DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 673, 25 November 1909, Page 4

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

'-"T- '■.■■.:■ .;>'■■' : • .»;" '. ■■•;. -. /■■•:■ ■■:■ -■. .;.■■■ .' IBi Tclccraph-Saccla! : CorreSDonilcnU•. !_•".■• '.>•.' ■ Wannanui, November 24. .'.• Kecently; : the Borough Council sent the Education Board an account for £1 11s. for water used_at the , latter's officea. The board could not imagiao that it used so much water, and -forwarded 12s. only as' settlement. Tho council promptly returned this,- whereupon the board passed n sarcastic resolution thanking the council for the ■ return of the money, , 'n'nd then let tho matter drop. . Tho council's officers discovered, however, that tho water had been running to waste, and on testing the meter in the presence of the board's officers found it: correct. A 10s. testing feo is npw added to the= board's account, and notice has been given''to' pay in seven days, otherwise .tho water will bo cut oil and tho amount sued for. v n »' oca '' ramwa y 3 did pood business ;on both days of tho agricultural show last week, taking J»2 and £hi respectively. :•:■/■•. i ThoStar 'of Scotland, the first Homo boat to load' in tho roadstead this season; will arfivo on Beccmber 8. when , she will tnko frozen meat, wool, and other cargo. - - ■ Those t in.tbo habit of: spending holidays on the banks of the river ■ arc concerned to find the possibility. of this pleasure being. debarred them. Beyond tho point.whero the road coases it is'pnvato property to tho water's edge, and iri ; conscc[uence of tho fear of damage from ■»'«-it is, said , owners .will not be so' freoas heretofore in . Riving permission to ."land. ■'•'" In order,,if possible, to provide a public reserve free to' all holiday-makers,- tho Reserves Gom- ; mittee of tho Borough Council will inquire into.the advisability of securing 50 to 100 adros. of -Nafaye.. land at Raorikia, .15 miles, from' town. -.:..;.Tho: hUos recently rbeen ■individualised, and tho .Natives: aro 'willing to ■scll.'.pr-.leßso;'-''^'-- , ,-:. , : , ;/. , - v.\ ■ ■ ' - ,■: .*.■.'.•• ■)'■' For Clirpnlo : Cheit Complainta, '. V' ' ■■Woods'.Qroat Poppomiht Cure, Is. Gd., 2i. 6d.