HUNTERVILLE NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 1 December 1949, Page 2

HUNTERVILLE NEWS

PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. Pedestrian crossings in Huntervilie may just as well not be there, according to an opinion expressed by Traffic Officer W. C. Shaw. This was stated by Mr, T. J. Taylor at a meeting of the Huntervilie Chamber of C.-.*nmerce when the chamber was discussing pedestrian crossings. The chamber has been making inquiries in order to ascertain the legal position with regard to its crossings. As far as Mr. Shaw knew there was only one legal crossing in New Zealand and that was at Lower Hutt, said Mr. Taylor. It was lit up at night and had posts marking it off. The crossings at Huntervilie had no legal standing and the chamber executive thought the best thing would be to have the traffic safety films showfi at Huntervilie, said Mr. Taylor. Mr. Shaw had said that his department was trying to do away with pedestrian crossings altogether. On the motion of Mr. Taylor, the chamber accepted the offer to have the films shown in Iluntervilte. Reporting to the Town Board th# traffic officer said that arrangements had been made with Traffic Officer L>. Rennie to show the films. He said it would be a high-class educational and instructive programme. The films are to be screened in the Huntervilie Town Hall on Tuesday, December 6. JUNIOR NATIONAL PARTY. Recently the Marton branch of the Junior National Party were the guests of the Huntervilie branch. A quiz contest between two A teams from each branch was won by Marton, who defeated Huntervilie by 21 points to 13. In the B teams’ contest, Huntervilie won narrowly by 20 to 19. The questions, partly political and partly general knowledge, were well chosen. Following the quiz, a tasty sup.per was served and the rest of the evening was spent in dancing. The teams for the quiz were: Marton A: Miss D. Kimpton, Miss C. Nodwell, Mr. D. Howard and Mr. S. McManaway. Huntervilie A: Miss J. Simpson, Miss F. McLachlan, Mr. J. Harre and Mr. J. Lilburn. Marton B: Miss L. Crabbe, Miss M. Thompson, Miss M. Leslie and Miss B. Gordon. Huntervilie B: Miss D. Moir, Mr. a. Mowbray, Mr. D. Hatrick arid Mr. A. Simpson. CRICKET. In a cricket match played at Rata, Huntervilie defeated the home team by 70 runs. Rata made 33 (Whltty 10; H. Towers, eight for 10). Huntervilie made 103 (J. Duncan 19, P. Darvill 58, retired; D. Illston, 2 for 17: K. Cameron, 2 for 2; J. Print, 2 for 12, and R. Gibbs, 1 for none). INTER-CLUB TENNIS. The inter-club tennis match between. Huntervilie and Rata ended in a draw —l2 sets each. Huntervilie won the ladies' singles, 4-2, the ladies' doubles, 2-1, and the men’s doubles, 3-0, but lost the men’s singles, 2-4. The combined doubles resulted in an easy win for Rata by five sets to one.