Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 134, 8 June 1934, Page 4

Town Talk

Chimney Stack Condemned. Damaged by the earthquake which occurred on March 5, an old chimney stack built some 25 years ago at Aramoho has been condemned and is being demolished. It was erected on the site of a timber mill and was used by the Aramoho Dairy Co. until the company went out of existence, since when the chimney and plant have been in disuse. Diagonal Parking. Trials have been made with diagonal parking of cars in Victoria Avenue on an angle of 30 degrees. The city inspectors, from their own observations, state it has not been satisfactory. The angle is to be made more acute today, to 25 degrees, and the system will be thoroughly tested again. It appears that the narrowness of room between the motor vehicles parked and the tramline will invariably constitute a danger. Opossum Trapping Season. Opossum trappers’ licenses in the Wanganui Acclimatisation District have been reduced from £2 10s to £2 and the season will extend from July 2 to September 2. This information was received by the society at a meeting held on Wednesday night, when a letter was read from the Department of Internal Affairs. It was stated that property-owners might obtain licenses to trap their own lands in accordance with the usual custom. Mr. H. J. Duigan presided over the meeting, which was fully attended. Taumatatahi School. A small school at Taumatatahi, on the Waitotara Valley Road, was inspected by the Minister of Public Works, Hon. J. Bitchener, on Wednesday. The children in that locality were taught by correspondence until recently, but since the metalling of the road a permanent teacher, Miss V. McFarland, of Wanganui, has been appointed. The building is a trifle crude at present and certain requirements were placed before the Minister and Mr. Harold Dickie, M.P., who undertook to interview the Minister of Education (Hon. R. Masters). Liberation of Brown Trout. An order for 4000 brown trout for Liberation in the Mangawhero River is to be placed with the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society. At a meeting of the committee of the Wanganui body on Wednesday night it was unanimously agreed to concentrate on intensive stocking of the Mangawhero River during the coming three years. A report was received from the ranger with regard to the pollution of the Wanganui River with sawdust, and he was instructed to make a further report in a fortnight’s time. The secretary, Mr. W. M. Falconer, was instructed to publish a full list of all game licenseholders with the object of securing their co-operation in the detection of unlicensed persons in pursuit of game. Diamond Jubilee Souvenir. Containing a brief, interesting history of Methodism in Wanganui, a Diamond Jubilee Souvenir is to be published to commemorate the celebrations of the Trinity Methodist Church to take place next week. A list of the surnames of some 150 families which appeared in the register of births, deaths and marriages prior to the opening of the Wesleyan Chapel in Ridgway Street during 1863 will be published, in addition to the names of those people which were recorded during the following 10 years until the Trinity Church was dedicated in 1873. There will also be a message from the Rev. W. J. Williams, the oldest surviving minister who has acted as pastor to Trinity Church. War Memorial Site. One of the most pleasing war memorials in the district is that at Maxwell, which has been erected by the Waitotara County Council and is being cared for by that body and the Maxwell Women’s Institute. A bulb planting scheme will show to good effect in the spring if growth comes up to expectations. On the face of the rise fronting the main highway paper white bulbs have been planted and in their midst two beds, shaped like crosses, have been filled with narcissi of yellow varieties. These will show up effectively against the white background and should produce very appropriate and pleasing surroundings. Shell rock has been used in shaping the flower beds and the memorial tower itself is of the same material. Trinity Diamond Jubilee.

The Diamond Jubilee of the Trinity Methodist Church begins next Sunday and will continue throughout next week. Judging by the enthusiasm shown by the committee in charge of arrangements, which met finally on Wednesday night, the celebrations should be successful. It is estimated that between 300 and 400 will be present at the banquet to be hold in Harman’s Hall next Thursday evening, when a toast list will be honoured and many notable guests will be present. The re-union of the T.Y.M.I. takes place on Monday, and a large number of the members who were the life of the institute 20 to 30 years ago will be present. There will also be a reunion of old members of the church on Saturday afternoon, June 16, while in

the evening the younger people are to be entertained, and a programme is to be arranged by Mr. P. Latham.

“Drink More Milk.” There is a great deal of attention being focussed on schemes framed with the object of increasing the consumption of milk. Mr. A. P. Melville, of Fordell, forwards the following extract from the Weekly Scotsman of April 14 last, which has some bearing on the subject at Home in England and Scotland: “The troubles of the milk schemes in England and Scotland were referred to in the House of Commons on Monday night, and a reply to criticisms was made on behalf of Mr. Elliot, the Minister of Agriculture, by Mr. Ormsby-Gore, the First Commissioner of Works Mr. Ormsby-Gore said he admitted that in regard to the milk schemes something in the nature of haste had had to be observed under pressure of economic circumstances. After referring to reduced foreign imports of dairy produce, he said that there had been a continuous, rapid, and unexpected increase of Dominion imports, particularly of butter and cheese. This increased Dominion production was affecting the possibility of getting anything like a decent price for manufacturing milk in this country, and because of it the Milk Marketing Board was faced with something like a crisis. Mr. Ormsby-Gore said that the milk problem could not be solved by dealing with beef; the consumption of beef was steadily going down. The real solution of the milk problem was to increase by every possible means the consumption in the home market of fresh milk.”