The Examiner. Published MONDAY- WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. FRIDAY. MAY 18. BOROUGH FINANCE.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3875, 18 May 1906, Page 2

The Examiner. Published MONDAY- WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. FRIDAY. MAY 18. BOROUGH FINANCE.

There is no getting away from the fact that the financial position of the Woodville Borough is by no means encouraging. The estimates laid before the meeting on Wednesday evening revealed the fact that after allowing for all fixed charges, a sum of only £2lO is available for construction and miscellaneous works. This, in a progressive Borough and with building continually going on, which must mean the opening up of new streets, is altogether inadequate. There does not seem to be any remedy, however, under the present system of rating and administration. At the Council meeting on Wednesday evening Cr McKibbin said that what struck him most in connection with the finances of the Borough was that they were working on an exceedingly heavy overdraft, which was a most expensive way of carrying on. He thought there must be some other means which they could adopt. He referred to the danse of the Municipal Corporations Act giving local bodies power to raise a loan to pay tiff the overdraft. The bank rate of interest was 6 per cent, and for the purpose be suggested the money Could be obtained at 4 per cent, (which would include sinking fund). By this means be thought that a saving of some £l6 to £2O a year could be effected. With regard to the power to borrow to wipe off overdraft, the Act gives power only to borrow a sum equal to the amount of the overdraft on the 31st March, 1900. As the Borough overdraft at that date was only £553, and at the present time is £9OO odd, it is clear that the difficulty cannot be overcome in this way immediately. In conversation with Cr McKibbin to-day, that gentleman said that be thought that the difficulty might be met in another way. The Council could borrow a sufficient sum to do all the construction works for a period of say two years or so. The balance of general revenue would be quite sufficient to provide administration, maintenance, charitable aid, etc., and also small nnforseen works of an argent nature. Then the surplus water revenue could be allowed to go towards bringing down the overdraft. It would be found that in from two to three years the overdraft would bodowntosuebasum that advantage could be taken of the aforesaid Act. The saving of interest per annum under this scheme would work oat at about £ls immediately, and would of coarse be much greater as time went on. The cost of taking the poll, if necessary, would H be about equal to the first year’s saving. To meet the objection to additional rating, it might be pointed out that the rate here now is only 3|d in the £, whereas in Pahiatua it is over 6d, and the additional rate for the purpose suggested would only work out at about jd in the £. The scheme is worthy ol consideration, and we hope Cr McKibbin will speedily call together the finance committee, of which be is convenor, so that it might be fully discussed.

LOCAL AND GENERAL, Tenders are invited for the erection of the caretaker’s cottage at the gas-works. An interesting inset from the U.F.C.A. is circulated with this issue. Tenders are invited for various building contacts in the Hawke’s Bay edueacation district. Tenders for additions to the Club Hotel, Pahiatua, close on Monday at 5 o’clock. The Tribune states that the massacre of a number of French missionaries has occurred at Ngahurei. At Pahiatua on Wednesday a man named Singleton was convicted of perjm y. He was sentenced to four months’ bard labour.

The Ballance Co-operetive Dairy Company on Tuesday distributed 413000 among suppliers for milk during the month of April. Sir Joseph Ward entertained 120 delegates to the P. stal Congress at dinner. Sir Joseph gave £2OO to the Yesuvian Sufleiers’ Fund.

The police raided the Sydney, or Wren’s Club, in Pitt Street, Sydney, and arrested over one hundred persons, and seized the gaming implements and £27. Mr Seddon was accorded a flattering welcome on the arrival of the Warrimoo at Sydney. A large crowd assembled on the wharf and lustily cheered the Premier when he landed. Ladies’ Black Caracul Jackets 455, at the Economic.

Apparently it is not safe to allow our men to visit other countries. Sir Joseph Ward went to Italy and Vesuvius blew up. Now Mr Seddon has reached New South Wales and Newcastle begins to collapse. An important conference (says a Sydney paper) is to he held at Brisbane shortly, at which all the licensed victuallers associaiions of the Common wealth and New Zealand will be represented.

For Colds in the Head and Influenza Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, la 6d and 2s fid per bottle.

The Reichstag has passed a bill pay ing all members £IOO a year.

Cash Discount of Is in the £ at the Economic.

A man who was summoned for desertion at Wigton declared that his wife, in a fit of temper, punctured his bicycle tyres in forty two places with a hat pin. What is known as “ Owain Glyndwr’s Parliament House,” in Mochynlleth’s town, Montmouthshire, is offered for sale by private treaty. It was here that in the year 1404 Glyodwr called a Parliament of the Welshmen.

The Pahiatua branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society passed a resolution on Wednesday night asking the Wellington society to spent at least £3OO pd* annum for the next few years in stocking the Tararuas with deer 1 The Berlin semi-official press state that Great Britain and Russia are on the eve of completing a treaty safeguarding the present Asiatic possessions of both countries and also regulating the position of both in Persia. The German newspapers are alarmed at the appearance of entirely.new combinations of Powers in Europe.,, Football Jerseys cheaper than ever at the Economic.

