RATES ON GROWN PROPERTY

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1934, Page 10

RATES ON GROWN PROPERTY

70 PER CENT OF PATEA’S ARREARS. SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL. Cr. A. T. Christensen submitted a report on interviews at Wellington in connection with loans conversion to the Patea Borough Council at a special meeting yesterday. The expenses incidental to the conversion would have to be carried by the general account and not by the sinking fund, he reported. There was a full attendance, the Mayor (Mr. F. Ramsbottom presiding. The resolution adopted at the previous meeting to convert the council’s loan was confirmed. Cr. Christensen on behalf of the subcommittee appointed to review the question of outstanding rents and rates reported that £B6O was outstanding in rates alone, 70 per cent, of these arrears being on Crown properties. In some cases extreme hardship existed, but in others there was no justification for the position. In some individual cases arrears totalled £4O, and the council as trustee of the ratepayers was compelled to make a stand and take action. The report was accepted. An item in the borough solicitor’s account for which payment had been withheld owing to an alleged error in instructions to a bailiff was certified, the error not having, been made by the solicitor.

" PARK TENNIS CLUB GAMES. TEAMS TO PLAY TO-MORROW. Park Tennis Club teams for to-mor-row are: A team v. Okaiawa B at Park: Hodder, Snowsill, Bamford, Johnston, Toy, Sansom, Mrs. Hodder, Mrs. Dymond, Misses Dymond, Wytkin, Wolner and Goldstone. B team v. Turuturu at Park: Arnold, Hainsworth, Horsburgh, Stone, Miss A. Watts, Mesdames Hainsworth, Snowsill and Morton-Taylor; reserve, Mrs. Hall. TOWN CLERK’S COMPLAINT. ALLEGED PATEA STATEMENT. The town clerk reported at last evening’s meeting of the Patea Borough Council that a statement in which his honesty had been impugned had been made by a councillor following the last meeting. A charge of withholding certain correspondence from the meeting had' been made. Cr. Haworth admitted making the statement and explained the circumstances. He tendered a fup. apology to the town clerk, which was accepted. PERSONAL. Mr. R. Morrissey, formerly of Hawera, has returned to Inglewood. He has been in ill-health for some time and has been staying at Hawera. Mr. T. Herbert, Morrissey Street, Hawera, who has been in ill-health, for some weeks, has had a serious relapse and has entered a private hospital. GENERAL ITEMS. Hawera Unemployed. Relief work for this week has been allocated to 117 Hawera registered unemployed—eight A class men, 69 B, and 40 C class men. Schnapper Bay to Ohawe. Over a dozen members of the Hawera Swimming Club had a long swim together on Sunday. Setting out from Schnapper Bay, they swam well out to sea and then in to the beach at the Ohawe bathing sheds. Iceland Poppies at Booster Site. The small reserve on the Hawera booster site at the intersection of Waihi and Glover Roads is a riot of gay colours with Iceland poppies. Brilliant reds and dainty pinks predominate. OPERA HOUSE TALKIES. SUCCESS OF “THE WORKING MAN.” “The Working Man,” starring George Arliss, enjoyed a very successful opening on Saturday and Monday at the Hawera Opera House. There is probably a tendency to measure up an Arliss picture by a comparison with his splendid performance in “Disraeli.” Though in "The Working Man” there is not a historical background, such a mental measurement of his latest picture will not leave the scales heavily weighed in favour of “Disraeli” for entertainment value, nor should there be found any great disparity in the standard of the Arliss characterisations. As Reeves, a shoe manufacturer, in “The Working Man,” it is the Arliss of old who is the central figure of this excellent production. The story is a neat one, and, what is more, Arliss has plenty of scope for high dramatic acting and his quiet humour. He is supported by a very fine cast. Walt Disney’s latest silly symphony, “Three Little Pigs,” is probably his best, a charming and amusing cartoon round the story of the pigs and’ the wolf, with the catchy tune, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” running through it.