DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 4

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

;(By Tolegraph.—Spccial Correspondent.) Wansanui, August 3. : . Settlors in Ahu Ahu. block, inland from Kai Iwi, are anxious to get .telephonic communication with tho town, which has been promised : on condition a guarantee is given , : for tho: ne<&Mary. .'revenue -to; pay,. the annual charges . and upkeep.. Both the :\\ aitotara ■ County andVtho:■ Borough: v . h?VG.< oomo to : tho: assistance. Of . tho - settlers with donations of -£5 each, tho •. former because tho settlers rare in-' its /district and cqn, therefore, '.'givo- information 1 , as, to tho ..state-; ,of th.o' outlying -.roads/ the' latter because one "of tho Miureaux. is' at - the. waterworks; at Okehii, thus"enabling, immediate: communi--cation should:anything--go,wrb|ig. • ; •••. ~.., . Though the northern suburb of Aramolio will soon 'be 'gazetted !rt borbiigh,..tho \\ la-. totiira County Council, under whoso jurisdiction it is, has heb .'altogether ; slackon i ecl 1 off attention, and-a number of,, its 1 staff an? ■' at work ; draining the'roads and forming'foov i-Vpaths; Considering = the'amount of ram dur--1 ing: tho, 'last' few'., weeks, >Jl m this ; county s. ' roads are in excellent order. Tho Wanganui 1 i county-roads aro. also fairly ; good. . 'In. fact, • the roads outsido' Wanganui Borough , aro ' on the whole better than those m it. ' ' The■!Morayshire'is duo: in tho roadstead 1 in a few days, and will .bo tho last mutton i boat ofi,the,Beason.i, After, tending .the' last 5 of this year's , carcasses, away the Castlecmt. - Freezing' Works will bo closed down for- tho s -winter. v.- ; ;. . i ' The necessaryamount to .'secure, a visit, or, 1, tho Australian cricketers to Wanganui js • practically assured, . and a match is now. at 1 most a certainty. " l ' l j. 8 . Among tho . latest batch of retrenchments 0 is Mr. W. H. M'Quarters, who has been factory ' inspector'; here for- the. past sis V years. He will retire at the end of Septom--1 b«r ' .Ho'has carried, out his duties ' with, .strict . impartiality and absenco, of■ friction, ' and his departure will be regretted. Tho Customs duties for July amounted ' to £5357, compared with £6107 for the aaine n month of last year. , , Plans for the new Boys'' College have been n- finally, approved by tho trustees, and tenders ar6 expected to bo called during the month. 'There is considerable, uneasiness hero owing , e to tho receht deaths of several young mothers, r " believed to bo .due to peurperal fever. It is understood, however, that tho public alarm ! lias rather magnified the danger. The matter ' is receiving the attention of th 6 Health Do- ' partment, and probably it will be found less • '.Boriops than; supposed, though stringent precautions will still bo nfecessary. The chairman of the Tramway. Committee reported to tho Borough Council to-night n that tho cars will bo running on tho buy ton : 'J Strfeet' branch 1 probably in: a fortrught, and in any = case not later than the end of the 'y month. The additional cars, whach have been ) e procured sinoo the inauguration of tho service will enablo this to bo doiie. . • A return prosonted to the Borough Counl" cil shows that the 'borough reserves leased y, to tenants cover an area of 2385 acres, iniy eluding 2000 aores, at' Parapara, a borough t° endowment (returning .an annual rental oi !>0 £2058). he ' . . h- ' His Majesty tho Kin gof Denmark has bcei n- pleased to confer the ' Order of .Knight o ed tho : Dannobrog on Mr. B. G. n ul recognition of his lone and faithful service; on as Danish Vico«Consul at Berwick-on-i/weea •o- extending over forty-nino years. ! ''' Mr. Arthur Clogg,' owner of Sandy Lau Mill, Oldham, decided to-givo all his opera tives a day's wage on July 3, pay their tar ' n . t to Morecambo, also the cost of their dinne and tea, and give them 2s. each a ■«> wo u to commemorate the jubileo of his mill in ' jjjere was ft sound of agony_by night Of sneezing, wheozing, groaning, and of tears It woke adjacent slumbcrers in a fright; And made them 'quako with superstitiou Yet 'twaiTno spook that rent the midnight aii Or ghost, or goblin 'scaped from sepulchre, . 'Twas only Binks, declaiming in despair— His oold was worse, and' he d no Wooai 10 Pepporniiflt Cms. '