WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1974, 3 February 1914, Page 5

WANGANUI.

During January the Customs duties collected at tho port of Wanganui U- ' tailed £6642, being £2.00 less than for the same month of IDI3. . Tho vital statistics for Wanganui for January were:—Births, 67 (52 previous January); deaths,.2B (22); marriages, 22 (21). ■■''••.■ Tho Wanganui. Public Library Com-, mitteemen are having rather S lia-ftl road-to hoe financially, and at the annual meeting of subscribers it was stated that the miin*bcr of the latter was smaller tlian it was 20 ■ years ago. Various ■suggestions were put forward for relieving the' situation and finally it was deemed to set fro. a committee and approach tho Borough. Council with a view to the latter taking the library over, as si'municipal conco.'il. Very welcome raiiis have fallen dur■ing tlio last few, days, wtieh liavo heartiihgd up tk pastures that had become very dry during.-the Cue spell. ' 'Tho Waitotara. ■ rCounty solicitors having advised tliat , the recent closing of tho Uj/Okaiigaro Ferry was illegal, the council has decided to call on the Waiiganui County Council to reopen tho ferry. : • During the. progress of tho Wsnganui and I'atea Harbour Empowering Bills through last session of Parliament, statements wore mado that the Waited tara district had its natural outlet at Patoa, with the- object of having; that district included , in the scop© of the Patea Bill. As showing tho true position figures supplied by the Minister of llailways to Mr. W. A. Veitch, M.P., disclose that during' the past three years 6483 bales of wool liavo be<m railed from Waitotara to Waiiganin for shipment as against only 232. shipped from Waitotara through Patea. ther evidence of .Wanganur's growing export trado is shown by the shipment yesterday to Wellington of 1400 boxes of. butter from tho local grading stores.