DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 13

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI

| i: : . ':'.''• • l .%'f c . l si r ?i}">.'?!''rel:il^orri-siinndont. ' ■■••;■' ■~';'''••'''■'•■'•• Sept'oUibei' 24.' > - Though ,tho: recent' uobii in chVriyer; which: .subsided': very/quickly,'< did iio sonous 'damage to; property, it had, a..ra.tu'er. uhweiconio olleut on the bar channel at'Castieciiff'.- i'gieut ( ;oai of heavy "Silt"wa's bro'ught'dowu'.by uoou Raters, lnuchioi .which was <Set>ositcd on'the bar, siiotulug, it 1 u'p'.a' coiipie oMect.' ■' 1 t' is expected, how-1 i>v(ir, : .;now.'tuat'tue-,river-:has returned'to'lis: condition'tiie'slit-wiii not: bo ioug in 1 womng'-otitr again.■•■••'•<;•';;• •■ • •—- :■; ■...-■.'-

The '.lender ■ ok, Atessrs.., Kussell. '■'and- Bigncll' has;boea;accepted ioi',the bi'.i'iie ljjni or iNew yjutiV. Hales iii > ittur.u ■Av.enue.VT..".'■'■■;■ ••■.•■;■■;'''•;'m.;.' i.'■'•,.;;.. ; ;v-c: v • ■;; ; ■ l;iie professional, sculling .-.handicap; in the Waaganiii'. -River "at.;■OiiTisst'mas 1 liii'ie' is ! to' evuucuaw'.'afterall.; ■'f.V'lcV 'of'tho ,iuoro enthusiastic or. the; promoters" having : guaranteed, the jiioncy'required, a cablegram to that effect wis; soiit (to-day to Air;; Cooiiibes,' euitor <~'■ : Syuhoy;; "Keferee," .wlio "has 'uodhmaung, arrangements' bn'thV:otuer .side for . Ausualiau to' compete. '■ in /addition to' Arnst, : Webb, .and Fogwell.'.it is expected, that Pearce, Thorougagood, Mitchell,' Day, : K.tiuipj Barney, hud,', perhaps, -'.tieorgo'.'Towns, Will conipeto.: ...In the,,course of ah address to the' annual; meeting of/the .Chamber of Commerce to-night,: the president ;(Mr; J. ii'.' Keesiug) said though' the last: year has 'not been as pro-' ductivo. as .its immediate' predecessors iu good financial and business results, yet it is nuttier for congratulation thatjthe falling off has hot been nearly so' calamitous as'.was,'.'feared and prophesied ..by, many business men.", pur.'puopie' nave steadily ahd. .bravely■■' faced, the' position, and. have, as arule,' 'withstood, tlioshock of the storm.-Some,; pp. doubt, ha'vo. lost a spar, or, two, but,l vent'ure.to hope that-t!icy';will keep' up'their courage'and succeed in steering their' good ship,'safely.vliveniSon*.the atmosphere is clearing, and during the'year: a;splendid lot; of W'anganui's.back;country; has been'taken up by a .good class of. settlers, who have been making great offorts in .felling bush,.'grassing,: etc. -When the money market cases, ,wliick ho doubt>vriU-be very,'sopn, (hero will;be thousands of; acres/(that .were till;now guite unproductive) ready'fori stock,'and tho output of the" district will bo, very 'much increased. ': The businessiof the.Wanganui post office: has,considerably • increased in every department, the. Savings 'Bank returns;show, to the .'credit"of depositors an increase of . .618,0(10, ■ and tho voluriio : of' business., done ~ha9;.warranted the .erection of. a fine now'.two-story, post' pfHco at ' A'ramoho.", - .'■: ■ '!; : "'"'-. .'. ~