DAY'S BAY WANTS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1364, 15 February 1912, Page 7

DAY'S BAY WANTS

DRAINAGE, WATER, ELECTRIC •LIGHT.-

The Wellington Steam Ferry Company, which owns n considerable portion of the land at Day's Bay, i= looking to the local authoriiy (the-Hiitt County Council) to make improvements usually regarded as essential in closer settlements. The company has addressed the following letters to the chairman of the council:—

"January 11, J912. "Dear Sir,—lt is felt by my company am! by many of the property holders of Day's Bay,' with whom the writer has conversed, (hat Ihe time is fast approaching when the matter of the drainage of sewage in Day's Bay will require to beseriously considered. With drainage, the. question of water supply must also be included, as the 'one cannot be effective without the other. There is plenty of water at Day's Bay, and there should be no engineering difficulties to- overcome so far n.s drainage is concerned.. All could be done by gravitation into a common septic tank on the foreshore, should this method of drainage be considered suitable by your engineer, and no other difficulties present themselves. The matter is one which a local body only ran deal with, and I now write to ask you if your council is .by .law empowered to undertake such n work; and whether, in the event of (he majority of residents and property holders in Day's Bay expressing their willingness to allow, the Bay to be formed into n special rating district for the purpose of dealing with drainage and water supply, the council would be willing to take the necessary preliminary steps to the cost of the inggested undertaking.—Yours • faithfully, "K. G.~ V. ZOHRAR, "Manager." Tlie second letter had reference to the lighting of the 'foreshore at Day's Bay. It ran :— ' "Voiir letter of Octolxr 13 last has not been replied to earlier-owing to the delay which has ensued in .getting an estimate of cost from capable electricians on the matter of installation, of the necessary posts and wiring for this purpose. This company is prepared to have erected tile required posts and wiring for three lights—one at Hi? corner of Main ami Moana Roads, one at the wharf entrance, and the third at the entrance, lo Day's liny Mouse, at a capital cost of X'l-V The yearly charge for the three Ni-earidle iv.iwer lights to be- at the rale of .t3 ill-. jver lamp per milium. Light'lo be en! oil' at midnight, and lamps not to be lighted on moonlight nights." A Inter letter (dated January 4) makes it clear that (lie cmitieil would l;e required lo pay the .illii lor posts and wiring, with cost of maintenance, and the company would supply the light for the yearly >'nm mentioned. ' -\flei- discussion at Tuesday's meeting of the Council it was decided that the chairman (Mr. Wiikehnni) should interview Mr. JColiinb in reference to the k rvires named.

The death occurred at U'olverliamptou iwentlv of Mr. .laini's I'hillip-, who was beiieve'd lo be the oldest ve-lry clerk in Kiviland. Tie was SO ypars nl age. mid had lieid "tlii-e siiicv IH.Vi. ire had botu for half ii tcnliiry lion, sei-retary uf Ihe Midhind Temperance I.eiiuue. and for liO vejir* I In l liTii-liivr nl the Wolverhsimplon Temperance Sociely.

A very strange incident occurred »t VauyerU Friiuee, (luring a recent stiirin. A niali, fU years of age, wn- i-aughl (i|i by a whirlwind and hurled over a h:\ylick. He came down in safety on Ihe other side, but as his IrieiuN were ccm-

"raluliilinsr him "" his cK-ape (he old iniui «iis killed liy lißhliiiiiß. which -purcd jhr olher men v.lm wen.' standliii; rinind him. For Bronchial Cnnjh. t,i»e Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d. The railwav from Kharlnni i- now throiish to Kl dlwid ■the. rnpibl of Kordofan), iiud is open for traffic.