GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 June 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

R.S.A. Ball. The attendance at the Wanganui R.S.A. annual ball in the Gonville Town Hall last night was 320. The ball was a great success in every way. University Exams. This year the University Entrance and Entrance Scholarship Examinations will commence on Monday, November 27, and will conclude on or about Wednesday, December 6. Company Registered Registration of Addis (P.T.) and Co. Ltd., 164 Somme Parade, Wanganui, as a private company with a capital or £lOOO in £1 shares, is contained in the latest issue of the Mercantile Gazette. Subscribers are P. T. Addis and R. J. McCulloch, each with 500 shares. Objects of the company are described as storekeepers in all branches and incidental. Cramped Quarters. The growth of the Public Service has resulted in a shortage of office space, and the latest issue of the Public Service Journal states that the cramped working conditions are the rule in many Government departments. Space was so short in one office Ihat the last officers appointed had to rotate from desk to desk of those on leave, the jourrfal stated. King’s Scout. In addition to the five King’s Scout Royal Certificates presented at the annual meeting of the Wanganui Boy Scout Association on Tuesday, Ronald Howard, of the Glasgow Eagles Troop has also won the certificate. Because he is undergoing his military training he was unable to be present at the annual meeting and receive it from Mr. T. L. Seddon, Dominion Chief Commissioner. Feast of Music. Wanganui will enjoy a feast of music during the next month. On June 28 the the Wanganui Male Choir in conjunction with the National Orchestra, will present Brahm’s cantata "Rinaldo.” On July 1, Colin Horsley will appear as solo pianist with the National Orchestra and on the following Saturday there will be a recital by the Rpbert Masters Quartet. O n July 20 Colin Horsley will make a return visit to give a solo piano recital. Important Sporting Fixtures. Two important winter sporting fixtures will be played in Wanganui today when Wanganuui and Old Boys will meet Kaierau in the main Rugby match at Spriggens Park and Athletic will play Technical Old Boys in the Wanganui final of the Chatham Cup soccer competition. In the senior Rugby competition Wanganui and Old Boys lead with 10 points and Kaierau are equal in second place with their traditional rivals, Pirates. Both teams have nine points. World Cycling Champion. There is a possibility that Reg Harris, the world professional cycling champion, will appear in Wanganui next year. Harris will compete at the Canterbury Centennial celebrations next December and January. Mr. L. E. Smith, on behalf of North Island professional cycling clubs, has been in Christchurch and has made tentative arrangements for Harris to compete at Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Auckland. These are the only centres in the North Island with banked tracks available for professional cycling. It is understood that Pict van Vliet, runner-up to Harris last year, will also come to New Zealand. Suppression vf Names. "Publ’C’ty often begets useful evidence for the defence or the prosecution,’’ commented Mr. S. S. Preston, S M., declining in the Magistrate’s Court, Wanganui, yesterday, to suppress the name of a young man remanded on a charge of negligently driving a car end causing injury, and also with failing to stop after an accident. The name had to come out eventually and the question of suppression sheuld be looked at in two ways, said the magistrate. "I know that in criminal cases that I have engaged in publicity has often brought out matters useful to either side,’’ he added.

Population of Wanganui. The population of Wanganui on April 1, 1949, was 25,700, according to the May issue of the Abstract of Statistics. The population of the Wanganui urban area is given as 28,500. The populations of the cities are stated to be as follow: —Auckland, 140,100; Wellington, 138,700; Christchurch, 126,600; Dunedin, 71,100; Lower Hutt, 40,900; Palmerston North, 23,900; Hamilton, 28,800; Mount Albert, 26,900; Invercargill, 26,300; Wanganui, 25,700; Mount Eden, 21,800; New Plymouth, 21,000; Napier, 19,500. The urban population of Auckland is given as 298,900 and that of Wellington as 189,900.

N.Z. Lamb Popular. "Although New Zealand lamb loses its identity under the present system of marketing, every butcher recognises it when he sees it and only wishes he could handle more of it,’’ said Professor G. S. Peren, principal of Massey College. "I do not thuik it is any exaggeration to say that it is quite the best and most popular lamb on the British market today. After all, its only serious competitor is the best Australian lamb—the British farmer is going for the over-fat heavy we’ghts and the Argont’no lamb is of nothing like the same quality as ours. Perhaps it is not right for me to criticise the Argentine product, but I can only say that it is far from popular with the butchers, and that those carcases which I saw were of very indifferent quality, to put it mildly."