PAHIATUA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 47, 24 January 1936, Page 16

PAHIATUA.

PAHIATUA, Jan. 24. The monthly meeting of the Pahiatua Borough Council was held last evening, the Mayor (Mr J. IX Wilson) presiding. Also present were Crs. W. March, J. O’Brien, N. Britland, J. Sturton, S. X. Siddells, A. B. Donald and W. Brown. Before commencing the business, the Mayor moved a resolution expressing deep regret at the news of the death of the King and expressed the council’s deepest sympathy with members of the ltoyai Family. iVlessrs Dunea’n and Cotterill, solicitors, of Christchurch, wrote concerning the propound purchase of one-eighth of an acre section, portion of the Balfour Estate, required by the council for water supply purposes. The conditions of sale were:—The price to be £100; there to be reserved to the owners an easement giving an unrestricted right to use water flowing above or below the surface of the rest of the property for all purposes connected with the estate, whether it continues to be worked as a whole or as a subdivision. The trustees also desired a guarantee that they would not be liable to contribute toward the cost of any dividing fence or to take such steps as may be necessary to prevent any injury to stock. The council was of the opinion that the price asked was unreasonable and it also objected to the stipulation regarding water rights. It was decided to send the Mayor to Christchurch to discuss the matter with the trustees and endeavour to come to some better agreement. Accounts amounting to £5134 13s od were passed for payment. It was decided to effect repairs to the footpaths in Cambridge, Dawson and Princess Streets. It was also decided, in connection with the Huxley Stieet drain to build a concrete culvert 2o feet long across the drain at the intersection of Cambridge and Huxley Streets The treasurer (Mr Lovelock) reported that the amount of rates struck for the 1935-36 rear was £4104 8s 6d, and that rates collected to date amounted to £IBB2 11s 6d; Hus left a balance to be collected of £22/1 Its. Notice under the provisions of section 76 of the Rating Act, 1925, nad been given, notifying ratepayers that the additional 10 per cent, penalty would bo added to alt rates remaining unpaid on February 14. Apportionment of the heavy traffic fees in the ho. 10 heavy traffic district, amounting to , I ± '" r ls 5d had been received from the Masterton County Council, representing the payment for the period of two license quarters ended August 31, 1935 and November 30. 1930. After some discussion a committee comprising the Mayor and Crs. Sturton and Brown was set up to confer with Rev. Mr Wilson with regard to a suitable programme for the memorial service for the late King George The overseer reported as follows: A new.culvert has been put in on Mr Mar shall’s property. Main Street, and also to Mr J. Murdoch’s property in Main Street. Water pipes have been ed at the corner of Princess and Tindall Streets. New has been placed on Albert and King Street bridges. Tar-patching has been done on the roadway and footway in Main Street. The team has completed movim: the grass in the streets and at tllc Recreation Ground. Metal has been mixed with clav in Edward Street. The reservoir,was inspected at legular intervals during the month. t At 10 a.m. yesterday citizens cath•ere<l at the town s central flagstaff for the reading of the Royal proclamation following which the assembly joined in singing the National Anthem and the band played several appropriate unusual sight was witnessed vesterdav when a pony which was harnessed to a gig. b ? Ked, cleared a fence with the trap following and after a mad career along Main Street fin,shed up beside a tree in one of. the Square’s garden plots. Fortunately no 01 Miss aS i\tolly‘ Morinrty has_ reGirned home after a short visit to Master ton. Mr and Mrs .T. W. Sturton have returned to Pahiatua after an extended holiday in the north. Mr and Mis fct ” r - OPW and family, of Nuhaka, are the S“of Mr and Mrs H. Smith. Mrs J G Swainson, Miss Frances and Master Geoffrev Swainson are home again after a short visit to Wanganui. Rev. C M. Roberts and Mrs Roberts left for Foxton Beach -yesterday.. Miss Marie Harvev, of Mangatamoka is an inmate of a 'pri vate hospital. Airs H. AtcQuilkin. of Ruawhnta. who has been seriously ill. is on a health recuperating trip to Wellington Contain H. Nimmo and Dr. J . R Boyd, of M ellinoton, have been fishing in the Pahiatua district and hawe been the guests of Air and Airs G. Smith, of Ha mu a.