OLD SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 2

OLD SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.

-• . .. — 1 « —— 0 . . SETTLEMENT AT AX EARLY DATE,' : The'vexed question of the delay thaS has -taken place over .the .settlement o£ 7 the old soldiers' claims cropped up' in c tho.House of Representatives again on a Saturday. ■' Mr. Herries (Tauranga) who brought' 2 up the matter said that. he " sincerely • ' trusted that there would be no further • delay in the matter.' " [ Members: Hear; hear. ....•', - Taylor (Christcliurch' , North) .said that if tlie payhientsi wero s long delayed the money would b'o only 1 of use for paying tho cost of tending, •to .the "veterans' graves. He was swathe Prime Minister wotild_not relish his trip ■ Home if-he Tcmemb&red that theroi were numbers of old veterans in need] 8 in' New Zealand. Ho wished to kno\f E when the claims would be settled. > The Prime Minister: We,intend to r settle these claims, as soon;'as tliey arcl J all investigated. \ 5 Mr. Taylor: "When will that he? j Sir Joseph Ward: In about tw<l months. - s After further discussion tho 'Prime Minister gave his assurance that a set-< . tlement of all ;admitted claims, would ; tako place within a few weeks.- ; / '• '..• 1 5 • .. f JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI. • ■ - ——» ~ ' , (By Telegraph.—Special CorreEpontient.l , ' . Warganui,'December 3. . . November Was a dfy month in-Wa-nganui, tho total rainfall being only 1.91 : inches. Rain fell..on eight days. : . : The Wanganui East Borough Council yesterday .executed a deed, with Wanga- ~ nui regarding tho'new traffic bridge and tramway extension,, aiid both ■,bodies j now' only ' await the arrival of " plana from the Public Works Department. . It has been <discoyered['that tho pilot j station reserve at'Ca&Kjcliff.is the pro-;, . perty of the Government- and an ap- ; . plication is now being made by the Har--3 bour Board to have its ownership vested I in that body. , - , Out of. fifteen applicants -Captain s Mlntyre, of .the Stormbird, has been . t appointed pilot and harbourmaster ■; at ■ t Wanganui; vice' Captain Irvine,who'ret tires at the end of t!ho year. 'Cap- - tain M'lntyre's appointment gives geni eral satisfaction,' as., in addition to his other qualifications,'-he-has a thorough' i knowledge -of the conditions of tho port, and during the 'fourteen years he lias been ' trading -hero "has- never ;had .•. .an accident.. . .; '; The maintenance and care'of a public park is a function not often exercised .by d harb'oiir board,' but-that is tho position in Vliich tho Wanganui Board has stood to Lundon Park, (Castlecliff) .for many years. Last night the board ' decided to hand over the control of the park to the Castlecliff Town Board. Work on the inoles at the entrance of tho port still goes steadily on. During last month one hundred feet was add-, s ed to the south mole, and forty feet to -. tho north mole, and at the present rat® f of progress it is only a matter of about s a couple of months before the ends of 0 both walls, will reach the line of the 1 bar. .. . ' e Castleclilf Wharf has recently been shoaling up and the Harbour Board ins tends to put a dredge into 'commission - at once and deepen the berthage. :