DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 617, 21 September 1909, Page 7

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

, A .SHIPPING, CASE OF , INTEREST. : , (By Telcsroph-tenoclal Corrcapondcilt.) .' 'Wanganui,' September 20. ■• Toiniglit: the ; Mayor Opened';a'•; bazaarjj.thc purpose of which is.to raiso funds for providing additions' to the. plants of the Wanganui Kowing-Club, and Ladies' Rowing Club. Tho bazaar will run for a : wcek, and, judging by the first evening's attendance,, ought'to provo a great financial, success.'; cTho rowing . season opens in two .or. threo weeks, and all tho clubs are looking forward to. tho first grip of the.water. Tho Aramoho Boat Club hold its annual meeting,on Friday, when-..'Major- Lomax was re-elected J>atroiv, Mr. Hi Luxford president, and; Mr. J. Scott -Captain.- : :'■--. /•.:'-':, '■ : '' :'ln anticipation of tho forthcoming contests at, -Wanganui 'and Ballarat, the .Wanganui Garrison Baud is strengthening its ranks. Another trombone is:to be played,,making four, tfhilo the comets are also to be strengthened. A'good number of ' applications, for member-' ship, are -bein*j received,, and, as. the band "is in excellent' loriri, it:will -no doubt bo able to.'givieo, good account of itself at both fix-: turcs.:- :-:.-■: ';':>,- ■ ; ; ': : '.-,- -Heavv rain has fallen heTo' during the last three days, but no damage has been, reported. The air -is mild and gonial, and almost warm, and all growths are coming forward splendidly. ..Owing to the rain on Saturday, tho sevonasido football tournament, which was to wind up:: the season, ' was. '.Hockey players, however," turned ont, despite the wet, and finished the season with a five-aside tourney, which was won by the United' Club.: It is,understood that.Mr. George Hutchison has ; beon retained for the defence in the cases fa whieh the Wanganui Jdckoy Club is suing several -GonvUle residents for trespassing, on the racecourse", and that Mr. C. ,E. Mackay Will be ossooiated.tvith him. Tho,eases will be heard before the Supreme Court,' which' opens to-bieifrbw.'■'-.-■■..•■'■ : .'. .■Mr.. Kerr, S.M., delivered a' judgment of interest, to - shipping , companies to-,day, in :a, case in'which the Southern-Cross Biscuit Company; claimed .£l3 125.; 6d. from the Canterbury, Steam Ship Company. Plaintiffs alleged that .defendants, contracted to carry. from' Lyttelton to "Wanganui.',37l sacks of: wheat,, but thirteen of these were' uot. delivered:'- Defendants adj.mitted'rccoiying the wheat-on board ship at the-pert of dispatch. In the course of judg-1 meat,. his Wc-rShip' said ' that there waS no cohtraot with defendants other, than the usual one. Defendants alleged that.'all the sacltß were delivered from the ship .into thd railway goods shed, ;and their counsel quoted authorities to-suppbrt: the. contbntibn that the' railway ..authorities 'or the Harbour' Board, 'which they."represented, ,wero bailees, ;and -must -be looked to for;damages, and;that the delivery at \tlie' wharf (in. absence of I special instruci'.tions) .discharged -every duty.. No. tally of'tho. thirteen; saclts was made, and no receipt given, attd-the.only "evidence of delivery was that of -the Jhin'SiOifioers, .and; it seemed to tho Magis-trate'-,that, - if. the officers delivered vfithoitt tally, they,did:se at the':company's.peril. ..He' refused . to act on or guess-work; when. no satisfactory evidence of sacks ever being delivered from the ship's hold was forthcoming.,' Judgment would bo. for, plaintiffs for thefull ntaount, and costs. .-■'.•.. , J .'The effect whifh the harbour,works are hav-1 mg upon 'the', river entrance is.-now beginning to be yery marked, particularly in, the stop-: ping_ of.the ,"fanning-onr of the, current on reaching the sen, and in closing up.small Wandering channels, which ased to. exist : through the - tail- of- the. South: Spit. - ; On the northern |ide the effect, of. the\extension of the. mole' isseen in the.run of the river, ourfeiit,. which, .instead of trending along the beach as-form-erly, now straight to sea. The building of the. eouta molo,goes steadjly. on; and, apparently./what has already been'-. done there (has caused; .the tail' of tho , spit '■ to .run straight out,parallel, with the north .breakwater.. Aa all tho subsidiary channels are now'blo'sed up, the" increase in the scouring; action of the ebb is: eonsidorable.- .This, in iOnjunction With tho removal ,-jlt tho obstacle .caused by • the wrecli of, the Charles 'Edward, is . having' a , very favourable oftect upon the bar, and a noticeable inoroase in the depth of the channel should bo, 'observed, beford-very long.: ,-;'.■