GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 5 May 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Aquarium Interest. Members of the Wanganui Aquarium Society will be hosts to members of the Manawatu Society tomorrow, when a party of about 18 will visit Wanganui. They will be taken on a sightseeing tour of the city and suburbs, and at night will be entertained at a social. Man Injured. Injuries to his right hand were received by Mr. K. D. McFetrish, of No. 186 Heads Road, while at work at the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Imlay, yesterday. He was conveyed to the hospital by ambulance where he was treated as an outpatient. Rifle Shooting. Last Saturday rifle teams from 10 clubs fired the annual N.R.A. District Union Cup matches. In the junior teams match for the Farley Cup the Turakina Club won by one point from Cheltenham veterans. For the junior C cup nine teams took part including two from Massey College. This event was won by the Mangaweka Club. There was only one possible registered at the meeting, the succesful marksman being R. Barrow, of Cheltenham. Noxious Weeds Conference. The conference of delegates from the Waitotara, Patea, and Wanganui County Councils to discuss methods of co-ordination in the control of noxious weeds which was to have been held today has been postponed until May 19 because of the inability of some of the delegates to be present. The conference was suggested by the Waitotara County Council and one of the matters to be discussed was the question of the council’s taking over the administration of the Noxious Weeds Act. Small Profit Made. A profit of £22 18s was made by the Wanganui Aid For Britain Committee when, with the co-operation of the British Music Society, it staged a Sunday afternoon concert recently by Gerhard and Dora Wilner. The weather was bad on the day of the concert and the attendance was affected as a consequence, the secretary (Mr. L. M. Hallas) told the committee this week. Door takings and donations totalled £3O. Fat For Britain. Eighteen four-gallon tins of fat were dispatched to Britain during April, the secretary (Mr. L. M. Hallas) reported to a meeting of the Wanganui Central and District Aid for Britain Committee this week. The weight of the fat was 720 pounds. During the month 19 cases of foodstuffs of a total value of £95, were dispatched. The parcels were sent by the Marton W.D.F.F., St. Stephen’s Church (Marton), Upper Waitotara W.1., Taihape W.D.F.F., Knox Presbyterian Church, St. James Presbyterian Church, Whangaehu W.D.F.F., St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Maxwell School, Keith Street. School, Fordell School, and the Okoia School.

Wasps On Exhibit. Two queen wasps of the Vespa Germanicus variety which are slowly spreading throughout the North Island are on exhibition at the Wanganui Museum. Together with a large wasps’ nest, they have been presented to the museum by a Te Awamutu farmer, who stated that 87 such nests had been destroyed on 50 acres of land. This type of wasp first made its appearance in the Waikato district during the war years and is believed to have been brought to New Zealand by aircraft. They have since spread out in all directions and reports of the presence of wasps in the Rangitikei district have been made. The wasps are a nuisance during the fruit season, particularly in the house, and even cause depredation among hives of bees. Unlike a bee. they can sting more than once and their sting is painful.