DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 6

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

' ■ (By Correspondent.) . ' ',\ "■■■• v.-' Wanganui, October''24 .•;,.'" .',; It is,reported- that the CastlecliftVEailway, Company is' considering ..a scheme; ' for.;■ the electrification' of their, line' in', anticipation of opposition from th'elGonville tramway service. ' In View ;of::the. Government's .allesed intention- to settle [the land ; lying idle, .it.,is interesting to hear that, .;some.-years. lago;.,a_b.locKof forty thousand acres at Makqkaho, Upper Waitotara,' wasYsurveyed, \ and';.. since, then, has been left alone' in'its primitive/state,- apparently completely forgotten.: It is fine .country^. and would support : one, if -not two,; hundred settlers with ease..': More than rone block- of good;-land, : abutting,',the Wanganui . Biver-; has been also similarly treated. .',.-': ~: ' \:■■;•■:' .;;,; .;..,■' ;•' The'Wanganui .Biver;'Maoris.\.are'- making great preparations for a'big meetinev.to .be held up" the : rivervat Christmas.: The Hon. J.. Carroll'is expected: to: bo'.present,' and the ; land question..and.'other matters-of'interest;, to ;NativcswilK be.: discussed. : \'y ' ■'<.vcjv.■.'.,.,';.-..'.';

;//'.;;''-.'■-.;-.'" ;■■''":-;.,.Wanganui,"; October ::25.S ."'it', connection.,< with the. movement..to '-en-, large ■ the 'existing,orphanage-: he'rei--an:interest-ing fact, not •generally- known-is that the late Mr. ; W. H. ; Watt,.'.one;.of.' WaDganui'B jearly' settlers, has bequeathed ian- Avenue.property-r----one' of the. mbst, valuable in' the business portion 'of,,the; towny-as/ah 'endowment fbr-.the orphanage.'' ; .The> bequest is; subject to ■ the life interest of a member of Mr'.' WattV family, af ter'which', 'it .is ' provided '.that.' the moneys shall accumulate'for a term; and .then be made available i. : .for .building; the., orphanage. •,, It- is expected tliat'the. acownuktiona 'will reaoh:. a high figure..' '■■ ■; ''•;■■.:.■'■■'-'• ', - : ;: ::_J ? - ■".' For-the'second'tim'e in ; ten.days-. Wanganui has ! suffered 'from'a: severe, "cold snap/., and frequent.,rain -showers. -.The ouantity. of rair. which has'Tallen; has ■ delayed .farm and has kept "stbck'ib'ack. -Tbis will: affect the openins -of - local freezing ..works for. the season, which ■ will probably,,riot be able'; to :make : a start till ./well into ne,xt',month.. r ; \ ..>•.- • Mr. Talboys, '.manager, ;.and:;Mr.\ Thomas, inspector'-ofthe .local tramways,-have, jointly: invented an ingeniously-contrived,: rail-cleanor, which has tho merit of remaining in the grooves when'rounding ' curves-^a,,, difficulty which 'has "/hitherto not- -been. overcome.. -The 'invention '.is'simple •in.flesign, and, cleans .the ,'erooves thoroughly. ;'■',,-.;;',' ';■•• „, * The' death occurred suddenly .yesterday of Mw Wade, wife .of Mr. A.Wade, Wuctor of the'Wanganui Garrison Band..:', Mr. .Wade 18 at pfesetir.in:lirveroargill.jndgir«,a.:band con- . settlers''who, navejtaken up. land,; inland of 'Waverley.i are. reported, to be mafc-, .stocking, thlir-holdingl, but .they .complain of the lack 'ofSa'dsTthf'provisionof promised 2- an inducement to them; up land Thev.naturaUv'feel: very .sore, at-whatthey, Sder is 'sheer 'neglect for such .tracks as they'have are in such .bad, condition that the £ of getting j supplies ,n. and produce out f s - a difficult and. costly matter. As, an instance it- may. be' mentioned -tha lew'-." fbdught 'in Wanganui for 15s.).'costs '255. wfenat-riache S :a,settler i ,chiefly owing to the heafy;'cost 'of 'packing.. .. .-.- . ....- , J