DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

BOROUGH OF PAHIATUA. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. _ PAHIATUA, Dee. 9. Tbe Borough Council has resolved that a reduction in the number of councillors from nine to six shiill tuko effect next April, The council also favourably considered a proposal for the formation of a fire board, and will probably submit the proposal to a poll at the municipal elections. ALLEGED NUISANCE. WELLINGTON, Dec. 9. In a case in which a resident of Evan’s Bay proceeded against the City Council for an injunction, also claiming damages sustained through the smoke nuisance from the new electric light power-house, Mr O’Shea (city solicitor! claimed that the council was quite within its rights in doing what it had done. He applied for a nonsuit. • The magistrate said he would consider the matter, and the hearing was adjourned till to-morrow. COLLAPSE OF WHARF. AUCKLAND. Dec. 9. All the expenses incurred by the special inquiry into the collapse" of Western wharf have not been computed, but the total will run into a considerable sum.. The fees of the commissioners (Messrs Cyrus Williams and F. W. Furkert) have been fixed, it is understood, at £3OO each, exclusive of the customarv allowances. The resignation of the Harbour Board’s engineer (Mr Hamer) is stated to be already in operation.