DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI!

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 6

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI!

'-. - '>:;.;' '■■.-. '.'■ Warigariui.iAugust 6.\ V ! The Wanganui WJiarfj and, its approaches are, under/ the control/of the,Railway.,,l)eV ■partmeut. /The,, loadways, 'thcr.s;',',a.r^',..' ; a' i regular. sea, of, in'ud, and are cau'siiig. grumbliug.bbih: loud and deep.,',;', '/'•!'■,• '-''.^ 1 ..•!.■?■'■ '■■ '■','■■ it'' o ' ■••'■■ thoroughbred ; "V-. ,:_\77'.""'.' •;*rT',classes.^..at; .Itho-r'!Wa-. '•.';' ';.:-■ '".■:'■{'■■■■>■:,■ '''■■ " /.."iiganu^' 'Afericultural: ■ ';.".,. ~ i,.'.j , ; .-Show,, str.arigely !;; enp'ugh, are. liever as .'well ../filled .; as .'one 'would , imagine .',, they, .would ;be,.; considering. , ;,;tho, rebutatioa of this district .'for'its. horses.' . -In order, to encourage x a .better, • entry, the . t Warrengat'e, ./ Jockey. Club has "decided . ,'tci. i .'give a special .prize ..of ~£s.to the Agricultural /; 'Association, for' ,tho ' .best '.'yearling thor-, ; oughbred,.colt,, filly, or , ' gelding.,.' They ..'will' ~ also i give ■ a': portion .of . .th'o . stake .money. of ■' Mb innidcn race at .its ■next ..mooting,'.to.'.tho' breeder of tlio winner.' The canvass, for 1 the / guarantee ~.for. ' tho , next band contest has .'. resulted "in £100 iiioro thanisj heeded, and alt : .. details .in connection. with- the' contest will" be put iii train "'forth-' with. In addition to New Zealand bands, ■ it is hoped to secure an .eutrv from ono or two Australian com- . binations. '. ...., i Great 'interest is , ibeing taken in tho /..football match Wa- ■ iiganui. : v. ; Tnranaki .. to.-morfow.;,', . A large 'nuniber. of .visitors . from Taranalti / are ..arriving,, to, witness, . . ~.-.?; . '■'„■■, the. match.. ••... ■~ ,' • ...,-/.. '..;..•■;- - The, "Wanganui - As- . ; ~;..;-. sociation .footballers . »,„„; oW .,j ■■' '- are all out'to win v tho ■fu ? 3 K ™< , and ' are training hard for the,forthcoming,match with Wellington. ' . state that there, has been exceedingly heavy 'rain inland .during/ tho past'.few, days,, and'-as :a .consequence the .roads are. blocked _by,heavy' slips,--and sot-' ; n„? m° ? eat: dUßoult y in ' e c tting. in ■; and ■?1 Si, lno ,%apara mail''coach, was. stuck upv through being' jammed between' two slips. It is, hoped 'tho Roads Department men will be put on without delay t& reopen the roads,, otherwise the /settlors.' will bo X°™w£° s ° n ? ils 'i?«»iv.eii»nM and loss. Tho.weather in toiyn has been very disagree- ■ able for, several-days, heavy rain-falling; ac compamed by fitful'squalls.' 8 ' JoA *«■? frf ;Edu , cat 'on 'Board' has"'de. wt.ltr ' t " t °' * ; c<)u J" SO of ''""traction in agricultural and, domestic : hygiene h£l, : 2E„ »»d-gurla-.attiendiiiß the-district u„ g l f hoo]s . 'iroufihout tbo .district. ThoC„l Vv. a °h. bran , ch "'ill/bo largely correirdiLrT h i th< ? ° tllcr <- a »d> also with the in 3* cl '°? c ? urS(V and;M ««* courses. " but' lower.,in degree, hit r Cadj: ■ Proved ' successful ™T l ls .„ e, ; er y reas °n to. suppose' tho higher work.will.,l».equally,- «>;■•■ '- •..-■■:■■ ■ -•-<■■ : niW'i VI „ ° ( 'V™ between tho ■ £, °&. engineer's soundings ofiho bar : 'fh^n.ir* h '°'n latt ? r - hM wferrcd by tho ; Board to its works' committee ■' to hold.-: am inquiry.. ■, •.,. \J^ aV i^ k of tho Earner Charles Edward,' •: S frequently com' . 'K« i u as I,avl «R a.detrimental effect on ] tho bar channel, is .ntlnst, to bo removed. :l the Harbour Board having resolved to blow up tho after-half of .the vessel, .which is the portion obstructinc thn fnir wnr