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Otago Witness, Issue 3828, 26 July 1927, Page 48

The report of the engineer in chief and "Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department (Mr F. W. Furkert) relative to the Waipori hydro-electric development, and more particularly the dam at Mahinerangi, has now come to hand. It has been referred to the city engineer to report further on the whole matter regarding the dam, and also to the city electrical engineer to report on the electrical development aspect of the matter. These reports, when to hand, will be further reviewed by th e town clerk, who will summarise the proposals and report generally on the whole question. The Electric Power and Lighting Committee will then be in a position to consider th© matter in detail and submit its recommendations to the council. The war memorial at Waikouaiti is to take the form of a bridge across the main road, near the Post -Office. The abutment and parapet walls are to be built of Woodhaugh stone, and the arch, which is to span the footpath, is to be of sandstone, with white marble panels for the names. The total cost will be in the vicinity of £6OOO. The tender of Messrs 11. S. Bingham ham and Co. has been accepted for the erection of the memorial, which was designed by Mr O. Macfie. Seventeen bankruptcies were notified in last week’s issue of the New Z-ealand Gazette. Nine of the number were in the South Island.

VJSth regard to the letter from Dr Stuai-t Moor<», convenor of the Mental Hygiene Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Otago University, suggesting that the City Council nominate a representative to act on a Provisional Committee to be set up to organise a Provincial Council of th© British National Council of Mental Hygiene the Finance Committee of the council is of the opinion that the aims and objects of the proposed organisation, whil© undoubtedly of great national value, are outside the functions of a municipal council. It is recommended therefore that the City Council bo not represented on the proposed committee. It is reported by the Clutha Leader that the Electoral Boundaries Commissioners are likely to agro© to the request that Clinton should l>e restored to the Clutha electorate. An Order in Council published in the Gazette fixes fees payabla under the Coroners Amendment Act, 1920. As from August 1 a coroner, a deputy-coroner, or justice of the peace, other than a stipendiary magistrate, will be paid £1 Is. for every inquest held. When not required to make a post-mortem examination, a medical witness will receive a fee of £-1 Is for attending and giving evidence at an inquest. For making a post-mortem examination- and attending an inquest to give evidence of the result, a medical witness will lie paid £3 3s. In addition, a coroner, deputy -coroner, or justice of the peace, and medical witnesses will be paid an allowance for locomotion expenses other than those reasonably incurred in travelling by tai), coach, or steamboat, at. the rate of 2s per mile, counted oi“’-vw only.