COBDEN NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1928, Page 5

COBDEN NOTES

(Our O?vn Oorreßpondent.)

The weather of late has been wet enough to fill every pothole and crater. “Did you get your washing dry?” is the vexed question of the housewife. The economic state of things was upset, labourers and others on outside jobs doing short time. The bar conditions, fortunately, have improved as a result, and hopes are entertained that now better conditions prevail, the miners will have full time, and send theix* product along to the wharfies to fill the ships. The new Town Board will soon get into the stride, but what gait it will cut remains to be seen. At any rate, “Progress for Cobden” was long ago screeched from its doorstep, so tihis policy will, as far as possible, no doubt be practised. Striking the rates wil 1 be on the unimproved value. Here it may be remarked that at Greymouth and Runanga the Hopital rate is levied on the capital value. Ratepayers are on tiptoe to see what the next rate demands will amount to. In any case, the Board is empowered to levy only sufficient to amount to that under the capital value. The road dissected by the quarry railway lines is badly in need of adjustment. Ruts running parallel with the rails are dangerous to cyclists, particularly to forks of machines. There is no reason why unnecessary spaces could not be filled in with asphalt.