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GENERAL NEWS

Temporary Blackout. Because of a slight breakdown on the Wanganui No, 1 power line feeder at 9.20 last night th'ere was a temporary electric light blackout extending over a wide area- The fault was soon adjusted.

Rotary Chib. The guest speaker at the Wanganui Rotary Club luncheon today will be Colonel George H. Marshall, of the Salvation Army. For several years he has been resident in America, and in today’s talk he will describe some of his experiences in that country.

National Savings. With Waitotara reaching its annual quota in National Savings for the year ended March 31, 1949, there are now a total of four offices with a similar accomplishment, they are Raetihi, Taihape. Waverley and Waitotara. Receipts for this campaign year have been outstanding, states Mr. B. E. A. Williams, district organiser, as Mangaweka and Ohingaiti are close to their respective objectives. Since April 1, £104,000 has been invested in the Wanganui postal district.

Rain Delays Shipping. Rain yesterday delayed coastal vessels in port at Castlecliff, where no work was possible during the day. One of them, the Hauturu, which arrived early Sunday morning with sugar and general cargo from Onehunga, via New Plymouth, was originally scheduled to sail again last evening for Picton, but is unlikely to leave before this evening. Other vessels delayed by rain are the Holmdale, which has general cargo from Dunedin , Oamaru and Wellington, and the Melva, with cement from Tarakohe. The Holmburn was at Onekaka yesterday and is expected at Wanganui at an early date ? with a cargo of dolomite.

Bands Popular. A recent arrival in New Zealand, Colonel George H. Marshall, present chief secretary of the Salvation Army in the Dominion, Is visiting Wanganui. He said yesterday that the Army had 62 bands throughout New Zealand with a strength of more than 1000 men. This, Colonel Marshall attributed to the English influence. In Britain, and Canada too, there were many fine Army bands, but there were few in the United States, he added- He calculated that there are more Salvation Army adherents in the Dominion on a per capita basis than there are in the United States, there appearing to be more centres with large memberships here.

Wrestler Holds Degree Though he is a wrestler by profession, Joe Pazandak, who is to wrestle at the Opera House tonight, holds the degree of Bachelor of Science at the University of Minnesota and specialises in agronomy. During his New Zealand tour he is taking every opportunity of studying crop production and is visiting the three agricultural colleges, Ruakura, Lincoln and Massey. His family is in business in seed dressing in North Dakota and he has an uncle with a 1000-acre farm of which 700 acres, are under cultivation. Rotation of crops m four paddocks was so arranged that while one paddock was growing corn, a second had wheat, the third oats and the fourth was in sod or legumes. Low Barenieter.

Barometric pressure was low at Wanganui, yesterday, the reading at 5 pm. being 29.10 in., when the barometer was falling. Wanganui and district experienced much heavy rain. The sky was overcast all day and conditions generally were dull, misty and wet with almost continual rain. The wind changed to a southerly late in the afternoon and increased in intensity. It was also accompanied by heavy rain squalls and conditions were unpleasant when factories and business firms closed down for the day. The unpleasant conditions continued last night, the velocity of the wind at times reaching gale force in exposed areas.

Wrest er Instructs Amateurs “Never under any circumstances turn your back on your opponent. If you learn anything tonight I hope that this is one thing you won't forget. ’ So said Joe Pazandak, American wrestling star, when he gave useful pointers to Wanganui amateur wrestlers last, night. He was assisted by Don Anderson and L. Vare, wellknown amateurs, and was accompanied by P. Connoi. a former Wanganui amateur. Pazandak showed that there are dozens of simple ways in which to trap an opponent and in getting out of trouble, and gave the spectators an idea of the easy wav in which heavyweight professionals seemingly get out of difficult holds. From time to time, however, he reiterated his advice of never turning one’s back on an opponent. Supreme Court. The hearing will be resumed in the Supreme Court, Wanganui, this afternoon of a civil claim involving a dispute over payment for carpentry and painting work carried out at a station on the Wanganui River. The case came Before Mr. Justice Cornish at the May sessions and after sittings which extended over four days had not been completed when His Honour was required to leave for New Plymouth: where he presided at the sessions which opened on May 24. The New Plymouth sittings also extended ’into the second week, after which His Honour returned to Wellington for sittings of the Court of Appeal. The Wanganui case, which is only part heard, will be resumed at 2.15 p.m. today and His Honour will also sit tomorrow. Applications For Patents. Applications for the grant of letters patent during 19-17. in New Zealand, totalled 2753, states lhe annual report. of the Commissioner of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Mr- A. Hrhle). The applications covered nearly all classes of invention, although telegraphy and telephony, with 461, far exceeded any other class, states lhe report. Next in- order wore: Organic chemistry. 171: electric lam ns and furnaces. 148: electric accessories 124: buildings, 101, washing, cleaning and brushes. 93; amusement, 82; medicine and surgery. 81: domestic heating and cooking, 77; packing, compressing and stopnerine. 70. Annfications from Britain totalled 870, followed bv N°w Zealand with 812, United States 689 and Australia 175 The remaining 207 came from 18 other countries. Fees amounted to £21,919, which was a record.

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Wanganui Chronicle, 29 June 1948, Page 4

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GENERAL NEWS Wanganui Chronicle, 29 June 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS Wanganui Chronicle, 29 June 1948, Page 4