NO CONTEST FOR SHANNON MAYORALTY

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6890, 22 April 1929, Page 2

NO CONTEST FOR SHANNON MAYORALTY

' Ten Candidates for Council Nominations closed at noon on Wednesday for tlie Shannon Mayoralty and . eight seats on thq Borough council, lalso for a representative'on the HoroIwhcnua Electric Power board. The [sitting Mayor (Mr. E. Butt) was reelected unopposed and Mr. A. E. Hyde’s .'nomination for representative on the Power board was the only one received. Ho has therefore been elected. Ten nominations were received for the eight seats on the council, of whom six are members of tho present council Crs.' T. C. Thwaitcs, R. Downes, A. E. Hyde, Jas. Curran, sen., Jus. Curran, jun., and R, Hoolc. Crs. W. H. Gunning and E. J. S. Spencer do not seek re-election. Of the others nominated, Mr 11. Hook is the only one who has sat on the council, lie having been returned at a by-election. The newcomers arc Messrs S. Anderson. D. Laurvig and C. P. Grey. The election will take place on Wednesday, May 1.. SHANNON BOROUGH FINANCES. TREASURER’S REPORT. The finances of the borough generally have not gone back during the past year. Dealing with tho general account, the year commenced with a credit of £l2 17s 5d and closed with a credit of £25 15s Gd. The rates for the year ending 1020 (year 1927-28 given in parenthesis) were as follows: —The general rate levied £1253 Is 3d (£1255 14s 3d), returned in cash £ll2l 3s (£lllß 4s 8d), leaving £124 3s 2d (£137 9s Gd) outstanding, sanitation fee, levied £334 8s 6d (£332 4s Gd), collected £2SB 7s (£289 9s), outstanding £43 9s Gd (£42 15s Gd). Arrears of rates general and sanitary at commencement of year totalled £231 14s Id, the sum of £2lO Os 2d being collected. General and sanitary rates outstanding at end of year were £lB9 Gs. 7d, as against £231 14s Id at end of last year. Penalty on overdue rates produced for the year £SO Is 3d (£4O 0s 7d). License fees.—-Dangerous goods licenses increased £2. Eating houses increase one license. Billiard rooms, halls, hotels, sale yards, second-hand dealers the same as the previous year. Dog registration returned £3O 7s 6d (£2B 2s Gd); 10G dogs being registered against 93 for 1928. Six building permits were issued being live for new dwellings value £1545 and one for addition value £2O. Last year oleven permits were issued to the value of £1205. One for new dwelling and the remainder for additions and alterations. I may add here that the rateable value of tlm Borough in 1918 was, £117,540 and at March 31, 1928. had increa_sed to £200,125, an increaso of £B2, 285 in 10 years. Fifty new motor drivers’ licenses were issued during tho year, the fees decreasing £ll. Motor drivers licenses which expired on March 31 have been altered to May 31. Heavy Traffie License fees (the Borough proportion), produced £B4 17s 7d, an increase of £5 4s Gd over previous year. Refund one-third cost of footpath formation returned £36 12s Id (£l7 Js Id), £23 14s 3d being outstanding. Fees and fines produced £1 18s (£2l 10s Gd), a decrease of £l9 12s Gd. Rents of houses, sections shop and council rooms, returned £B2 9s (£lo^

10s), tho decrease being due to rent of shop reduction to 10s per -week. On the expenditure side wages £357 5s 4d (£461 12s 9d). ITorse feed, shoeing and repairs £ll3 8s 8d (£ll6 12s 9d), material purchased £l9O 16s Id (£172 13s lid), royalty on metal £2l 2s (£33 7s Gd). The bank interest on the council’s overdraft shows a decrease of £2 19s 9d, the figures being £ls 4s 6d for year 1928 29. and £lB 4s 3d 1927-23. The. amount transferred to various interest and sinking fund accounts for year 1927-28 totalled £164 16s _9d. Bor year closed the amount had increased to ,£207 6s 9d. The unemployment relief loan, accounted for the difference. During the current year provision will have to be made for interest and principal on the Manawatu bridge loan £1350. The sum of £B7 13s 3d was transferred from the General account to the Building account, also £55 (£25) to l'"Spit.al levy account £39 14s 3d (£7> i-vs 3d), library account and £8 14s Id (£ls) cemetery account. The public debt of the borough is £18,487 ISs lid, less accumulated sinking fuuds £B2 15s lid £18,400 3s. Year ending March 31, 1928, tho public debt less accumulated sinking funds stood at £18,661 18s 6d. The Hospital board levy account, to which tho previously mentioned £so was transferred from the general account, is in debit to £l9 4d. Outstanding rates total £ll 15s Sd. Main Highways account.—£234 13s 3d maintenance subsidy was received from the Main Highways board, £IS4 5s being received for year 1927-28. Workers’ dwelling working account. —Balance principal due for workers’ dwellings amount to £2717 10s Id and overdue interest £l3 9s 2d. Bepay monts instalments workers’ dwellings produced £196 14s 3d (£232 13s 4d). The deficiency being accounted for in one dwelling reverting to the council during the year. Be.ut is now being received for two houses and returned £59 10s (£37). Bent arrears are £lO The water maintenance account shows a credit of £33 Ss lOd after transferring to tho water supply interest account £ls; £93 10a was received during the year for extraordinary and outside tho borough water supply. The number of water connections m the borough total 240. f 1 The sum of £l9 6s 2d stands to the credit of the unemployed Tcliof account. The Stanscll drain loan account (special rating area), over which no rate has been levied during the past three years to meet interest and principal, is now in debit £lf <3 5(J> will bo necessary to again levy this rate during the current year. The water supplv interest account, though showing a-debit of £63 8s 9d, 6a M outstanding rates will meet that deficiency. The balances of the various accounts at the 31/3/29 are: General £25 15s bet, library £l2, workers’ dwelling working account £282 8s Bd, water supply maintenance £33 8s lOd. water supply loan £Bl 13s 10d, unemployed rcliet £l9 6s 9 d, all in credit; Shannon loan interest £l4 7s sd, water supply interest £63 8s 9d, hospital £l9 14s 4d, de On S March 31, 1929, the district fund account at the Bank of New Zealand was £256 2s 6d in credit, unemployed relief loan £l9 6s 2d in credit, and water supply loan £Bl 13s lOd in credit.