DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 575, 2 August 1909, Page 6

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

■■ ROADS AND, DEPARTMENTAL ■ ■■■"> •' ■■■ ; ••'■■ 'CHANGES;/. \' v; ;;''-" AN "ALL- BLACK" IN 'TROUBLE;''V(By Telegraphi-Spccial 'Correspondent.) ' '.' -''■''•.'".■■' Vilanganul,, August,!.'. '. A 'case of- interest to unionists. Has. been heard" by Mr.--.Kerr, S;M. A member of the, local branch of the Wellington , Drivers' Union was sued by'., the. union for, 19s. 6d. arrears ', of, contributions, and, .10s." Bd. fines unpaid; The Magistrate gave judgment for the arrears, but ..made no order as to'the lines, not being ' sure -whether, wero legally: inflicted,, as no notice of them: had been, given to .defendant., ', -' _' -'.j.'-V.'-, Great regret is.felt here at the death "of Mrs. Leonard. Bassett, ,wife of a-member of the well-known' timber tiim. Thedeceased lady, who was a daughter'of Mr. Clinton, ;of Maxwell,'had only boon married four years, and was aged 28 at the time of her deniiso. Mr. liassett, being.'a..prpmineut;;,ilugby Union official, all matchoa were, postponed where possible, and. the representative team, -playing,, Rangitikei, worei mourning. •, ■. •■-.'■-,.■ The adyantages of Wauganui as a shipping port:, for this district .-. are slowly, but surely being borne , in on the adjacent country cen-' tfes..'/rhis'|week tko'Patea Freezing Works sent away a -quantity of frozen meal by .the Nerehanai iaAVanganui roadstead, and, next week, the. Moray shire will ship thirty truckloads of meat. '.'• ' '.<■ . . '■■.-."' ' -

•.,■ Country opinibn re recent Departmental changes are the reverse of according to Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., who states that Kawhia, Tβ Kuiti, r and Waimarin'o residents are very dissatisfied'over the. alterations in the road district boundaries. Another cause of complaint is the cessation of work caused by the transfer of the control of road works to the Public Works Department. As some of the contracts entered into by road engineers have been terminated in consequence of the transfer, it is easy to -understand '.the -settlers' complaint. , Mr. Jennings says that he is.distinctly of opinion, and this without coming to a hasty decision, that .the transfer will not tend-to the same rate' of road construction- as has , obtained during the last two years. t - ' • • ' , Ijocal bowlers have now another inter-club trophy to compote for. This take 3 the shape of a. banner recently presented by Mi. A. G. Fountain to the St. John's Bowling Club, as first holders. As there is a. probability of two, if not three, euburban crabs being formed in the near future, the banner should arouse k.xin competition. •' ■ ' /. » The Manawatu lady golfers came up to AVangamii on Friday, and played; the Wanganui ladies on the Belmont links. AVanganui won by seven , to four, two games - being drawn. ' ■ • ■ ■'- ■ ■. ■•■'■ ■ ■ '■ ■ : .'. '

The bankrupt estate of V/.F. Millward, commission agent, shows unsecured creditors, £2100; four secured^creditors, £4170; deficiency in the, estate, £1530 4s. ' •

Harold Abbott, of All Blacks fame, was charged at the Magistrate's Court on Friday, afternoon with using improper language, and wilfully breaking a window. The hearing of the case was' not concluded till midday on Saturday, when, the Bench .aid that it wp satisfied that the case had been proved, and Abbott' £10, : in default two months'imprisonment on the first' charge. It also convicted him on tho second charge, and' ordered him to pay Court costs, and: five shillings damages.: The costs came to £7 55..6 d. ■•:;'. ■-..■■•.

The prize money for tho Waiiganui Guineas to be'run next'Snptember has been increased from tkreo huudred to fgm , hundred gviinoiiß.