Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 13

Wanganui

(From our own correspondent.) May 2. The St. Mary's Catholic Club will hold a special general meeting on ThursLay, May 16, to consider the rules revised by the executive. Early in J une the Catholic Club intends to hold a billiard tournament. On Thursday, June 6, they will hold a social gathering. The Irish Rilles held their first social last Friday in the Fire Brigade Hall, when there was an attendance of about 120 members and friends. The number of houses in the borough of Wanganui is 1902. The number of new buildings erected in the borough last year was 31, and the number of building permits issued for the inner area was 13. Mr. Andrew Mack and Ins talented company appeared here on Friday and Saturday, and won the appreciation of large audiences, who were delighted with his singing and acting in ' Tom Moore,' and in ' The Way to Kenmare.' These are really Irish plays, and lift the Irish drama to a high plane. At the annual meeting of the Wanganui Agricultural Association complimentary reference was made to the work of the secretary, Mr. Selby Morton, and it was decided to increase his salary from £150 to £200 per annum. Mr. -Morton is an esteemed member or St. Mary's congregation, and an honorary vice-president of the Catholic Club. The Waroganui Borough Council intend to levy a special rate of 8d in the £ for the purpose of providing interest and sinking fund on a special loan of £40,000 on account of- tramways. Owing to the dislocation in the mail services the Council thought it advisable to extend the time lor receiving tenders for the installation o' the tramway system, and it is thought that in less than eighteen months Wanganui .will possess a thoroughly up-to-date electric tram service. The Council have appointed Mr. Charles Cowdery, C.E., lately of the Christchurch Tramway Board, to be its tramways construction engineer.