ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 7

ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL

The monthly meeting of the Onslow Borough Council was held last evening. Messrs. Izard and Weston' wrol .• in regard to approachments on Harama. Road. When , it was , explained that the. encroaohments were on a private right-of-way, the council decided to take, no action, holding, that it had no jurisdiction to insist on the proper road lines being followed. . . .

Tho council passed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. C. H. Izatd for his generous offer of a section for a public hall at Ngaio, and of land to form an ap.proach to the proposed new. bridge at Ngaio. It icas agreed to sne for the recovery of all rates outstanding on March Iβ. The Mayor intimated that rates aggregating about ,£l5O had not been paid. Tho council accepted the tender of Messrs. Sergeant and Elson for the asphalting of ICaiwarra, Application was made by a "ratepayer for the loan of money with which to proceed with the connecting of his house with the drainago system. The council granted the loan. ... . Mr. John A. Plimmer was appointed to act as the council's assessor on the Compeiwi'tion Coiirt for the hearing of Mr. John \Vat«rs's claim of ,£SOO as compensation in connection with the catchment area. Tho City Engineer notified that the proportion of expenditure on the Hutt Road to be pnid'thie year by the council was Jiin 15s. Gd., as against .£742 ss. Gd. Inst year. Tiik Dominion's cables of March 3 report that the Chinese captured all the bnggago of the Dnlai Lama. The Dalai Lame should have checked his baggage from door to door through tho N.is. Express Co. Safety guaranteed. Office: 89 Custom House Quay.—Advt Tho "Tagoblatt" points out that in conscquenco of the eight hours day in j England, British steel and iron manufacturers have been obliged to raiso their prices, thereby enabling their German competitors to raiso their prices, which hnd sunk to n very low level. The journal, however, distinguishes between industrial and general interests, and points out that as a consequence of the cessation of the importation of British coal the German consumer will be .compelled to pay higher prices for German coal, and concludes, therefore, that in the general Interest tt cannot wish for a proixaofetd. ste&fl in 3?.npl«mH,-