GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 October 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Maxwell School Playground. An application from the Maxweh School Committee for the levelling of the playground, was received by the Wanganui Education Board yesterday. The board decided to consider the matter as part of next year’s programme. Poster Competition. About 70 entries have been received for the poster competition being conducted by the Wanganui Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The competition is for secondary school pupils and the posters are on display in the D.I.C. annexe.

Fall From Cycle. A suspected fractured elbow was suffered by Robin Penman, of 112 Bell Street, when he fell from the cycle he was riding yesterday. He was taken to the Wanganui Hospital by ambulance and, after treatment, was able to return to his home.

Coastal Shipping. During September 12 coastal vessels, representing a gross tonnage of 4242, arrived at the Port of Wanganui, reported the harbourmaster, Captain R. D. Stewart, at the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board yesterday. The number of vessels which departed from the port was 13, representing a gross tonnage of 4355.

Old Boys’ Race. A member of the teaching staff of the Wanganui Collegiate School and an old boy of Christ’s College, Christchurch, Mr H. E. B. Newton, won the old boys’ race at the centennial sports of Christ’s College on Saturday. In his younger days Mr Newton was a prominent track athlete in Wanganui. He is coach of the first eleven of the school.

“The Other Place.” In the Lower House of Parliament, the Upper House, or Legislative Council, was always referred to as "the other place,” Mr W. B. Tennent, M.P. for Palmerston North, said when he was addressing the women’s section of the Wanganui branch of the National Party yesterday. The reference was not used in a derogatory sense and was used even in debates, he stated. He did not know how the term originated. First Solo Flight. After receiving 3hr. 35min. dual instruction, M. Dykes, a pupil of the Wanganui Collegiate School, made his first solo flight in a Tiger Moth at the Wanganui Airport on Sunday. Another Collegiate School pupil, M. Glenn, learned to fly at Hamilton during the last school holidays and now fl’es solo at Wanganui. A third boy at the school is learning to fly now as an Air Training Corps cadet. Animal Week. Because of school examinations and other reasons the Wanganui branch of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty Io Animals, has arranged to hold Animal Week this week, instead of during the early part of the month. Among the activities of the week will be a secondary schools poster display in the D.I.C. Annexe. Voting in this display will be by the public.

Municipal Roll. The supplementary roll to be used at the municipal elections on Saturday, November 18, in conjunction with the main roll, will close at the City Council office on Friday next at 5 p.m. Enrolment is compulsory and names must be in the hands of the returning officer, Mr C. R. White, at the time stipulated, otherwise they will be omitted. Mr White stated yesterday that he had received a copy of the regulations recently announced for postal voting at the municipal elections. He will make a public statement concerning the regulations later.

Trees Near Aerodrome. The Wanganui Harbour Board was prepared to co-operate with the Ministry of Works with the removal of a portion of the belt of pine trees near the Wanganui Aerodrome, but does not wish to have the trees cut down until such time as their removal is necessary. The board will also raise the question of compensation. This principle was agreed on by the board at its monthly meeting yesterday, when it was decided to advise the Ministry of Works accordingly. The department had written to the board seeking a decision and also its cooperation. "We are pi epared to cooperate, but we feel that the trees should not be cut down until the aerodrome is wanted for the larger type of aircraft,’’ said the chairman. Mr E. A. Millward. "There is no word yet, however, as to when these planes will be using the aerodrome.’’

The Diminishing of Distance. * When I came down from Fiji on a banana cargo boat taking six days, New Zealand seemed to be a very long way down south. On the old Niagara lire journey was a pleasant and luxurious three day trip with ail the comforts of a liner. Today the flying-boat lakes one from the centre of Auckland and deposits one near Suva in just over six hours.’’ said Mr. 11. C. Jenkins to members of the Wanganui Churcn of England men's Society. "Suva is now almost a suburb of Auckland. When the night run up to Auckland is made more comfortable —and it is vastly improved over what it was, say, 20 years ago—the real Inconvenience of travel will be overcome. Why one cannot rail one’s personal luggage from Wanganui to Auckland without having first Io freight it to Marton, js beyond my comprehension. The Railway department refuses to acknowledge that it does not cater for I lie public of Wanganui which desires to ! travel by the Main Trunk line. However. even this difficulty may be eliminated in lime.'’