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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20085, 20 May 1914, Page 6

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WATER FROM SEWERAGE WORKS

IS IT I^aURIOUS TO CATTLE?

INSTALLATION OF MARTON'S

MAYOR.

A SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT FERN FLATS.

CONTR ACTOR'S NOSE BADL* SMASHED.

QUANDARY ABOUT A £5000 LOAS

(From our .Travelling Reporter.) v MARTON, May 19. A suggestion haviiip, been made by the witters below Marten that theater emptying from.tho septic tank into the Raiuritkei was injurious to cattle dunkH* Iron> tho stream, two of the water were sent by tbe Health De-p-^nent-to Wellington for analysis. fa£ the Stream bed. The results are P o? to hand, and they show that Nfl >-J fe very muA better water than the first. TkoiA a bad ono udged by the standards usod in considering tlie pmtasgty of water for human consumption there was no reason to suppose JkVt \o. a sample would prove injurious tOTwo tls°anipks of water from tho Marton water supply were also sent.. A reply ha? been received to tho efaecfc that it was evident the filters were not workSomething Ilka £20 has been written off under different headings in conTeetion with the Marton gas works ac-

installation of. Mr J. H. Miles as Mayor of Marton took place last- night, and very kindly reference-was made to tha harmonious and effective working of tho Council during his first term ot odioe. The Mayor briefly responded, ar*l in doing so he referred to the valuable services rendered by the Town Clerk. Mr A. H. Kniggc, and the Overseer Mr T. A. Wilson. At the Bulls Domain Board meeting last night complaints were mad© respecting the playing of football on Sundays, but no objection appeared to be taken so long as bad language was not tnduJged in ntid the players behaved themselves. The matter was not pursued further.

Mr Jack Hussev, of Upper Tutaenui, n contractor fc-v tb.3 Kangitikei County Council, met with a distressingly painful accident a few days ago. It appears that he was motor cycling to his contract along the Farn Flats road, and at a portion of the journey he approached three big draught horse-;, two of whk-h. were grazing on one side of the road,-and the remaining one on the other. He had ample space to rido between the horses, and attempted to <lo so, but just as he had got to the animals one of them, affrighted, ran across in front o£ the machiho 3 and, la&hiiijg' oatnts big, heavy hoof* -caught Mr Husscy right in his face. His nose w.as 'literally 'smashed '!to pieces, and it was not until four hours afterwards that he was found lying in an unconscious condition, and was immediately conveyed to the Wanganui hospital. At an important meeting last night of the Palmerston North Club, formerly the Men's Social Club, the Rev H. G. Ro'"her presiding, it was unanimously decided to purchase another billiard table, and £100 was subscribed in the room towards that purpose. - When the Town Ckrk of 'Marlon made ' applcation to t^e "State Advances Office for a loan of £5000 for improvements to roads, etc., it was at a time when mocey was scarce, and the department ' had little cash to work on. The term asked for was reduced to 15 years, but since then the Advances Office has been more flush, and now the loan has been provisionally approved. The, Council, however, is now anxious to have the loan period extended to 36£ years at tHie rate of 4f per sent., and an effort is being made to have the amount cf the loan and period granted accordingly. Some time ago reference was made in the "-Chronicle" to the unsightly poles that W3re being erected in High St. at Marton by the Telegraph Department. The Borough Council also took tho matter'up, with the result that tiho local body has received word "chat as scon as can be arranged a stalF will' .arrive to take down the unsightly poles and place the wires underground. At the Marton Bbro-uhg Council last night the sum of £10 was voted towards the Members Fund of the Fire Brigade, ths object being to finance tho team attending the Association demonstrations.

During the past month 15.horses and two cows were imnound-ed.

Mr Wilde ha* put a notice of motion as follows to be discussed at the next meeting of.the Marton Borough Council : That the borough engage a working foreman to supervise the roads maintenance and men.