NORMANBY NEWS
TOWN BOARD MEETS. The monthly meeting of the Nor* manby Town Board was held on Tuesday, those present being Commissioners Preston (chairman), Leydon, Lloyd and Galloway. . , £ Correspondence was received from the Railway Department drawing attention to the existing regulations dealing with the erection and-maintenance of safety, at railway crossings and. requesting the board to see that those, signs under its jurisdiction were brought up to date. The matter was held over to enable an inspection to bo made. Mr. Gooding, of the Health Depart* ment, who attended, made one or two suggestions for improvement in the dis* posal of rubbish, etc. He congratulated the board on the up-to-date sanitary system recently inst alled in the di easing rooms at the hall. Rates struck for- the ensuing year are to be the same as last year, namely, a town‘rate of 2%d and a county rate of 2%d. TENNIS CLUB BALL. The first annual ball organised by th® Normanby Tennis Club promises to ba a ’great success. Already energetic com* mittecs are making elaborate arrange* ments to ensure that those who attend I will have an enjoyable time. DecoraItions will be on an ambitious scale, while the supper, which is in the hands of a ladies’ committee, will leave nothino- to be desired. For the big event, , which takes place on Wednesday, July 24, Wills’ Melody Makers’ full orchestra has been engaged. PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. N.' W. Robertson, of the. HawerS branch of the Bank of Australasia, left yesterday for Invercargill on annual Dr. R. J. R. Mecredy, Taranaki district health officer, is visiting schools in tho Hawera district. GENERAL ITEMS. A bonus of Hd will be paid by th® Kaponga Dairy Company on July for last season, with the exception oi November, when Is 8d was paid, ;. Thia . bonus payment will make the average price for the year Is 7 5-8 d pel* lb. o but-ter-fat. There has been an; increase in production, and, owing to the trea use of top-dressing, the company antici* pates an even more successful season- . Judgment for £9, the agreed price or a petrol engine, was given by Mr? J. * Salmon, 'S.M., at Hawera y c^, e .™ a^ lT^ . favour of Harry Barratt, a wera, as plaintiff against Alfred Ji ■ Sorenson, a carpenter, Oadnui. As the result of a shop day J , euchre party and dance at Manaia £25 will bo available for the earthquake relief fund. The effort was carried ouq by a committee of ladies. . . The attention of all interested Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs iq , drawn to the annual meeting .of the a sociation to-morrow morning in the wera borough chambers at 11 ocio' * . The Rotokare Park Board met at L tham on Tuesday. The secrete y , ported that the right to trap P . in the reserve had been let to M _ i Burton. There were three other p* ! plications for th® right. The action was confirmed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1929, Page 6
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