GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 12 April 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Calls To Fires. Two calls were received by the Wanganui Fire Brigade yesterday. One, a malicious false alarm, was received from Smithfield Road. The other was to an incipient fire in a residence in College Street. Theft In Blackout,

A name plate was ripped from a doorway in Victoria Avenue and thrown through a plate glass window above the door of Timber Treatments Ltd. Entry was apparently gained through the broken window. A cashbox containing fl2 was removed.

Waverley Children Dig Potatoes. On Friday afternoon of last week the pupils of the Waverley School dug one and a-quarter acres of potatoes, which yielded 130 bags. The effort was in conjunction with the Government scheme for the Aid For Britain campaign. The potatoes were grown on the property of Mr. A. J. Larsen, under the supervision of the school staff.

Masport Cup Winner. An interested spectator at the Wanganui Motor Boat Club's regatta on Saturday was Mr. Len Southwood, of Wellington, holder of the Masport Cup, which he won recently with his boat "Red Head.’’ Mr. Southwood was introduced to the spectators by Mr. E. P. Richardson. It is Mr. Southwood's intention to bring his speed boat 'to Wanganui next season.

The Shooting Season. The 1948 shooting season will open on Saturday, May 1. Water fowl may be shot up to and including May 23 and imported game up to and including July 31. There has been some confusion this year regarding the opening of the shooting season because of a recommendation from the acclimatisation societies that the season should not open until the first Saturday in June. The Minister of Internal Affairs, however, did not accept the recommendation and the season is opening as usual on the first day of the month.

“Miss Wanganui.” A boat of much interest to spectators at the Wanganui Motor Boat Club regatta on Saturday was “Miss Wangaui,” now owned by Mr. C. Linwood. The craft was formerly owned by Mr. F. Freeman, of Wanganui, who disposed of it to a Dunedin resident, who raced it under the name of “Miss Otago.” It later came into the hands of Mr. Southwood, in Wellington, who raced it in the 1947 Masport Cup at Picton as “Miss Wellington,’’ powered by a 1000 h.p. Allison aircraft engine. It had to retire from the race because of a battery breaking loose in rough seas. Coal for Gas Works.

A shipment of much-needed coal for the city gas works is due to arrive this morning in the Anchor Company’s twin-screw steamer Rata, which is expected to arrive about 10 a.m. from Greymouth. The coal position at the gas works has been acute during the past week and supplies have had to be railed from Wellington to *keep the plant operating. There has been a falling off in pressure at the extreme ends of the mains and the works has been able to keep householders supplied only with great difficulty. Had the Rata been delayed, it is likely that gas would have had to be rationed after today.

Delayed Ships Depart. The three coastal ships which were delayed at Castlecliff because of the demand of the seamen that they should have electric light for 24 hours a day cleared the port on. Friday night after an understanding had been reached that the matter would be discussed between the representatives of the Seaman's Union and the Marine Engineers’ Institute. On Saturday the secretary of the Marine Department, Mr. W. C. Smith, commented that it was a repetition of the trouble at Wellington last year and there was little the department or the shipowners could do about it. The vessels concerned were Holm and Co.’s Meiva and Holmglen and the Canterbury Shipping Co.’s Gale.