The wife of Captain Kershaw, commander of the steamship Ophir, committed suicide while on her honeymoon tour. She walk deliberately into a mill stream. She parted from her husband on excellent terms. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned at the inquest. Nine thousand unemployed made a demonstration in the West End, protesting against the Government’s neglect denouncing Mr John Burns, and hissing the wealthy classes. Messrs Will Thorne and Keir-Hardie, Labour members of the House of Commons, delivered violent speeches. The Germans drove Morenga over the British border at longitude 20. A Cape police trooper warned the German officer, but the latter fought on, wounding Morenga severely. Twenty-seven Hottentots were killed and many wounded, but Morenga got away. He is now in hiding. The Sydney Herald devotes a leader of appreciation to Mr Seddon, and declares he is far too remarkable a figure in Australasian politics to allow his arrival to pass as an ordinary visit by a political man from a neighbouring colony. The Earl of Portsmouth, in reply to Lord Wemyss, made an important statement on Home Defence. Great Britain, he said, had a mobilisation scheme enabling her to mobilize more quickly than any continental nation.. The two services were entirely in accord concerning measures of defence.

Owing to Chinese attempts to dynamite farmsteads, General Botha has written to the Hon. Sir Richard Solomon, Lieutenant-Governor, that unless a non-recurrence is assured a deputation will go to England to urge the immediate repatriation of all Chinese. The Airlie, from Singapore to Brisbane reports that a Houlder steamer arrived there with 3,000 Russian troops fro m yladivostock. There had been a collision with the steamer Batang in the Malacca Straits. The latter sank in eight minutes. It is unknown whether any lives were lost. The Houlder steamer was a good deal damaged: In regard to the death of Lily Herring, who was shot at a place on the West Coast, her brother Edwin,- aged 15, said he loaded the gun in the kitchen, with the intention of shooting a blue crane that he hnd several times seen otttside ) lately. He picked up the gun, placed it over his shoulder.! He was walking down the passage when it accidently went off and shot his sister, who was behind him. He and his brother, when they saw she was dead, were frightened andranaway. A verdict of accidentally killed was returned.

The Great Northern Railway Company has declared war on the thousands of rats, which haunt their warehouses at Newark, and have caused the company considerable loss. They have obtained a supply of bacilli from a bacteriological institution at Liverpool. The bacilli, when spread on bread or mixed with malt paste, are eaten by the rats, who are quickly seized with a highly infee. tious disease. During the last few days hundreds of rats have perished in this way. The bacillus has no effect on other animals.

The committee for the study of foreign municipal institutions entertained some German burgomasters at dinner in London. Lord Avehuny presided. King Edward, is response to a telegram of greetings, promised to received the borgomaaters on Friday. He hoped the visit would be in every way pleasant and successful.- Mr R. B. Haldane, Minister of War, speaking in German, described the Kaiser as being a great European and a great man, who had a keen appreciation of peace, commerce and education. The more Britain and Germany came together the better it would be for both.

Mr Winston Churchill, speaking Jit West Hartlepool, said the Parliament exhibited three remarkable characteristics Its willingness to accept Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's guidance; the Opposition’s lamentable weekoess; and the Labor party’s strength and influence which greatly increased the two Houses’ wisdom, , earnestness and dignity. It was a- mischievous falsehood to imply that the Liberals desired to impair the principle of colonial self-government. He’applauded Earl Selbourne’s loyalty and hoped a rich reward would attend his labours.

Towels 10d, Is, Is 31, le| 6d, Is lid per pair at the Economic. ■ Mr Coghlan, in a letter to the Times, emphatically denies that crime is on the increase in Austra’ia since the abolition of State aid to denominational schools. The statistics of the cities show Jihat during the last thirty years arrests in New South Wales and Victoria had declined considerably more than one-third. The greatest improvement occurred since 1890. As regards serious crime, improvement is equally satisfactory. The actual number confined in Australian prisons is considerably , less now than it was twenty years ago, while Australian native born are far less given to crime thau those who were educated elsewhere.

Major-General Sir George French, who is returning to England after a visit to Australia, in the course of an interview, referred to the intention of the Federal Government to appoint an . Australian officer to succeed Major- • General Finn, the Inspector-General, when that officer’s term expires. He said that in his opinion there was no Australian fit for the position. It would be a politioaljappoiniment, and he supposed some South Australian “waster " would get it. The position was of the greatest importance so far as the defence of Australia was concerned. No one man could fulfil the duties the InspectorGeneral was called upon to perform. The outlook in defence matters was, he thought, very bad, and this he attributed tn the ruthless cutting down of MajorGeneral Hutton’s estimates. The present Military Board was a farce. The Federal Government should take immediiite steps to establish a Military | College similar to the Canadian College.

