GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14363, 8 February 1911, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

3" HE £lO "CONNECTION 11 GRANT. Always icaious of the rights ci uieii 'liu woxi±eii/ Councillor Wul&gu showed hu concern again at the mating ot Uu .Borough Council on 3lunday night .ikirii be eutertd ail objfcci.on aga;u-u &e practice o: the Cuuui.il in dtductjr iroci those who o\\ ratis a purtiiTu or all of the allowance due to ihem for undciground drainage conr.tcrions. He said it was unfair to the crainlaTors who depended iu some :n----sea.nces" on this money, to get paid, and the whole tiling was ireaat that the people who laid the r::;iiitr; had to pay tho back rates tr tuc~e who had neglected to pay thr>m. The Town Clerk said it was only business, to refuse to pay money to a man who owed rat-as to the Council, until th-0.-e rates were paid. The Court r. r,r.ld grant c. charging ordc-r for rui'n a purpose. And there ii'X-d be i,<> hardship ns drainLayer.s could always ascertr : Tj before the,y uixlerl«>ok any work, whether the person they proposed to work for was ,iein:r to have anything stcpr-ed ofT liis .allowance. Tho Mayor said that tho scheme a rerv liberal one in allowing ratepayers £lO for each connection : in Christchurch nothing was Slowed.

RAILWAY WEN'S COMPLAINTS. A Conference of delecat-es of tlie AnciSJinsnted Society of "Railway Sor. rants elected to appoint an executive rotmt-il dfr-c.-rdy *};e four r.f the otitdror railway r;?c endc-d y<wt-r-rd;\v vrith the ap"ointof nre=:dt-r.t ;:nd new t:v. . Mr W: A. Veirr-h. «»f v:p - n , -eV'' , Totl . r 7-Ts : tion 1". h;i- :u_'l ! sir.rt* th • h •- ,f 100"°. ;,n-T Kx-. :jt • V. • C v-T;,? f -:;?t t ; ::t - d fnllovi s : y .i : v . !)fpnr-T!: MO. vr. T_ V* !- r. S Vilu.l i .O«'. I ft. fj* r (h 11 I (( :vr+.-5

i • Tr.iUir Mr G. S. l''i .si (\u. kl;imlt; . Mr 'I!(T. 11 1 11' 1 K S .mil Is!.,iml -1 ..motive, Mr ]■' lluieliim. (luvvri-iirKill): -MamMr K. -I. ('I imam); 'l':-.!!- .Mi- .). .1 iiU (Christ. linn hi ; \\"llriv.-li 1 1ps, Mr K. Ilamnuui <A:lilin«-

Tlio l'.v.;<l -at ' i l i ' 1 ill "I! in" "view ih:it tho i ;i "v <ill'' r-.-tii-.il- >'.\.-.-ii-t-v., |,;u! !> VII inily by Urn (VnlVr.-n v v.as alaniina as Unit mi jll< >• i;; i-1- ;nul«l '>-r .vti'Vcd ill in" t. ,-.i railHiiv men by further r.iaiaaiiia':!i ; a'l at. with the Minister ..r K«il»:>.v> ii-pr.lifis Ui» nsiucr. Vi'lj ili> t liov all rf'cogi)!>ou that in t\ tin? GovtrrhilMut had }.-,-n i-> r.ii'.v.'ny men they rt'Uivt - a vcrv mu:h ihnt tho rw-cni r-«\vrs: I oi' rhnt i*»'iev hiiu 1 Avcod tiiem int > f'lio tr-siti-ii thai- thoy worO now mi duty bomul *0 find protection for their men. Tiu> Coiiforenco hn<l i»ni; i iTT. r »n i -lr given a direction to clio nr-.vlr o!i-ct:d Coui.cil to r«i;t it >v If so touch wi'li labour <-.rr:an!^t ? orts outside the Gori'rrsino!":t rwrvi' m'il? a yictt' to cornvAxh ihv c»l)jort of v.t least preecrv nrc tbnt had not yet been taken from them.