DISTRICT NEWS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 5 May 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS

STOKE. IJOAD BOARD. The monthly rnee; in,;' of the Stoke Road Board was held' on Saturday evening, there being present Mo.-isrs Jo.eph K. Bartlett. John Best. Thomas ]». Chisnall, H. T. Palmer. A. P. Allport, and David CJiblin. The clerk took the chair, mid announced the result of the recent election, the whole of the members above net out being elected unopposed. On the motion of Messrs Allport and Chf.nall, Mr 'Bartlett was elected i hairman, a compliment whijh Mr Bartlett acknowledged in a brief speech, stating that in the the members of the Board worked together in a most cordial way, and he hoped, as bp fell sure would be the case, the same plonrant relations would continue. The chairman took occasion to welcome to the Board meeting. Messrs H. T. Palmer and D. friblin. 'Mr Bartlett further referred to the retirement of the late chairman, Mr William Coleman, who. & services he eulogi -ed. The overseer (Mr John Glen) reported that in Stoke the ditch on Mars:?en's road hnd been cleared out, and in-truc-tions given to the roadman to* start repairs at Tahunanui on Monday morning. He had been, able to make a very satisfactory arrangement with Mr Knglebrecht for out ing down'bank en road through Hur;thoiise Estate, Fairry's road and the Stoke back road reoufrcd repairs, whi-h would be put in hand. Tn the Appleby district ruts had been raked in and gravelling done en Bell's and' Church roads. In the Hope district a cement culveit had been put in on Campbell's road, and water drained away near Paton's , gate. The culvert at the corner of Appleby and M-'lcrhn's roads had been repaired. The ditch on FauhaU"s road required clearing to avoid flooding the road, and this would be done. The report was adopted.

The members for the diftriet were deputed to go with the overseer when he inspected the work at Tahunanui. - Accounts amounting to £47 Were passed for payment.

Before leaving the parade ground at I Timaru, the General was waited upon I t>y one cf the Re erve Corp*, Mr P. Thomson, who produced' .an Indian Cross earned in the Gwalior campaign, by Private Harnett, whose son, the holder of the medal, is a farmer at St. ' Andrews. Sir lan, who knows India, well, at once recognLed the medal, and his eyes lighted up as he turned it over. He-was asked to appraise it.s value, bub he was not prepared to do so rashly. He said that it would probably fetch £ls. but he advised) the* owner to keep it for its sentimental value, which was beyond mere money. Sir lan added that while in .Melbourne he had' seen one ot the best private collection-, of medals in the world. The cross, which is of silver and bronze, is a .Maharajpoor Star, given f>r an enjrasrerrent at that place on December 29, 1843. ,A GROCER "S R~. O MiMEND ATI JJN. "For tne past twenty years," writes Mr R. Harrison, Grc.vcr, Parramatta Rd. and Catherine St., Leichardt, ) N.S.W. "1 have been a sufferer from Diarrhoea, and although I have tried various prescriptions have found nothing relieve me like Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. I always keep a bottle for my own use at my private residence and at my store." Sold everywhere.*.