GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 7 December 1949, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Bank Holiday# Wednesday, December 28, 1949, and Tuesday, January 3, 1950, will be observed as special bank holidays throughout New Zealand Banks will also be closed on Monday and Tuesday, December 26 and 27, 1949, and Monday, January 2, 1950, these two days being statutory holidays

i Castlecliff Sand Drift I Confirmation that the question of a [subsidy toward the cost of arresting sand drift at Castlecliff would receive consideration when the works programme for the year 1950-51 was under review was received from the Minister of Works (Mr Semple) in a letter before the Wanganui City Council at its monthly meeting last night The letter was received. Cricket Fixtures.

Wanganui’s first representative cricket match of the season will be a Hawke Cup elimination game against Taranaki on Friday, Saturday and Monday, December 16, 17 and #l9. Because he Empire Games track cycling trials will be held on Cook’s Gardens, no senior A cricket matches will be played on Saturday. On Saturday, December 17 one-day senior a matches will be held.

Girls’ College Enrolment The lady principal of the Wanganui Girls’ College will interview parents and enrol new pupils for 1950 next Monday, December 12, from *2 pm. to 5.30 p.m. Birth certificates or copy should be brought. Parents unable to attend may make preliminary enrolment by telepnomng the college. There will be a further enrolment day towards the end of the school holidays, but the date will be notified later. R.S.A. Little Theatre

The R.S.A. Little Theatre will present two one-act plays in the Repertory Theatre tonight. In his last quarterly report tor 1949 the president. of the Wanganui R.S.A. (Mr H. R. Gilberd) states that this band of enthusiastic members are to ty? congratulated on their efforts, which give su much pleasure to themselves, members and the general public. The Little Theatre expects to stage a major production early next year. Display Of Work. The display of work by pupils of the Wanganui Technical College will be held at the college today. The display is said to be up to the high standard of previous years and practical work from all classes will be shown. Considerable interest will probably be taken in the art section, which contains some good work. The recently re-modelled and re-equipped workshops will be open for inspection. The display will be on view from 2 to 4 p.m. and again from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit To Ohakea.

Eighty cadets of the Wanganui Technical College Air Training Corps will visit Ohakea today. The cadets will be taken to Ohakea by troop carriers leaving in the morning and returning home late in the afternoon. It is hoped that a number of the cadets will be given flights. Cadets of the Army Corps will hold a field day at the Putiki rifle range. Particular attention will be given to musketry and fleldcraft and senior cadets will receive bren gun carrier instruction.

Rainfall at Bulls Rainfall at Bulls for November was 3.24 in,, according to records kept Dy Mr K. W. Dalrympie, Parewanui. Bulls. Rain fell on 12 days. The average rainfall for November is 2.93 in., and the variations during the 50 years recorded shows that in 1923 the fall was .76in. and in 1927 it was 5.26 in. Last year the fall was 3.77 in. Up to tlx end of November the total fall this year was 33.45 in. Last year it was 33.88 in. and the average is 33.72 in. In 1926 the fail from January to the end of November was 42.61 in., and in 1932 24.97 in. fell during the same period. Municipal Waste Support for the Wanganui Humic Compost Club in its efforts to have municipal waste composted in the city was given by the Wanganui Provincial Executive of Federated Farmers, which submitted the following resolution to the Wanganui City Council at its monthly meeting last night: “That, this section supports the Compost Club in its appeal to the City council for the retention of humus from collections of town waste, in an endeavour to alleviate the serious shortage of organic manures as a measure of increasing production ot vegetables for the consumer public.” North Island Tennis Tourney. Arrarfgements have been completed for the North Island and Wanganui championship tournament, which will be held on the Wanganui Tennis Club’s coOrts, Nelson Street, on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, December 30, 31,

January 2, 3 and 4 and following days if necessary. The tournament controller will be the Rev. H. W. Austin and the assistant controller will be Mr. V. Rountree. Mr. N. B. Barkman will be referee and Mr. p. J. Howie, tournament secretary. Entries close on December 23 and the draw will be made on December 28. All championship events will be the best of three advantage sets.