LOCAL AND GENERAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1222, 10 June 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Musical and Dramatic Society will be held tonight. The billiard room license held by Mr F. Lipscombe was, at last night's meeting of the Borough Council, transferred to Mr Michael Kaveney. Advice was received by the Borough Council last night that before the half-holiday, fixed by the last poll, could be altered, another poll will require to be taken. A meeting is called for Thursday night in the Chronicle buildings of anyone interested in starting hockey clubs in Te Kuiti.'

'1 he premises occupied by Mr J. Bates, draper, have been purchased by Messrs Tammadge and Young, land agents, who will take possession when the lease expires, in a few months.

The annual general meeting of the Te Kuiti Bowling Club will be held on Thursday, June 19th. A full attendance is requested.

I he Te Kuiti golfers spent Saturday in practise matches, about 25 players participating. Competition fixtures are to be arranged shortly.

Those splendid official pictures, showing the surrender of the German fleet, will be exhibited in Te Kuiti very shortly. 1 hey will occupy the first half of the programme at one theatre, and the second half at the other, in order to suit the convenience of patrons. A rare sprint occurred yesterday morning, when a gentleman with an overcoat on, who may have been a runner thirty or forty years ago, essayed to catch the 10 o'clock train, which was drawing out of the station. Heeding the admonitions of the numerous bystanders, he ran his best, but, as disuse causes atrophy of any faculty, stiffness overcame him. He persevered, however, and just managed to jump on the guard's van, amidst the plaudits of the multitude. A notice board informing returned soldiers of the whereabouts of the clubroom is to be erected in Rora Street. The shops closed for the first time on Saturday night, but were open to 5.30 p.m. owing to the King's birthday coming that week. From now on, the shops wiil close on Saturday afternoons and evenings. The beautiful young matron, at a ball in a northern town in England, was dancing for the third time with a smart young officer, and said to him : " Do you know, captain, I can't get it out of my head that we have met before." " I don't doubt it in the leist, madam," answered the officer, courteously. " I was your milkman three years ago." When at Devonport, said Cr R. B. Webber, at last night's meeting of the Borough Council, he saw a motor car which cost £l7O converted into a fire motor. It carried six men, a ladder, dragged a reel, and was fairly up-tc~datc. Could not something similar be done here? The matter was referred to the Legal and Finance Committee.

Fiji, Fanning Island, Honolulu, Japan, Canada, North and South America, United Kingdom, Expeditionary Forces, Europe, and continent of Europe, via Vancouver (via Niagara) close Friday, June 13th, 8 p.m.

" When one leaves Frankton junction in order to come North," observed Mr R. B. Webber, at the Te Kuiti Borough Council meeting, "one leaves civilisation —or, at least, that is the view that is taken by the Railway Department, which puts on the worst possible passenger cars, and gives the worst possible train services. The early morning train from Te Kuiti j misses all connections at Frankton, ! and so great is the overcrowding sometimes that people have to stand on the platforms. The train from iaumarunui to Frankton should be treated as an express likes the Thames and Rotorua expresses, and better accommodation provided. The long I seats are a torture to second class passengers." When Mr W. V. Lorigan mentioned that the Chamber of «Commerce was moving in the matter, the subject was dropped. Two tenders were received by the Borough Council for painting the outside of the Fire Brigade station. The amounts were £l7 and £8 15s. The tender of Mr John D. Wills at the lower figure was accepted. The Mayor, Mr G. P. Finlay, explained, in answer to Cr J. F. Walsh, at last night's meeting of the Borough Council, that when statutory holidays other than Saturday occurred in any week, the shops were legally open on the Saturday following. "Absolute twaddle," observed the Mayor, Mr G. P. Findlay, at the Council meeting last night, when a letter was read from the Hon. G. W. Russell giving a list of the events of the great war. Cr Blackman agreed, and said the preparations of such statements were keeping men in jobs who otherwise might not be able to support themselves. The district Health Officer, Dr Monk, accompanied by the Mayor, Mr G. P. Finlay, visited a number of sites suggested for the Te Kuiti Hospital. In the morning, Inspector Calderwood also went round with him. Dr Monk will report to his Department.

In conversation with a Chronicle representative, Mr D. J. Young, who was a prominent borough councillor and a member of the first council, said he had taken a great interest in the electric light proposition, and referred lo its early vicissitudes. "I wanted first to see it established," he said, " and then t6 see it on a better footing. I am very pleased to see the change come about, and to learn that it is now paying. I hope the tenure problem will be taken in hand right away, and then the town and district will forge ahead. It is pleasing to come back and meet my old friends."

On the motion of Cr. R. B. Webber, the Borough Council decided last night to write to the Postal Department and ask for a reply to the Council's request for the establishment of additional posting boxes in the town.

The Town Clerk (Mr F. Edward Lamb) drew the attention of the Borough Council last night to the plans for the garage structure being erected near the Municipal Buildings. He pointed out that the front entrance was not only unpretentious, but unsightly, and would spoil the appearance of the Rora Street frontages. It was an ideal backblock frontage, he said, without the slightest design. When the town planning proposals became law, such things would not be permitted. The tearoom and the ladies' waiting room had skylights, but no windows. The council had not granted any permit for the erection of the building, and it was a question whether it should be allowed. Cr.Lorigan: "Thisreveals another aspect of the tenure question." The motion was referred to the legal committee.