WAITARA.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1919, Page 5

WAITARA.

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.)

May 31. ..".jl Yesterday's poll for the election $ four member* for the Borough Connofl resulted, as most people expected, ta. fc victory for the four business men wjfllij, '' were nominated—Messrs Blair, Gribbof, ■ Kennie, and Beckbessinger, who ptdlaS tii respectively 256, 270, 223, and 220 Three hundred and twenty-three Tottt * •were recorded, which fhows that considerable interest was taken in the pMrVjj! and had the day been fine there wwis- - have been another vote=i, the heavy showers doubtless kMp'V'-, ing a number away. Another poll fof""'] the election of two members takes on Monday, and when these are cltySttA ;2J. the borough should have the strongttt council there has been for the lafct years The Clifton football dan"? held Wednesday waF very well attended, astd' .3 as It. was a cold night /tancin* brisk, and all seemed to be thoroughly, 1 ? enjoying themselves. The music *W';n provided by Mr. J. Taylor, and Mr. S, D< George was MC. , B v *lj The Kia Ora arrived in the mdstMaY# yesterday, and the first liases of mwf, were taken out. at. about S o'clock lasi night. She is taking abou\ 13 000 car- -i eases of meat, 2763 paekases of sundries, 027 casks of tallow. 1300 bftlW of wool, 1 cases of poHs, and 2500 caMt.-J of preseived meat. 'ftio loading is pected to last about, five days. v'ij3 Messrs Cox and Worsop, of the locjpw| railway staff, met with a nasty acdde«Hja while charging gas cylinders from thU-H travelling gasometer. A lighted lamtt;j; was standing about IS feet away, whiqp.&j ordinarily would havo been quite saflMuS but owing to leakage somewhere tbr|K9|H caught fire, and Mr. Cox had bis-hwSjai rather badly burnt, and his face sllgbthpji scorched. Mr, Worsop also had hi) slightly hurt. A meeting of those interested inJ|H| formation of a choral society was largely attended. It form a society, were elected: vice-presidcntad^^^^^^^^^^^^H