GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 19 September 1946, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Cables to Calcutta According to advice received by the chief postmaster at Wanganui. Mr. D. J. B. Walker, yesterday, the delivery of telegrams to Calcutta is now approaching normal, Beauty of Night Skies “With the dark skies of our present evenings, when the stars and Milky Way arc so brilliant, now is the time to observe double stars, clusters, nebulae and the general beauty of the sky,” writes the “Sky Pilot.” He adds that many interested visitors to the City Observatory who have ex pressed a desire to see these stars should take the opportunity of doing so now. Teachers Prominent in N.Z.E.F. School teachers had played a distinguished part jn the Second N.Z.E.F., the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., wartime commander of the division, told Wanganui school children when he addressed them yesterday afternoon. He said that several of his senior staff officers, battalion and brigade commanders were school teachers in civil life, and he felt sure that the schools to which they had returned would be well guided by them.

Victoria University Entrance In New Zealand, as in other parts of the world, there is great pressure on the accommodation of universities. To ensure the best use of the accommodation available, Victoria University College is requiring students who desire to attend classes in arts or science subjects next year to make application as indicated in our advertising columns. Forms are being sent to post-primary schools and pupils of these schools, therefore, do not need to apply for them direct to the registrar. Food on Way To Britain.

Weighing about two tons, the JulyAug Usu consignment of foodstuffs from the Wanganui Food for Britain Committee has been packed and left Wanganui yesterday, to be shipped to Britain on the Largs Bay. In view of the disastrous failure of the harvest in Britain the needs of the people there are greater than ever, and the committee appeals to the public to remember the September appeal to be conducted to-morrow. Stalls are to be erected in Victoria Avenue and a generous response is anticipated.

No Untoward Incidents. The visit of the Governor-General and Lady Freyberg to Wanganui yesterday was carried out smoothly, police and traffic inspectors being called on only for routine duties. Some rearrangement and control of traffic was necessary because of functions in St. Hill Street necessitating the closing of part of that thoroughfare to vehicles for several hours. Although there was an extra concentration of cars and pedestrians at times, no accidents occurred, and no incidents requiring police action were reported. Vice-Regal Motion Carried.

The Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., put the idea of the popular vole to a new use yesterday—and received a unanimous endorsement for his proposal from about 2500 interested persons. First he asked all school children assembled before him in St. Hill Street who did not favour a holiday to mark his visit to say “No.” Silence followed, but when he put his alternative motion that those in favour of a holiday should say “Yes,” the shout of approval was heard over a large part of the city. “The motion appears to be carried unanimously,' Sir Bernard remarked. The holiday will be observed on Friday in Wanganui and district schools which took part in yesterday’s function. Pioneers Remembered

The hardy pioneers and their descendants who had helped to make Wanganui and district wore remembered by the chairman of the Wanganui County Council, Mr. A. 11. Collins, speaking at the civic reception yesterday to the Governor-General, Lieut.-General Sir Bernard Freyberg V.C. ‘“These steps where we are holding this reception to-day were erected as a monument to the gallant veterans of those days,” Mr. Collins added. “It is quite probable that you aad many of tne descendants of those veterans and pioneers under your command during the recent struggle, and from what we are told no troops surpassed them in gallantry and initiative.”