ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1910, Page 3

ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

FROM THIS YEAR'S GkWiOR VL USTIMATIOti. I iio kstiniates brought down w'th tlic I' iuanrial Statement—lor a cop\ ol which we arc indebted to theforethought of Mr \V. H. Field, include tin l following votes ■ l local interest:— hxpenst'.s of .supervision Ivapiti Island (i nd lulling purchase and in;;inten :slite of oil launch), £130. l'-a.vnient ot rout on liangitiina, Ksiuit-i \o. I Ci 7() acrc.s), £14. ( -M'liiawatu River Rro'kvtion (bal- , i'.nc-i? of subsidy of £ for £ up to cifioo), m. 01 lall river rnserve (fencing, mHuc'ing floodgates). £38. IV-evmiting sand dunes and drifting .sau-d, including purchase of marram gra?s for cli.strUmtic.n, £30. Tongariro Xat.mn.ai I'ark (huts, tracks and br:nrd expenses), £100.' I iircl'..°of land at Otaki (recreation ground and reserve) CIOC (.subsidy of £ for £.) A bonus of £200 is vr.+sd. for the best meatus f:f eradicating noxious weeds, ,and £'100 is voted for the destruction of noxious weedts on X-a.tive lands. The manager of the. Industrial School at- Weraroa is granted an increase of £10 per annum. mul G'i.'i dpi- annum extra is divided between 'Mie schoolmaster and the assist.uittea^lier. ~ °f £100 is cm uteri to the Avowing ton Aecliniatisatlnii Sn'aetv'.s ganve. bleeding station at "araparanniu.