DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 11

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

i ANGLICAN BUILDING SCHEME. IHj leltsraph-RpcrlM Oarremonaentl ' i i Wanganuii Dcccmbot 22.

-■■ Thoxßorough'.Council-has instructed- its: engineer to -prepare a repbr.t on , the matter of constructimr a ■'storage,, reservoir .and 'settling' tank at .Wcstmere,, ionr miles- iroin : town,-.. ju connection" witßi the Okehu waterworks, tho pres-: sure'from which has been very" much reduced ' duripg; the"'daytime ,"oiv: account of increasing consumption:: The proposed will rive boticr .pressure without in. any.way affecting tho yolumo of the: supply. : \ : ? .■ "■ ' ';' ilVti W. J. Treadwell, its Wen appointed to succeed .his partner, the late 'Mr; Wi ■ H.'. Barni-' toati'ias borough solicitor. .''-'."..;,:: ■'■■; ■■■■<■.'■.. $ SeriiorCduricillbr.E. N;, Liffiton *ill act'as Beputy-llayor . dufinjj .the abseiico-, 1 of' f tho Mayor ?:'(lft.;. Mackay) .'■ from,: town; during ..the .holiday- ".season: -v' ;'.-.; ;- :' ,'-■ -; r .;.'i' .: : y:,'' if Entries ior,the.AVaitotara Agricultural Show sand. Spirts Year's.Bay have'surpassed nil.-eipe,c);'atlone/-' and.'thero"'6ee'ms .tb'-be■ every! indication' 'that '.this 'fixture,■ which is. only a couplo of .years old, willVbccomo, a very popular fixture;in future. '''The hovsp and home in-dusti-ies-sections.; have ■; filled''especiallly.?, ttelli' while'laigo.nominations have been received for the' wood-chopping■ events.. . ■ '•'.■ •.-. ,': ; ,. : ;■■.'■:.' . .With , 'regard . to:' tho'. recent ..rumoured . outbreak of typhoid at HirilKarama, on tho Wahganiii Eiver,; it is authoritatively: stated that tho reportvis without .foundation,' the pa be-, ing clean,'and.'..the'-peoplp in gqod'health. ' ;■.. ,':Local. Anglicans,, though disappointed,'in: rp-, ■gard ■ to': their; scheme", put 'forward some -. time ago; to jlease -the;.preEont'.xhurch site in ihe , .centre; of.-, the .iljusmess, portion : ,of! tho town, arid: erect a largo new church ih a. morq central position, , are still;.hopeful-thatit will be possiblo to;,raise revenue, from portion:of. the site. of-parishioners ..lost: -night' apprpved/.a 'schjjme to-ask the synod for pernnssion to , ; loasp /half tho - site, and erect anew' church on :the , other'half j. 1 also new churches-at'.St.-"John's. I 'atid;.Goiivillo. .It,is proposed , 'to erect' tho iioW town- church in stone, at.a cost of U57000, ! part ?of ■the- hioney, being already in htthil. '-..'l'he-.vf icarV- , - the' Rot.; J. A. Jacob, was :authoris£;il_';to ask permission- of the ,synod for; .the schenio to ho carried .'out. , -'■ ~■:.:';.;:.;../