NAPIER NOTES.
At a meeting of tho Education Board to-day, a resolution was passed regretting that tho Minister could not see his way during tho present session to consider the question of increasing teachers' salaries, and generally improving tho conditions governing their employment. County Council's rates for the coming year will amount to %C2G,000.
The Customs revenue at the port of Napier for July totalled .£11,271 7s. fld., as compared with ,£9253 15s. lOd. collected during the corresponding montli of 1912. During tho month 39 births, 17 deaths, and 11 marriages were recorded in Napier.
. A steel smelting plant ie being installed at Niven's, by which it is hoped to do away with the necessity for importing steei castings such as aro required for ordinary purposes.
Tho directors of the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Meat Company have authorised Mr. Mitchell, of Wellington, to prooeod with the preparation of plans and Kpociiications for lifiw freezing works at Wliakatu. The works will have a capacity of 2000 sheep per day, and it is expccted to coiuntenco operations in September, 1914.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1817, 1 August 1913, Page 2
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177NAPIER NOTES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1817, 1 August 1913, Page 2
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