MARTON NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 9

MARTON NEWS.

. the monthly mrietmg' of tho Martoti Borough Council was hold 011 Monday eveii■ihg. Pnyitiolttfi of .£<l3 14s..8d.'as tho Waii- ■ gan.ui Hospital coutributi&H, arid £18 05.2 d .: for charitable aid, w-ero passed. • .1 Tho Martoft Fiio Brigado Social Club-was., granted tho uso of tho l'ark football.groiind;: ■'subjebt.to a fee of £2 Ss. boihg paid. Th 6 Dopartmciit of Health forwarded aft .account for £30, the borough's contribution to tho SSaiiitary .Inspector's Salary. Tho account was passed for payment. ■ Tho Marton Firo Brigade iterit a balaned:shoet showing a deficiency, for tho half-j'eaf ending Match 31 of £4 lOs. Od., and applied for tho Council's grailt for that term, Which .was agreod to. ' . ■ the 1 Gas Committee reported having investigated the gaS working and fitting. Ac- , count for tho year ending March 31, which disclosed a,net profit of £165 ISs. 7d. on the year's ordinary revenue. Under a resolution passed last year, the manager is entitled to a bonus of £50, and this was agreed ' to. . The Mayor (Mr. M'Eldownnv), in referring to-.the gas '-business, urged that tho Council givo up th 6 gas-fitting department. ; A motion was carried to tho effect that the_ manager furnish a report showing the saving in w'ages and salaries that would ba - effected by so doing. ' At MartOu oil Monday several education reserves wore offered by Messrs.. Abraham 1 and' Williams for loosing, tho terms being twonty-onfi years' lease, with right of re- . nCtf&l, and twelve months' l-ont to bo paid in advanco. The principal sale was an area comprising ■ 2103 acres in Rhngitikci County, and W&DEaohu district, which was offered nuthroo lots. Tho. first lot, Sec-, tion 128, Block VII., GOO acres, went to Mr. . W. Pi Galpin at 7s. Dd. i per aero annual .rental, tho upajt-pricp boiug. 6s. 3d. Lot 2 (016 acres) went to tho same, purchaser at 7s. 3d., tlio upset price being- ss. 9d.j : and ;Mr. Galpin also secured lot 3 (7i)G acres) at 1 Bsi, tho upset price i being 6s. 6d. Messrs : M'Lenilan Bros., Tnihiipo, secured Section D, Block 'XIII., Tailiape Township, for 3os, an- ! nual rental.. _ Small sections ,in Matai'oa, WaiorU, Pakihikura, and Ka'rowarowa woro 1 passed in. Mr. J. II W. Wardrop, ' tary to the Wellington School Commissioners, was present at the Sale. ' I Tho Education Department has granted j £25 towards the cost of fencing the Marton . Technical School site. Tlio total cost will be nearly £50.