Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 136, 11 June 1934, Page 6

Town Talk

Bird Fanciers’ Show. Six North Island championships are to be decided at the show to be held by the Poultry, Pigeon, Cage Bird and Fanciers’ Association in Wanganui early next month. This association was formerly known as the Wanganui Poultry Association. Mr. K. Armstrong is the acting-secretary, and he states that there is every reason to believe that the show will be a great success. Cyclist Crashes. While riding down a zig-zag track from St. John’s Hill to the tennis courts yesterday, George Pocock, a schoolboy, lost control of his bicycle, which careered down the hill and crashed into a fence. Pocock was conveyed to the Wanganui Public Hospital by the Wanganui Free Ambulance suffering from a fracture of his right forearm and an injury, to his left wrist. The lad is 13 years of age, and lives with his parents at 130 Glasgow Street. Cold Snap. The ideal weather with an unseasonable warmth which Wanganui enjoyed in the early part of last week suddenly changed on Saturday, when a heavy shower late in the afternoon was followed by more rain during the night and a decided and unwelcome drop in the temperature. Whereas the minimum had not been below 50deg. for some days, on Saturday night it fell to well under 40deg. Yesterday bright sunshine was enjoyed but the cold spell continued Architectural Beauty. The beauty that was to be found in buildings as well as in paintings, was referred to by Mr. Edward Simpson when he gave an address entitled “What is Art” at the New Zealand Friends’ School on St. John’s Hill last evening. During his address he stated that a century ago the advent of machinery had resulted in architectural beauty being overlooked for many years. An attempt was being made today, however, to regain it. Several lantern slides made the address the more interesting. Test Cricket Interest. Considerable interest was displayed in Wanganui over the week-end in the Test cricket match in progress at Nottingham, where England and Australia are playing their first match of the 1934 series. Many enthusiasts sat up all night to listen in to the broadcast description of the match, the keener followers of the fortunes of the respective teams getting to bed in the vicinity of 6 a.m. with a feeling of satisfaction that the Australian “tail” had wagged to some good purpose and the bowlers had the English batsmen rather perturbed when stumps were drawn for the day. There would appear to be every prospect of the number of listen-ers-in being increased as this match progresses. Interesting Souvenir Number. An interesting account of the history of Trinity Methodist Church is contained in the Diamond Jubilee Souvenir, published in conjunction with the celebrations, which began yesterday. Starting from 1848, when a party of missionaries arrived at the time of a severe earthquake, and continuing until the present day, it recounts a line record of service. It is interesting to note that from 1848, when the Rev. W. Kirk arrived, until the present day, no fewer than 32 appointments have been made in the ministry of the church, the Rev. R. Dudley, who is at present in charge of the church, being the 32nd minister to be appointed. The Maori Kuri. A recent paragraph in the Otago Daily Times recorded the finding of the bones of the Maori dog on an island near Tawanui. Dog lovers will be interested to know that a mounted specimen of the kuri Maori can be seen in the Maori gallery at the Otago University Museum. The body is long, the legs short, and the colour is a creamy fawn. The ears are pricked, and the tail is curled up over the back. We are told that the kuri Maori did not bark — it yapped. The specimen in the museum has been beautifully mounted by the museum taxidermist, Mr. H. E. Gibson, and has been placed in a case near the entrance. It was shot some 40 years ago in the Upper Waitotara Valley, Wanganui district. Its nearest European relative would appear to be the Pomeranian. Disgraceful Incident. A fine of £10 for having used obscene language on Taupo Quay and of £2 for having assaulted a girl, was imposed by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., upon a youth who was brought before the Magistrate’s Court at Wanganui on Saturday. In default of payment of the fine, accused will be sentenced to a month’s imprisonment. Senior-Sergeant L. Capp said that accused had been in Taupo Quay last Friday evening in company with some other young men. Accused had put his arms round a girl and had used language that had been the cause of the complaint. On behalf of accused, Mr. T. Blennerhassett said the boy had had some liquor and did not recollect the incident. He had expressed his sincere regret. “I have half a mind to impose a term of imprisonment,” said Mr. Salmon. “It is disgraceful that a respectable girl should be treated as accused treated this girl. I can only conclude that he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing.” Lorry and Car Capsize. A collision of a minor nature at the intersection of Liverpool Street and Victoria Avenue shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday was remarkable for the escape from serious injury by the participants. A car of the popular “baby” type was crossing the Avenue toward Liverpool Street Extension when a lorry proceeding toward the city grazed the rear bumper. The impact, slight as it was, caused the small car to topple over on its left side, while the lorry, laden with a considerable amount of baggage, also overturned across the roadway just clear of the tramlines. In the car were Miss Rockell and her sister, with their mother, who is 91 years of age. The old lady was attended to by Dr. G. H. Robertson and was found to be suffering from shock and an injured shoulder blade. The other occupants of the car were not seriously injured. One of the occupants of the lorry, Eric Parnell, staled to be of Wellington, was removed to hospital in the Wanganui Public Hospital ambulance, but was discharged last evening, an injury to his right leg being regarded as not serious. In addition to the driver, there were two occupants of the lorry, which is owned by a showman named Campbell, of Palmerston North, who was following in a motor caravan