DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 14

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

;.//:;'^EW;PHASE OF;AN OLD DISPUTE, ! , -'.*. ''/*;■ "",/ ;t -:° 'Wanganui/ December 3."'■■'.' >-.:The';local volunteer'companies held a routemarching'"competition last night, each corps-'furnishing,-'one team; of; fourteen men; The result -showed close. TOmpe'titibh:' in ;'tho number of point? scored, tho Highlanders taking first place •and/Wangahui: Rifles .second.:.- ■■,-.•■• ■■■..•■' -f.-In connection '.with the i GonTille-Castlecliff tramway, works a,rumour recently got abroad that it ;was intended to change, the routes formerly "..decided: 'upon. ;-The chamnan; of tho .board, has'made a'statement denying, this,..and adding'..that .the .routes., already, settled .upon ,wili:i3o..'.adhbred:to.'v ; :.."-. :'...' :•..■''' •■ ■ •■.-. ■'■ The 'Tjetterment" question,; as affecting' landholders,: haying, cropped up,- tho • Gonvrfie-Cas-tlecliff /Tramway Board has decided to ask the .bwnors' of all; large areas of unoccupied lands through which; ;the lines ,wiU - pass. what concessions, . byj way:, of endowments, or.' otherwise, they:are prepared to:make.' ' > '■')'■'':■...'. .! A slight accident happened to the evening train, from; I'almerston last night, the connecting rod ;on..'the engine, coming loose: when the train 'was. .near Turaldnat A spare ■ engine sta-\ tioried at' the; latter place brought the train on' ;to town, ihalf: an hour late. - .-,; '. 7 :,- ' .The ratepayers at the northern end of "Wangimni East are promoting a petition to have their area cut oil from,'the mbm-ban bonHigh .'on: the/ground; that it,'is thinly: .settled; and'not.likery to become thickly populated/for many years to./.come.. Moreover,', they; assert that, their inclusion in .the borcragh. confers "no benefit-on them; the money all being spent at the :end;nearest'theCtown..;. Tho area, affected 'by the petition is close. qn..,1500' acre 5.".::..;..,// :':The':'racecourse rigK(xif-way/dispute has now reached/another phase, and the 'matter /will ■again come before ;the court. : Tho - Wanganui Jpckey ; :;Glub.have served an originating' Burn-' •mons'on defendants,:who previously.'sued "in connection'; with'. the racecourse trouble, ■■.' and' also on,the-Attorney-General- to attend at tho Snprome Court, Wanganui, on December 10, or as soon thereafter as the parties may bo heard. The 'application of, the plaintiffs is for a- declaratory order determining whether, on;;tJie ■ true.'-construction . of -'.certain:-, ordinances,. Gazette: notices,'and; documents- of :\title; the 1 public',- rights. of .way ,'as claimed, to ha'vo. been : acquired; by/the user; could (since :the passing of the Land Act: of 1902,' or now) exist by law. The plaintiffs'. (who claim. that there : is not, '■ and/could :not be, :such' right '.of. 1 way) also ask: hpw costs f incidental' to the '.summons are .to, be. poid.!;-.'■:'■;;'■.•-■/;-!■■ : ,,;/,;". "'.'•'■'.-■.'.'.• '■> ; v