HASTINGS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 11

HASTINGS NOTES.

.': <"'' Corr<!SDondont.>'■''! ?',', ;;.'. : .-'■.' '■'-' <:" 1 ■■'■-'''■ ■':.'■ Hastings,, Juno 29i;.' i. TneotingJwas /held last; - night' l toprotest.!:against the proposal to strike:a general rate of ljd!'in the £. on un-, , improved : Value.-'..• Mr.:' Miller: (Mayor) pre-' :■' :s'ided. : .7';.Mr.-'i.Cassm '..explained his reason for desiring a. reduction. 'He,moved that the :meeting. : 'asks" the. council to.reconsider the proposal to -collect .£I9OO more than last 'year, and-is •also: of ..opinion that, perman; : ent-'works'should.bel done;:put of loan moneys!' .and that;the £2000, or .estimates-for that purpose, bo: _struck off. /This wastseconded by'Mr.'-Braithwaite: '"'Thq Mayor-said : tho tate-was.'the, sanio, as .last 1 year; but. increased valuation accounted fpr.tho increased revenue! The council had.not had the op-' portunity to' take a poll on. the proposal'for a;£75,00.0; loan;. becauseY'Mr./.Climie's. (the engineer) ;-rcpqrt had not been received, - but he hoped to have it in time-.; for" Thursday's 'meeting.:: If: a £70,000 loan' was' carried, £15,000'would,go for. road, £30,000 for sew'erage, . and .• £30,000 for ...electric- light and. water/supply -combined. " Even-,if .the loan Vas carried it- would probably' be a:year, before the money .'was available in' the present ' state.of,the.'money market, i Ho'urged.:that, tjiei.council.shouid-golon with improvements ' but ■of i.revermo till.the. loan, money was avail-' able.: ; If .the loan; was carried, and. the,; council .got. the money at; a fair- rato : of 'interest; •the council would guarantee not to., charge- a .special fate - this yeari - but -would pay in-■ 'terest:and;expenses out of the:£ls,ooo .loan .for;:roads,. £1000 of which, works .would ho' already done but of/rovenue.. The: present council wcro ■: returned on•'..the /progressive itiokety ,aiid meant ; to .carry out improvements:; The' Mayor went into: figures,, and : thqn said Hastings.must make improvements/. Ho.'would; ask. .them 'to, give --.the. council 12 months'; trial,- andit would bo proved 'tho , rates' had■'; riot heo'ii■ increased vat' all. : After; questions, tho- Mayor said if Mri.Climio's, report came to hand -the; loan .would go to; the poll.'in two months:.'Messrs..Gallagher,' Fowler, .Poppelwoll, arid;others .spoke;: mostly; against the: proposal: .Mr.-Cassin's. motion■was thoii '-put,", and the Mayor .declared .it lost on-' the 'voices.". Tho Mayor was/urged' to tako a show.:of. hands, '.but•■;declared /itwas Unnecessary. -. 77 /'.' ;'■;';/ ;';;.'; 'Tho Hastings branch of the Society, for the - . Promotion.-.or .the- Health of. - -Women and : Children held its first monthly meeting yes-;, terday,. Lady 1 Russell presiding.. - Mr:.Bates'skind; offer of. the-use of his; office was'ac-: : ceptodfor Plunkot'Nurse- Waters,'who will ; bo.ih attendance/daily from'-9'aim.; to:-12- : noon, and 2. to 3 : ;p.ni.. -Nufse -Waters 'has: only boon here a week, but has already at-' ; tended'sis'-cases.'. ,'■ "..",'-■';'.,-;, :; . ...'-A meeting of the.Hastings Fire Board was' held yesterday. Present: Tfie Mayor, Messrs., Marshall, Reilly, A. A. George, and Ching.' The Town Clerk.wrbte.thatCouhcillor.Styles. would, fill the vacancy 'caused by the'resigria- . tion of Mr. Thompson. The Firo Police and: : Salvage .Corps, wrote'.accepting-the 1 board's terms, to cqmq .under; its'-control. The Borough Council wrote granting'tho' use of 'their: .' horses'for. th-reo.-months,' and'a comulittea. was 'appointed to'.arrange', for. horses after . that date. ;■ '''.-:■; /. •;..■■.'..•■■',■'■.■';■•.■-:•.■'-.-•:■ .' Tho monthly meeting of tho School Committee washeld'last'night, /Mr. GIF. Roach i presided; and .thero Was. ; a .good attendance. - •'. Tho secretary .was. instructed: to forward .a ■ letter of condolence:td the'relatives' of tho : lato Mrs. Robson, who .was .burnt, to death at I Porangahau recently./ The. headmaster's rei .port was received.-, The' Borough of Hastings , England; Education '.'Committee -.wrote' stating ' '.that thq',Union'' Jack; forwarded./ from' the • Hastings (Now Zealand) school had been won : by St:.Alary-in-tho Castlo.Church"; of -England' [ Boys'."School,;..which obtained.an- average''at-; . tondaricoof 92:7./ : It-was .'intended-in'future >' -to makotho .contest a i'six'-mbnihs'.'.oho.-The" . inspcctor's'/'repoH' was satisfactory;.;'. After j passing accounts amounting'to.. £2 18s'., the r meeting adjourned. ';:.'./', :-■.:'''; •: '/;':'-v:s__' ; ' '