GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 26 July 1949, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Kindergarten Appeal. The street appeal held recently to raise funds for the Wanganui branch of the Free Kindergarten Association yielded £B5. Schools Reopened. Two schools in the Wanganui Education Board’s district which have been closed since the beginning of the month because of the shortage of teachers were reopened this week. Rewi Alley’s Thanks. The Wanganui Committee of Corso has received advice that a case of footwear sent to Rewi Alley in China has been received by him at Sandan. He has written thanking the Wanganui people for their assistance. The case in question contained eight pairs of men’s shoes, 12 pairs of women’s shoes, and 36 pairs of children’s shoes. Teaching Appointments. The following teaching appointments are announced by the Wanganui Education Board: Miss Maureen Dawson, assistant mistress, Keith Street School. She takes up her new post at the beginning of the third term and replaces Miss E. M. Hartley, who has resigned. Mrs. E. T. Le Gal. assistant mistress Taihape District High School. She takes the position made vacant by the retirement of Mrs. Hamilton. Too Much Rain. “We don’t want any more rain. We have had enough for a while now,” stated a Wanganui farmer yesterday. He said that the ground was so damp that in many places it had been churned up into a quagmire by stock. What was required now was a good spell of warm sunshine to stimulate growth. Amateur gardeners in the city, too, have found that the soil is so damp that digging operation have been delayed. Rain Delays Shipping Because of heavy rain yesterday, the cement cargo which arrived at Wanganui on Sunday morning by the coastal motor-vessel Foxton will be discharged a day later than intended. The vessel is at the Town Wharf and the weather was so'unpromising yesterday morning that no labour was engaged. Circumstances permitting, it is hoped to discharge the Foxton today, starting at 8 a.m, On completion. the vessel moves to Castlecliff, where she loads cheese tomorrow for Wellington. (Burgess and Co.)

More Heavy Rain In spite of barometric pressure remaining fairly high. Wanganui had much heavy rain in the early part, of yesterday. After fine but cloudy weather at the week-end, conditions showed signs of deteriorating on Sunday evening, when light rain was experienced. There were some particularly heavy falls during the night, however, and rain persisted till midday, when there was an improvement. The barometer at 4 p.m. was falling slightly, the reading then being 30.10 in The only wind yesterday was a light westerly breeze.

Delivery Siding Busy With transport trucks continually coming and going, the delivery siding at the Wanganui railway yards presented a scene of much activity yesterday afternoon. During the weekend freight wagons with inward consignments accumulated, with the result that 30 trucks were on the siding yesterday morning. Some of them contained Australian wheat consigned to Wanganui merchants and transhipped from overseas steamers at Wellington last week. Work was delayed yesterday morning because of rainwith the result that the yards were particularly busy when the weather improved in the afternoon. Lorries were also coming and going from the wharf sheds while others brought back freight for loading direct into railroad wagons. Looked in Storerooji

When a sergeant of police visited a city hotel at 12.15 p.m. on a recent Sunday he found a lodger and two guests in the bar, but as all was correct decided to continue on his way. When he tried a storeroom door on leaving, however, the sergeant found that it was unlocked, and on looking in discovered a man there. Questioned as to why he was on licensed premises after hours, the man said that originally he went there as the guest of a lodger, who was subsequently called away. The man remained, but when he heard the police approaching realised that he no longer had a right to be there. The man’s story was checked and found to be correct, said the sergeant, giving evidence before Mr S. S. Preston, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court. Wanganui, yesterday. Imposing a line of £1- costs 10s, for being unlawfully on licensed premises after hours, the magistrate said he would take it into consideration that defendant went there legally in the first place.