DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 671, 23 November 1909, Page 3

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

(By Teleffraph.—Special Correspondent.) ■w ". Wariganui, November' 22. Shipping circles are speculating on the cause of the suspension of two prominent railway officials whose duty lies on the town ...wharf, which is'worked by'tho. Railway Department, under agreoment.with the Harbour Board. The Department is reticent over • the affair which, it is stated, willbe the .subject of a' Departmental inquiry. ■ ; \,.. ,-vThe. wool-classing classes. inaugurated by. the Education Board in connection with the various technical schools throughout this district have been eagerly availed.of. by farmers, which is an evidence of. the value, of the instruction given.. In faot, tho attendance bas increased so much'.that : tho board now- finds -it necessary to appoint a second instructor.\

Dr. E., Pori-itt had'a narrow.escape yesterday when motoring down Goat. Valley Hill. The steering gear-went wrong, with' the result that the car plunged over the bank. Fortunately tho; doctor managed to jump clear just in time, escaping with a fow bruises. ' Further evidence of the continued' improvement . of the entrance of tbe port was, furnished yesterday by tho barqiientine Alexa, from ■ Lytteltop, which, on crossing the bar, found the least depth was thirteen feet, though, tbe tide was practically at neaps. Captain White, master of the'vessel, who-has been trading'here. for thirteen years, >, says he has never, known the bar and inner sailing'of the, channel to.be so good as now.. Work on. the south mole' continues, to be pushed ahead in a satisfactory, manner. The weekly rate of progress.isiibctween fifty and sixty feet, and the total, length'now. out is:athousand feet. This,, in conjunction iwith the work.already done on tbe. north mole, is having: a. decidedly satisfactory effect in improving the'entrance. The local swimming season opened, on Saturday, when the Wanganui Amateur Club got through- an -interesting sports programme' at the'local-baths.;, ....,->.