OHAKUNE
i J ALLEGED “SLY-GROGGING." !t ( As the result of raids on certain 11 premises in Ohakune by a relieving | 1 constable, several residents will bet.: brought before the magistrate at th.- j next session of the Court on a charge i of selling liquor in a na-l'cense are;;. It is understood liquor was purchase 1 t by the constable from the alleged sl\groggers. I CHEAPER TRANSFORM ERS. Although authority was given the electrical engineer of the Ohakune ? Borough Council to purchase trans- t formers, payment to be made in the £ next financial year, the engineer in his report which was adopted by the \ council states that as a result of enquiries made it had been ascertained that a bank of 2400 volt transformers were available and it was proposed to t purchase these immediately. This would entail payment within the current financial year, whereas the authority given was for payment next financial year. In view of the fact that the suggested purchase represents a saving of 50 per cent of the amount authorised, he would ask that the purchase authority be amended to enable immediate purchase.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 280, 26 November 1936, Page 12
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187OHAKUNE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 280, 26 November 1936, Page 12
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