WANGANUI NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10608, 5 June 1920, Page 4

WANGANUI NOTES

(By "Eilcon.") WANUANTJI. June ■>. • i)r and Mrs MonK, ol Auckland, have v,uuii» to josiue in WaJjjianui. x)r iioiin. ~-iU i,e. Lite meun-.al oiiicer for the Waliealth dieliict. 'xh- iieturucd Orohestra have je-ii em,a;.;eu i..r tiio music i'oi tne . i"-.on oa.u,. on i hinsuay evening. -Vtiss J'. Sv iti.n has leccntiy i«turm-<i • roai a six uiouuis' uip to fiotoiua. .Mr V. viubeivl, o: ttic L-niveisity, I)untdin, is at present in WaiiKanui, and iua,.-mg with iiis parents at U.ipvilie. . Miss btanioid, of jNew Plymouth, is a short holiday to V\ angamii- ■ Mr and Mrs iiolmes, ot uouviile, left last, wepk-eud for Vndliuneon. Thoy in-u-nd to' take up thoir resid-iiice in Auckland.

.mis tlickraau. matron of tho G-F io-tel. is on a holiday to Wellington.

Mr B. P. chairman of the i'w.nyauui Hospital and Charitable Aid ..oaru, with Mr L. V. Rcrby. secretary, are at present in Wellingnoa. ■ IVlr L«Lh-i.ridg-j is a delegate t o tho . .;jar..s' Ooiilerence.

The Methodist Church in "Wanpanui is liolding its jubilee celebrations, which will conunuo all this'week.

Tho Wanganui Male Choir left to-day. on a trip to flaw era, where they will tender a full programme of selected hems. -Miss B. liigueil is pianist for the vhoir; Mr and Mrs Spt-rrihg, and Messrs tVadmau and Jloneycombo will bo tht) soloists.

The Borough Council at ite meetin;; on Tuesday night decided to vr.isii the price oi gas ouo Bhilliiij; and thnicpenco per 1000 feet. It has been decided to re-establish the Wi'figuiiiu Musical and Dramatic tiiV* cieiy. At a meeting held lan wei-li a provisional commitifo w-as appointed, conhistuug of Jlesdamts P. Marshall, Hay. Campbell. .Miss Toxward Young, and Messrs L. Craig, 11. Stevenson, Bridgo--I'inii, and several others. Mr T- B. c> dp per is hon. secretary pro. tern'.l i- and Mrs Wilkie have returned front their trip to Dumxltn. Mr and ilrh U. iSaundors, of Gonville, w-ero uiil(.ii.iitued by the members of the various hockey clubs at a fujewell evening before leaving tor New .Plymouth. The evening took placo at tho residence of Mr BlumU'll (Uonville), and was a very enjoyable function. Mr and Mrs Saunders loft for New Plymouth this week. The deatli of Mr' T. A. Bamber has made another gap in the old identities of Wanganui. The. late Mr Bamber had been in ill-health for some time, so his death was not unexpectedTh> Catholic caimval, which has been running for about "ten days in Everybody's Theatre, closed on Saturday evening." The amount taken at the various stalls and for "The Queen" votes amount ed to JE3OOO. Miss Alice Cullinane (Convent; was voted Queen with 1.5C,'J53 votes, and h-t'i- cousin, Miss Selby Morton, came second with '130,593 votes. Tho crowning, ttc, i> to Vakb placi> at x. function to bo hold sh«>rtly in the Opera House. The carnival was to collect funds for a girls' Catholic school in the Avenue. I A SStarr-Bowkett Society has been started in Wanganui. and the following provisional directors have been elected. — Mossiv G. Gordon, J. McFarlime. G Murch, XT. F. Liiliton, J. W. A'derton, <l. .D. •Anderson, F- Thurklcson, A. J Uydcr, and 11. M. Helm. Mr Ward, bi+o manager of the Bank of Australasia here, and-now ot Wellington, is at i.Tcseu*- in town.