PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 488, 22 April 1909, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

miOM ODII SPECIAL COHRESrONDEKTS.) I'ALMEIISTON. ■ At tho meeting of the Palmerston'Borough Council on Tuesday night it was' announced., that tho following telegram had been received by the Mayor from the Prime Minister; — In reply to your telegram regarding waterworks loan, on making inquiry into the mati°! • la ' i J* our council. lias not yit rii if- • i P rov ided by the Act, and, till this is uone, 1 cannot give you any reply as to whether. I,ho guarantee can bo given. I sliali, however, be glad to go into tho mattor alter tho proper steps liavo been taken, and to then advise you.—J. G. Ward." Tho Mayor ( said.that tho council had been waiting for this information siiico February % It would be remembered that the council passed a resolution to borrow £6000 and then rescinded it, and tlio wholo position was tliero-. foro as before. ■ Ho proposed calling a special meeting of tho,council some afternoon.' in, order to get authority to proceed witli'tbo matter. ' \■ • At a meeting on Tuesday night the College Street School Committeo recommended Mr. T. I). 0. M'K6nzie, at present relieving • teacher Torero, for appointment aa i Assistant at tho school. ' Mr.'. Jil Kenzie, who was selected from four applicants, was previously assistant at Waverley, and was, for some time, in tlio servicoof tho Taranalti Education Board. ; , . ■ As was generally anticipated, tho only noV mmation for tho position of Chief Magistrate ' of the borough was that of the present Mayor, Mr. J. A. Nash, and ho has boon declared duly elected, For, tlio nine scats on tho borough council thirteen candidates wore nominated, and, therefore; there will bo aii interesting election, Of tlio old-council, Messrs. S. W. Luxford. D! Matheson, ,-E; B R. Holben, and A. E.; Bennett aro not|soek- . ing re-election; Tho new candidates to municipal honours are Messrs. A. E. Clausen, THarvey,. J. D. R. Hewitt, T.. A. Morno F Mowlem, W.' M'Kenzio, M. O'Reilly, and F. J. Task or. Tho borough council have decided to occopt service of any writ that may, bo, issued by Messrs. Waklegrave Bros, in connection - with tlio re-erection of the Royal Hotel. Tho jouiicil recently refused Messrs. ■ Bros, permission to reinstate'tho'- burnt hotel in wood, and the owners of tlio building now . threaten to contest tho by-law upon whict \ tho decision was based. . ... I'EILDING. The Government valuation of Fcilding Boroiigh property two years ago gavo tlio ~ unimproved value as £312,961. . Tho reoent valuation places it at £472,543— un inereasa of £159,582. ,In connection' with tlio .efforts ■ being, made, to effect h reduotion', it is pointed, . out that, similar efforts, mado two-years ago, resulted,.in tho sum of £3025 being taken, off - ; tlio total by the Court, and considerably, over ■ £7000'.privately by the Department,-making . a,total of closo on £11,000. • ■ • Tho members of tho Kairanga County . Council were, take-over thejr. district y«iSteN \, day by motor-car, for tho purjjoso hi inspect' ing tho roads throughout the'eounty. , i.. '. ThenJ is ; a keen demand for houses *..in' Foilding at tho" present time,' and local agents ' aro finding' it difficult to' meet requirements. This is promising for workers for tho ooming • wiuter/hs it'indicates that work is likely to last. 1 It is stated that, at tho present timej .there', is not an emptjr liouso near : tho oentra' . of tho town.'_ ,'Thero' is no demand for farm, ? land, but a littlo exchanging is going on.. ■. • ■ It seems probable at present that tliero will. . :bo only, two. .candidates for tho Mayoralty-^; .;. Mr.' Trewin, tlio' present Mayor, and Coun- . cillo'r Fitzherbort.. Councillor. .Goodbeliero is, ,said to bo dropping, out of tho'contost. : For,',;.. tho nino seats on tlio council, tW following . havo decided to go to tho poll on Uio 1 Chamber of Commerco ticket:—Messrs. J. W." Bramwell, Theo. West, A. H. Atkinson, 1 ,A.'. Richmond, A. ; Williamson, H. .Tolley, G. H. Saywell, 'and G. o.;Hubner. Messrs. Bralnwell, West, Richmond, and iTolley aro • members of tlio present ' Tho, ninth place is'reserved for Sir.' Other nominations are exprcted.