MANGAWEKA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 3

MANGAWEKA

TOWN BOARD MEETS The Mai.gaweka Town Board held its meeting on January 14. The reports of the electrical engineer, inspector of health and the surfaceman was read and received. Correspondence from the New Zea land Railways notifying the board to attend to the repainting of St. Andrew’s cross arms at the railway crossings within the Town Board district was received. It was considered by the board that it was not their liability to repaint rail wav signs. 'The Public Works Department ad vised that the Highwa; Board had approved of the prop- >ai to recoi. struct 46 chai:.- of the 1«• Kuiti-Bull- i via Tauiuarunui highway witnin the. town district. Application for a building permit j for alterations at the Langholm Hotel | was granted. It was decided that Wednesday be I the statutory half da*, lor shops and • Mr. 11. Jacobs was appointed collector of the dog tax. It was decided that the dog tax for the year PJ36 be | 2s 6d for cattle and sheep dogs and 10s for all other dogs. It was moved M . W. Watson and seconded by Mr. Millner that 10 per cent, penalty be added to ail rates unpaid at 4 p-r.i. on Tuesday, February 25, 1936, ami that legal proceedings be taken for recovery after that date. Accounts amounting to £J»»7 IDs I' d I were passed for payment. PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. J. I’hillip- hr. e re turned from a holiday at U aitomo Mr. and Mrs. C. Jenkins have returned to Mangaweka. Mrs. A. Moroney, Hawke’s Bay, has been visiting Mrs. J. () Callaghan. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. I’. Mahoney and family have returned from their holidays. “No Miracles.’’ Reference to the Labour Government’s policy was made by the Minister of Hearth (Mr P. Fraser) when replving to a civic welcome at Waihi a few days ago. Mr Fraser said that the results of the election, whivh he described as phenomenal, would not pass qnicklv from the historical an 1 politiu cal records of the country, rhe Government fully recognised its responsibilities and would go as far as wa« humanly possible to keep its promises i to the people, but it could not be expected to work miracles. The policy of the Government during the next , three years would be in the direction of dealing with the economic position with a view to removing the fear of want j from the minds of many people. The Minister indicated that the interests • of the mass of the people must come f first.