CITY WATER SUPPLY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1908, Page 8

CITY WATER SUPPLY.

♦ Steadily the level of the water in the Wainui reservoir is sinking towards the three-feet point, at which supplies will be cut off from motors and other machinery. The people have wasted more than enough water to keep the motors going for a considerable time, but the penalty of extravagance is to first fall upon inanimate things. Unless rain arrives speedily, machinery will not be tho only victims of tho famine. It will be necessary to husband tho treasure at Wainui and prevent people from squandering it at any time of the day or night. Many citizens will have the water on only at stated times, unless reinforcements arrive from the heavens within the next fow days.

The sum of £4000 is to be requisitioned from the Charitable Aid Board by the Benevolent Institution Trustees, for expenditure for the ensuing year. His Honour, Mr. Justice Chapman, granted probate this morning to the wills of the following deceased persons :—: — John Marsh Kemp, Wellington, draughtsman ; William Henry Stone, Nelson, blacksmith ; Alexander Bruce, Feilding ; John King, Pohangina; and Thomas Nidd, Wellington, settler. Letters of administration were grantetl in the estates of John Tv omey, Auckland ; Alfred Sutton, Napier; Chas. Sitford, Nelson; William Albert Floyd, Taihape; Mary Ann Hogg, Flaxbourne ; Charles de Kierski, Hastings ; John Ward, Christchurch ; Ellenor Halford, Palmerston North. Our Palmciston North conespondent telegraphs : — A wedding tonic place at All Saints' to-day which attracted great interest all over the district The contracting parties were Mr. Horace Hewitt, third son of Capt. J. D. R. Hewitt, R.N., and Miss Abraham, eldest daughter of R. S. Abraham. The Wednesday evening exclusions and concerts at Day's Bay have become popular, and the programmes are kept up to good standard. 'To-mo:row night among those who will take part aie Miss Flora M'Kay (soprano), M.s. Margaret Sutcliffe (elocutionist), Messis. Ernest Parkes, Parker, M'Laughlin, and Blown. Court Sir Goo. Bowcn. 5084, A.O.F , held its fortnightly meeting in tho lodge room. GhuzneL'-street It was announced that Bio. W. A. >Yoilh had been appointed to lopiesent the Wellington distria ab the next. High Court meeting to be held in England. Two new members were initiated, und two proponed for membership.. J