DISTRICT NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13817, 23 July 1918, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS

MORRINSVILLE. A public in,.,,tin- w;is j l( ,| ( | i Wl ,..| v to form a branch of the Navy League. Mr H. .1. Chliord presided and Messrs Uind in.,! Anuntroiig and Ke\ . \V. (!. Monckton (officials of the Auckland branch) were present and ga\e addresses mi ih ( , aims and objects of tin; League. It was decided to form a branch of the League, and a strong provisional committee was set up. The monthly meeting of the Town Board u.-is held on Thursday evening. Present: Messrs P. A. lianan, D. Hickey, S. Parlour, A Gifford and 11. J. Clifford. Letters asking for repairs to streets and footpaths, the result of the spell of bad weather, were referred to the Works Committee. The engineer for the water supply wrote tli.,t the Hoard could safely lea ;v the matter of analysis of the water in abeyance. With modern methods »i purification, little need be feared as far as the ijuality of the water is concerned. From the quantity obtained from the present bore he considered the prospects of an adequate supply hopeful, but strongly advised the Hoard not to do any tiling that i oiild he interpreted as a variation of the contract.— it. was rcsoheo mat the amount of the overdraft be the legal limit. Mr Clifford referred to the urgent need to do something to the newly-ac-quired road connecting Coronation street with the Park estate.—Referred It was decided to put metal chips to j a width of four feet on the Thomas street footpath, as far as the cemetery, directly the chips can be procured. The dork reported that the bank overdraft would be £S99 when the accounts had been met. Mr T. Parkinson (president) presided at the meeting of the recentlyformed branch of the Farmers' Union at Molumaoho. Mr MeAlpine, organiser, of the Sub-Provincial Union, congratulated the district on forming a branch of its own, and strongy urged the value of co-operation, so that the farmers could obtain the full value for their produets. Ten members were transferred from the Morrinsville branch, and seven new members elected, the. whole l>eing elected an executive committee of the branch. A committee consisting of Messrs Parkinson, Patten, and J. C. Chapman, was set up to canvass for the lied Cross campaign, and a second committee to arrange socials for the same purpose was also set up. It was resolved to join the Thames Valley Sub-Provincial Union; also to fix the subscription to the branch ni £l. The president (Mr Parkinson) was elected a delegate to the Sub-Pro-vincial Union. ! GENERAL. \ At a meeting of the Morrinsville branch of the Red Cross the resignaI tinon of Miss Walls as secretary was j received with regret, and Mrs Layne | was elected to the vacant position. Tt ; was decided to hold a fancy dress ball in aid of the Red Cross Copper Trail Fund. Rifleman Corrie, who has been invalided home suffering from shell shock, returned to Morrinsville during the week.