GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 25 July 1949, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Opening of Novitiate. Formerly the hom e of the late Mr. W. Peat, and known as "Hillside,” the new novitiate house of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth will be blessed and opened on Sunday, August 7, by th e Co-adjutor Archbishop of Wellington, the Most Rev. Peter McKeefry. The building and grounds, consisting ol about 28 acres, were purchased by the Order recently. The novitiate will be known as Mt. St. Joseph. Mild Weather Wanganui and district enjoyed mild weather at the week-end. Saturday and Sunday were both fine w.th practically no wind. The sky was overcast for the most part, however, and apart from a brief period late on Saturday afternoon there was no sunshine. Conditions were favourable for outdoor sports and the mild, dry weather was much appreciated after so many wet week-ends. Barometric pressure remained comparatively high at 30.20 in. Opposition Waning Though the 2nd N.Z.E.F. Association had opposed the referendum on compulsory military training branches in many parts of the Dominion were supporting it, said Mr E. V.’ O’Keelfe, a member of the executive of the Wanganui Returned Services Association, speaking in th<J Opera House on Friday night. The latest branch of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. Association to declare support for this question was in Wanganui, and it was to be congratulated on its attitude, Mr O’Keeffe added.

Cement (fergo Arrives. Bringing about 180 tons of cement, the coastal motor-vessel Foxton arrived at the Town Wharf yesterday morning from Tarakohe and will discharge today. This is the fourth shipment of cement to reach Wanganui this month, but it will be insufficent to do ifiore than partly relieve the shortage. The Nikau was at Wanganui early last week and the Foxton was here the week previously. Cement was also brought by the scow Portland, the total of the four shipments being about 630 tons.

Bowling Classes. If a suggestion put to the Wanganui Bowling Club is acted on, a class for beginners in the game of bowls will be instituted, and to which any members of the club will be eligible to attend should they so desire. The matter was raised at the annual meeting on Saturday by a club coach, Mr. Norman Johnson. He mentioned, in a letter to the club, that the grip of the bowl, stance and delivery were most important, and that before a player took his place on the mat to play m the club he should be coached in those elementary requirements. The meeting endorsed Mr. Johnson’s suggestion and referred it to the committee with a recommendation that it be put into effect. Government Thanked. "I would like to take this opportunity of thanking the Government for the grant which enabled the R.S.A. to purchase this building,” said Mr. C. S. Smith, when the Wanganui branch of the returned Services’ Association entertained the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) at supper after his address in the Opera House on Friday night. The gathering was held in the R.S.A. rooms, St. Hill Street, and Mr. Smith said that because of a mortgage and other difficulties returned men of the 1914-18 war had lost the building. A grant of £l3OO made by the Government within recent years, however, had enabled the R.S.A. to purchase -it. The grant was much appreciated. “Who Said No?”

Stating that many members would like to attend football matches, or other sport on a Saturday afternoon, Mr A. Glengarry, a member of the executive of the Wanganui Bowling Club, moved at the annual meeting on Saturday that in future club annual meetings be held at night, rather than on a Saturday afternoon. Mr. O. Hales, who said he had been a member of the club for many years, countered that by pointing cut that evening meetings had been tried ana the attendances had been smaller. Those who attended an evening meeting in the pavilion in the winter would feel like workers in Imlay’s cool store. Mr. Glengarry's motion was heavily deleated, the “no” resounding through the pavilion and out over the green. "It sounded like Pirates booing,” called a voice. "It was old boys,” countered another, one who had supported Mr. Glengarry's move.