TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1914, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

I [PER FIIESS ASSOCIATION.] | MUNICIPAL DWELLINGS. J Hamilton, This Day. | The Hamilton Borough Council has decided to erect municipal | dwellings at a cost of <£400 each, and at a rental of £6 to <£10 a year. Preference will be given for occupancy to the Borough employees, who, by paying 15s weekly will be able to acquire the property in 20 years. Hamilton is the first town in the dominion to try the experiment. FIREMAN'S HEATH. At the inquest on John William Channon, an acting-fireman, who was killed at Frankton station, the evidence showed that he had been working for twelve hours continuously, and that he was putting the brake on a truck when he got jammed between a truck and coal bin. A verdict of accidental death was returned. In a rider the jury added that it considered the firemen's hours too long and urging a reduction.