COUNTY COUNCIL'S ECONOMY.
,OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
[BY Gisborne, Sunday. ;:■ A roticy of retrenchment, necessitated by rf ■•».*, the reduced area of the county consequent upon the severance of the Waikohu ', : County and the stringency of the times, 1 ".has been adopted by the newly-returned members of the Cook County Council. • . Practically the whole of Friday's meeting was devoted to the consideration of ways and means. Economy, it was clearly iii- • % " dicated, will have to be exercised, the current year's revenue being only sufli--1 ctejit for maintenance, and the prosecu- ( tion of new works will have to be .abandoned. Retrenchment has started in the Council's staff,, it being decided to - disperse with' the services of an overseer and to cut down the salaries of i . several officers. • ? • $MM : »:-'\ : ■■:■■':■■:■'■ '. i :■■■- . i :■■' ; ' , - :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13926, 7 December 1908, Page 5
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127COUNTY COUNCIL'S ECONOMY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13926, 7 December 1908, Page 5
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