OAMARU NEWS NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13780, 19 December 1906, Page 5

OAMARU NEWS NOTES.

(FrOU Que Own CORRT.SPOXDZNT.)

OAMARU, December 18. Tho Oamant Borough Council on Friday evening decided to take steps to Boat .1 loa,n of £5000 for the new town lull, a 2d rate being struck (but Jiofc necessarily levied) as security for t.he interest. The building ia rapidly, work being greatly facilitated by the u.-e of a largo circular machine saw, with which tho contractors (Messrs li. Winslcy and Sons) are cutting tiie stone. The saw, which had to ho imported from Queensland, cuts tho efono at a great speed, and is rcganlcd here as marking a now era in the handling of Oamaru stone.

The council oil Friday evening received from the Treasury Department an intimation that «, sum which had accrued iw subsidy been retained in part payment of £84, which was being charged against Hie council 'bv the Railway Department for the maintenance of the combined rood and railway bridge over tho Waitaki River, 14 miles away. The annual charge appears to bo £&. The council decided to protest against money being stopped out of subsidy for maintenance of a bridge for which the town should have no responsibility. Tho Waitaki County Council similarly protested for some time, but recently found its action was useless, and agreed to pass the. item through its balance sheet. Mddle. Doloieii delighted lovers of music in Oamaru on Friday evening wiili one of her recitals. The house was the largest seen hero for some time, and probably represented to tho management a larger sum of money than has ever been taken at the. doors for a concert in Oamaru. Some fine fish have recently been caught by anglers on the Waitaki River, including ono 17-poundor and an 18-pounder. A large number of fishermen are whipping tho stream juet now. -but rather to the detriment of ono another's prospects.