TE AWAMUTU NEWS.
7 - • ' 'V? '-V /V .— -• .'■ • V Vr [BX ; XKLTOttAra.—OWN COm£EfflPONßm.] • ; TE ; AWAMCTU. Friday. Several settlers : were, fined .--varying;?-:;' sums up to £10 .at •' the Magistrate's lIS Court yesterday for failing to clear their<;;>.* land of rabbits., •": : v "'-'''%FWr Te Awamuiu territorials and . senior cadets 'did fairly ; well at- the rifle meeting at; Hamilton. - All the local coronet- ' . itors but one got : prize money, while Cadet W, £, Galley was top scorer _ in' )r j|| two events. .•"•■"*' ; . y'j;g; An effort is to be made to raise sufficient funds to enable the Municipal Band-ppy to compete at; the Palmerston North contest next February. ;. A well-attended meeting was held on Wednesday:-evening at which the Mayor, _> , Mr. L. G. Armstrong, detailed the loan proposals .'. for • raising £40,000 for making permanent streets and footpaths. The '{0$ poll takes place next week. The intention is to ; borrow £3000 for expenditure before the end of March next, £5000 for the ensuing twelve months and £8000 tfiach year ? for the next four years. Most -. s . of the streets will be bitumen coated, ' and footpaths tarred and sanded. If the .• ■ proposal is rejected the Mayor made it clear that the general rate will have to be increased practically to the limit.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 14
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203TE AWAMUTU NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 14
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