlet fever.

Youth Compelled to Save. Compulsory saving was imposed by the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) in the Supreme Court at Wellington, on a youth aged 18, who, though earning about £6 a week, broke into an office. He is to live on £2 10s a week for the next three years. Booked Out in Five Hours.

Because the two performances in Christchurch by the Kiwi Concert Party were booked out in five hours after the box plan opened, it was arranged to broadcast the first half of the programme on Monday night and the second half on Tuesday night. Heavy Traffic Licences. During last month the Wanganui City Council issued 96 heavy traffic licences and fees collected totalled £577 4s. In the same period 187 drivers’ licences were issued by the same authority and fees collected amounted to £46 15s. Rotary Speaker. The speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Wamganui Rotary Club on Monday will be Mr. J. Gillick, supervisor of National Savings for Wanganui and district. The subject of his talk will be “The effect and value of war savings on war economy and rehabilitation.” Maori War Effort. The Waverley Patriotic Committee acknowledge the following donations from the Ngutuwera Maoris:—Mr. and Mrs. A. Te Awhe, Puna Hamiora, W. Huirua, Whiau Sturmey, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hamiora, Mr. and Mrs. Tanui, £2 each; Mr. Matene Karipa, £l.—Total, £l3. Call to Fires. Both the Central Fire Brigade and Castlecliff Brigade responded to incipient calls yesterday. The Central Brigade was called to a residence in Burton Avenue, Wanganui East. The services of the suburnan unit were required at a residence in Karewa Street, Castlecliff. No damage was done in either case. Second Invasion of Italy. How many people know that there has already been a British occupation of Sicily, that we gave the island an English constitution, that we successfully invaded Italy from Sicily. During the Napoleonic wars Sir John Stuart, the hero of Maida, led a British expedition from Sicily to Southern Italy and won a decisive victory at Maida over, not the Italians, but the French. Purge of Rolls. An electoral campaign director in Wellington said that the electoral rolls -were badly in need of a thorough purge. In the widespread electorate with which he was concerned, he visited four streets in a particular district. Going from house to house, he found that there were 46 names on the roll whose addresses were given as in those streets but who did not live there. Some had died and others had moved away. In another case a woman who has lived for over ten years in America had been included.

Glass on Roads. All too frequently of late, patches of broken glass are met with on the thoroughfares in and about Wanganui and users of the hghways have been moved to register well founded complaints against those responsible for failing to remove this real menace to tyres. Scattered glass is met with at almost every intersection in the city and suburbs, and it is seldom that any attempt is made by those responsible to clear it away. It is not generally appreciated that it is an offence to cause broken glass to be left on a highway. Butter Rationing Fears. Persistent references to the possibility of the rationing of butter have had a marked effect upon the demand for the commodity during recent months. Speculation has caused increased buying from time to time, but Wanganui grocers reported that on Thursday the peak demands of the past were exceeded when 'housewives ordered in anticipation of the introduction of rationing yesterday. “Frantic buying at the end of each week shows that people expect rationing,” said one distributor yesterday, “but just when rationing will be introduced is a question many housewives are trying to determine.” Final Wool Payments. Wool growers whose supplies for the 1942-34 season were handled in Wanganui received the final settlement last week. The growers received £259,984, of which £173,344 was paid in cash and the balance of £85,740 in Government inscribed stock and national war savings bonds. The number of bales handled was 94,142. The payout comprised the release of that portion of the proceeds held back at each appraisal to cover possible variations in valuations in relation to the all-over fixed price, and proportion of the increase in price received from Britain, but withheld by the New Zealand Government.