BOROUGH BUSINESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14451, 25 May 1911, Page 2

BOROUGH BUSINESS.

' IN WELLINGTON. THE MAYOR'S VISIT. The Mayor, Mr Jas. Craigie, M.P., returned yesterday from the -North island where he lias spent a week, principally',for tne purpose of having a rest, flaring been slightly " off colour : ' for a time. Tho sojourn in tho north has done him tho good he desired. A "Herald" reporter had a brief' interview Mr Craigie, gaining some of his impressions of the nortli und learning sonietiiing of what l.e had done for Timaru whilst away. THE BOROUGH LOAN'S.

Mr Craigie, in answer to a question, said that he. reserved two or three days to attend, to some matters concerning Timaru. One of the main questions had been that of the arranging of the Borough loans, and he was pleased to see that the Council had endorsed what he had managed to do in this direction, He thought it was good! business for them to accept the loans on the terms offered. He had been idonWjtcar with the Council in bringing abp.ut the loan proposals and' had done his. best to see the business through. Timaru had been very fortunate in getting the loans . n the terms arranged. THE CHIMES. "Did you arrange anything about the proposed: chimes for the town cloeki'" Mr Craigie was asked. . That question, Mr Craigie replied, - was also on his list. Ha had put the position before the Acting Prime Mininster and had been informed that chimes were not ono of the items tliat the Government would give a stfbsidy for. . He had endeavoured to expedite matters in connection with the improvements to the clock tower, and . had learned that the plans had beeu prepared, and he believed, approved. Tenders for the work would' be called by the end of June. The plans showed that the heightened, tower ,w<ouid,ba a fine affair. The clock face would be 20 ft higher up. and would be much larger and set off in a finished' manner. Spaces for the chimes would also be prepared. " But will we," the reporter asked, "get the chimes?" Mr Craigie replied that he did not intend to let the matter rest, and that he was determined to have chimes for Timaru. He was working in another direction—ho would l.ot fay how—and hoped to be able to announce something satisfactory in the rot distant future. About the suggestion to have the ehinies on the municipal buildings, Mr Craigie had nothing favourable to say. It would mean a new clock and so milch expense, whereas he tsd found that the present clock would be sufficiently strong to set the machinery for the' chimes in motion. There were many other less important matters that Mr Craigie had inquired into and had accomplished for Timaru whilst on his tour. CONSTIPATION? The most persistent and troublesome human ailment known, and the frreramier of many other diseases, is nowmost effectively cured with Chamberlain's Tablets, and then most cf the other ailments vanish because nature has ai free chance to work. Chamberlain's Tablets are a simple and reliable remedy and one that contains no harsh