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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1651, 6 March 1886, Page 2

! At ,tnejiasjt.meetjng..ofjthe Manawatft; County Council, the Chairman stated that the r ' batik- overdraft ; amounted ' to J62,500. He again pointed out the neces-^ sity-fc)r : ;tne; council to carry out only?; absolutely nec'eroary ; w6rkdi' ; ; ; - ii i At al^ejne'etin^ of the yeatir^ of S.t. Thomas'j., .'^Sansonj^'itj .'was decided ! t<v abandon", the üßuaOaßt^r J .si?ortß, .'hold in' aid of iKe .f unds'of the Churchy and yen- ' tjure oh '-.&; qe w. 'method of isiugmentinj* the Churcj i'fuuds,.hy , cariyassipg -the district for 'subscriptions.,' :-./'j' ,','. ''.'(n ".':','■ ;-.-.' j /The; , ifojlplwingotelegrara has.i beenf^; c'eivediby the secretary, to theißulls; Ac- ; Ic;limatißation1 c;limatiBation ! -Spoi;.ety':from the Colonial. Treasurer :—• * 'Acclimatisation: , Society • duly rtgistered. 'First; March . too; soon; for ducks ; first April . : quite ; early enough;.": .., •-■:, •■..--. ',':■' ; .-; ; ;' .tr : I -At ; : last meeting : of the Manawatu ■' County- Cburicili tenders for leasing^the'" Fdxton ; and- Wirokino • ferries - were - : laid ! on the 'table. Before opening the tenders 1 the : Chairman stated that certain altera- ! tions had been made m the scale of charges 1 at the ferries. A considerable reduction had been tnad« m the ° charges for sheep, '•'■ and- foot-passengers would-' riot' be requested to pay- twice ■on • the" same day. Mr Hillary's tender for the two f erric'a ' was; abcepted. ; :■ : • i . I Mr Service; the' "Victorian Premier, 1 ' threw out m the, course of a recent speech at jCaßtlemain^, .;the' : folio^v^irig whicu' f is worth ■pondering; pyef by 'our own Go-' .vernment. '-' ; H ; c ' "said "':—'« l want the people ; 6f "Victoria to lay it down as a ! rule that these railways should be made' to pay the interest on the na,tional debt, and always to pay for it, for as soon as this can be done, taxes can be reduced: m all directions, and m .time: you will ,haye one of the ; 'finest - properties 'you ? could ever wish to possess, ; Ifiyo.u adopt that principle, and. onlyVlet.it. be; known m ; :England, the : credit, of Vyictoria. will be the best of^any ; country, under the SUn."/;.: ■'."■ .'■ .. ::i--.- :': : ; ,:i ;-V ■'■."■>■'■'.} ': Experienced ■ lumbermen i have- always held that timber cut-in-: the . spring was '■':■ not durable for ; building purposes. ; Recent scientific 'ihvestigai' tions sustain 'this -belief.^ It: * is" shown that the richer. the wood is in_ phosphoric, acid; : and- ; potassium; -.the .more likely " it is " to' rotand hioqld V wood' cut m. the spring, contains, eight times, .asmjich' of. the' latter 'as' wWr* oiifiq'the^ winterv'' - : :J '- :ii ■'■ '■!-w.; i -.-:.-r yj