PAHIATUA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 April 1938, Page 9

PAHIATUA

NEED FOR TOWN CLOCK. (“Times-Age” Special.) At the meeting of the Pahiatua Borough Council, Councillor Watts brought up the matter of the town clock and advocated a personal appeal of all town and country residents. He was of opinion that they would get £2OO from the town and £3OO from the country. The Mayor thought the correct thing would be to get any committee that may exist to meet and determine a plan of how to get the money, deal with the site question and select a clock. In the Mayor’s opinion, the only site in the town for a town clock to be of service to town and country was between the squares opposite the W.F.C.A.

Councillor Sturton moved that the committee be called together to deal with the question. Councillor Watts seconded the motion, which was carried.

UP-TO-DATE MORGUE NEEDED.

At the Borough Council meeting on Monday night Councillor Moriarty referred to the necessity for an up-to-date morgue in Pahiatua. It was decided to ask the Council’s representative on the Wairarapa Hospital Board (Miss O. McKenny) to furnish a report on the question. RATES OUTSTANDING. The rates struck by the Pahiatua Borough Council for the 1937-38 rating year amounted to £4,140 of which £4,066 has been collected, leaving a balance of only £74 of current year's rates outstanding. The collection of current rates was equal to 98.3 per cent, of the rate struck for the year as compared with 96.57 per cent last year. The rates outstanding at March 31 amounted to £307 as against £341 at the beginning of the year.

OBITUARY. The death has occurred at Wellington of Mrs A. Cohen, mother of Mrs V. Levy, of Pahiatua. Mrs Cohen was knocked down by a tram-car in Aro Street, Wellington, on April 7 and died later from her injuries. A very large number of friends attended the funeral services at the house and at the grave, which were conducted by Rabbi Katz. Mrs Cohen leaves three sons and two daughters. PERSONALS. Mr C. B. Udy, of Kaitawa, it at present receiving treatment at the Pahiatua Hospital. The condition of Mrs J. McCardle, of Mangamutu, is causing her relatives anxiety.