WANGANUI ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 2

WANGANUI ITEMS.

(By Telegraph.—Special. CorresnondentJ ;'V _ . Wanganui, February 2. . liw question of a new traffic bridge to - connecttne, boroughs of Wanganiii and 1 .' n anganui.; hast has been advanced (in- - other step. The suburban council-enlisted ,tnp sympathies of tho Wanganui Borough v tb< ? matter;' and the two bodies Ml hold-a joint conference next Wod-' nesday to arrive at a- common, course of fini oil tho pro'.J? has negatived' a proposal to cut up a portion of tlie.publio on ,, John's- Hill 'for; building, purposes, the_ general-feeling being that ■ V ,tte, .growth of the ..town.it : .m!* to ;. £utare I "««essii4e3,'a'id v., ■unat ■ -.ytiuie. the, number of -reserves .was.■ ■S 1 ® f ?T. Present'requirements, tliel&ni' 'j. •had,; arnved to call a" halt -.in. the policy,.' ?L C iir? g U P-borough reserves for build- • mg allotments. - .- • .. i - Tbo tramway;. returns ehow that th« •- wlv^i?ni PaS6?D?ers - in - : was 120,101, an iMrca«e of 13,000 oven ■ January,; 1809.-,.The revenue wais £817,15aj ;>i /d.,.being tno rccord for <wiy t m<m.th siaioo l ' the service started.. The. council decidsdi - to set aside iG7S for eiuking fund, which- V 'tvould bo invested in deiK>ntTiros.. . Tho Borough Council has decided to • grant kayo to r all .ats .omployees who- are • Tolimteers.rtp enable, them to •Kitchener- cairip; ' " .. /. The Waitotara County. Council this yaar' ,is spendingon - roads and other worbi in its , district,: all of- which arel provided .for oonncil . is not a believer : in borrowing, the total'" : 1 loan indebtedness being only jcsooo, and ■ ; •■s? nn ?: T4ra P 6 yearly..'expenditure between ■ -"' and <£6000. All comes out of rata revenue.• . , At-the annual meeting 'at''the Wangaixd ; . Astronomical Socioty, Mr.' T. AUieon waa • elccted president, Mr.\ C; W- Babbaga Vice-president, Mr.. J, G.. Woou -fiecretaiy. ' ond ; Messrs. J Watt, H.' E. Dymock, H! . L. - Jones, .and H. B.: Watson 'a;i • committee of directors; Theieport, which:'' ' reviewed. the astronomical' phenomena fop : - the year, .stated that Iho weather had'.' t«en generally.; \mf avoiirable'V for- obsorva-;-tions, bnt..considerable, progress had- beea • made in the observatory's specialty,-tho cataloguing of double stars. , Tho observatory ,ias also been . very. popular with .th».. public, and- has been.. visited by' tMaiK»V ,number. ' . : ° : ,