WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1601, 19 November 1912, Page 3

WANGANUI JOTTINGS.

THE LOAN PROPOSALS.

(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.. ' Wanganui, November IS. / It is stated oil good authority that th TJ.S.S. Company is so satisfied with th> results of the now Sydney-New x lymouth Wanganui service that tho Kararau wil be withdrawn and replaced by the Kit tawa, a larger steamer. As tho Parboil. Board will probably effect still furtlic. improvements in the nnr J ihanne between the heads and the trn very soon, it is hoped that the Kit tawa in-her turn will give wa} to! still larger vessel in the hear futwv Some important proposals will, comi forward on Wednesday for decision b] the ratepayers of the borough of Wanna nui and Wonganui East. Statutory meet n»s held in connection with tile propos.il. iifriii" the last few days point, however o the .probability of some of them beinf ■.urned down. The gas works cxtensioi oan of ,£30,000 in the parent borough, an .he dCTOOO drainage loan ftt nngaiu; Sast, will probably, be carried. trong opposition ui JS\ onganui to th G2OCOO loan for the destructor ajid tm lec'tric light and power scheme in con icction therewith, the idea being U itiliso the heat from the d « s^' lct^j t f, j! he steam-driven electrical plain. J.t l. eco<*nised that the destructor is beiom ng urgently necessary, but a strong, sec ion considers that'the proposed comba ion would be unworkable, contending tlia he destructor could not be relied upon t( 7si flUncy. The most fav-reachi* Proposal is that for tho amalgamation «. Yangnnui and )Vangaimi hast or th >asis of the pooling, of all Kins a lid otlie labilities, and of too asst.'ts of the t\v loroughs. Separate polls will bo taken !a h borough on this question. In fcnra ,o verv interest is apparent ,n th >ropo c al, though the opinion on the « holi s favourable. In Wanganui East, how ■ver tho opinion seems oycnly rfiMtlcd, id'if carried therf it 1)0 inly by a narrow majority. .