DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 5

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

ftIVLB BANK QUESTION ' AGAIN. ' ■ IDy TeleErapb.-SDiclal, Correspondent.) * V Wanganui, September 15. " Still another phase in the racecourse dispute h&sjbcen' reabbed by the Wangamii Jockej Club applying to the Borough Council (in, thi event ,of its "removal 'to another course) fo) fiorinission to reinovo : all . buildings erected 01 and leaded'from the council, ana the adjoin ing reserve... The council ,is cautious-in .thi matter, and will promiso no more than; that whnithe club submits a'definite.'proposal'ti surrender its leaso, they will'consider the mat tor on its merits/ . ,'. ■ Twenty, parents .this' morning :were fined a the'S.M. Court in sums ranging 'from two'ti live shillings, ami costs,, for not sending theii children to school., ' ■~-■•< The Wanganui, Presbytery. has decided ti request the wangamii Education Board 'ti alter its regulations so as .to require. only 24| hours per work for esoulnr. instruction, thu: leaving -it in'^ the power' of'school committee: to grant half-an-hour per ' week ; for Bibli lessons ,if they so desire. The Gonville-CasOecliffe Tramway Board which for a considerable time has been dis cussing the respective i merits of ■ Purrey aiic electric cars for its proposed system,' last, nigh' resolved to offer tho, Borough- Council. sixpenci per car-mile''for power to bo supplied.by th( council (the l.ittor's price is 9.} a.), and thai the balance earned above this, after providing for interest charge, be. divided .'equally. be> tween the;board and'the council. .'The board decided , also ,to ask . the sanctiqr to borrow w825,000,. and also to submit the question lof whether" they ■ shall ■ instal an electricor.. Purroy, system to a; referendum, The issue of tho latter, depends on wliethei tho council . will reduce its'.price.,- If it.doei not, it is practically certain that the Purrej system will be carried,, as- it'is .undoubted!] moro/ economical.• :•, , : , ,; It is-the intention of tlio .Borough Counci to- shortly, revise;the. whole., oftheir" by-laws and -.bring them' uprto-dato. . , The 'matter of- obtaining pood' lasting roac metal for the borough-streots is : ono' that ha: been troubling the council for some' time,' ant it is now proposed to .make-inquiries' re.- tb< :ost and suitability of' boulder'stonofrom 1 thi Rangitikci; Eiver. " . , The borough balance-sheet has been returnee W'-tlie .audit officer with', several tags, - all -o) them, ■( however; 'of a merely formal nature ro put the'matter in order, tho : Pinanco, Com roitreo will consider 'same, and report to th) acxt mceting of the - council. jThe question of river-bank protection reaohec another stage to-day,' when tho Borough Coun oil. in a. body, • invaded ' the- meeting of ' thi wanganui County Council,, in order to en leavou'r to arrive at some. -Understanding.' Thi borough's-proposals, briefly.. were:' That *thi oounty Council should at - once undertake thi irork, and,' failing- an . agreement as to' thi allocation, of cost among the'local bodies-con lerned,. a; commission ,be set ;up to .settle thi »me. representative' pressec their case forcibly,, but'.found County Coun Jillors* hard to move.- All; sorts .of' objection; were raised to\tho'proposals .by' the - Coun£ L-oqncillors,, somo . of/whonr considered thai :ho borough should undertake' tho work, - thougl lie .locality ;is- within tho 'county, : while other seemed afraid of the .cost. One 'member, wantei ® ,9 work on to the Harbour Board ind- one thought that; there' was nothing' .t< .P. the .borough doing the work; if they-wer v°i S a^ , - third, .suggested the. in jritable request to the ■ Government for assist Mice;. and, finally, 'the / CoWy: Council wen nto puzzle the matter out, witl what result .is not', yet known. The- Countcouncil s procrastination over this matter 1 sausing:. intense indignation, but that bod' seems Unite indifferent • to. • possible ' confic luences. • .. • •