TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11856, 21 May 1909, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Wliil-t cutting a hedge a few days a,'o. Mr A. F. Matthews received a painful injury to his eye. > The Gisborne Rifles and Gisborne Defence Cadets parade at the Garrison Hall to-night fur inspection by Colonel Bauehop, CC'.D. A.; Mr Bio Wn lee is suffering from a .coy ere cold, he will hs tillable to sing nL Mi : '» Mcllhone's complimentary concert this evening. Mr R. A.. Mitchell has kindly consented to sing in Mr Brownlee's plate. Choice residential sites are still commandir.T high prices in Timaru. A rj«artor-acre section close to Caroline llav has just changed hand.* at between £600 and £700, and it is in its bare The Oamaru freezing works have dealt with 120,000 carcases of sheep and lambs so far this season, which fs expected to be a record one for Oamaru ia tho matter of the export of frozen meat. Mr J. P. Luke, M.P.j, interviewed in Au-dilnnd by a Star reporter, remarked: 'Your policy of privately-owned trams docs not strike me as bein.j in the best intercuts of the community. I have had tho opportunity of studying the municipal life of the Dominion, and I unh?nitntimjlv &vy that all utility arid public conveniences should be under the control of tho miiiuicipalty. After making a comparison of the tramway services of tho Dominion, I am convinced that Wellington fines not hold Fecond place to any. The tramways in Wellington pay their way. and not only pay interest nnd sinking fund, but usually between £4 CCO and £5000 to the good, and this fum is spent in increasing the plant and affording additional public facilities. From what ,1 have seen in Auckland, nnd comparing it with what we have in Wellington. I should say that the people of Auckland would be acting in their own interests if they acquire the trani service at the earliest possible moment."