BOROUGH FINANCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2555, 15 March 1923, Page 4

BOROUGH FINANCE.

TREASURER’S RE PORT,

At Monday night’s Borough Council meeting the Borough treasurer reported’ as follows: — During the month of February the sum of £1,242 15s 7d was received and has been placed to the credit of file following accounts as follows: —Cemetery a/c £3 10s, District Fund a/c £823 15s lid, Water and Drainage Loan a/c £415 9s Bd. The full £5,000 representing Temporary Deposits lias now been received, and £4,400 of this amount together with a separate £I,OOO lias been temporarily transferred to the Water and Drainage Loan a/c, a total amount of £6,400 of which we have only £1,280 18s 5d in cash at the Bank. Since the balance was taken out a sum of £BOO lias been transferred back to general a/c, leaving a net balance in the loan a/c of £4BO with accounts still to be 7>aid out. Six months’ interest amounting to £6BB odd is also due and should be paid but at present there does not seem much prospect of this account being paid. The ledger balances on February 28th, 1923 were as follows: —-Imprest Cash £lO, General £5,357 17s 3d, Interest £39 Is 3d, Reserves £26 10s 6d, Town Hall £l9l 9s Od, a total of £5,624 18s 6d.

, The accounts at credit were: — Cemetery a/c £9O 0s Id, Temporary Deposits £5,000, Contractors Deposits £2OO, Drainage Connections Loan £4OO, Gas Wjorks, £217 8s lOd, Hospital and Char. Aid £2 13s 6d, Council Chambers Reconstruction £1,235 8s sd, Library £9B 10s lid-, Sanitation £64 3s, Water and Drainage Loan £1,280 18s sd, Town Hall Pictures £230 6s Id, a total of £8,828 9s 3d. SUMMARY. A/cs at or. 5624 18 6 Cr. bal Cem. ac. 90 0 1 Cr. bal. Drainage Loan ac. 400 0 0 Cr. Bal. Council Ch. Recoil. 1235 8 5 Cr. Ba. W. & D. Loan ac. 1280 18 5 Cr. Bal. Dist Fund ac. 197 3 10 Acs. at Dr 8828 9 3 ’ t £BB2B 9 3 £BB2B 9 3

An amusing incident has been related to the Auckland Star in connection with the most recent popular wedding in that city. It had been arranged to hold the wedding breakfast at the residence of the bride’s married sister and a carrier was employed to convey the necessary crockery to the house. Upon arriving there the carrier observed at the gate a stout, elderly man, in negligee attire, and said, “ I say,' old chap, would you mind lending me a hand to unload this crockery?” “Certainly,” said the “old chap,” and at once rendered efficient aid in unloading and bestowing the breakables in safety. Imagine the carrier’s surprise when he later discovered that the “old chap” who assisted him so readily was none other than the father of the bride, Mr himself! The reader can supply the missing word.