MORRINSVILLE NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 11

MORRINSVILLE NEWS

INCREASED RATE COLLECTION (Special to Times) MORRr.N'SVILLE. Saturday. A.t a meeting of the Morrlnsvllle Borough Council the town clerk, Mr A. G. Strahan. reported that £8582 19 s 2d was collected In rates during the discount month, representing 82.36 per cent of the total rates. Last year’s collection was 76.73 per cent. The council voted rhe sum or £lO towards the £IOO shortage in the amount necessary to erect the Maori hostel at Hamilton. PPAKO CALF POOL The =um or £12,082 17s ltd was paid out up to August 27 to suppliers of the : Piako Federated Cair Pool. The advance j was at the rate of 1s 2d per lb llve- ! weight. A further payment xvill be made : in December, including a bonus. , The condemned percentage was only .5 * nor cent, against 1.13 per cent last season, i The calves collected were 1760 in excess j or those rorwarded last season. The calves collected in the various pools | and payments made to dale are:—Sprlns - - l dale-El?loxv. 11.1.35, payment cnsl r, • Tab tin a. 5 li:.. £l.m r'lawaru-WaHe.u' I 9027, £2811; Motumnnho-Kuruni. 1:29. 1 £518; Walton. 2759. £S7u- N yarn a 40; s | £1446; Kiwitahi-Kfireono. :\<r, s. £1223. ORPHANS' CLUB SOCIAL j At the monthly meeting or the Mr»rBro. R. Os-lJ»rn«\ presided. 1 ' Tin- 1 iruest '■'•r . Ihe evening was Colonel \. F. Loach, gen- | eral secretary of the Associated Clubs. ; The club’s orchestra under Bro. K I'at- , ferson played several numbers. niim’ i items were given bv Br-. 1.. E.-uiin 'oug . Bro. Wylie i accordion Solo.'. Bro I ''ase song), Bros. (Pa-cock and White i (accord/on solos), Bro. C. It. Williams | (recitation) VOLUNTEERS EXAMINED At the final sitting or the Morrlnsvllle Medical Board under the voluntary system held at the Drill Hall, the following recruits were passed as fit for overseas service:—F. H. Bear, F. Epu. 11. Hunt, T. | Attewell, G'. H. Berg., T. D. Piapa.