General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 264, 8 November 1945, Page 4

General News

Destruction of Rabbits Rabbits in the Patea-Waitotara Rabbit Boards area were destroyed at the rate of 260 a day during October. According to reports submitted by the board's five rabbiters, 7975 rabbits were destroyed during the month. Women Bowlers. Women bowlers from outside centres attended in large numbers the otlicial opening of the Wanganui Women’s Bowling Club green yesterday morning. There were more than 59 visitors from Palmerston North, Waitotara, Castlecliff and other parts. Several male bowlers from city and suburban clubs also attended the opening, which was held in fine weather. Kerry Hill Sheep. Kerry Hill sheep, about which there has been a good deal of publicity recently, will be on show in Wanganui on the show days. They are the property of Mr. Richardson, Waitotara and Mr. S. S. Timbs will give a talk on the breed at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday. This will be the first time these sheep have been on exhibition in New Zealand. Show Train Arrangements

For the convenience of country pations at the Wanganui A. and P. Show on Saturday, the afternoon trains will stop at. the racecourse to pick up passengers. The Wanganui-Marton train ! will leave at 4.50 p.m. as usual and [the usual 4 p.m. train to Hawera. will Ibe delayed to leave Wanganui at 5.5 I p.m. and the racecourse at 5.10 p.m., [being due to arrive at Hawera at 8.33 p.m. Size of Classes. Reduction in the size of classes in primary schools, as reported yesterday, stated that there is to be one extia teacher if the roll number is 241 to 320 and two teachers if greater than 320. The latter figure should have been 360. Schools with a roll greater than 241 and not greater than 360 will obtain the services of an extra teacher, if the roll number is greater the school will get two teachers.

Early Train from Marton Arrangements have been made by the Railway Department for the early morning train connecting with the Auckland-Wellington express at Marton to leave Marton ten minutes earlier on and after next Tuesday. At present the train leaves Marton at 3.35 a.m. but after Monday next it will leave at 3.25 a.m. and will arrive at Wanganui at 5.23 a.m. The express leaves Auckland at 3 p.m. and is due to arrive at Marton shortly after 3 a.m.

Servicemen’s Golf. Plans are in train for the annual exservicemen’s golf tournament, to be played on the Belmont links, Wanganui, on Saturday week. Entries are now being invited. It is expected there will be a record entry this year. In electing a committee care has been taken to include mainly 2nd N.Z.E.F. men in executive positions, with a suitable blend of the older members, the idea being to hand the tournament over in due course to returned servicemen from World War 11.

Session Nearing End. The fourth quarterly session for 1945, of the Supreme Court, Wanganui, which opened last Monday before Mr. Justice Finlay, is nearing its conclusion. Most of the undefended petitions for divorce were dealt with yesterday and to-day His Honour will hear a civic case, brought by originating summons, which involves the interpretation of a will. Certain divorce business will also be attended to today. To-morrow the balance of undefended divorce petitions will be disposed of, after which His Honour will go to New Plymouth, where he will preside at the quarterly sessions opening there on Monday. Labour Delegates. The 29th annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party will be held in the Wellington Trades Hall, commencing on Monday next. The gathering marks the completion of ten years of office by the Labour Government. Wanganui personnel at the conference will include the Mayor, Hon. W. J. Rogers (Wanganui Labour Representation Committee), Mr. W. F. Cummirws (Wanganui branch of the Labour Party), Mr. C. Price (Wanganui East branch of the Labour Party) and Mr. H. Whiting (Imlav Freezing Works). The conference will be presided over by Mr. James Roberts, who is in his eighth year as national president.

Plumbing Apprentices. Four representatives of the master plumbers in Wanganui attended on Tuesday night the final session of the plumbing apprentices’ class at the Technical College. After the work done by the students had been inspected, prizes donated by the master plumbers were presented as follow Best bench work, B. Davis; senior theory, C. Smith; junior theory, C. Owen; aggregate practical and theory, T. Mackie; attendance, G. Bristol. Congratulations were extended by Mr. A. Maras to the apprentices on the facilities at their disposal for the learning of their trade*’ and to Mr. Steele on the soundness of his methods of tuition. Full Facts Wanted.

“I have tried, and other judges have tried, to get the full story of what happened in cases such as this—it is not enough to say that the parties agreed to separate,” said Mr. Justice Finlav, during the hearing of petitions for divorce in the Supreme Court, Wanganui, yesterday. His Honour said it was necessary to relate the facts leading up to the separation and, in the case of a verbal agreement, to give the words actually spoken between the two parties.’ His Honour also commented that divorce papers should be properly made out. “I have had to amend several to-day,” he added. “The only way is to give instructions to the registrar to refuse any petition that is not in order.”

Importance of Dates. In cases of this nature it was absolutely necessary to establish the date of separation with a degree of certainty, said Mr. Justice Finlay in the Supreme Court, Wanganui, yesterday, when a man was petitioning for a divorce on grounds of a verbal separation agreement. After petitioner had said that he thought his wife had left him on an approximate date, His Honour said this was not sufficient. ‘Unless you can establish that this was definitely the date, the three years will not have been up when the petition was entered,” His Honour said. After petitioner had assured the Court, that he remembered the date because of a cheque drawn on the occasion, His Honour agred to accept the evidence.

only one farmer thought it worth while to reply to my lette". My lasi attempt was about September, 1937 There was a great crj of a scarcity of farm labour so I put an advertisement in the “Chronicle.” I got one reply and when I told that, farmer, over the ’phone, that my age was 40, he thought I was too old and he wouldn’t even come in to have a look nt. me. My advertisement, also a letter I wrote at that, lime, could still be traced on the files of this paper In reply to “Old Mac,” isn’t the farmer dependent on the British manufacturer who made the knife, the sailors who brought it overseas, those who took it off the ship and conveyed it to the storekeeper, and the Litter for holding it until the farmer oame in? Doesn’t the application of non-farm labour to primary produce increase its value on the London market and so help to swell our exchange?—l am, etc., , - -