NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 751, 25 February 1910, Page 2

NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

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.I-."', : .':■ r/;V .Wahg'a'nuj.-JPebrnary 21. , -: .- J: T. Sluir, a' :fdrmer ". member.-.of the ißorough Council, has been retiuisitioned'to'contcstthe next iiiayoral electionrbutvhas'not■,'definitel/;'decided yet to'do .so.-' ' ■''■ ■: ■:■■'- !•- "'

; The; tramways authorities' ihave'". been." : " ' much; annoyed by cyclists' riding towards ■ ' cars : with: the; apparent" bb-'-' ]ect of seeing bow,; close ,, they, cannot :■' ' . before: they;'are "compelled''. to' turn' off. ; the , ' track;' ; T<vday. : a ; cyclist .attempting;' this performance had'a narrow : 'esc'ape of' * losing.; his .life; ./;The::cycleTskidded ;, oil'; '■■ the .rail, , and the "car.-was on wp.'of :in; a.moment.'.'The" .inbtprmafcpromptly.' reversed tho-oar, but .not .before the ina?'"' .was, hit.by ;the r .lifepfuard,.which/pushed ,j: : Jimi out of tho'way. v /Ho ■ivas'fr.ightened' .and. shaken; but otherwiseiunhiirc. , - I ' ■':*." . i'l' ' : The gTocers' ;picnib,-.vwhich is infendedi. to be , held annually' in tbok'fpla'ce. l : to-day, two steamer?:crowded•','ivith'..'ei-'. :.cursionists: going l ;6ey«rai: : mile - s,lu'p ..tue ; '.' . river ■• where: tho: ; day.: ',was ' spent Afirj' : - ■■' ■■enjoyably.'■■■■•'.,■;:.;■'•/•; ;:',■;'„. -V'W v; ■ i ; , -K , ''. .;' Complaints' are.niade of .theycongestion/ "■.- of^worlrin' the Court': atf' AVanganui, due'tp .the ridiculously large;:" •:distriot,.whic!i: tke lbcaLSiM:■■has'-'to MA- - minister. ".The," distr.ict '. reaches Wayerley .to ■■Marten;-, and :"iip - thev Main '.(■:.: Trunk - ;to/Ohakuno ;and.' Raetihi , .;-!. -The?- *'' amount! of work in ; ; Wanganui v alone , - is 'V 1 •generally sufficient to.,keep the magistrate.'■' . fully employed,: and.-his.'periodical'- abi. sences;;'thercforei •; usually;>esnlts. .in ; : pbsi>; ■;: ponemonts! and .' adjournments, -'• Mch,' ,>S* 'though."unavoidable, extremely" ; t. : anrl '['■ noying,. and;'cause, much, At ,the'.present''time'..reyeral iimpbrtantii'' standi adjourned, the;en-!.-"' of tlie>.magi£trate,'-andi:-it is'suggested'that:as v the:Main,Trunk.', , ; district.is ■ steadily, g'roinng;; the:;time has :• ■'■■ arrived ,to, but,,off. tho..eastern; portion of i? .the Wangariuj;,circuit;'and constituteiit; a'-i , :' Lnow^maeistejial\district:'-;?i,, : i , .;.;.:; '■%• \.lu f _'. • : EmployCTs'.- Associationi-.'" •hna passed a .resolution in. the direction:-.-; 'of seouHiigrbombined actipn'J>etw«en "Wa--;-.". inga'h'uV:Napier,; Mas.terton,; : ,andßalmer-.'.i 'ston,in v brder«to. r JO nmendcdi and; cutting,: off .'.theso, ■ districts .:, from": the■•■^ellington: ; 'industrial '-"distfiot- ■■■ and;-forming'. :: ,them, info; a '.separate .dis-..-' trict.v : :' Thoqassoc'iatiOnYalsorpassed , a ire-/ -~ solution ;adyersb..to the,pfesent^railway , '.:- freight rateSj andydwided .to'support. thei '•■■ . lo'cal.vCh&mber of Commerbe'. : .in.' an j at- -itempt'to secure .tlieir revision'. V-;'. ■/.';'.•£.!■,"■'