HUNTERVILLE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 190, 13 August 1931, Page 3

HUNTERVILLE

THE TOWN BOARD MONTHLY MEETING The ordinary monthly meeting of the ] Hunterville Town Board was held on • Tuesday night, Cr W. H. Bo wick presiding. Crs G. B. Gregory, R. A. Gor- < don, W. O ’Brien, W. J. Whyte,J. C. Berry and R. K. Simpson were’ also present. : It was decided to .enter a protest against sections 68 and 69 of the Transport Bill, as these sections interfered with municipal control. Accounts amounting to £72 Ils 8d i were passed for payment, leaving a de- ; bit balance of £ll3B 18s 9d in the j general account. Cr. Gregory pointed . out that refunds amounting to £lOO j were due to the board, including the ( last £5O of the conversion loan which has ben placed. He said the board < could congratulate itself on the terms 1 of the conversion loan. A saving on ( what might have been of i per cent. ; on interest, i per cent, on sinking fund i and 4 per cent, on brokerage had been : made, thus savins £5OO to £lOOO to the i ratepayers over the period of the loan, i The debit balances to be made up on i the old loans meant that £2OO had to be found and this made general funds i short for this year.’ All loans were now 01 f-extinguish- j ing. The old loans had only a one per i cent, sinking fund, which meant that ■ at the end of the term only a portion ■ of the loan had been paid off. A vote of appreciation of Cr. Gregory’s services in this matter was re- ] corded on the minutes. The foreman reported damage to ’ the sewer line owing to floods in the I Porewa causing the stream to change its course, and the banks falling away ' allowing a drop in the. sewer pipe line. 1 Also that the road at Walker’s Bridge subsided owing to decayed timber giving way and allowing flood waters to f scour out the filling. It was decided to inspect the site * of the damage to the sewer on Tliurs- j day and to ask Mr Mair to again inspect Walker’s Bridge. The board went into committee to J continue the discussion from last meet * ing on the clerk’s salary and on re- f suming it was decided that the ques- ' tion of payment for work done under the Unemployment Act be reviewed in six months’ time when the finances of the board may be in a stronger position. Some discussion took place on the j fact that the lessee had notified firemen < that their attendance was not required f at picture entertainments, and the qnes- , tion was left in the hands of the chair < man to endeavour to arrange matters. ( It was decided tn attend tn the new j footpath tn the bowling green as soon j as possible. t t 1 TENNIS AND CROQUET BALL ]

1 A special reminder is given of the ? Tennis and Croquet Club’s ball, which '' will be held in Huntervillc Town Hall 1 on Friday next:. All arrangements are s complete and the function promises to ’ be one of the best ever held in the district. GENERAL NEWS s At the Domain Board meeting on ? Tuesday it was decided as the Asso--3 eiated Auctioneers did not appear to ' want Queen’s Park, to put the area up ■ for public tender. ' In the report of Rata Dairy Co.’s > meeting, in condensing a portion of the 1 interjections, it. appeared that Mr Raine ? had condemned the store management. 1 This was not so. Mr Quinlan condemn--1 «d the store management, but Mr Raine condemned the bacon obtained ' from the store. RATA DAIRY CO. 1 The following is an interesting coni- - parison of costs. For cream collection : the average cost was .34d per lb, which was considerably less than 3d or 4d. ' The following were some of the figures 1 for this year, last year’s figures being in parentheses—No. of suppliers 308 (310). Pounds of cream 4,043,166 ■ (3,709,755). Pounds of butterfat 1,559, ’ 418 (1,426,596). Pounds of butter, 1,900,980 (1,741,478). Average cream test 38.56 per cent. (38.45 per cent). 1 Percentages butterfat grading —Finest 1 91.37 (85.13); first 8.25 (14.24); second .38 (.33). Output 848 tons 13cwt Oqrs 41bs (777 tons Bcwt 3qrs 181bs). • Net- cost of delivering all cream to fac- : tory .34d (4d). Motor lorries cost per ’ mile lOd (mileage 80,652). Costs per ton —Fuel and power 18s 5d (10s 6d), ’ decrease 2s Id. Goods and materials ! 16s 8d (£1 0s Id), decrease 3s sd. ' Freezing and grading £1 0s 7d (£1 Is ’ Id), decrease 6d. Cost of running lor ries £2 16s 3d (£3 4s 9d), decrease 8s ; 6d. Repairs and maintenance 10s (12s • 4d), decrease 2s 4d. Railage £1 13s 8d ' (£ 10s), increase 3s Bd. Depreciation L £1 2s 7d (£1 9s 21), decrease 6s 7d. 1 Wages £2 17s 3d (£3 6s 9d), decrease • 9s 6d. Office charges 17s 4d (18s 7d), 1 decrease Is 3d.