WINDFALL FOR COUNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1928, Page 6

WINDFALL FOR COUNCIL.

OLD GOLDFIELDS ACCOUNT

P AERO A. Alay 7

The Ohinemuri County Council, at its monthly meeting, received a letter from the Treasury advising that £1037 7s 2d had been placed to the credit of the council. . “The Auckland .district goldfields suspense account,” wrote tlie Re-ceiver-General, “to which all goldfields revenue collected in the Auckland Provincial district since the early days has been credited and then disbursed to the local authorities and natives, had recently been closed. The balance remaining in the account disclosed that various accounts remained undistributed and a search of old records has revelaed that, owing to the insufficiency of details concerning certain amounts credited to the account in past years, sucli amounts were not definitely allocated to tlie local authorities concerned. The investigation showed that £lO3l 7s 2d is the portion due to the Ohinemuri County. Council.” . , The letter was received on a unanimous vote.

Those interested are reminded of the chrysanthemum show to be held in the Empire Hull to-morrow. The doors will bo open from 2 p.m. continuously. At 2.30 p.m. tho show*-will bo formally opened by Mr J. Wallace, donor of the cup for tho garden competition, which will be presented to the winner, Air W. C. Collier, who will hold it for a year. For the convenience of exhibitors the secretary will be in attendance at, the Empire Hall this evening at 7 o’clock to receive entries. It is hoped that the public will give the show generous support. A number of nurserymen have intimated their intention to make a display of chrysanthemums.