DRURY.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 608, 15 February 1921, Page 5

DRURY.

The subscribers and committee of the Drury Library held their annual meeting recently, there being a fair attendance. The secretary read the balance-sheet as follows:—Credit balance from last year of £6 17s 3d, members’ subscriptions £B, Government subsidy £9 8s sd, interest 5s Id; total £24 10s 9d. Expenditure: New books £lO 7s, new book case £3 15s, rent, insurance and expenses £5 16s lid; total £l9 18s lid. Credit balance to December 31, 1920, £4 Is lOd. Fifty-five new books have been added during the year and the library now' contains over 1100 volumes of good readable books. The secretary reported a good increase in the number of subscribers and said it was the most successful year since the library was instituted 17 years ago. It is very gratifying to find there is more interest being taken, and as the yearly subscription is only ss, there should be a large number of subscribers. The balance-sheet and report was unanimously adopted with a vote of thanks to the librarian, who was granted one guinea for his services, and the outgoing committee was re-elected, namely, Messrs. S. Fielding (secretary, treasurer and librarian), A. Girdwood (auditor), K. Gardiner, Caughey and Hepburn.- The meeting then closed. Our school opened on the first of the month, with a fair attendance, for half time for the first week, but the committee, with the consent of the Board of Education, decided to make it full time from Monday, 7th, much to the great disappointment of the children.

I think there are several pupils attending the Pukekohe High School. I see by the “Times” that Mr. Massey says the Thames express is to stop at Papakura. It is to be hoped this will not be at the expense of Drury.

Some of the roads in the old Drury road district are getting into a very had state, notably about the Chamberlain Estate part. There are a large number of blue metal spawls being carted out and stacked by the side of the road in several places. We hope our new councillor will see that they are crushed and spread before the wet -weather sets in. Rabbits and blackberry also want attention and the footpath along the Wailioihoi Road has been quite impassable for a long time. Our councillor should come round sometimes and see things for himself. One ratepapyer told me the other day that he did not intend to pay any more rates until some thing -was done on the road. He said it was impossible to take his milk to the factory and was forced to separate at home.

The rain was very welcome here as the ground was very dry.