MARTON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 581, 9 August 1909, Page 8

MARTON.

The monthly meeting of the Rangitikoi County Council was held at Marton on Saturday The Treasury, Department wrote advising pajtaettts of £450 for tho Kawhatau Bridge, and'a £60 grant for PotaLa Road, also approving of loan 3 of £80Q .tfor-iMoa-whango VallcJ lload, £1100 foi Okciao doviation and Kauangaroa Road, and, £1300 for the Waterfall and Muiunotu .Roadsi s 'The Minister loi Railways wrote stating that no action would bo takon with respect to tho .council's guarantee of £300 for a subway at Marton Junction, until the ratepayers had sanctioned tho loan 'Mr Charles 'Pitt, of [Wellington, mote agreeing to an exchiiigo of land foi road purposes at Mar ton Junction. It was decided to make application to tho Government for loons of £1600 for the construction of Bowen's Eoad, and £800 foi a road to connect the Ca'ico Road with i Mam Street on Martou Extension, £400 foi rfordnig and culverts on Newman's Road, and for motalhng 80 chains on AVhale's Road and 35 chains on Newman's Road, and £700 for constructing Biuce'i, Road to connect with Bonny Glen Road It was also decided to place £5000 on the list of loans to be applied for ivhen money is available for metalling Murray's track from TinrauLawa to Mataroa, and to schedule a loan of £5500 for future application for metalling the road from Rongoiti Junction to KoeliO The engineer TV as instructed to proceed with the plans for ( tho Taoroa Bridge over tho Rangltikei River upon tho Da.vson prmciplo A maximum of £2 was fUed for councillors' expenses when attending meetings This was done to prevent any excessive charges Tho majority of the councillors make no charge for attending meetings

( ) Tho Pahiatua. County Council, at a meeting on Saturday, decided to support the movement aiming at the Wairarapa Charitable Aid district being 'made separate from the "Wellington district, 'the petition from itho local 'authorities' conference regarding separation, to ,be sigp#l by tho chairman ana dork. • , i The Scarborough School concert was held on Friday evening, but wet weather spoiled > the attendance An' enjoyable evening, nowever, was spent by those who were pre- ' fient._ BoHterous weather prevailed in this''district all last week ' On Saturday morning a Jiglit coat of snow was lying on the hills between Pahiatua and Palmerston. ■ . ■ ' A "strange light" is reported to'havo been , eeen in the western sky by several "rosidents at seven o'clock on Saturday evening. '■ CAItTERTON. , , 'The following is the annual report of the Taratahi Dairy Company:—"The amount of milk icceived , during the season was 3,630,0661b., being 38751b. in excess of tho previous year. The butter-fat amounted to .144,3941b., tho milk showing a percentage of 3.97, and producing 366,6491b. of cheese, equal to 163 tons 13cwt. This is an increase of 24 tons on tho amount last season. Each pound of butter-fat mado 2.5391b. of cheese, 1 tho milk averaging 9.911b. to each pound of ch'eese. Duitng the season, advances were made to milk suppliers at tho ra-to of 9d. per lb. of buttor-fat, tho total amounting to £5114 14s. ,4d., leaving for distiibution £2105 14s. 9d., equal to 12s. 6d. per pound of butter-fat over tho whole season. Wo

have also mado provision for writing off 8 'per cent, for depreciation of plant and buildings, and the paymont of 6 per cent, on thp i paid-up capital. Tlio rotiring directors by rotation aroi—Messrs. It. M'Larcn, D. Reid, and T. Iteid, and .they-arc eligiblo for reelection." The management of tho Carterton Methodist Church have , just had their organ over-' hauled, and, despito its advanced ago, n great improvement lias been mado to it. The u-ork was entrusted to Mr. M'Leod, of Master-toil. ' Tho bowling green is looking remarkably well at ,thc present timo, and should be in fine condition at tho opening of tho season. -"■■' " ■" ■■■ ■

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