GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 October 1946, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Observatory Closed The Wanganui Observatory will be strictly closed to the public this evening (Friday). It will reopen on Monday. Food for Britain Fifteen cases of goods and food for distribution among the distressed people of Britain have been forwarded by the Wanganui Centre of the Red Cross Society in the last ten days, it. was reported at. the quarterly meeting of the executive yesterday. A Fine Spirit Playing with the Technical College Oichestra at its lunch-hour concert on Thursday—and thoroughly enjoying himself—was a well-known local violinist, Mr. G. Nelson, who delighted lhe audience with a solo item. This practical interest in the musical education of the young people is greatly I : Appreciated by the school authorities.

Agricultural Clubs The Rangitikei County Council, at its monthly meeting yesterday, unanimously decided to make a grant of £5 toward the Boys’ and Girls’ Agri-

cultural Clubs. It was stated at the meeting that this was a worthy

cause well deserving of support. A letter before the council indicated that 2162 pupils of country schools had entered for this competition. Aramoho Savings Quota. A quota of £14,000 for the current financial year is being aimed at by the Aramoho National Savings Committee as lhe quota of £7OOO set has already been oversubscribed. The decision to double the quota was reached at a meeting of the committee on Wednesday night when the secretary, Mr. A. C. Downey, reported the satisfactory position that investments had already substantially exceeded the quota of £7OOO. More Cement Available.

Because cement supplies had improved, four men were now constantly engaged in manufacturing concrete pipes, posts and building blocks at the Rangitikei County Council’s pipeworks at Kakariki, said the engineer, Mr. S. A. R. Mair, at the monthly meeting yesterday. “Pipe reinforcing and plain wire are still practically unprocurable, so that pipemaking has to be confined largely to the smaller sizes,” Mr. Mair added.

Sell to Returned Men Dozens of suitable houses were changing hands every day, but not enough of them were reaching returned servicemen, who-deserved first consideration, stated the Minister of Rehabilitation, Mr. Skinner, to the Wanganui R.S.A., when he appealed to it as an organisation and to the individual members, to try and persuade vendors of houses or farms to sell to returned servicemen. He commented that the association, through its members, had some bearing, direct or indirect, on almost, every business or property transaction in the Dominion.

Pupils at’County Meeting Senior pupils of the Marton District High School attended the monthly meeting yesterday of the Rangitikei County Council, when they were given an idea as to how the business of a large local body is conducted. Welcoming the pupils, the chairman (Cr. K. W- Dalrymple) said that the visit would give useful knowledge. “It is an advantage for you to see how local body affairs are carried on," the chairman added. ‘“The management of local body affairs has a big bearing on the management of the country."