DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 608, 10 September 1909, Page 9

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

VISIT OF THE HON, ,D. BUDDO. (D? Tclcurapli- Spw.tal Corrospondoot.l -w ■■■■■I Wanganuli September 8. ' Sovcrsl -slips havo .occurred lately along . tho Fafapara Road,, at tho ltaetihi end, but the Roads' Department put men : on to'clear . then! aw&Vj-'andin: a fow.daya this, the / principal inighway; from > hero': to , tho back , country;. will bo clear again, that is, as far as the northern end of tho road is concerned. If tho Department would only have it ipeodily completed, _ and : the northern and • southern sections'joined, tho benefit to this • district would bo immense, : and tho: satis- , ' faction of- all concorued would bo assured. Tho ■ Hospital . Board is carrying on considerHblo improvements to tho hospital ' grounds in too way of • boautification, and • dunitg-'the last month oxponded tho sum of ' £320; 'Tho total cost will bo £350. During ■ th& .month 57 patients wero admitted,-and 47 discharged-from -tho institution, tho.,total number.treated being 121. The building of .thoineiY children's-ward :will .bo proceeded with' as ./soon' as the\sit« has : been decided upon:.'• '' ' . 7 ■Tho'New Plymouth pxpress, ifhon- descenditigßrunswick. Hill .this .morning,, ran. into, a , ■ biij - slip: Fortunately. tho debris' was., v'ery soft,'/and;'tho 'engine _>was 1 ablo.: to .plough through, emerging covered with mud. At;a meeting ! of tho Band Contest Commit- ■ teojlast night, it was decided 'to hold the contest.froip March 14 to 18. .The Kaikorai, ■ Wellington, I'otono, Auckland Battalion, /-.' Palhiioraton North, Nolson, and Wanganui balids ■. woro reported to bo practically sure cohipbtitors in,A. grade, while 14.bandsaro espcefbd to 'compete "in B' gra'do. '- ■ A''special-meeting of Council was . held last night, to. consider the_ question of driver-bank protection at. Taylorvillo.' Tho . council a resolution ' affirming tho , great i necessity of' urging the Wanganui . Coiintjft.Counbu to .undertake the'work, also that'a : Royal :Commissipn?bo. set'up, to ■ allot': • among' the'. local; bodies concerned. ;• 'AfterJ'tho conclusion of the parade of tho ■.last- night, Captain Swan,, wholately, retired from tho command of the V ■ lrishyßifics,, :i waV presented by .Lieutenant- ' Colonel; Watt, on-behalf: of tho- battalion . officers,: with a-piece .of plato, as a marlo of their::istcem. At th 6 same parade Lieuten-ant-Colonel Watt." took farewell of the bat- , talion-after, a'period of service of-43 ybars. c There "n.was. -a. - .specially.-..good'.:,muster. , Lieiltenant-Colbnel. ,-Avatt, '. in the .course of ' . made special reference to the .': .splendid, co-operation and assistance rendered him'.'by. all hands during his comrrfand of the He referred,, also, .to tho . Garrison Band, stating' was forwarding. to;-headquarters, a recommendation that •Bah'dmaster-Buckley bo' gi.ven. a. commission. In.-,handing over, the- command' to■' Major ; Hughes, ho did so in full confidence that tho ]•. high'.lstandard of'efficiency would bo .mairi-tamed:;-Major'.Hughes replied on . behalf-of . the jjiattalion, (expressing regret attho ,-colonel's..retirement, aiid calling for cheers, , . > wlnohf woro lustily .given;;:;,Tho Officers' I and ex-officers of 'tho battalion intend-to make ..; a -prbsbntation to Lieutenant' Colonel :, i Watt shortly,- in recognition of l\is sterling and valuable services to tho local volunteers, and 'it is probable that ho will bo elected honorary. colonel, of tho battalion in appre./ciatibri -of his loiig' and strenuous poriou of service.' ' .v;'", ' y ... v: , .:; , ' : Thb'tHon. I>. Bnddo arrived here' yesterday/.ffbm.'the north, 1 and received deputations ! ..-'■in.,theYevening. (To-day hb visited 'too Rangi- " tatau >Block," and- then went on to Mourna- . baki Experiment Farm. ' . 1 .Tho,_ Minister received soveral. deputations list night, being occupied till a late hour.'; Ho ; ,promised to see. what.'ho,could do .to-', ward'-plaoing bn'tfia}Estimates .for the 1 wbrk ; being carried out': :-by.X*tho Wanganui':'. i: 'River..Trust; tfy'.'i : •' ' . . - In'i.answer 'to a deput-Wion,;.which".'-asked! that .-the trustees of tno racccourseybb'made, •"elective, and the purpoao of ,-the\ reservo altered to that of a public domain, preferencbjto bo given to racing, he said ho wouldhavo >a report prepared by 'tho- Land 3' Department, and would then consider tho ; niatiar. Two deputations; from ; suburban residents waited, on the'; Minister. One' from . St. JoWs-Hill wanted his consent to.tho amal-. gaiflation-'-of'that, suburb with'-tho borough, stating that 400 acres woro involved, with a . population-'Of between' 450' and'6oo;:' •The, pnndipal object'-,-'was.,, tp. : ..get'.. a. sdrainago Eoheme,.-, -for: a>;'spbedy.'. de'- ' cisib^j."which™Mr". Biiddo promised. ' - , , - : ;An&ther : suburban deputation, which was -divided,into two parties, was from Aramoho. Oilo|wiinted a separate''bbfongh,' the other /parfcy.'^urged - amalgamation fritfi' Wanganiii. After.a.great deal.of time had been.occupied . in;di|biassing'the pros and' cons,' the 'Minister , 6aid;ithey ; appeared 'equally' divided, "and. ad- • visedv- a. start do novo. j -As.' soon 'as either party:could^.show.a.,majority-;acd .sciid'-'in,.a, -,tte 'raie- , payers in the district, he would- givo effect' .>• tb.jtM.wish, This' .both :?idbs. agreed to, .and 1 1 :■ .It s»^toped / thlsv , irnfcßv has' - been iagitating th.e nOrt-hbrri iilbui'b'.for over ,twel-/o' Months', will' ■be'.' satisfactorily before. ■ ".''s :%'• September .9.. •• . .The HonV'-D.^'Buddo : met -very rough; weath'er.iOri',,his-northward : tnp',to:'R.angitataii'; . y6stbirda'y;;a-nd{'his v to' .W . •' bu&h;felliilg ; had ; l 'tb,''bb>:abandoned.',';':V. AgencyU ; CO/'-have "'for; the now- ■■ defuiibt Aramohb '/l , re'ezihes , 'Work3,' to tho ; . . FarmersV'Meat Company, who-'.will , use'her for .lightering.'purposes in connection with ■'the . Homo'meat-trade.-- The boat will bo sailed, round tho- coast. : ; ... ,The. Hortioultural Society , last evening dis-. ■ 'cussed tbo question of holding a North Island shov/.-^Encouraging,:supjport .hail b'eenjpromised hut) in view'6f tlio backward ;: 6tato,j.of ..the .society's fiujincos,. .itvwns: cidbdt not to. undertako' such'a -'venture'at' ; present.. It is, probable that tho : matter-will ; bo brought forward again later in the season, ' b6 that, if no''suoh show is held this' ycir, onb 'may 'he''held next' ybar." . ...' .1