ELTHAM.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 December 1917, Page 3

ELTHAM.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Eltham, Dep. 21. In conversation with a business man ho informs me that trade Ims been very good, and others say that the last twelve months have gone by very well. Whilst there are not the signs of prosperity apparent in the streets, tradespeople have funnel folks spending freely, and tho?e in the drapery line have ieen particularly busy.

At the last meeting of the borough council the question of Elthnm's water supply was reviewed, and the works committee-arc to go into the matter of extraordinary supplies and report to a future meeting The Axemen's Association's shed, which has been used as a dressing-room by axemen, cyclists, footballers, etc., has been handed over to the municipal authorities, and now the shed will be removed to the. river bank, and those who use the \vamgongoro river will find it useful m changing from ordinary to swimming attire.

It is strange to learn that the <ras manager is still experimenting with tar and that Eltham is importing the substance. There is a scarcity of the commodity in the Dominion, and anything of good quality i s in steady demand, hence the wish that the manager will "strfke I oil, or at least tar suitable for road I work.

~A l°m man named Denis Brew is the latest Elthamite to "go west." He was reported wounded some weeks baclc and wounds 6 n6WS ' S that he haS d ' od from