GERALDINE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 7569, 23 May 1914, Page 7

GERALDINE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION.

A A meeting <>i Ilio ideraliiue Utocressive A-sod.i I lull Was net.l Ki la., uni'oiigh Loaned L luunners un i nursday night, when there was a fair aUcattanee uiul Air <.!. Jl. L'rctmcr li,r v s.Ucul ) pivs,d v d. TKANSIT lAVt.'l UTUiS. Ar C. Lashbe, (ju biuali of the saoivminiltce ivpoi led upon the i|Uusujii ot unproiiny Uio transit lacdmcs ne Lucan .(iviahuue and Urari. An expert from L'hrislrhurch had v,sited ueraluinj and supplied information regardling motor ' buses required lot the j service; also Lac cosL oi running, aw 1 tlu;‘ likely profits to coma, lie propose.! purchasing a thirty horse-powar motor bus costing CiiilO with a carry■my capacity of on;; ton of goods laud fourteen passengers, and to ran at o. I pence per mile. Also a !’S to j-U) horse power motor bus lor twenty 'passengers and costing .tijlltl, the cost pit running being 1).'.) per mde. The expert, oltered to form a companv to run the business, which he feit sure | would be n sue,'ess.id one. I !hr J.nsldie said he was convinced that the business should lie mad: a ; municipal •enterprise. ‘lnc capital value of property in (leraUUnc was i about .CHU.UUO, which at a farthing , mlc would produce bill a year. ii I the Council lloatial a loan oi XdUUU 'at ;> per cent., the interest would I amount to Xibll a year; so that a rate of a farthing would secure the

money. All Umt would he necessary j would be to strike the rale lot - loan purposes, hut it would not bo compulhsorv to collect it, us -Aha n;turns I Irom the motor business should more than pay‘ the interest. lie looked .upon the eciirune as u bandit to every man, woman and child in the town, and if the lloi’oimh Counci. «:re bold enough to imcLrtakci the i venture they would confer a lasting ; benefit on the community. Tho Tlm'nru I’orough Council had tackled the ■business and were making a success oi it. Other to wns were also moving 1 . | the same direction, nml (leraltiiuo, where a satisfactory seme. - ) was most needed, should not lag’ behind. I All- l.ashlic moved : “That this meeting’ is in favour of a municipally-own eel and controlled motor bus service

jand Shat -a deputation be appointed ,lo wait upon the Geraldine Borough Council at its next micting to pres the position be fort; them; the depu M-alion to consist of Messrs 't'reemer, ' Lasldie, Morrison, and Stock, j- Tie resolution was seconded by Mr Morrison and carried nnnnimonslv. i TIIK 11 ON 10V INDUSTDIV. ’ | The chairman said lie had been asx ed to bring before the Association tlu requirements of the hceKsepers of fi.U, Owing lo the cli'orU of thu beekeeperof the Geraldine district a fairly-large shipment of honey had lately been scut Irom. South Canter.jury and, as (he industry was rapidly increasing,

Uiy need of ma.li.inir Tnrumi a grad ii> port would soon be fjl. Iho Covgrn meat Agncul lural Depart mrm at lln present time contemplatal making only four grading ports in New Zca Ifiiulf, viz., at the chic: crn.tr. s, but l;us would not suit South tanler'npry lit was estimated that, before long South Canterbury would be shipping two hundred tons of honey in a year, 'and it would be a hards.iip on boo-, ,keepers if thev had to send their pro ’date to Lyttelton or Dunedin, in ad 'dilion to the loss in returns there would be the inconvenience and loss in dealing with any rejected honey at | such a distance from home. lie I hought the Tiniaru Chamber of ConiIjnerce should be approached, and other local Associations might be asked to | back their efforts up in inducing the Department to grant the request. ' 1.1 i was not an expensive undertaking foi ■ the . Department as ' it, only meant sending their grader to Tiimmi for a few days once a .year. There was no nu nxssitv for a I Government officer. The members for Ashburton, Teumku, aad Timaru might also be asked io assist in the mutter. | it was decided that Messrs Civcmai and Kennedy draft a letter to the ,Tiimaru Chamber of Commerce. ■ incree. j • CI.OSJ.NtJ HOUJLS. I It was rcsolrcd to continue closing j the places of business in Cerakline as I was done last winter, at S.HU p.m., 1 fro m May Ist to August 31st. INT..SUVM Clt'Jb.SlNc. At the suggestion of Mr Morrison it was decided to draw the attention of ! the Cerakline Hoad Board to the necessity of -making the crossing ford aide at 1 arson's creek. At present | the water is blocked and the creek is above the normal height at the cross- ! ing. I ‘ TUB BUMII hIMMUDK. The alleged larrakinism in the Cer--1 aldine bush on Sunday last was mad., a question for discussion, but mem j her.-; unanimously agreed that, it wa|jot a mailer for the Association U> . take up. If au individual or indivi- ‘ duals had been treated in the manner , dcs ;rlbed they should have informed the local police who would have tak. en immediate action.’ i ANNUAL MNiKTINC. It was decided to hold the annual , iiit elitm on .June 18th. j THK. KXI’IiKSS THAIV SKRVIC.U. j The secretary was instructed -to '-.wrile to the member for the district 1 | railing his attention to the proposed 1 : alteration in the train service, and. p--1 (/nesting him lo "watch the interests ‘ of Ceraldine, and Orari. SUBSCRIPTION. Mr l.ashlie gave notice of motion to 1 move at the annual meeting that the ' subscription lo the As-ocialion be reduced from Ids I'd to ns. The nnoding then terminat'd.