MANAWATU

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 8

MANAWATU

. <BI TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL TO THE POST.). . PALMERSTON N., This Day. ■Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bennett, who have been on a visit to Sydney,, returned to P^merstbn North yesterday.' ; At a meeting of the .Borough.Council complaints were made that people were paying as much as 200 per cent, more for electric light than they did: for gas,but the Mayor replied that- many of the electricity meters had been hurriedly installed, and not properly checked. This, however, could be attended to at once. „ At a. meeting of the Master Grocers' Association all those present expressed themselves as. being ,opposed. to. keeping open to a lain, hour on Saturday-night.. It was decided to, petition the Minister of Labour, asking that the closing hour for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, arid I Friday be> 5.30. p.m;, for Wednesday 12.30 p.m., and Saturday 6 p.m. ; The Borough 'Council has decided that white lines shall be painted on the foot--paths in order to remind pedestrians to keep to the left. '. ■ _ A scheme suggested by the engineer for converting the municipal bath into a tepid bath at a cost of about £6500 hag been adopted by the Borough Council. The Manawatu Association . football team to play Wellington on the Showgrounds'on Friday is as follows:— Goalkeeper, Cutler; full-backs, Askam and Eobson; half-backs, Bell, Dick, and Stevens; forwards, Chapman, Davis, Travers (captain)", Kennedy, and Hearsey; reserves, Wheeler and' West (backs), arid M'Leod and Crowne, jun. (forwards). . . ._.).. The speaker at yesterday's meeting of the Lunch Club was' the Ee'v. G. T. Brow.n, who delivered an interesting address on "The Vagaries of Language."' The Borough pouncil has'decided to . accept the. offer ,of the Minister of Education to sell the site of the old Campbell Street School for, £20CO, payable in five instalments of '£400 each. The ground will be used as a children's playing area. ', . •