MANAWATU

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 13

MANAWATU

<Kl' TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL TO IBS EOST.S

PALMERSTON N., This Day. In a report submitted to the Borough Council the electrical engineer stated that : 6Sr~coiisumcrs had made application and signed up- for a supply of electricity. At the quarterly meeting of the Council- of Christian .Churches, Mr. G. H. Bennett'was elected acting-chairman for the- remainder of the term in place of the Rev.' H. G. Blackburne, who has' retired owing to ill-health. , ... The West End School' Committee- has. decided that the children from ' the school will not participate ■in any excursion to Wellington on the occasion of the. visit, of the. vessels of the fleet.' It was considered that' an 'excursion would entail too many anxieties'-and that facilities for dealings with school excursions were lacking in Wellington. , The Borough Council has decided to take action against a motorist who allegedly drove his car across1 one. of ■ tho grass plots alongside" a roadway in the town, '. : ■• . Of £53,876 2s levied by^ the. Borough Council by way of rates "last- year only £117 17s .7d was outstanding 'at tho end of the financial year.'Mr. R. Martin, postmaster at Palmer.ston North, who is at present on bis annual leave, will resume his duties on Friday ■, next. Mr. W. F. Jarvie who is_ relieving'-Mr. Martin,. will leave for1 Timaru 'on Friday on relieving duty Mr. W. Turner, who has been chairman of the College Street School-Com-mittee for the .past two years,' is not seeking re-election to the committee this' year. ■ ' ' A.financial statement submitted by the Mayor (Mr. F. ,J. Nathan) to * the Borough Council' showed that the year had closed with a credit balance of £13,457 16s. ' : ' ' ■- .