JOTTINS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 932, 27 September 1910, Page 3

JOTTINS FROM WANGANUI.

(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.! Wanganui, September; 26.

.The; advance guard, .of the',"Anglican Mission; reached Wanganui ii)»,the person 'of J. .Harris,., late 'member.'of ;■ the party, and \ who is ardent. social, reformer.' and -temperance, worker. :• He 'Spent' seventeen years as',:a worker in a coal mine,' and, therefore, is'one'.who fullynnderstands'the needs of all among whom his work: lies. Mr. • Harris preached ■at a church parade of the local Territorials yesterday;:and also held services,in,.the l afternoon, and; evening, making a great impression .by his forcible; and earnest addresses.- ' ;■; lias been, received here .that the new , military area, of which 1 .Wanganui' ijijll.: be. the., headquarters,vis : extend, from; the, Pate'a ! Riveir to Paekakariki, arid will, be : bounded' -on the' east .'and . north by the Ruahine Ranges, and a line .through the southern.Taupo-district'/ It is considered.here that, it the.report. be. true," the Wanganui headquarters lias been given a-very- unwieldy district to; administer. . "! i ! At the annual meeting of the Wanganui Rowing Club Mr. C. J. Wray was ;elfected ; . president, .Mr. Marshall 'captain, •and Mr. D. i Moore secretary.,, The report showed a -successful: season,' included, in the''successes I .,.being .-the winning. of ithe double : ;sculling". championship''; at'' Picton .by. Aiderson and Marshall. Tho balanceSheet' Showed "ail overdraft of £367, against' .which,-is a surplus amounting to ,£1173 .of assets over liabilities. The old : politician lay "speoohloss" 1 in. bed; His cold was so : bad that he got no re- • •.. pose. "" He' 1 scarcely could' think how to "act," it •is l said, : . - - To follow; the "ayes," or. to ran with the .... "noes." ■ "That oough I'd 'unseat,' and the illness 'defeat,' -.' •• , , ' With no 'want of confidence* sum!" And the "speaker," true .friend, - his ! ; . health did "amend,".- . With; Woods'.; Great- Peppermint, Cure, V" '.' - - Ad'vt. 18