GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 9 September 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Twelve Murders in 1949. Twelve murders were reported in New Zealand m 1949 compared with 13 in the previous year, according to the annual report of the Police Department. Arrests were made in 10 of the cases. There were two instances of attempted murder, one fewer than in the previous year.

Young Woman Knocked Down A young Wanganui woman, Miss Ruby Beale, of 1 Bell Street, was involved in an accident in Guyton Street at noon yesterday. It is thought that she ran between two cars and was knocked down by a cyclist. TSfot seriously hurt, she received medical attention in a nearby shop.

Large Incomes Assessable incomes of more than £lO,OOO for the year ended March 31, 1948, were disclosed by 35 people, according to the latest issue of the Abstract of Statistics. These people paid £296,000 in income tax out of an assessable income of £486,000. Only one person joined this highest salary group in the year compared with 15 in 1947. Price Of Wool Packs •

A new price for wool packs is contained in a price order in the latest issue of the New Zealand Gazette. The price for the coming season is fixed at 12s 6’d in the four main centres. In other areas the price may be increased by the appropriate proportion of the freight charges incurred by the retailer. N.Z. Population

New Zealand's population is steadily approaching the two million mark. According to the latest Abstract of Statistics the combined Maori and European population on March 31, last, was 1,914,120. If the yearly increase of 40,000 is maintained, the two-million mark should be reached in ISZ2. The European population on March 31 was 1,798,086 and the Maori population was 116,034. New Company Formed

Listed in the latest issue of th® Mercantile Gazette is Pals Car Exchange, Ltd., Wanganui. The share capital is £6OOO in £1 shares. The subscribers are D. N. Anderson 4500, G. F. Langslow 600 and I. H. Pentrose (Dunedin) 900. The objects of the company are wholesale and retail dealers in new and second-hand cars and vehicles and Incidental. Shooting Accidents

The rate of shooting accidents during the year ended March 31 this year was disappointingly high, said the Commissioner of Police (Mr. J. Bruce Young) in his annual report tabled in Parliament this week. For the year 65 such accidents were reported. Arms accidents since January, 1935, totalled 724 and of this total 253 were fatal. A great many of the accidents were due to hidden dangers in the mechanism of such weapons as hammer guns and bolt action rifles when they were uncocked, he reported. U.N.I.C.E.F. Appeal

To date. £603 11s 3d had been raised in the Wanganui County for the United Nations Appeal for Children, the county clerk, Mr. S. L. Orr, reported to the Wanganui County Council’s monthly meeting yesterday. Compared with other county figures this was quite a good effort, he said. With the greater part of the work of the voluntary collectors completed, he expected the appeal to raise £7OO from the county by the time it closed. Cr. N. Neilson suggested a letter of appreciation should be sent to the collectors. Music at Races. *

The Wanganui Garrison Band, under the conductorship of Mr. R. Francis, L.R.S.M., will provide the music for the concluding day of the Wanganui Jockey Club’s spring meeting today. The programme is:— March, “The Voice of the Guns’’; Intermezzo. “Forget Me Not.’’; Fox Trot, “Confidentially’’; Selection, “Polonaise”; Waltz, “The Echo Told Me a Lie”; March, “National Emblem”; Intermezzo, “Come Hither with Your Zither”; Waltz, “Dolores”; Song Hit, “The Harry Lime Theme”; Intermezzo, “A Military Scene”; Waltz, “The Windmills’ Turning”; March, “Naworth Castle”; Song, “Beneath Thy Window”; Song Hit, “Dear Hearts and Gentle People”; March, “Viscount. Nelson.”