LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1372, 24 February 1912, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council is to be held next Tuesday evening at Wise's Jtooms, Eastbourne, to considerthe petition of the ratepayers for the reintroduction of the Gollans Valley water scheme, A poll was taken last April for the water and drainage scheme combined, but was rejected, The ratepayers are asking for the water only this time.

As reported yesterday, Mr. V. Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, went to Palmerston on Thursday to attend a. meeting of the Plaxmill Workers' Union, with the object of promoting a conferenco between tho millers nud the employees in order to nettle a dispute which has arisen in tho industry. He persuaded the men to agree to a conference, and it was left with him to suggest to tho owners that such a conference was desirable. He made representation!) to the owners accordingly, and last evening ho received their reply that they would be willing to meet the men to discuss with them tho points in. dispute. Tim conference will be held in the Supremo Court, Palmerston, at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday.

The officers of the Education Department and friends held their annual picnic nt Day's Bay on Thursday. The weatkor was all that could be desired, and a most enjoyable outing resulted A number of races were held during the (lav, results being as follow-.—Married ladies' race: Mrs. Brown, 1. Married men's race: H. Benge, 1. Young lades' raco: Miss N. E. Brown, 1. Young men's race: .T.C.Hendry, 1. A fancy-dress cricket match was also field, the various costumes causing much merriment. The prize for the best fancy dress went to Mr. MCLnne, who appeared in the guise of a Sundowner,, Tho second prize went to Mr. Brown (schoolboy).

Special harvest thanksgiving services are to be held to-morrow by the Central Mission. The ordinary morning service will be conducted by the Rev. E. 0. Blamircs, in (ho Herbert Street-Hall, mid there will be a "musical Sunday afternoon" at .1 o'clock. This latter meeting will be addressed by the Her. Martin, Saddlebag Missionary. The usual evening meeting will be held in the New Theatre, Manners Street. The bnrvest festival will be concluded with a social in the Herbert Street' Hall on Monday.

There was a good deal said about the tainted state of the city water supply at tho City Council's outing at IVainui-o-ninta yesterday. Mr. W; H. Morton (City Engineer) attributes the cause to fomentation from decnying vegetation in the basin of the new reservoir at Solomon's Knob. Something similar har>. pened some time after tho new dam nt Karon was filled. They did their best by burning and grubbing to clear tho fcvcnleen acres now covered with water, but there' was always some vegetation which decayed under water, and that was doubtless the cause of the tainted water which had been coming through tho mains. It is proposed to ameliorate the nuisance by treating tho outflow with lime, which was effectively done at Karori. It is not expected that the nuisance would lone continue.

A special meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council will be held on Tuesday next, nt Wise's Rooms, Hona Bay, to consider the. petition for o water supply. Particulars regarding Sunday services will bo found on pas© 2 of this issue.