LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13965, 15 August 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Literary and« Debating. Society fca& beeni formied in> Wanhi. 'Bil-kemihead Borough Council Mpports the -proposal for ami amialramationi of the Borough with An off«r 'to sell e^pimenta of AmeI'hcan coal was received by *he Waaijaaiiuii Bottougih Council at ifta laisiti neeting. The jpricie asked was £7! 4s 3d per tonIn *he Wellington Magistrate's Jomt Leslie George Donaldson was charged' with being la, 'bookimiaker md betting in an hotel. He was In&d £-20. The &V losses in the four ceantircs during tihe lasts officdal year were: iuaklaaid, £18,118; Wellington, £14,562; Ohriiatcihtircihv £22,8*60; Dunedin>,' £57,798. The Hamilton; Chamber 'of Commerce resolved' to urge the: Borough Council to construct bicycle tracks. it present cylists were 'being crowded off the roads 'by the motor traffic. Owing to the deadlock in connection with -the ,? unloading of the cargo of .coal from the siteamer Inga, which has beam lying at the Wanganui wharf for the last month, a desperate position has now beien reached. A1 recent arrival in. Hamiltont—• married man with four children-— who has been, unable to secure a house, andl has been; compelled! to board, states that hie is paying. 10s more per week for boardj for himself and family than he is earning" The Ta&ainiuti oarresipbtndeiniti of the Te Arohia News reiport* 'dhab the dairy factory theirta lia^lng proved quite iaiiadequati© for requireineinite of sucih ■&■ ra,piidly-prograssiing di&trict, the dii-eatoi-a haiv«:pant iiv hand tlhie ,wob4! of incffteamnlg; the facitory's caipiasaity tia ten /Vate, in; readiness for the oomdng eieasom;. When: Parliament meets on AiUiguisi 28 thea-e will be several improvemisnts ini the new buildings, particularly with regard to the acous'ti< propertieis of the chamber. M!or< rooms than were available last' ses siom have mow ibeem mad'e ready foi occupation by .Ministers and 1 offioeri of Parliament. "And whkt aibout the few sibicib that aiTe lefhi" asked <mmd foa" ooon iplaiavatiit, ini a separaitaoa and mlato tepaincie ciaisie at tlhe Chiristicihiurd Mgiistrate'a Court itihe othei- day. Th* ooairt waia aaived the: solying 1.. !of thiii problem! by the comipliaiinain^ exoliaiTni ing!: "Oh, all thalt is left iare *vv< tiaibledotihs, a. firescreeia, and a bo* tie of saaiae." ... •The Hauraki ' Ladiesi Beßifeyoleni; Society, thanikriinjgi'the Gouiuoii for thi pirivilegtts extttmded' to thean m oom njeotLou, witih- rtlhe iajpjpaoacliAing, coaicei*. and Baddy's Market, said tihei Coiin cil had been iso good 1, they were em boildeuned to ask for more- Then stlagiej in' tlhe Central Hall aod Kimg'i Teiaitre needed decorating aaid itiheg .asked if tilxo Cbnnicil ooiil.l lend a iniai and mii to bttiiaig down, greenery. The Mayor 1 isuggeistieid tihat.-the Couno^: nuighiy lewd their 'flagis.; Cr. Hardimam said ttikw^ to effectively deooraite the Central Hali greoneiy was re*<iulred Mid the request was- accordingly granlted; ! A (petiJ.t'ioax iproanotied by the TJnaimies Valley Drainiaga R^ifcitiiice Board, for preisientaitioin- toi .P'aaiiamemi.; ciamiei before tihe BoiKKUgh CouiD'Oil iaafe night accioanjparaied by a. favourable repoirt fiM>m tihe Finainiciei Committee. The Mayorl, eixpilia.'indingi tihe poßriitaoau, eaad thiaifc the G^Mvernihfcoiit. had a cea-'tiajn sum tia eoqpemd ora tihtj Wamou Kiveir and was doing tinis thaough the Public Works Deparittaeaiit. The ipecatoi alsiked tiuel Goveriiment to form ,a River Dastirictt and a River Board to oonrtirol tihe easpemdi'tiurei. He thougiht it; was '.pwfoeitly righiti that, sucih a Board ahouM, be apipoiiii'ted. The Ccu/ncdl endoTiSed this view by carrying a roeolutiion itihaitl the seal of the Boafoiugihi be affixed tia tii>e peitJitioia. EntiepDipifißi alway® ' diaseirTes ■ ©ncouragement, and h always rewarded iby increased business: We are pleased' to see that Mr G. A. ■Gkundlock, of Puru, has invesited .ini a •new motor bus of. th© latest design, for the Coast trade, and we wish Mr. Gundlock every success with his new conveyance. The motor is of the latest (Ford make, and tEe body was built by I>. McL. Wallace, Ltd., of Thames and T© Aroha, and is a credit to that firm 1. It can. be util''ised either for 'gioode or paseienigers', or both, and Mr. Gundlock. informs us /jthati he will shortly dnauguxate a daily run between Thames and Puru. '.. The new conveyancie has only been in commission for a few days, and i« giving: entire satisfaction. / The Borough Council recently referred -Ha itihle Finance Committee the question, of a donation to the cos* of Lord Jellicsote'si Reception;, 'am. Aucik!land- Thds Cbmanitttee wa,s unfenned tihat tih© Goivernimein.t Avould validate all expenditure it: oonneotioii wiiai thlis visiiits.amid votied £1010s, for whicih the Auckland branidh.. of the Naivy^ Ijeagru© has sieati its cordial ■tlhiainikisi. Wheni thosie facts wei- 1© laid before tho Councnl late* nnght, Cr 1. Billmiam .asked if H.M.S. New Zea/laind 1 would be doming tb Thaimete. Another member said +ibat Hamilton! had issued am, invitatiion 1: they wanitied tlhie baitttle-oruiifler t» stedin up. tihe Waikalto Rivttr. . ■ \.