DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1915, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

( Knmi -Cur Own Correspondent). PATKA. A >.j»rcial meeting of Hi» J'orou.u'h CY-inn-ll Wii:-, held i>h Tuesday at \v!)!.'li a. ilt pill a 1 ion. fn.m the ("ham'ber . of ('ominert-e was reieived. The qiit'sliun of lease;-;, their u.se and a!);-*-', was fully dlsi'ussed. Tho ehairlnan ( : .Mr. Johnson), who introduced the diMuta'tiiii:, the I'ouneil to pre.-ent the titles <if the land. ivrenMy anjiiir'.l fmn the. I'ounvil, to tin* ))Uivhasei's. as, (he New Zealand lli.n; 1 Hiiiltlirs were j ]'! , aclli-aily to inhlei'-laiul that tin* title deeds would he handed over to l Ihe'.u 'hefitre l,hry ci)ini!:en,-ed huildini; j o]ieratiui;s. 11 1 fui'Lher remarked that ) the lliamhe: waited on theui not as an :■ body, hut a-; a seet-ion de-ir-on.-; of with the '(.'orm-i! to fnrthei" the inic"e:ds c!' the town. Messrs Marlon, Hemingway and K. S. Ti)oii;|;-'on were ah o oi' the. opinion that th • (juotion was urgent, and. should receivo tlse immediate itttention of the Coumil. The sy>lt»m of rating was imt ( ouitahle. o'.'.'illL;' to some o! tii•' l'esei'Ves j in the d as r/ .in:r j paddoeks, and beinu' irlcd a?> such, whil-l J adjoining in some ea-'-s p.nd i <'i]ii:il to four tin" 1 - the aux'unt in raie-. I That the 'present le--e's shoi'ld be :ip-

• ai.che:! and a.-l;ed to forfeit their leases, ;;n;l a betler tenure ):e ollel'inl: failing th.i's, : d;en]d h - Miunat vina tie I ounc'l pi wer to Imy !>a.ek the present leases. Numerous other suggestions were i>nt I'erwai'd, win h. :ti {he opiiKim (»f the Chamber, would facilitate matters. The Mayor (Mr. ('. A. I.arer.mbe), in re-plyimr, staled that the Council were doinjj their utmost to eop-e 'with the diHiciility. Tllev. a- a. Council, could not sacrifice the public e-tatc to enhance On- : va!u> of properly of private individual. 1 A't ti-e present time i! was >ie to legislate, and taey cnuld only hone that so'ae of the i>n-<e:'.t would forfeit tlnur h'a-"s. In «'e:»ard t ■.■ the ••(•ctions re'-rntlv ;-:d.l by the Council, the piirclm sers l;nc>v lia.ile-.' what terms they were sold, and both parties 'Would have to abide by the agreement. 'Several coun.illors entered into tile discushioa, and it was 'evolved that the whole inatter of rating and leases be gone into fully. Tuesday's meeting only more fully that the system of ratinjr on the unin'i'iroved value would be the greatest factor in overcomiiur t'.'.e dilliculty. 'Several of the ineinbers of the deputation -wre unconsciously putting, forth the t;reatest arguments in itfavor. The Chaniber of Commerce ceuld do worse than.fully invos'l.kjate th.is- sv---tem, and at tlu- same time in into the ouestion of edia-ational anil Harbor 'lh anl r"servcs, That the uncxpwtril often happens is aptly provcil bv the ehainpioiiinq' of 'Mr, (I. I'earce. ?\I.P„ of the en use of labor. .Mr. lVarce advocated at the l'atea County 'Council meet-ins on .Moiulav that in ti 1 w of the |irescnt high cosii of living. uiuder war eonditioas. surfacemen's wages should lie increafcd at the rate of Is per day. 'He was of opinion that married men especially should benefit by nil increase. IMr. Tano 'Kama, recently of the Post and Telegraph Department of this town, who left with the ambulance section of the. last reinforcements, in a letter to a friend, comnvciited on the fact that 'there had occurred several ciioes of measles and pneumonia on board the transport, one vase terminating fataly. Cm d '-(Tilling the burial at sea, he gave a touching and graphic description'of this 'impressive and solemn ceremony.