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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 May 1916, Page 3

At «u special meeting to-day 'the ■Horowhenua County Council increased I tbo general rate in all ridings. Notices of Ithe increases is advertised On page- 3 of this issue. Messrs Dalgety a(nd Co., Ltd., libto received the following caJ);jegrajn ironi their Jjondon office (under date of 2-1 th lnstiant)"For the next aeries of <«*leß our own Oaliu L«ve been fixed as 'follow®: ist June, sth June." In the opinion of Councillor Kjbfcell the on|y way in wbicih the weigut of the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board's levy oa>u be brought uudier the notice of county ratepayers as to place it squarely on their should. ei;s by means of a special ralte. tie suggested l ait the meeting of the ooun* oil to-day that tjiis be done, but at the suggestion of the ctmirmatn postponed moving in the matter for six months. The oansialtency of the ""bounty Council 1 To-day ifc granted! an increase of wages to -its' BUtifateeimen, a aaul in the salary of - the engineer, owing to the rise in the cost of living, and ait the' sarnie time reduced its estimate for printing and advertising for the coming year by £33—from £133 to £100, this in *pit« of the groatly in-jica>e:l co;-:t of all material used by printers. It seta one wondering what umnllors think. printers live on. ' Hie County Couiicil, at it® special meeting .to-d(ay, increased the rates on "tlio Wirokino riding Un order to reduce tht- overdaft from the present £2500 to a!n estimated 2750. Councillor •Keubell said that al!( the tarmors were prosperous at present. When th« war endecli prices might fall and thm they, wouild not be in such n good contion to reduce the overdraft. Councillor Broadbelt thought the estimated rediuctdon sufficient for one year. It was hardly fair to expect ratepayers to pay it all off in one year. Councillor Kefobell: Mr Ciiairman, you Will remember that excuse has ' been ueed here year after year. The oTi-ur-imea: Yes, I know; 1 have used ; t myself.