HAWERA NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1924, Page 6

HAWERA NEWS.

THE NOLANTOWN MERGER. T'HE OBJECTORS ACTIVE. (From Out Own Reporter.) Hawera, Sept. 2®. The objectorA to the Nolantown merging proposition are actively pushing their claims ‘to remaining without the Hawera Borough and under the control of the Hawera County Council. A petition, countering 'the original peti|t‘on, has been recently circulated amongst the ratepayers of the suburb, aijd has been signed by a number satisfactory to the objectors. This petition will be lodged with 'the solicitors to-morrow to be forwarded to the Governor-Gen-eral. The decision as to whether the area shall .be merged at once or whether a commission or a poll shall decide the issue will rest with the Governor-Gen-eral. The objectors state that throughout the negotiatio-ns they have been prepared to abide by the result of a poll taken on the basis of the county franchise, but the original petitioners shave refused to accept that basis, urging that if a poll is taken it should be a poll of the residents and not of the ratepayers alone. ’ The objectors believe that the final issue will be decided either by a com-mission or a poll. AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB. THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Hawera Amateur Athletic Club was held to-night, the president (Mr. A. Grant)) presiding over an attendance of seventeen members. The annual report (already published) and the balance-sheet were adopted. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:—Patron, Mr. H. L. Spratt; president, Mr. A. Grant; vice-presidents, Messrs. F. A. Quin and L. I. Marter; committee, Messrs. R. Allen, A. E. Gorton, J. J. Goodwin, R. Foy, H. N. Lester, R. I. McGregor, C. P. Hutchinson, A. Gray, W. W. Thomas, M. R. Jones, L. Hunt, C. S. Mahoney; timekeepers, Messrs. G. Hostick and F. Foden; starter, Mr. L. I. Marter; assistant starter, Mr. M. R. Jones; honorary surgeons, Drs. A. M. Young and R. G. B. Sinclair; honorary solicitor. Mr. M. Matthews; honorary auditor, Mr. B. W. H. Smart; handicappers, Messrs. C. H. Whittington (running) and L. I. Marter (cycling) ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. G. H. Weir; assistant secretary, Mr. W. Watts; coach for field Avfcnts, Mr. C. Dahl. The secretary was voted an honorarium of £lO 10s for his services during the past year. Seven new members were elected. GENERAL ITEMS. The seventeenth anniversary of Dominion Day was celebrated in Hawera to-day, the banks, legal offices and the court closing to mark the day. Other shops were open, but the day was exceedingly quiet and little business was done. The death of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Butler’s (High St.) son. at the a.ge of two years and nine months, occurred at the Hawera Hospital yesterday. f