DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 629, 5 October 1909, Page 7

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

' . IHr Telciroph.-Specißl CorrcsDondtnl.l :.'!,, , ; ~ ■.-'•' Wanganul, October 4. The bowling season was opened on Saturday in pleasant weather,, though-the greens were decidedly on the heavy side owing to recent ram. , : - ' , ■ . ■ ■ ■ . : The rainfall for September wa5.5.61 inches, as against 1.87 for the same month'last , year. Ram feu on sixteen-.days, tho greatest; day's fall being 1.13.;.;• ' '; , Much satisfaction is expressed in Volunteering circles here at tho recognition of Colonel Watt's long service by appointing him'honorary colonel of tho Wanganui .Hifle Battalion." ' At last some definite course of action has .been,decided in regard to the protection of tho nvor-bank at Taylorville. The Borough Council has now decided to tako the suburb of Durie Town within its boundaries, and to proceed (With the protection of the bank at.once, imb-' ject to a Government subsidy and payment of a portion of the cost by tho county. At last there appears a.'chance, of''seeing'the - work carried out before tho whole road slips Into the rivor. ■•■'.'■.' ■--•■ ' i ■;,

' Word has been received here that the local volunteers aro to hold themselves >in readiness for surprise mobilisation 6ome night during the present month... . . - ■;-,-: ' .;