CONDENSED NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17038, 11 May 1923, Page 11

CONDENSED NEWS.

OVERNIGHT SUMMARY. A clearing sale of matesude at the Public Works bulk store in Wellington yhis week marks the end of the Government’s efforts to build workers’ dwellings on its awn account. An most of tho supplies were? bought a.t peak prices, the Deportment will lose about §6 per oent on the original outlay. One of the main lines submitted to auction waft 200 tons of corrugated roofing iron, said to have been bought at between £6O aiftd per ton. Thje was cleared at an average price of £39 per

The bala<M3|E- to the credit of tbe Selwyn. County Council on March 31 waa £2434 17s lid. At a recent meeting of the council the chairman (Mr J. J. Andrew) reported thdt every account was in credit.

Storm water in. the oity has oansed a certain amount of damage to- iramway trucks, hut., according to Mr F. Thompson (iseuerai manager of the board) serious injury has not Wen caused at any point, though considerable eaponjM? will be mscewasy to stcraighten thing* up. S»k or seven ga-nga of rp®» wpre busy yesterday at repair work, ill the fibard’a <?t>nrt%nac-t-idrx plant had been flWprtod to main tenasjce work, Apd dll dpar© metal has already been Absorbed. Additional jpotal has been purchased from the City Council and f*rom private quarry owners in order bo qyortake the work.