GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 May 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

N.Z. Show for Wanganui Wanganui is to be the venue of the 1949 National Chrysanthemum Show. This was announced last niglu by the president of the Wanganui Horticultural Society at the Wanganui clirysantehemum show in the Drill Hail. Food Parcels Arrive.

Tlte chiei postmaster, Mr. R. L. Horn, stated yesterday that the liner Arawa arrived in the United Kingdom on May 3 with 10,918 food parcels, weighing 117,232 pounds. The Arawa sailed from Wellington. The shipment represents postings from the southern half of the North Island and the whole of the South Island during he period from March 1 to March 15.

Garrison Band. The Wanganui Garrison Band will present a selected programme of old and new favourites at Virginia Lake on Sunday afternoon. The band, under the leadereship of Mr. L. R. Francis, L.R.S.M., has been preparing for the special series of winter concerts it is proposed to start on Sunday, May 23. An outstanding New Zealand artist will be brought to Wanganui for each concert. Tawhero School

Postponed from last December because of the infantile paralysis, gift books for the small children attending Tawhero School were presented yesterday. The Dux medal was won by W. Pengelly. The chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, Mr. W. B. Tennent (Palmerston North), congratulated him on his achievement and said his future progress would be watched with interest.

Unique Record It was mentioned at yesterday’s farewell to Mr. F. C. Jannings, who is retiring from the teaching profession after 47 years' service, that in the whole of that period he had only been on sick leave on two days. The chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, Mr. W. B. Tennent (Palmerston North), said it was a great record.

Art Exhibition. The annual exhibition of the Auckland Society of Arts was opened yesterday by the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg. There are six Wanganui artists included among the exhibitors. They are Ethel M. Doust, who has two Hower studies in oils, Shirley Hoult, who has two portraits in oils, and Hugh Jenkins, whose exhibits are two landscape watercolours.

Fish Stolen From Pond. To have four fish stolen from his outdoor fishpond, and have another three left dead on the lawn was the experience of a resident of St. George's Gate this week. The fish, which are fancy breeds, are worth more than 115 and will be difficult to replace. Whoever removed the fish seemed to have a knowledge of their value for only the rarer species were taken. In addition to the theft of the fish the intruder smashed up and scattered boxes of water lilies and rooted water hyacinth from the pond. Several cases of thefts from fish ponds have previously been reported in the city, one enthusiast's loss running into more than £lOO. Rainfall at Bulls.

According to records kept by Mr. K. W. Dalrymple, Parewanui, the rainfall at Bulls during April was 3.11 in. on 14 days, the average for April being 2.53 in. During tne 5b years covered by this average the fall has ranged from 5.88 m. in 1928 to .86in. in 1918. The total fall for 1948, up to April 30, is 7.09ih., comparea with 8.59 last year and 5.05 in. in 1939, the average for the first five months of the year being 11.34 in. The rainfall for the first six months is very low, being only ID.llin., as against an average of 16.50 in. for the past 20 years. The lowest rainfall during that period was 12.64 in. in 1927-28, and the highest 25.96 in. in 1944-45. Final Wool Sale.

Yesterday’s offering of 21,500 bales of wool at the Opera House marked the final sale of the season in the Wanganui district. The current season opened on September 29, 1947, when crutchings, slips and a quantity of stock wool from the Joint Organisation was offered. The first sale of the season’s greasy wool was on November 26, when the catalogue was 25,000 bales. The second sale in February saw an innovation in the increasing of the catalogue to 40,000 bales and the holding of the sale on two days with a break of three days between selling. The third sale was held on March 19, with an offering of 25,000 bales.

Pupils Attend Meeting "I am pleased to see that some interest is being taken in our work, though all our meetings are open to the public, nobody ever comes along," commented the chairman, Cr. K. W. Dalrymple, when welcoming pupus from the Wellington Diocesan School for Girls (Nga Tawa), who attended the monthly meeting in Marton yesterday of the Rangitikei County Council. He added that he was very pleased to see the girls taking an interest in* the functions of a loca, body. “It is very interesting work, and als’o very important,'' the chairman said. “You cannot start learning too young." The chairman explained that local bodies were set up oy law and were required to follow certain formalities and procedure.