COUNTRY NEWS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 205, 25 May 1920, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS

NOTES FROM VARIOUS CENTRES Prom Our Special Correspondents. MANAWATI)

The (estimates for the l'alnierston North Borough Council for the year en<iing Jlarch 31, '1921, provide for an approximate expenditure of <£35,922 175., which includes a debit balance of .-13,8-5 from the- previous year. The estimated Pxponditure is lis., which will leave a debit of to be tarried forward at the end of the yff.r. I lie rates to be struck will be tho same as last year, viz., a general rate of 2M. in'the ■C, and a special rate of 1 7-lfid. in tho dS, w.Mle the wator and samtnry rntes will be without alteration. ... A mrotiiiK of local men who bad done home Hi'rvico was held 'at Pahnerston North on Friday ovening for the 'purpose of forming a branch of the New_ Zealand Homo Service league. Mr. il. a. Elliott, of Wellington, organiser, for the league was present and explained its objects, and made particular reference to the war gratuity. Ho pointed out. that sorno of the men who had only got as far as London had been placed in good jobs and had seen do fighting. They returned to New Zealand, and in eomo instances drew the-maximum gratuities. He contended that tho men who did servieo in the Dominion under equally hard conditions were justly entitled to some recog-nition-in the direction of gratuih. Jlhe same thing appliwl to imuti allowance, privilegos under the Uischarged Soldiers Settlement Act and the Hepatization Act. Ho said that the whole thing was anomalous and that he considerwl there wns not the slightest doubt that the _lenmo would achieve its objects. J«o 53 out of the 78 memhers of Pnrlii nlent had promised to'support their caims, and a petition would bo placed heforo tho House next session. Mr. ?nrd president of the Auckland Inancn, present, that their previous oriwnisntion, which had been known a" the. New Zeala'nd Soldiers' AsMCintion, had thrown in its lot «th the After discussion : it was diecu I;n\J<» *a nil possible to push oil the objects of the Fengue, hud Mr. S. Newman was appointeVt°CtheorffieMton Nortli Supreme Court the Oroua County, Council' was awarded .£2OO damages agim st Carl I.ud wiir Thomnson and Fred. Cia\en. tor in uries done to reads by heavy_traiic d o o n by the defendants. The dchad entered into «n agre™ ei,t with tho council to PM the costs ".?> damnKe ■ which might be done to. the

fC The nt Kns position has become acute in Palmers ton North owing to the quality of the coal now bemg used nt the municipal gasworks. My tters 'SJ'® " ' too satisfactory on Satnrdnv; nemiw. b«t on Sunday night the liS ht in ' 10 churches was extremely poor, and, many households were m somi-dai been found impossible to procu e sulhcient Newcastle or other sm able w coal and in the meantime the work are being Tim under great difficulties with coal which gives but poor■ result . The Dannevrko Agricultural and 11 as tornl Afcoeiation is convenins a meeting of secretar ; es from mrmlnr ladies to be Si" to Palmerston North An ring, the National Dairy Show. The object is to consider tijs- question of getting matters in oonnection with the eonduct of agricultural shows put on a uniform basis.