NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 6

NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

THE SCULLERS' LEAVE^CAKING. ;' (By Telegraph.—Special Carresnandyot.) , .Wanganui, January 10. ■. /The promoters -of :swimn^g-baths for • Wanganui ■ East, School; have acted with much, energy in fulfilment of their task. •It is only. one month ago since the first '■.was held -for the purpose ;of oonadering: ways and means, btrt the project was taken up with'suet'enthusiasm that yesterday'. saw tho hath finished, and roady for :use of ' the . scholars; as; 60on'- as - they ■ resnme ; WOTk'afjpr, the, enm-; mer - holidays.. . This'. makes!...the filth school in Wanganui which.: includes instruction in the art of swimming in its curriculum. .' ; The, pea-rifle ;nuisanbe is' oomplained of by suburban residents, -the.-;school.. holi-; days • apparently being responsible, for ■ the 'practice/ More than /one ,'caih.plaint has been ' made to tho local press of boj;s firing shots .in' close proximity to resi'.denoes, to the great alarm; of ; ihe inmates. A resident of -Gon villa on; Saturday actu;ally found a "bor- with rifle.' pursuing. some quarry in 'Ilia backyard. ' .- The' Mangawhero - Road. Board has. resolved on the construction :of-;;the- Parihauhau Eoad deviation—a much-needed - work—and has 'decided to: call for tenders for same within a ; few days. A demand is to be made' on, the-TreasuTy for ; >£soo progress;:payment in ' connection • with, the .wort. : .. v The Harbour Board has decided to dis'continue dredging for. the present, and the dr<dge has been ; laid .up'.'and the ;hands 'paid ■ 'off. . Mr. - Swann,. dredgemaster, has, however, _ teen retained as mechanical engineer, his. duties being -the "superintendence of. the. wholeof .the iboard's plant. - Thei board's engineer reports', a,'satisfactory-depth-.of water in the .sailing^ehannel,'while the bar channel also continues to 6how. a: good "depth, making .the entry of vessels bo the port easy : and safe. •. The .paying .over; of the stakes;in connection with, the recent sculling handicap took ; place this' evening,. at the "Herald!' office, after which the'company ad : 'journeyed to, Chavannes's Hotel, where several, toasts were: honoured, and a very 'pleasant, evening., spent. .. The' visiting scullers from Australia are loud in their Ipraiso .of .the hospitality extended, .and express the inttention of revisiting NewiZeiland should similar be arranged in. future. , Most .of the.visiiing scullers leave to-morrow on a;yisit to Eqtbrua, prior to. their,.return; toSydney.-'; One of the. visiting contingent -gives .it, as his. opinion-that Arnst. can, concede any sculler, in Australia 15sec. over, the championship course arid' win. . .i ■