DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 602, 2 September 1909, Page 9

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI

DIVER INSPECTS THE CHARLES ' ' EDWARD., ;■" A PROGRESSIVE BOROUGH COUNCIL, lily TclccrauhTSpeclal Curresuouflcnl.) . >'' ■ . Wanganul, Scptsmbor 1. , Several decisions of interest have been arrived at by tho Borough ■■ Council, among \vnichy perhaps, the most; important is that, in futuroj all those taking up sections in tho borough' reserves on building leases, shall have- tho option of acquiring them on the Glasgow perpetual plan. .'■''..' . Further improvements are to bo made to tho Virginia Lake Reserve in pursuanco of tho plan'tbmako it one of tho beauty spots of Wanganui. A good deal of planting has been done there, and the council has now decided upon forming a considerable length of pathway .there. '';■'.•;: In answer to a request'from the Invercargill Borough Council, tho Wanganui Council has agreed to forward information likely to prove useful in connection with a tramway system. The Invercargill Council states that it. has' been decided to instal 'the electric system in the" southern city, and tho ratepayers aro to be asked.to sanction a tramway loau of £75,000. . : ■■'.■•■ The teaching of swimming bids fair to be before very long an. important part of tho tchool curriculum here.. The boyb' and girls' colleges havo their own swimming baths, and, in a' short time, the High School i will havo one also. The .Queen's Park and Bath wick Schools-for the present use the corporation bathe. Inorder, if possible, to mako tho charges for water as low as possible to school baths, the Bath's .Committee of the council is to:go into tho question of charges, in order to seo if a reduction can, be made. ■ '.. A conferonco is to bo held to-morrow, afternoon between delegates of the Wanganui Borough and: the County Councils, with a view to arriving at somo conclusion regarding; the urgently-needed protection ; " to the river 'bank at Taylprville. So far, tho borough has always been willing to'bear a share of tho cost, but the county, in whoso ■jurisdiction- tho spot is,- hr,T persistently blocked all. its elTorts. : Whether: anything will , come of'tho conference or. not it is impossible to forecast, but it is certain that if the County Council persists, in a nolicy of obstruction much longer, thero will t'eno bank to protect. ' •' , .■"•:-, •: .. ■ ' The diver of the Wellington : Harbour Board .has-been engaged, for 'the last , few days examining the wreck of tho* Charles Edward, .the- proposal being to blow; her. up. This will bo done,in .the nest few days, when a decided improvement; in the river eutranoo may reasonably be'cxpoctcd. ■';. {' . . : ; . ." ; Augiist has been a very' wet month hero, the; rainfall: be-irig 7.3 inches, as compared' with 3.45 inches for the corresponding month last year. . ,Tho heaviest day's fall was 1!23 inches (August 1).- : .';:,.■ '■'■. '■'.'■ ~'.'■ iThe Goriyille .Town Board is .now actively engaged I in' carrying bnt drainage workn in that,suburb.; As,■•:however, tho work', is a big;.onej it. will be some months' before it is completed..: j ■.. ' ' '~:. ■■■■.'■.,.' ■'; ji ■'• .-'■"' The: discharge of tcwago into ttio riyor from various town drains is making bathing at certain points decidedly dangerous from a i health point'of;view, and the council has de- ! oided to erect notice boards- at bad -places warning bathers^;,. , . .-,■- \ ■'•',. ....'■', .'■■., ■ 'For:'£omo time phst the Be-rough Council ha 3; been puting various .' 6treots in -the;buranpis part of the.tow.ivdown- in tar. macidam, w'hich is;'wearinH...very' ; well. - 'It,, ia intended. Eooii' to," extend' this .work\tq Victoria Avenue, which:certain!y,'is iri'need of it.. : .;. '.