General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 168, 18 July 1945, Page 4

General News

Grant for Pi >no When an application from the Aramoho School Committee came bet’oi the Wanganui Education Board yesterday for a subsidy toward the purchase of a piano, ‘it was agreed to make a giant of £lO. Black Frost. Wanganui experienced a black frost yesterday morning six degrees of frost being registered at the New Zealan I Friends’ School, St. John’s Hill. The night was cold and bleak, hut after the sun rose conditions were excellent there being more than six hours oi bright sunshine. Keen Bidding For Mare. Spirited bidding was a feature of a clearing sale at Marton when a six-year-old chestnut hack mare of excellent quality, well known in the district. The opening bid was £2O and I the mare _ was eventually knocked down at £5O, the highest, price recordi ed for a hack in the district for a considerable time. | School Rugby Team. I Accompanied by their coach Mr. V. | E. Kerr, the first Rugby fifteen of the • New Plymouth Boys’ High School • arrived in Wanganui yesterday. This i afternoon they will play their annual 1 match with Wanganui Collegiate j School on the school ground. While in Wanganui Mr. Kerr is the guest of Mr. F. W. Gilligan headmaster of the Collegiate School. Parkville. Premises

The Wanganui City Council has decided to invite tenders for the lease of the Parkville premises in Ridgway Street. This decision was reached last night when a report of the Finance Committee was adopted. A special report on the leasing condition of the premises was submitted bv the town clerk, Mr. C. R. White, and the city treasurer, Mr. F. J. Best. National Savings. Last week 261 towns, including all the principal centres attained their National Savings quotas, and all postal districts in the Dominion were again I successful in reaching their district , objectives. From the inception of the I National Savings movement up to June 30 a total of 470,999 accounts have been opened, including 174,883 “group” accounts in 8,377 groups. Of the total number over 15000 were opened during the 1945 Victory Loan campaign. Condition of Streets “The council is making every endeavour to spend judiciously, in the interests of ratepayers and citizens as a whole, lhe finance available,” stated the Works Committee, reporting at a meeting of the Wanganui City Council last night that it had carefully considered a complaint, regarding the conditions of streets in the city. The committee added that in view of the miles of streets to be maintained in Wanganui, the position compared favourably with other centres.

Timber Supplies That supplies had been maintained and other materials for snop use had come forward in sufficient quantities to meet all needs was reported by Mr. E. R. Hodge, architect, at the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Education Board yesterday. Stocks could be generally regarded as adequate. A good deal of school furniture was being despatched and all building needs were being met without delay or inconvenience. he added. The building staff of the Wanganui Education Board had a personnel of 27. Industrial Development A request made by the Organisation for National Development tor particulars of land in Wanganui suitable for industrial development has been considered by the Works Committee of the City Council. In a report to the council last night the committee recommended that the director be advised that no town-planning scheme has yet been adopted for tne city. “The council will endeavour at all times, however, to furnish any information which may be required and to co-operate with the department in its activities,” tne report added. Breeze Due To-day.

One her first visit to Wanganui since being released from war service in the Pacific with the Royal NewZealand Navy, the Canterbury Company’s coastal motor-ship Breeze departed from Timaru at six o’clock on Monday evening and is due at Wanganui on the early tide to-day. The vessel has a full load of genera; c u-go from Dunedin and Timaru. W1 ■ her sister ship, the m.v. Gale, whit . returned to the coastal trade towaid the end of last year the Breeze served as a minesweeper in New Zealand waters before being attached to small task forces in the Pacific. After discharge of her southern cargo at Wanganui, the Breeze sails to-morrow for Wellington. It. is not known when she will visit Wanganui again after the present trip.

R.S.A. Bowling Green Following representations made by lhe Wanganui branch of the Returned Services’ Association, a sub-com-mittee of the City Council has recommended that site for a R.S.A. bowling green be allocated at the rear of the vacant land in Ridgway Street, adjoining the motor vehicle testing station. The sub-committee, in a report adopted by the council at its meeting last night, stated that it had inspected several areas of city land likely to be suitable for laying out as a bowling green. Terms and conditions of occupancy, and also the construction ci' the proposed green, aie to be considered later. The sub-com-mittee consisted of the Mayor, Hon. W. J. Rogers, and Crs. J. W. Broad C. S. Smith and J. C. Batt, and the city engineer, Mr. L. F. Row.