NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 8

NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

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'■'■'. . ! -Z> Wanganuii January U. ■A shipment- of--lions', and other wfln animals ordered from Home' for Aramoha Zoo is expected to arrive, here,' via Syd> ney,.:on. I'riday next. ■ ./■:..■..:■ \rK. '-.;■; ' Sharks are reported to be plentiful; ofl Castlecliff just' now, and .bathers -.aw, warned accordingly. ' 'A; five-foot - shari was caught Vby a .hand-line, from the breakwater yesterday,; while an eight" footer passed by .8/yacht: a-little further out.- .■■•.■' ■ ;-.;■•• ■■■■ ■ -■■ .■■•:.■'•.■-'■ ■. • ■■';■.' ; . .' .

In view of tho fact that the Australian cricket tour' will be made'after all- Uμ local; Cricket .'Association will; , hold a special meeting te-morrow to consider ■the proposal for a; match at, Wangariui; tho association guaranteeing ,£75,: paying; .all expenses; .and taking' all profits,; 2 .'any. " ■ -- " ■ ,-. ■ ■ -' -" ■ ■ ' ■' . r. ■ The. Minister for Internal 'Affairs tins morning received-a large * deputation on the'. question ■of the local government of: ■ Aramoho, but' no finality-was. reached. ,Ihe position is that- the . petition for amalgamations bears ,149 signatures, while that for a ; separate' borough bears -106. The latter, however, bears 39 names who signed tho" other 'petition as well.- Tbs Minister considered that- those should .txA count for either petition, but the separationists. claim-that they should .have credit for them. ■ • Whicnevw course is adopted. there iis still' a-' majority., fot - amalgamation/ but. , '■ the Minister said it is a "shifting majority," and 'he wmta a "fixed majority."- Rirther than saying that-ne will bo g\iided by the wishes of the majority, and that he will decide when ho sees a one way or the other,. the Minister promised nothing.