DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 257, 30 April 1912, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS

.. .i MAEEiDAWAV j ' '(From'Wf Owri Cdrr&pontlent.) '"' ; The. heavy weather Experienced for the past week,'and winch' towards the finish. !.ddnsi^ted l 'of'''str'bJf2'. ! yi>"Ji;9rly winds, accompanied" by rain an'cT Uiil.'s'qualls', has' just ahpht'. put t]ie •flnal | touch to tIjLQ falling'supply'rff tyid .the factory and its Durham creamery are now receiving millt every-other r ''fla|j*:''Tliete was no half-way business aboyfc thd way we were treated by the elcnierjts 'on Saturday night, which was about up rough as at any period one's memory could recall. The metalling of tli'e top end of Durham West is at'Si standstill, a.nd it will take some time of fine weather to allow the job to ■' be proceeeled' with, as the new formation'is practically swamped. Tlie Durham "Road Farmers'". Club commences its winter meetings pn Thursday, May % and'it is-aW-!: •;■.;'.;iv. tluit many new memflers will join, it being prc.pos('d to devqt.O; cejtaiii evenings to social amusements, such as card parties, etc. . '.'''•' L r"lfr/-itnmps'. 1 ' ha.s : Tjfiade his appearance on Durham'-roW." So-ffiwonry'one family is affected, and it is hoped, without wishing any iff-will to the sufferer, that, the, ugly customer will not turn his" attention elsewhere. '■' I understand he has a fair number '"down" in Inglewood. ■ . . i

Those of us on'the outskirts of Inglewood and whose interests to a certain extent are centred there, are very sorry that the ratepayers'/ did not recognise the importance ;of; raisipg the status of tMe borough by carrying the proposal for a town hall. An up-to-date building is an absolute necessity, and it should be in the hands of the people themselves. T am given to understand that misrepresentations as to wire pi-Jling regarding certain land for a site had much to do with the rejection of the proposal. It seems a great pity that such humbug should have transposed, and, if the borough -owns reserves suitai 'o for t'lie- purpose, to an interested outsider those in .whom the ratepayers have entrusted their affairs are to blame for not making the position -so clear as to prevent misunderstanding. The method of inuendo, etc, is evidently not confined to politics.