JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 916, 8 September 1910, Page 4

JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.

■; PATRIOTISM IN'HARD CASH! |■' . (By. Telegraph;— Special Correspondent.)'!;;: ■. .-. 0..'-•■.■■'■■■ Wanganui, September 7.f: The .'GonvUle-Castlecliff .TramwAy Board met last- evening, and ■■considered' , a report from the. engineer (Mr. .11.' Creagh),- giving ; estimat«s; for. .the--.-fii.il' 'scheme. In moving that, tenders, .lie palled for .the supply of- rails", aid sleepers, and that the board take .stejis to raise a-ldan'-bf. £35,000. for tramway purposes, ; the chairman. ' said' that; -!it might appear strange.to, some for the board. to .-call, ten-ders before., the -poll was' taken, but ■ he. had'no'doubt as jia the result..-of; the', poll," and no ■ obj'ejif could be gained by.-further delay. . .]!n. the.;'unlikely: event of' the. loan::pro-', posals, riot b.eing carried, "■: tho board would sustain ,116 loss, aad tenderers; would tako a. cq'mmoii : risk., '8y. , : the tin)o..' that -.'; Ofders-iii-Couhcil had ■;Won ■made, and a: poll;taken,:.tlie a'greemeiit: ■with '.the I .■Wangaiiui-'Borojjgh; '.Coumiil .should be fixed up;'as the-. Mayor..wjis doing: all Jo could: to: expedite' matters, . He, had estimated. tKe cost -as follows :|tt■ErigineersV'estimate....;£26i7s7.;;, contiiiigenbies (10 per.' cent)y £2675; : engineer; say,j £15,00;, n'rstyear's 'mte'rest, J>lsoi)-j £200;, purchase of,; lands,--; £250; "".tlia kiosk, tenciiigi. etc., .'£1000;' shellisr. 'i£34i182.' , . :, -Tlw :: ni&tiqi^-'fayp^ir.ingfa'-'-.lo£in :, of-'£35,000 .'was carried unanimously,, iks' was '■ also , orio. that the necessary'steps be;'taken for.'a poll of . :j[. . : ; At' '-'the'l.qiiarterly /meeting-.; of •,.;': the Licensing'i Committee/ : the • chairman (Mr. iW. Kerr,S.-M.).said;th'at the'eoinmittee.. wished tb'.draw.-attention ;to the 'amount, of:.drinking.;going.,on , -amoiig. ■Maoris', in -town, lividenceiof this- wis; to-be' seen •.frequently; in' the.-streets, arid,Maoris,'.who:had, beendrinkirig,wdre frequently?., "congregated:, ai .; Riclgway Street, and the Avenue'corneh'Thecom--. lriittee wished -the■ : i)ol.ipe'rto. , takei'.mdre. notice of the; practice . than;'-.appeared! to: have beeii done,'and to try.to'lessjiri ;the /.amount of drinking; by. , -.'-, Native's: The" chairman ''stated ■ that. it was ..only fair to-say! that- he'did riot .think tlijif the liofelkeepors were /supplying , tlie Maoris dii'ectly- with drink—at/least in too "muchKqriarititjv-and, > from ; wh|Hho could- gather, it; seemed to', be obi tairied from, other/sources;!: -'.'..: . - )i;. ■:■ ■■ Some, time ago the 'Education. Depart-, merit, asked .-■' the.' .Wariganui '; Education ■Board; to i ascertain what schools; -.we're, without'the : New, Zealaud ensign, arid, ; when .the:,information was obtainedj. flags .were; supplied. V iNow., tlie Depaitr. ment. hae'ascertainedvthat, -in:the;rjsmote-, past, some'. schools ..hare ; beljii equipped with -flags,; and. a' demand lias been:, made..'on .!the' board', for; 'paymeiiit of''some £i 0" for t-he3e. flags,, a-.threit' of, stopping the,inbiey from the board's capitation being, made'!'-. The board cided to 'pass ; the -' threat; >on ,* to, tlje school cominittees.concerned,!.in- order to.givei them an..opportunity pf-.display-in'g their;patriotism in.-hard cashi •'l^