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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 500, 14 September 1912, Page 5

Plans of the Sunnyside estate are now to hand and several have been posted to clients who made application. Should plans not reach applicants copies may be had from the auctioneer, or agents for the property, Mussrs McDonald and Cochrane.

Miss Ivy Graham, music teacher, Te Kuiti, has been advised that all her candidates (six) entered for Royal Academy of Music examinations have passed. This result is very gratifying and reflects credit not only on the teacher but also on pupils.

All interested are reminded that the annual general meeting of the Ta Kuiti Tennis Club takes place in the Chronicle office nn Monday evening next. As the business will be important it is hoped that all members and intending members will attend.

On the recommendation of the Public Accounts Committee, a return has been prepared showing the expenditure by the Government on the subsidised Wanganui river service since its establishment. It shows that subsidies have been paid for 23 years. The amounts in the first twelve years varied from £350 to £B3O per annum. Since January, 1903, the subsidy has been £llOO per annum, and the contract was recently renewed from April Ist, with a subsidy increased to £1250. Exclusive of the amount for the current year, the State assistance given to' the service totals £18,340, an average of £797 per annum.

In Parliament yesterday a letter was read from the Sir Joseph Ward presentation Committee asking that the House should accept a photograph of Sir Joseph Ward to commemorate his retirement from the leadership of Parliament. On the motion of the Prime Minister the photograph was accepted.

It was announced by the Minister of Public Works on Thursday that he had approved of the suggestion to supply timber for flooring co-operative workers' tents. This intimation was sized upon by the member for Avon as an indication that the Government intended to continue the co-operative workers' system, and was another case of back-down. The Hon. W. Fraser promptly denied the assertion. He did not believe in the co-peration system as it was carried out, and he intended to alter it. He believed in the small contract system as a whole, though large contracts were also necesasry, and some work might be done by day labour.

With respect to the false statements circulated concerning Mr R. McNab in his relations to Parliament, it was stated in Parliament yesterday that Mr McNab refused to supplv further information concerning his work. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher said he trusted Mr McNab would overlook the unfortunate criticism and carry on the great national work he had undertaken.

Mr Le Seur, hairdresser, Te Awamutu, announces by advertisement that his hair tonic is unsurpassed, that it assists the growth of the hair and prevents it falling out, also encourages new growth. Other special lines are particularised in the advertisement.

The attention of builders is drawn to the advertisement appearing in another column inviting tenders for the erection of an attendant's cottage at Tokanui mental hospital. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Te Kuiti.

Mr J. E. Walker, chemist, notifies the fact that he ha 3 been appointed sole agent for all Nyall's family remedies. By advertisement in this issue Mr Walker specially draws attention to Nyall's Spring Sarsaparilla.

A poll of Taumarunui ratepayers W aa held upon various loan proposals, and resulted in all being carried by substantial majorities. Out ' of about 400 ratepayers only 113 took the trouble to vote. For a loan of *• £550 for erecting municipal and nre brigade buildings 99 voted for and 6 against. For a loan of £I6OO for acauiring a municipal saleyards site of 34 acres and erecting saleyards thereon 98 voted (or and 5 against. A loan of £325 for improving the recreation ground site of 26 acres secured 88 votes for and 15 against; for the purchase of a stone crusher a loan of £525 got 82 votes and 21 aaainst. A loan of £4500 for installing Dreadnought gas as a municipal ehting system had 96 votes for and IT against, and a loan of £3OOO for advancing to owners to enable them to put in drainage connections had 35 votes for and 1 against. members of the Borough Council accompanied by the engineer and town clerk, yesterday made a tour of the town and suburbs. In due course a report will be submitted by the engineer upon th« requirements of the to*n in respect to the various urgent , works When that has been done the | public will have the position placed KorJhem with a view to undertaking the raising of the necessary money to complete the works. The Colonial Sugar Company has issued a writ against members of the Sugar Commission in Sydney to restrain them from compelling the general manager of the company to appear before the Commission and answer Pertain questions referring to the business of the company. The effect o? the writ will be to raise the ques?ion of whether the recently amended Royal Commissions Act is constituGaynor, of New York, in his j e ZHce before the Pohoe tion Committee, admitted that three * million dollars yearly in graft had Ken paid to the police by the liquor interests Recently this had been enJrelv suppressed. While the force was certain to contain a proportion of aod untrustworthy men, SJ gSnewl level of efficiency was higher"than ever before He admitted that burglary inand insurance .™. • Vn>lf had mmned 35