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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 January 1915, Page 3

-Referring to the proposed metalling of ill© main road between Koputaroa and i 1 ox ton by the Horowhemuia Comity Council, Councillor Rotter staled at the last meeting of the Couneli that ifc would be better if the road bed was made up of clay or soil', instead of sana. The sand came through the metal. The engineer agreed that soil or clay would be better but the cost "oil Id be great. The manner of clearing the water races in the Te Horo Riding was mentioned' by Councillor Cately at Saturday s meeting of the Horowh<enua county Council. He said the work was done too hurriedly and the rubbish got knocked back into- the watercourse. Councillor Afoul* considered that the roadmen had too much to do to look after the roads and keep the water races cleaned out. Tlfe length of water races was increasing ancf it would be better to put a man on specially to attend to them. At the meeting of the Horowhenu County Council on Saturday.reference was made to the matter of native rates. -Europeans had to pay their rates and ' any special rates, and ifc was time the Council took stops to recover the rates from the natives. the number of males serviceable for war an the Dominion is less than 200,000. Of these we have already despatched from New Zealand 12.400. or approxomately one in 15 or 16. It will not bo long, under'the present arrangement. before wo shall be sending away one in 10, and even one in 7 A glut of fruit as far as some varieties are concerned, is being experienced in North Auckland. In one instance an orchardist. got. rid of a Heavy crop of plums at the nato of (Tel per ease, the buyers bringing their own cases. Other growers who shipped plums to Auckland got even a lower return. The same price of 6d per case was realised lor the fruit, but out of that they had to pay 4d for the cases also the steamer freight. ') rauannamnaim i