CARTERTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 8

CARTERTON NOTES.

■ .At a meetLng.pf, the County .Council on .Satur.day. a. credit balance..of:.J642o 7s. 2i. was re-' accounts amounting to dE365-7s. 2d. -,were passed"for ip'ayment:- It was resolved ;to expend' .£ls' in putting the Admiral Eoad"in oruer. It was decided; to draw the ■ - Dep'art.ment's'attention to the state in which the work ;on the" Craipe'jJe'a.Road had beenleft. Tenders are.to be called for the .erection of. a bridge :to replace the structure known as the Maunga'tafere Bridge,- leading, to Swamp Road. The te'nder : of G. Lett: was accepted at 25.: 6d. per yard, for metalling; on Flat Point ' Epad, and ■the tender-of Johnston Bros., at £Wi, was *ac'cepfcd for -the, Admiral Eoad .deviation. The iTjVelKngton Farmers' Meat Company's' applicaition for, the council's consent to'the erection of freezing ..works. at. Waihgawa was granted.. ■'•. ■ Mr. Sparrpw, of. the ■firm .of .Mills, Sparrow and Co.; London, is at present visitihg Cartertbn. Ho was one of the delegates who at■tended the Imperial Chamber of Commerce Conference,.,and .is'.taking the. opportunity , to visit the various cheeso factories in this , district. .His;firm is' one. of the largest; dealers in New .Zealand>produce." . :..,-.'. ' .<.- .. . , vA. , ; meeting- of Totara 'Lodge, TJ.A.O;Di : was held on Monday evening, Bro.vE; Wallis, A.D., presiding. .Three friends , were proposed for memb.ership: Bros.B. Smith and W. Erickson ;wero added,to the committee which is arranging.. '.the " social'" in connection with tKe card_tournament.arid Bro/ Molloy's depirtu'ro. Keceipts-for j the' meeting wero £12 11s., and dißbursements JC Bs.-.... :.. .