The Minister of Public Works, replying to a request that the Oovernment take over the Upper Waioeka special rating loan of £4OOO. 1 ins advised the Opoliki County Council that, there was no legislative authority to do so. Investigations would be made during the year by the Lands Department into mounty indebtedness. Cr. Small referred to a similar position in the Raglan County and said the difficulty had been overcome by the Government making a subsidy on the interest to the. extent of £3OO. The county clerk was instructed to make inquiries.—Guardian. “ ROLES.” The choice of the “Rolox” Watch as a gift for your friend is a rare compliment to }iis or her appreciation of beauty, arid a tribute to your own good taste; and they tiro so moderately priced as to be within the reach of most people. Demand that the name “Roles” be on the dial or on the movement, and resolutely refuse all substitutes; Any reputable jeweller will be proud to show them to you.*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16923, 11 April 1929, Page 5
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