JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 3

JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

■: (From Our- Spcciai-'Oorrespohdeht.) i : -■■''':;-.-.. ;■){) ; Wanganui,::.Septenibe;r:.:l9/' ■ Wanganui, experienced the same- 'nor'--westerly gale which blew over Wellington on Saturday, and Sunday.'Herei 'hdweye'iy though' it blew strongly, it did nd-'dam-age'... ,'".-'.-'■ ■ !'.'■•■ ■■: •' ;;.-'.;';■'• : ;'-;' .-'■;. : , Tho local ' Territorials' : opened^' 1 their shooting.season.at Putiki range' on. Saturi'.diiy .with a. triangular'match-, between the oflicers, .non-commissioned,,:officers,;' and TheinohTCommissioncd officer's 'won by 54 points' frbin' the 'officers, -who, .were 14.ahead of- the' privates..; The.weather was unfavourable for good shooting, tho light ;being;poor and- the /wind- strong across..the'range.:;Nobvithstanding -, this,; however,':sonl'o,-very,fair scores' were put up v v- ,;; ';:.' :: ■■ .'.■■. .:''.. - >:■: ''i':";-;:-i: ; ! j .- ; -.' ;Mr. : .;Kerr,S.M.; Who.'has: been'for-somo away ;from i duty: on .sick-leave,' leit for Plimmerton- to-day to recuperate; /The overwork, and-the"impossibility:;of'keep-ing .pace; With - the.'requirements-, of;,: his fnr-too'-lar'ge,district; 'seenutb: have, caused Mr.-;-'Kerr's"' temporary;' /breakdown; During .his absence ■.:-,Mr:-; I : A;';''D. Thomson, S.M..at Palmerston;willVrelievo hero as. much as-possible,.nMiior.casesibeing taken' by justices of .tlio^eace..,V;'';,'.:v;i.--■ v ; ■,«.■ "h The.'local.labour'•unions; have' decided to.:cclebrafe'Laboui';rDay"' l by'a'.j36mbiiied ;picnip.::.This:will' be' the first:'occasion .here'ron which the day: h'as.''beeii'.'s'o;-re-' "cognised .'byiall -anions. : ItJi'as .been pre'vipusly I ceiebrate.d;.''in' v :spaSni'eidi'd'.' fashion by. an isolated union: or : two, -and,- 1 in .fact, has ■ '.been, looked ; on', somewhat..'generally. :by,'workers .as;a.useless holiday.>■-..'"•.' .