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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1915, Page 3

The receipts from the municipal publie baths last year totalled JCB lis ( Jd Toronto reports that a gold nugget, valued at £SOOO, has been found by an engineer in a group ot mines in British Columbia. It measures thirty-six inches in length, eighteen inches 111 width, and two inches in depth. Messrs McLcavey Brothers, ot Ohau, wlio have sold the greater part of their farm at Ohou will have an auction sale ol the stock held on Tuesday next. Details are advertised to-day by Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. A gold medal of honor for llomney wool was gained by 'Mr. John Davies, of lvoputaroa, at the Panama Exhibition. Such an honor, gained in a world-wide competition, is meritorious indeed. The estimates lor the Levin Borough—income .14600, and expenditure £-1809, aud in gas department, income £2-574 and expenditure £2500, wcro passed by the Borough Council at its meeting last evening.

Tho bank exchange rate 011 tho transmission of interest 011 the Levin Boaroujjh Council's loan, from Levin to London, showed an increase this year ot £3—from £7 to £10.

Councillor Vincent drew tlie attention of the Levin Borough Council lust night to the state of Bartholomew road. Most of the milk traffic from the Heatherlea settlement came that way and the aides, of the road were higher than the centre. lie also drew the attention of the Ouuneil to the condition of Cambridge-street, lrom Queen street to \ork-street. Councillor France, chairman of the Streets Committee, said that the trouble in thu latter street wat> that the drivers would not keep on the metal. Regardin Bartholomew read it needed attention. ft was a boundary road and the County Council would pay hall of the cost of repairs. One of the letters read by the Town Cleric at last night's meeting of the Levin Borough Council was one from Mr L. A. 'Barron, who asked to be csupplied with water from the Borough mains, but stated that he considered that any charge above £3 per annum would be too much. The letter caused some laughter, and it was resolved to inform' - - Mr Barron that water will be supplied to him on the terms ruling tor people outside the borough.

County Council would pay hall of the cost of repairs. One of the letters read by tho Town Clerk at last night's meeting of the Levin Dorough Council was one lroin Mr L. A. 'Darron, who asked to be supplied with water from the Dorough mains, but stated that he considered that any charge above £3 per annum would be too much. The letter caused some laughter, and it was resolved to inform' Mr Darron that water will be supplied to him on the terms ruling tor people outside the borough. The Library Committee of the Levin Dorough Council reported to the meeting of the latter last evening that it had decided to allot in this year's expenditure on books the sum of £15 lor borks other than liction. After consideration it also was decided that the assistant librarian, 'Miss Stevenson, be granted an increase of £10 per year— I win £(j0 to £70. The report was adopted. In referring to the- borough estimates for th» coming year the Mayor " taid they all would have liked to see the rate of ljd per £ in the capital value reduced this year., but they preferred to proceed on sale and sound lines, and therefore made no proposal to reduce it this year. Councillor Blenkhorn said that for 'the Council to reduce the rate the way must be. prepared by the preceding Council which often committed its successors t.o various works. Councillor France advocated a reduction in the watc i ate. Sortie time ago the Levin Dorougl Council offered three municipal sections to the Lands Department in exchange for the educational reserve adjoining the Levin public gardens, the idea being to extend the latter. The Lands Department refused the oiler on 1 the ground that the proposed exchange I was not an equitable one—the municipal sections not being oi suflicient ! Talue. It asked the Council to make another offer. At its meeting on Monday night the Council decided to take four of its sections and let the Lands ! Department take any three of the lour it wished in exchange for tho educational reserve.