LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 31384, 13 February 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The King of Egypt lias act pt. <i the Cabinet's resignation. Oiders-in-Council are gazetted authorising the Tararua Power Iktartl to purchase the KkeL iliuna and !*;■- liiatua Borough electric works. Owing to the prohibitive cost. < —timated to bo one. billion dollars, t * plan, to build another IL.nama C»* .1 has been abandoned. ‘‘Pools of filth.was the intoijtion of a Borough Councillor last evening, when the condition ol t:<* Mangahao road saleyards was «xoig ciiticisecl. Owing to heavy rain over F« ;da\ nigl'.t the Kopikipiko settlers w» • cut off on both ends of their ro.»«! by washouts. They turned to v< :k and had the road cleared by Sunday . The fortnightly meeting < i t!<«» < tddic-l'ows’ Lodge »va - held ! j night, when theie w.s a larp attendance ol nienilvr-rs. A nu:J « • «*i candidates *.ierc projiosed foi* i • ».- be r si tip. As it li. s been foi;nd nec-ess: • remove two or three dangerous corners, the Riniutaka HiH ro; d n closed between the of 4 i._ on and 6 a.in. on T? uay. R. \\ Keafv. of Paliiitua. - a •'Uccossfid c oiii|x*t:tor a* tl.e An at. ur Athkiic RKeting lield rt Mavterton on Saturday .*ociirin ;{?• * place in the ssq yards hanc.icap .* »rd place- in the 220 vai»ls iian

j “Onlv two mere meeting t«* g : remarked a Borough Couiu illc ' j evening. a\ lien Depart mental mu: \ | cation of the municipal elections j April was before the Council \ I the next meeting, the I' wi. t f will furnish a .•eport on the finam J i>os:tio!; ot the Borough ’ Any bridge on our main tnat is not capable, of carrving i« Jons sliould lx* knocked down, marked (i. J. 15. (airutliors at M .r Eketahuna County meeting on *«* urday. The Newman bridge knocked down the next day. A fire in Suva on Saturdav dotroved all the south side and } ~!j the north side of the street. I cause of the outbreak is unknov. u The water supply and hose wer leetive otherwise nnn h might :mxui saved. Ihe total dajuage i< «<- timated at £30.000 and the mun is £*20.000. There wore i„, t .;: ties, despite the fact that it n uenscly populai. d area. The question of holding an a> » noon's sports gatliering m Bahia i-.i has been m«*o«ed by several ei justs in the town. The subject v; nought hefo:e the meeting of Manga tain oka A.A. Sociotv hi-r < , "J OTI members stated thev \ . h. give tlie piojivi < very suojHnt. -■ <rai stating the gathering won..; prove an asset to the Maimat ai :•« >i. . Foxing Day gathering The pro* r‘ ; 1 support will ,*<» d,ubt giv. : I*.cal six'ri ,<- i, ... ...

I. . . .urn " ’ ,V’ r "' . a < i-riMMt-i-f nir;,lit ’ " ;»y tf:vr is iv, t v rru.-..,i lor .1 .. 1 c.'ssrul gathe ring i •, i> . i. j t rue next month. j -} n :niiiisiii!i linlo in,:. lout , r , , I ice at- one ol the ('liurchcs in : k j district- last Sunday evening. A j.»\fi hymn ami .Tin,'- ,i . lu-tore t la- fir-i Inu- ol Ili<> was sunjr it was apparent ili-ro «. *\ a-'-iiiiiyi iiu'iit in tho ■ ■on*rre.r:i ~.. fit- section was singin.r , t slow I, another was a sha.le slower. , uas still qua tor, while the was try,UK to ,ho cliHoront ",V.. f tooqthor. Stop." er'oil al.e ,r! \ 1 • I Ills is a joyful n.arehi* * hymn, but there iv ;1 diffe** t * l4 iT'Yi T o fc s '"- 11 smart!*v i ho.rt.lv. Iho sniiin] ,rj u | U;l s - 1 cossiul. i2 *