Miscellaneous

Colonist, Volume XL, Issue 8746, 21 December 1896, Page 3

Miscellaneous

Ddnsdin, December 19

The Union Company has porohased from Messrs Donald and Edenborough, of Auckland, their Mind steacier Riohmoad, wbioh for some jeare bas been running io t K e Aucklaad-Karatonp;a-Tahiti trade. It is the inteption of tbe Union Company to ex'end tha Iboilities f^r trading with tbeae islands.

Wellington, November 19

Ihe Government has dtoided to take steps to prevent the introduction of "hi bubonio plagae prevalent in ladia and the East, and ins ructions will be issue.! to the Boards of Heaith and Costomi offioers.

New paasea on the railway ere t ) ba isaned to members of Par'iameot The old paesei can be retained on payment of £1, bat they will be of value only as souvenuß.

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The bo m of £2000 has been passed fog the Motueka Valley section of the Midland railway, and £1500 far additions to Stamp Office.

The question of encroachment on city streets is coming to a head. About 750 notices have been served by the City Council on occupiers, and some of the latter intern! to resist at any cost. They contend that tha alignments have followed the original surveys and that some of them are fifty year 3 old, and the Council has no right to interfere noWg In other cases the Council itself is alleged to have failed to cut the streets the proper width by a toot or two, and where housed had been built up to the edge of the steep bank it is a serious and expensive matter fot owners if compelled to interfere with thg property, and it will greatly depreciate the value. A suggestion is made to try one 08 two extreme cases by way of a test.