NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 5

NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

» , i A LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISI'OTE. THE CHAMBEE OF COMMERCE. . • (By Correspondent.) • , Wanganui, January 12 Matters .regarding; the "local - govern- ; ment ,' of vAramoho,' ,-coiicerning which 'there has; been a- great deal Vof dispute among ithe , residents cif that' suburb,- still saem , unsettled. . The Waitotara County : Council - has .been-: notified by tho Minister: "for. Internal Affairs' that it. ■is in- . 'tended 'to -gaietto; mnalgamation with the'borough of. Wanganui, but ' , tho advocates fo'r .a separate- borough ; still '.'continue. their.' hgitatibn.'. ; They have • : alrea.dy;; sent".in a :.oountCT,'' petition, .'and within .the.'- last few , days; have sent- to the "Minister, a number of names for ad- " -dition;/ to:, ; : it, " Claiming'-; that- they now -haveAa- jnajority, and -that..the Minister , i will'.::'prqbably;^ ; recon'ader,'..';the :, : : matter. ; Meanwhile ,tho' Minister's decision iij :fav-: our, r 6f anialgarnatibiii .Mandsi'.but which- i ieyer,"' way, ! .tne' dispute :f is/ settled .- both sides, are .'.agreed- thatyit'is time ;fihality- ' was'reached. /as'.the"sub'urb.- which; has a population of'about 1500,.has.boen for ' a .long time .without;. muoK-needed :'ser- . vices. M'-x: t.". : v Mr.: Wado, \ Premier ■' of New South : Wales,'.intends visiting : Wanganui on January 20, coming down from -the:north : via the Wanganui Eiver. '-. • . : There recently died at , Hiruharama, Wanganui: Eiver, Poma: Hauniii, an, old--K me leading . Maori chief,'- who reached . tho great . age of 97. He', served' in : the - Uovernment forcM imder Colonel- MT)onneirin the' wars oh. this const;'- : v . A' yonng man, Mr. Phil. Martin, a settler. in. the Ahuahu -Block, had a painful experience Von Monday , last'.' He was leading his horso ; along a - rough track ,when : it .kicked. 'him on ,the .right upper ' arm,;, shattering "the. limb;. ,Mr,'.. Martin .was miles :- away"; front help, : but' ho pluckily set:out on, a;long,'lonely, walk.' Ho finally-reached the:house of a fellow ' settler, who undertook: to,'drive him to town,-- which was accomplished in the dark; along a road dangerous at:. a]j- , times, but doubly:sd■ at:'pfese'nt owing to the recent: heavy.'rain. "Miy,Martin is progressing-favourably. ; ' /;:The' Union .: Boating Club will, be represented at tho Wellington and I'icton Regattas sin the senior,:, youths', .- junior ' fours, senior pairs,: and. senior sculls. . - := At the, monthly meeting ,of the Chamber of Commerce ; to-day : great. indighation : was',expressed by; members at the discourteous treatment 'out: by the Hon.: H. M'Kenzie to "a: deputation which recently waited' oil-:him,''regarding- backblock .roads.:.; One ", of - the deputation re- - marked-that'he 'did "not :blanie, the- Minister,; because ' he; MioVed : he."did'.-not'. .know' tray, better, .but at,the same timo, a; deputation-vreprelsenting ten or twelve thousand people:was entitled to be.courteously received, and. the statement of : their case patiently listened to. Tho chaiiibor intends: to -continue -" the/agitation ! regarding roads:; in --, newly-opened blocks in:this district,-.and'..will likewise continue its efforts -for! the abolition of- . differential- freights on ; railways, to, discuss which, latter matter, and. draw (up, a' scheme for the"; furtherance., of .their, aim, niembors will,, hold a;.special, meeting in a- few days.-: The matter of hav- , ing , Wanganui- established; as. a grading port for, butter and checso is also being pursued, and a report; handed in to, themeeting indicates affair prospect of sue-' cess. -• • ■:,"-.■' ;