GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 November 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Prisoners Entertained. The monotony of prison life was relieved to some extent yesterday when a grass and rubbish fire broke out on the railway lines at the back of the prison. Called to the scene at 12.41 p.m., the Wanganui Fire Brigade extinguished the outbreak with a garden hose and beaters. Learn-To-Swim Campaign. Classes of instruction for children wishing to learn to swim will be held in the Intermediate School baths on Saturday morning from 9.30 to 10.30. From 10.30 to 11.30, classes will be held for those wanting to improve their swimming and learn life-saving. Qualified instructors will carry out the training. Toi Toi Bush On Fire Perhaps it was because they were not satisfied with the displays on Guy Fawke’s Day that some children playing with matches on the corner of Karaka and Manuka Streets, Gonville, set alight a toi toi bush. But whatever the cause their fun did not last long as the Castlecliff Fire Brigade, after receiving a call at 2.15 p.m., soon had the fire out. Tuberculosis Cases Reporting to the Wanganui Hospital Board yesterday, the tuberculosis otficer, Dr. W. A. Priest, stated that at the end of October there were 42 tuberculosis patients in the Wanganui Hospital, compared with 44 at the beginning of the month. Six patients were admitted, six were discharged and two deaths occurred. Of the tuberculosis patients in hospital, 18 were Europeans and 24 were Maoris. Dutch Immigrants. The possibility of bringing Dutch immigrants to New Zealand by air is to be discussed with Government officials by Dr. J. P. G. Schmitz, one of the principals of the K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines, who arrived in Wellington yesterday by flying-boat. He will investigate the prospects for Dutch settlers in New Zealand, and may discuss with the Government the possibility of obtaining permission to bring ordinary non-assisted passengers to the Dominion. Aircraft Accident Two light aircraft collided while landing at Rongotai Aerodrome early yesterday morning. No one was injured. The machines were a Tiger Moth and an Auster, which were approaching the aerodrome on converging courses. The accident happened at the moment of touching down, the wheel of one aircraft apparently striking the wing of the other. Both aircraft, which are owned by the Wellington Aero Club, were damaged but are repairable. Request From Raoul. If radio reception was good last night, a group of seven meteorlogical station attendants on remote Raoul Island, 600 miles north-east of Auckland, heard a programme of their favourite recordings broadcast from Station 2XA, Wanganui. The programme was in answer to a letter the station manager, Mr. E. A. Lawrence, received from a former Wanganui man, Mr. V. Almao, who is at present stationed on the island. Reception of 2XA on Raoul, Ihe biggest of the Kermadec Islands, but still only 11 square miles in area, is good, the letter stated.