MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Issue 97, 25 September 1878, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

An attempt will shortly bo mado to start nn Amcrionn institution in Melbourne — tho District Cu'.l Company. The aim of a company of this sort (says tho Argus) 5s to furnish its customers with tho soi> vices of messengers, Offices or hon^oa nro connected in tho first placo with tho central or suburban station by moans of. tho telegraph wire: Then, should tho customer wish ft letter potted, n tolcgr-iw despatched, a doctor a cib, o>* ft polioinnn, or n firomnn sent, ho his only to raako nn appropriate signal to tho elation, and tho order will bo attended to. At n publio nicotine hold in tho Borough Council Chambers, Koss, on Tuesday owning Insl, in ra tho Mokonui Water Hnee, His Worship tho Mayor (Mr J. M. C. Mnlfroy), in tho clmir, Tho following resolutions woro curried unanimously :-— " That this mooting roconimends tho Goh vcramcrit to 'occdo to tho request of tl.e County Oonncil of Wostland in re tho construction of tho Mokotiui Water Rico and respectfully, but urgently requests that upon those terms, together with tho subsidy ns^l i*or (4530,00;)) may bo handed over to tlu» t?ouuty Council with ns littlo dolay n«i possible, so that tho works m:iy bo put in hand immediately, as th • want of a pormanont supply of water at a hii;h level retards tho prosperity of this dis* trict;" nnd " Thit a copy of the foroßoini: resolution bo forwarded to tho Ifon W. Gisborm»» Messrs Seymour Thome Geor^o nnd Bnrff, and that they be asked ro jointly uso nnd impress upon tho Govern* ment tho" necessity of currying out tho wishes of tho Westlnnd County Council and tho inhabitants of tho Totara District." Tho tender of John Wat tors Ims hectn «o « ooptod for cxtonding Ju9t*in.Timc tunnel, iho price being 25s per foot