GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 14 April 1949, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

No “Chronicle" Tomorrow. “The Chronicle” will not be published tomorrow, Good Friday. No Trams Tomorrow. No tram service will be in Wanganui tomorrow, Good Friday. Easter Weddings. Easter Saturday and Monday is the time when young couples join the list of hundreds who have been married in Wanganui during Easter. This Easter six weddings will take place in the city churches. As always, these weddings will provide a busy time for the clergymen, photographers, caterers, and taxi drivers. N.Z. Legal Conference. It is expected that Wanganui will be represented at the annual New Zealand legal conference which will be held at the Auckland University College next week. The conference is expected to attract more than 300 lawyers who will have as their guest speaker Sir David Smith. Papers will be delivered on a variety of legal matters and the conferenc will close with an address by Mr. P. B. Cooke, K.C., president of the N.Z. Law Society. Golf, tennis and bowling tournaments will be held. Few Easter Eggs. Chocolate Easter eggs, a popular delicacy with children before the outbreak of war, have not made their appearance in great numbers this yea r with the result that whatever stocks have been offered have been bought up quickly. One city firm has displayed large Easter eggs in its window on several occasions and they have soon been disposed of. The prewar Easter egg was an ornate affair and often was almost as large as a child's football. Church Services. Special services will be held in Wanganui city and suburban churches tomorrow, Good Friday, when the main theme will be the Passion and death of Christ on the Cross. In St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Victoria Avenue, Easter ceremonies will begin this morning with Holy Thursday Mass, to be celebrated at 6.30, the occasion being one of special significance because it commemorates the institution of the Holy Eucharist. In all Wanganui churches, Sunday, or Easter Day, will also be a special occasion. After the solemnities of Good Friday it will be a day of rejoicing because of the Resurrection of Christ. Hot Cross Buns.

The position this year with regard to hot cross buns would be the same as last Easter, in that a limited supply would be available from certain depots in Wanganui, said the secretary of the Wanganui-Taranaki Master Bakers’ and Pastrycooks’ Association in a statement yesterday. The larger bread bakers were concentrating on meeting the. demand for bread over the holiday period and were unable to cater for the hot cross bun trade, the secretary added. An apology had been made to those who might been inconvenienced by the decision of the bread bakers not to make hot cross buns.

Shipping Delayed. Rough seas at Castlecliff last night again detained three coastal vessels in port. They were the Breeze, with cargo, for Lyttelton direct, the Inaha, which had loaded cheese for Wellington, and the Nikau, which was to have sailed for Tarakohe after unloading cement. All three vessels were unable to sail on Tuesday night because of the boisterous weather. It is hoped that conditions will improve sufficiently to enable them to sail this morning. The Foxton, which has been in port for nearly a week, is sheltering at the Town Wharf awaiting a favourable opportunity of going to Palea. Problem For Housewives.

The stocking of the family larder with sufficient provisions for the long Easter break will be the main problem confronting city housewives today. Late shopping night will be observed tonight and shops will not open again until Thursday morning. Most housewives will be able to prolit from their experiences at the Christmas and New Year vacations when shops were closed for lour day s enfl - Bakers will make their last baking of bread this morning and will not bake again until Tuesday morning. The next most essential commodity is meat and city butchers will close their shops at 4.30 p.m. today.

Interest in Opera Even if the Italian Grand Opera Company could not. come to Wanganui, many people from the city ana district have not missed the opportunity of seeing the company during its Wellington season. Wanganui visitors for the Opera have been numerous and one Wanganui woman proudly annouicerf to a reporter that she had seen six of the operas. “It was a chance I am not likely to get again and it was well worth all the money,” she said. The queues fo r the various sessions were lengthy and probably larger than queues ever seen in Wellington for an entertainment. •'

Broken Bottles on Streets. Concern at broken milk bottles being left on city streets was expressed by Cr. G. P. Hawkins-at the monthly meeting of the Wanganui City Council. On a recent Friday evening, said Cr. Hawkins, he had noticed a pile of broken glass, the remains of about 30 milk bottles which had fallen oft a truck, on the side of the Dublin Street Bridge. This broken glass constituted a serious danger to motorists and cyclists using the narrow roadway of the bridge and he understood that it had been there for some time. On previous occasions he had se«n broken glass on the city streets. Milk vendors and ot iters transporting bottles should see that the containers holding them were securely fastened.