DAILY NOTES PROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 4

DAILY NOTES PROM WANGANUI.

■;: i" ;;'.'; ACTIVITIES ON . THE ■ EIVER; '; ; ; \ i '.'-'■ ■IBy.TclbErabh.-Stioclal. CorrcsDoixloul.l ■;'•,';•. r'i'^v'i/; , . .'■•.'■■''■'■:'.,VYanganuii September 19.;:Por thoSuproino.'Court sittings opening hero next Tuesday,'only 'live criminal cases are set down for-hearing—two.of theft,'and one each of'bigamy, i'orgery.'ari'd cruelty - to', animals. ■'-. : The scow Maroralias just mada a'very smart nino days" passage-from Newcastle to' Wonga-. iiui. ■; She. left, tho Now South Wales port on* Thursday, l ;September ;9,::aud.tied; up 'at the \yanganui- wharf yesterday/ -'■ •' ■ .■' ;A' motor-boat- club ■ has been' - formed - -.'■ here, with, iu initial membership of 25. Mr. T.H. James was elected' , commodore, /and it was decided to adopt (with a few small .amendments)'the,rules of the Port Nicholson M.B.C.

iAt the annnal;general meeting of tho Union Boat Club, Air. V. ! M. Spurd)e was ■ re-elected president, .and Jlr.-(Wißharp captain. :The ftnmial roport. showed; t, membership of; 126, of which 71 ; were on : tho active - list. vThe balanco-sheet showed a , credit of £li 16s. Bd.-, with assets JE62I, and 'liabilities nil. ' ■■■■ '■■..■ .'The Borough Council is in receipt of a long report from tho'District Health Officer ontho question of rubbish disposal—a matter:which, tor samo'-timo, has been, oxerclsing the minds of. ;tho "city fathers," nnd which (in.view, of tho steady growth of : the; town) will soon necessitate a, change from tho present oldfashioned methods. , 'After dealing -n-ith overy aspect of the. question, Dγ, MaMI recommends a , ' destructor, as ..tho,.only satisfaqtory ■method," suggesting inter, alia that the heat produced by the furnaces be also utilised for power purposes."' ■■• ':'. ' ; ; ;.■''••■■' * .:■ '■ ■ ■ '