GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 September 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Week-end Weather.

After a sharp frost, Saturday morn' ing was fine and sunny in Wanganui with little wind. The afternoon was cloudy for the most part, however, and yesterday was cloudy to overcast all day. There was a fresh northerly wind, several showers. Temperatures were warmer. f Car Strikes Pole.

When a motor-car driven by Mr. D. C. Reynolds, Okoia, skidded on the Warrengate Road yesterday it got ou? of control and struck a pole on the side of the road before capsizing. Mr. Reynolds received a bruise on the forehead and a cut lip. A young woman who was a passenger in the car received a cut on one knee. The injuries were of a minor nature, but the car was damaged.

Heavy Rail Traffic Because of schools resuming this week after the August term holidays, rail traffic through Marton and Aramoho on Saturday was heavier than usual. Additional cars were necessary on express trains between Wellington and New Plymouth, and Main Trunk expresses were also full. Sunday night express trains on the Main Trunk were heavy. Boy Kicked by Horse.

Concussion and laceration to the face were received by L. G. Ross, aged 13, of Palmerston North, when he was kicked in the face by a horse at the Wanganui Racecourse shortly after one o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred near the horse boxes at the rear of the course. The boy was taken to the Wanganui General Hospital by ambulance and hi? condition was later reported as com fortable.

Art Union Profits. A net ’profit of £112,946 was made from the 13 regular £5OOO art unions authorised during the year ended March 31 last, states the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs. The gross sales were £281,405. Commission on sales was £42,208, and expenses were £33,102, the sum of £28,138 being paid in lottery duty. The report states that out of the commission on sales district agents are required to find office accommodation, clerical assistance, telephones, post' age, and exchange.

Old Tramway Locomotive Members of the Wanganui Junior Chamber of Commerce were busy on Saturday morning at the tramway barn in Taupo Quay, where an old steam locomotive, known as “Puffing Billy,” has been resurrected. A portable steam plant was used for cleaning purposes and engineers made a thorough inspection of the boiler, running parts and fittings. Hopes are entertained that “Putting Billy’’ will figure in the transport procession on September 15.

Specials to Taihape Two special trains, one from Wanganui and the other from Ohakune, ran to Taihape yesterday for the final of the Cascade Cup between Wanganui Railway and Ohakune Railway. Wanganui wen by 11 points to three, and brought the trophy home for the first time. The Wanganui special, with about 300 passengers, left the city station at 9 a.m. and arrived at Taihape at 12.28 p.m. The match was played on the Oval Domain, Taihape, starting at 2 p.m., and the return train to Wanganui left at 5.30 p.m. It reached the city at 8.40.

Earthquakes Recorded. Ninety-eight earthquake shocks —71 in the North Island and 34 in the South Island and eight in both—were reported felt in New Zealand during the year, states the Seismological Observatory section of the annual report of the Department of Industrial and Scientific Research. The greatest number of shocks in 1949 was felt in February when one of the strongest which occurred at a depth of 105 miles off the coast of South Taranaki was felt most severaly in the TaihapeWanganv.i area and was perceptible ftom Tolaga Bay to South Canterbury. The repoit states there has been a considerable increase in th 9 accuracy of determining the epicentres oi earthquakes.—(O.C.).