Mrs Burnett wants a general servant.

The Commissioner of Taxes gives notice to make returns of income under the Act.

Last week the Anglican Chnroh at Rongotea was broken into and the proceeds of a collection stolen.

A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held on Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock to deal with gasworks business.

An interesting game of draughts will be played in tbo Central Hotel to-night between two old rivals, Mr Young, of Wanganui, and Williamson, the Government Fruit Expert. At a meeting of the directors of the North Island Bacon Company, held at Palmerston North this week, Mr W. Nicholson was appointed manager in succession to Mr J. D. Anderson.

Mr F. W. Whibley has taken Holy Orders, and has been appointed to the parish of Weber in succession to the Rev. Mr Fox. We congratulate the church on enlisting the services of so earnest a worker.

Samuel McShane, who was brought back from England on a charge of stealing a quantity of jewellery from a pawnbroker’s shop in Wellington, was convicted and received a sentence of twelve months’ in the Supreme Court. The Government Fruit Expert, Mr Williamson, paid a visit to Mr R. Pattison’s orchard at Kumeroa on Wednesday. He says it is the finest orchard he has seen in the North Island, and heartily compliments Mr Pattison on the way he looks after his garden. Mr T. Quinlivan was in Woodville yesterday, having been down to take delivery of the Torpedo gelding Huremoana, a full brother to Oingo, which has been purchased by Mr Watt from Mr J. Cotter. The horse was taken on to Longlands to-day. Hinchcliffe, charged with the attempted murder of Mabel Clark at Newtown, and with attempted suicide, was found guilty and sentenced to two years on the first charge and three months on the second. It will be remembered that Hinchcliffe gave the girl aconite and took a dose himself.

Two women were run down by an electric car in Wellington oh Wednesday night. One woman sustained a fractured skull, and the other stunned. The latter gave a false name and address and got away, and the former was taken to the Hospital where her husband identified her. Two men who were with the women ran away.

General Babington held an inspection parade at Masterton yesterday, Major Bolton informs us that the General was rather disgusted at the poor muster of the Wairarapa Mounted (Native) Eifles. The reason given was that the men were going into campon Saturday, and could not spare thetime. General Babington did not think this excused them. The Pahiatua Mounted Eifles will be inspected at Woodvilleon the 30th inst. Bishop Ingram, addressing a great mass meeting of churchmen at Albert Hall, London, said the Education Bill was unfair and practically confiscated the purpose for which Church schools had been built; and if it gave separate favoured treatment to the Roman Church that would be its crowning unfairness to Anglicans. Unless the Bill was drastically altereditwould.be ought from Parlifinjent to Parliament until justice was done.

At Sir Joseph Ward’s dinner, the American delegate invited Sir Joseph to visit the United States and declared universal, penivy,postage was bound to •come. The voting at the present Congress gave the paovement a great lift. Sir Joseph expressed the, hope that America would soon enter into a restricted penns, postage treaty with New Zealand. Sir Joseph arrives in London to-day. Mr Dawson, actuary for the Armstrong Insurance Investigation Committee, -startled the American House of Representatives Committee on Judicial Affairs by declaring that no fire insurance company in America wilt know whether it is solvent or not when'fit pays its San Francisco losses. He blames the laws requiring companies to- hold a reserve fund of 50 per cent of*, their capital, whereas the British reserve is only 80 per cent, of their capital, thus allowing British companies larger capital to meet losses and live through a strain. Mr S. Bolton telephoned ItO ns this morning letting us know that he was not at all pleased with the slajang we gave him. We are sorry for that, but we can promise him a good deal more if he persists in trying to rob us of our show. Mr Bolton mentions that we did him an injustice. His motion for the annual meeting is “to consider the the advisnbleness of holding, the show alternately in Woodville and Pahiatua.” We omitted “ the advisableness,” but do not’think that fact lessons the heinousness of Mr Bolton’s offence. We, however, make apology. Mr Bolton tells us that his desire is to end the agitation once and for all. We will do that for him on the 31st,

The new French submarine, which is directed ftom the shore, or from a battleship by means of electrical waves, has finished its trials at Antibes, and is said to have fulfilled the expectations of its inventor, M. Lalands. The instrument is formed of two coneshaped cylinders, placed horizontally one on the top of the other. The upper one is the smaller, and is fitted at either ends with a short mast for receiving the waves. This part of the vessel is never quite submerged. The lower part is joined to the upper by strong transoms, and contains the torpedo tube, the motor, the steering gear, and the screw. The operator controls the weapon from a transmitting station, and can send it along in any direction he chooses without danger to himself. One thousand yards Japanese silk, in all the leading colors, just received direct from Japanese agents, twenty-one inches wide, all to go at Is per yard, usual price Is 6d, at the Bon Marche.— C. Sandfoed & Co.

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