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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 117, 18 April 1931, Page 8

Tramway tares in Wanganui declined by £3097 'last year. There are still about 50 patients from the earthquake area in the rainier s ton North Hospital. Hamilton experienced 4.8 degrees of frost on Tuesday morning and 4.6 degrees on Wednesday morning. The value of new buildings for which permits were issued in Wellington last year was £1,029,161, as against £2,033,248 for the previous year. The Wairarapa Hospital Board has decided to reduce the weekly allowance of the old men in the Solway and Greytown homes from two shillings to ono shilling.

By forcing the lock a thief collected the money in a stamp machine at the Dominion Road post office in Auckland one evening this week. There was os 4d in pennies in the machine. A slight increase was shown in the number of unemployed registered at labour bureaux for the week ended April 13. The total was 37,558, compared with 37,598 for the previous seven days, an apparent decrease of 40. Fatal injuries were‘received by Mrs Elfrcda Burton, aged 80, of Sandringham, as a result of being knocked down by a tram in Auckland yesterday. Deceased received severe head injuries and a compound fracture of the leg. She died soon alter admission into hospital. The Butt County Council yesterday decided to suggest to the local bodies concerned that a conference should be held with the object of taking steps to protect the upper reaches of the Hutt River from becoming silted up and thus preventing serious iloods such as were experienced at Easter time. An adventurous honeymoon is being spent by a young Dunedin couple. The bridegroom,' after flying from Dunedin to New Plymouth for the wedding, piloted his bride by air to Auckland. Later on they resumed . their aerial honeymoon, intending to make surprise' visits to friends at various places on the way back to Dunedin. “Jamie for Bravery, 1931.” This was the inscription on a gold medal which was presented to Jamie Gordon, aged 16 years, at Dilworth School, Auckland, yesterday by Archdeacon Mac Murray, in recognition of a gallant action at Huia during the January holidays. In honour of the occasion the school observed the rest of the day as a holiday. Notwithstanding the great destruction of whales in the southern seas, there still appear to be plenty of mammals left. Captain Williams, of tlio Holmdale, which arrived in Dunedin on Thursday, states that after his vessel passed Akaroa lighthouse ou Wednesday morning schools of whales could bo seen. In fact, he says, he never saw so many whales in his life before. There are only two candidates in the field for the Dunedin city mayoralty, Mill. S. Black, the present Mayor, and Cr. W. A. Scott, chairman of the tramways committee. Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P., has been nominated for the mayoralty of Christchurch. So far lie is the only nominee, but Mr William Hayward has been chosen as the Citizens Association’s candidate. Joint schemes of road inspection among counties were advocated by Mr F. W. Furkert, chief engineer of the Public Works Department, when the Highways Board visited Palmerston North yesterday. He offered that suggestion to the Manawatu districts, stating that the board granted a £1 for £1 subsidy. He pointed out that in Wairarapa an inspector had collected £IOO in fines in three months and had probably saved £SOO damage to tho roads. ‘Others ought to get busy. In view of the fall that has taken place in the value of land, Mr D. Jones recently asked the Minister in charge of the Valuation Department, Hon. E. A. Ransom, whether he would make provision for a general order reducing land valuations in the Dominion by 33 1-3 per cent. “Government roll valuations,” replied the Minister in the House of Representatives yesterday, “are used only for rating and taxation purposes. Ratepayers would derive no benefit from a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent, in all valuations 4 as such reduction would necessitate a corresponding increase in the rates levied. In some counties a reduction would be to the disadvantage of ratepayers, owing to the fact that a smaller subsidy on general rates would be payable to the local authority. A wholesale reduction in all valuations is not considered to bo neeessary at present.”

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