EXPENDITURE DURING

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7993, 11 October 1887, Page 2

EXPENDITURE DURING

SEPTEMBER BY BORODGH COUNCIL The following is the expenditure during the month of September by the Borough Council : — Labour. — Maher, @ 83 6d per day, £2 11s per week ; Free, @ 7s a day, £2 2s per week ; Lacey, @ 6a 8d per day, £2 per week ; Con way, @ 6s 8d per day, £2 per week ; P. Maher, at 6s 8d per day, £2 per week. Total cost of labour employed daring the month, £43 9a 4d, or over £10 a week. The men are not paid when laid 1 up by illness. There are no records kept by the Borough authorities of what work the men have been employed on daring the month. Stone breaking. — Expenditure on stonsbreafcing, metalling, etc., £11 3s 6d. Turncock and Lamp ightsr. — £12 6s for month. Waterworks Engineer. — £13 for month. Town Clerk — £16 13s 4d for month. Advertising. — Heiuld, £1 103 61 ; NeW3, £11 Os la— total for month, £12 10a 7d. Racecourse — Advertising in News £2 ,55; Borough^olicitor, £7'Bs. Law expenses — £7 3s 2d. Cemetery.— £l4 12s 6d. Hospital.— Subsidy, £17 Is Bd. Miscellaneous — Institute, £6 Os 7d ; paving and kerbing, £15 12s 4d ; timber, £5 5a Id. Sundries : Waterworks, £5 6s 3d ; office, 16s ; stamps and telegrams (half-year), £4 13a 7d ; forage, £6 5a 6d ; plant, £3 7s 2d ; lighting, £19 83 9d ; Bunimcnßes^special) for not pacing rates, £1 3s. Total sum voted by Council at sitting on Mondaynight, £257 3s 7d.

Air. Rumney advertises elsewhere that he has fruit and grocery and a fine show of articles which should meet with steady sale. At the Borough Council meeting on Monday night, a councillor asked the Mayor if anything farther had been done in reference to the Government supplying the unemployed of New Plymouth with work. The Mayor stated that he had hoard nothing since receiving the telegram from the Public Works Department stating that the matter would be placed before the Cabinet at the earliest date. Forty head of cattle came up by the 11 o'clock train on Monday morning for shipment by the Macgregor, which got away about midday. Mr. Winks was the shipper. The following case occupied nearly the whole day at, the Resident Magistrate's „ Court to-day :^-William White(of Waitara) v. William Rowe (of Normanby); claim £11 18s for 68 sacks of Raglan Blacked lime. Mr. Roy appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Caplen (of Hawera) for the defendant. Defendant admitted the receipt of 64 sacks, and contended that these sacks were deficient in weight. For the plaintiff it was given in evidence that the full number of sacks had been sent, and that they were of fall measurement and in accordance with sample sack previously sent to defendant. The plaintiff, Eugene McCarthy, Isaac Elliot, Alexander David - son, and aaother gave evidence in support of plaintiff's case. The Court was hearing the def endant's^case during the afternoon . A number of other cases wero hoard, an account of which will appear on Wednesday. The Maori, Pratt, against whom the charge of stealing fungus was dismissed at the Police Court on Monday on the ground of mistaken identity, wanted to insiitutc anew rule with regard to the remunerating powers of tho Court. About an hour after he had been discharged he came into Court during a slight cessation in the business, and asked Sergeant Duffia where he could get paid for bis services ■ for posing as the accused in the case. The Sergeant informed him that it was not the custom to pay in such cases, but as Prntt was persistent he was referred to tho Resident Magistrate. Pratt did not tuku advantage of tho reference. It spo!.B well for her previous training — New servant, beginning to pour out tho champagne ; "Say when."