Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2452, 11 July 1922, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Wellington tram way men have decided to strike.

A very slight earthquake oecured at 3.40 this morning. Advertiser wants to borrow £SOO or £OOO on good freehold security. At last night’s Council meeting accounts amounting to £2,978 3s Id were passed for payment.

The Borough Council last night decided to offer a site to the Fire Board for a lire station in Hall st.

A special meeting of the Borough Council will he held on Monday next at 7 p.m. to finally deal with the bylaws.

A motion of sympathy was passed to Mr Huntley, borough foreman at last night’s Council meeting and the hope expressed that he would soon be restored to health.

At the local police court yesterday before Mr ITornblow, J.P., James Collins, on a second charge of drunkenness was convicted and fined 10/-. Mr and Mrs G. C. Coley entertained a large number of children at their home in Russell Street on Saturday afternoon in honour of the eighth birthday of their little grandson, Reggie. The little guests spent a right royal time.

There were present at last night’s Borough Council meeting: The Mayor (John Chrvstall Esq.), and Crs. Coley, Bryant, Martin, Alex. Ross, Thompson, Walker and Rand, also the engineer, Mr Climie. Apologies for absence were received from Crs. Smith and Whibloy. At last night’s Council meeting the following motion, moved by the Mayor and Cr. Coley, \yas carried: “That in order to arrive at the true income and expenditure of the various activities of the borough, current rates be annually charged against separate departments.” Despite the recent magisterial warning, a fair number of stock were allowed to graze on the borough streets during the past month. At last night’s Council meeting the Borough ranger reported that six horses and 19 cows were impounded during the month. Driving tees totalled 13/-. Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the formation of the Massey Government. Mr Massey tbok office on July 10, 1912, and he has remained at the head of the Administration since that tune, during the most strenuous and eventful years in the history of the Dominion. He received many congratulations yesterday. The hearing of the charge of inciting violence in an address on “The Downfall of Capitalism,” at the Communist Hall, Wellington on June 4, preferred against Alexander Galbraith, a candidate for the Napier seat at the forthcoming general eleetionCis being heard in Wellington.