DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 269, 6 November 1908, Page 4

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAITARA, Mr. Ceorgr Thornton (who is wellknown in Waitara) "has left Te •Kuiti, where lie has resided for the last three years, for Hamilton, to join the linn of '1 hompson and St. Hill, surveyors* ill". G. li. ('roll, manager of tin; local meat works anil also Borthwick's I'akipaki works, is visiting Waitara in connection with the re-opening of the works for this season. .Miss Robinson, of Waitara. is lying dangerously ill at .Miss Raker's private hospital. New Plymouth. The Tikorangi mail carrier, Mr. 11. Faull. has resigned bis ollicc afler 20 years' service. The post and telephone office will still be at Mr, Faull's residence, but the mails will in future lr? carried by Mr. -Melvenzic, of the Waitara livery stables. The following nominations for the election of the Clifton county councillors were received bv the county ele"k up to noon oil Wednesday:—M/akau riding. A. K. Hunter. C. (Cftiliiva-.i, John Sheeliy, and Herbert Wells. l"renui riding, K. Julian and 1!. 11. Pigntt. Waihi riding. T. .McKeuzie ami S. Elliot. Tikorangi riding. J. W. Foreman; Xgatiiuaru riding, 'liios. \ ile, :•>, KX'iinin,r----(on. and Herman Sander. A meeting of the Waitara branch of the Farmer-.' I'nion to be held in the Tikorangi llall next Monday even-

INiiLEWOOD. The weather continues to favor tiie fanners, and consequently Hie milk flowing in in record quantities, many farmer.-, pelting nearly twice the return this yeay a* last year from the same number of cows. The monthly meeting of the Inglewood Uorough Council was held on Thursday night. wlieu there were [iresent, his Worship the Mayor (Mr. Curtis) and Councillors McDonald. Young, Surrey, Brown, Bennett, and Winlield. IJie following correspondence was taken: Letter from JSmart Uros. asking for a wood kerbing between the verandahposts iu front o| their premises; from the secretary ol the Weslevati Sunday School committee, asking fur the use of Hie Recreation Crounds tm Roxing Day lor their annual picnic: from the Railway Department, advising that the account feu* 4*. for removal of rubbish was not passed by the Department, as Ihere had been no rubbish removed; from the Napier Fire Brigade Supply Company, asking for particulars of the Council*?, engine ami price, as they had several enquiries Jor second-hand engines; from 11. -I. M, Thompson re lease, ■lames Crichton v. W. Puklowski, oi' section (iIH: from tin- Department of Public Health re the Council's rubbish deposit \n Dudley Road, l'econimcndr.ig thai the Council cover all rubbish over with one foot of dean earth. A petition was received from the Inglewood Tradesmen's Association, signed by 144 members, asking that a poll be "taken to change the half-holiday from Saturday to Thursday for factory employees. The request of Smart 'Bros, for kerbing j was left hi the hands of the Works ! Committee, with power to act; d the TVesleynn Sunday School was granted i the use of the Recreation (Srounds en I Poxiug Day for their annual picnic; the I action of the clerk in writing the Napier I*ire I'rigade Supply Company -it»them asked for and , the -engine at CIU was endorsed; transfer of lease, .James Crichton to W. Puklowski, was allowed; tile matter of the rubbish deposit in Dudley Road w.is left iu the hand* of the Sanitary Com' mittee. It was decided that a poll i'C taken on 4th December re altering the half-holiday from Saturday to Thursday for factory employees. Williams' lender for breaking metal at 2s Ihl per I yard for unscreened and 2s lOd per yard for screened was accepted, H was proposed that the regulation re removal of refuse be rescinded and a special sanitary rate be struck in the inner area. After a lot of diM iission the motion was j carried. Councillors Winlield ami Ren-, nett voting against it. Accounts ! amounting lo CRN) 5s .Id for the general account and Ctfl) 12s 7d for the loan account were passed for payment.