GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 2 November 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Limited Delayed. The Limited Express from Auckland arrived in Wellington at 10.29 a.m. yesterday, an hour late. Owing to the danger of slips on the line over the Spiral, the train was held back at National Park last night while the line was being inspected. Artesian Water. The question of giving local authorities certain control over artesian areas is engaging the attention of the Ministry of Works, the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Bodkin) told the House of Representatives this week. He said expert advice from engineers on the matter was essential. Cement Shed on Fire. Called to Walpole and Patterson's cement shed in Guyton Street at 12.31 p.m. yesterday, the Wanganui Fire Brigade found that fire had broken out in the roof under a barge board Damage was confined to that portion. The brigade used bucket pumps to suppress the fire. Novel Autograph Book The retiring director of the Cor respondence School in New Zealand. Dr. A. G. Butchers, has a novel autograph book. During his 10 weeks’ tour of the back-country areas, where he is visiting correspondence pupils, he has gathered 900 names of those pupils. “I thought it would be a good idea to have those signatures,” he said yesterday when he addressed a meeting of the Junior Red Cross in Wanganui. “It is tit for tat, as many pupils ask me for my signature.” Flying-boat Delayed. Because of high winds and heavy seas irf Evans Bay yesterday, the departure of the flying-boat Awatere, on her return trip to Sydney, was postponed from shortly after 11 a.m. yesterday to 6 a.m. today. Mails for Britain from Wellington and the South Island will, therefore, be delayed for 48 hours because they will miss their plane connection in Sydney. Awatere completed the journey from Sydney to Wellington yesterday In a new record time of 6hr. 17min. College Capacity. Steps are being taken by Victoria University CoPege authorities to overcome the need for imposing restrictions on the attendance of students next year because of lack of accommodation. In a report to the college council in September, it was stated that restrictions on physics stage II and chemistry, students might have to be imposed, but with the provision of additional benches, the authorities are now hopeful that the number of students attending next year will not exceed the available accommodation, particularly in these two sections.