GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 October 1947, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Hoekey Match Cancelled The representative women’s hockey match between Wellington Maoris and Wanganui Maoris, which was to have been played in Wanganui today, has been cancelled because of the inability of the Wellington side to travel. Rotary Club Speaker. The speaker at the Wanganui Rotary Club luncheon next Tuesday will be Dr G. H. Robertson. The subject ot his talk will be "Medical Science in the Atomic Age.” The average attendance for September was 87.31 per cent. Urgent Call For Plane Yesterday the Wanganui Aero Club' s Percival Proctor plane was used to convey a patient from Palmerston North to Dunedin to undergo an urgent operation. Th e plane was flown by the club’s instructor (Mr. A. G. Delves). On his return journey Mr. Delves spent last night at Bien, heim. He will return to Wanganui today. Health Stamp Campaign. "There was very little slackening in the sale of Health Stamps at the tables in front of the Wanganui Chief Post Oflice yesterday,” said Mrs K. Gould-Fennell, organising secretary of the effort in Wanganui last night. Yesterday's sales yielded about £5O. She expressed, appreciation of the Aramoho committee, which sold more than £6O worth of stamps on the opening day of the campaign. ”Wannoiigo-ing” Alleged. The Wanganui Trades Council, at its monthly meeting, passed the following motion regarding the utterances of Mr. Randolph ChurchilK son of England’s wartime Prime Minister, who is now visiting New Zealand. “This council views with grave concern the irreparable damage being done to international relations by warmongering propaganda of Mr. Randolph Churchill." Junior Chambers Praised Junior Chambers of Commerce set a very high standard in business relationships and community service generally, said the Mayor, Hon. W. J. Rogers, M.L.C.. extending a civic reception to delegates attending the fourth annual convention of the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Wanganui yesterday. “This is the only- way you can get along fairly happily today,” the Mayor added. "I know that you recognise that we all exist in a community for good or evil and that nobody can get very far without the co-operation of others.” Converted Car Found. Taken from outside a residence in Raetihi on Thursday night, a fourdoor sedan car owned by Mr. M. Hansen, Seddon Street, Raetihi, was found on Thursday, at the bottom of a 100 ft. drop off the Wanganui River Road, about four miles from Pipiriki. The car was considerably damaged, and first appearances were that there had been no occupant when it left the road. On Thursday also, an eight horse-power car owned by Mr. J. M. Pine. Hawera, which had been taken on Sunday night, was found in Raetihi. This car was also damaged. Bands Contest Funds When representatives of the Wanganui Garrison Band and the Queen Alexandra’s Own Band met on Thursday night, initial steps were taken for the purpose of raising funds to permit attendance of both bands at the 1948 New Zealand brass band contest, to b e held in Dunedin. The goal, it was explained, was about £lOOO, which would be necessary for the transport and accommodation of the two combinations. An executive was elected with a view to launching a fajr or bazaar, with a “band Sunday,” to be held in November.

Drop in Membership. The Wanganui branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society has 192 cases on its register, but the membership on which it depends for its finance lias dropped from 1200 to 800. This was reported at the monthly meeting of the executive this week. In addition to being informed of the drop in membership, the executive was notified that it would no longer share tn the Nufiield grant because the New Zealand Council was retaining it for specialist work. Subscriptions and donations from the general public would now be the branch's only income. Membership Increasing

An overall increase of 420 members throughout the Dominion was disclosed by the annual report of the president, Mr. P. B. Watts (Canterbury), adopted at th e annual convention in Wanganui yesterday of the New Zealand Junior Chamber of Commerce. At the end of June last the total membership of Junior Chambers in New Zealand was 2353, compared with 1931 at June 30. 1946, he stated. Auckland, with 454 members, has the highest individual total, followed by Wellington (416) and Canterbury (341). The Wanganui Junior Chamber is fourth with 132 members, an increase of 29 in 12 months. The Marton Junior Chamber has a membership of 30.

Road Safety Campaign Some idea of the vast amount of work involved in conducting the recent Junior Chamber of Commerce road safety campaign was given when a report from a national committee responsible for organising details wa s before the New Zealand Junior Chamber of Commerce at its convention in Wanganui yesterday. No fewer than 100,000 copies of the "Safety Pup” booklet were distributed, together with 25,000 posters and 50,000 stickers. In addition, designs for newspaper advertisements, matts for complete advertisements and blocks of humorous drawings were produced and made available to chambers. The Natio.al Film Unit prepared a film which was screened in a number of theatres. Worms Travel By Air.

Air passengers carried recently from Wanganui to Invercargill included a number of worms bearing the imposing title of Allolabaphola Jaysensis. They were consigned to Mr. Ivon Wilson, and travelled in four large turves wrapped in waxed paper. The turves each weighing about 251 b.. were buried at strategic points in his garden ft am which the worms will spread out- to do their work of enriching the soil. This type of worm was once peculiar to Rumania, and its first representatives in the Dominion were found near the roots of a tree which had been imported and planted at Raetihi. Mr. Wilson has also a number of American worms, produced from eggs which he imported. Those are still held in a “breeding pen."