PAHIATUA

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 195, 19 July 1937, Page 4

PAHIATUA

PAHIATUA, July 16.

.Mrs \Y. G. Eising presided over a meeting of the .MaUomaho Women’s Institufe yesterday afternoon. It was decided to plant flowering cherries in the school ground on Arbor Day. .Mrs AlcAlurtrie donated two trees, Mr A. W. Hamilton offering to superintend the planting. .Mr Hamilton gave a talk on gladioli culture. A competition was won by Mrs G. lloggard. The monthly competition, judged by Mr Hamilton, was won by .Mrs lloggard, with Miss D. Day second and Mrs AlcAJurtric third.

Mr J. D. Wilson presided over a meeting of the Tararua Power Buard this week. The secretary-manager reported that sales as recorded tit the cad of June showed a slight reduction on last year’s figures. This was evidently accounted for by the revision of Iho tariff charges. A Jotter signed by several residents of liongomai complained of interference which upset their radio sets. The engineer (Mr Fraser) said that the complaint only came in the previous day and his staff hud not liacl time to attend to it yet. Mr Taylor reported having spent several days in*'the Alcitio County to ascertain so far ns pos sible the strength of the local sentiment towards the reticulation of that district. Not one settler had turned down tho question of guarantee and none declined to give a promise. No pressure had been brought to boar on tho parties interviewed. “Assuming flint the scheme as originally drafted would requiro an annual revenue of £2IOO on a capital expenditure of £12.000, and assuming further that modifications and adjustments will enter into tlio proposition that, may make the first scheme unrecognisable, there is at least £I7OO tentatively promised or in sight. As this amount of revenue is wifhin view, there is justificaiton for proceeding with negotiations to a fuller extent than I have been' able to conduct so far,” ho added. 'Die chairman said tho ground work had boon done and it only remained for an engineer lo make a survey of the routes. Tho chairman, and Messrs Bisset and Car. rutliers were appointed to find a. suitable man for the new Akitio area.