City raring to go with new motor bus

Speaking at the meeting of the Mornington Council last night the Mayor (Mr S. Solomon) said that the time was approaching when the motor 'bus which the council had ordered would be arriving, and it behoved them to have everything in readiness to put it into commission at once. They had spent money on it, and it must not be idle on their hands. The point was that as soon as it arrived they must be in a position to put it to work. Part of the proposition was that the streets must be prepared for it to run on, and the serious consideration was, where was it to run?

That was particularly important viewed from the financial aspect.

He thought it desirable that they should have a report laid before them by their executive officer as to the best method of running the 'bus, and accordingly he moved: "That the town clerk be instructed to report as to what in his opinion was the most suitable course for the proposed 'bus to run on."

The motion was carried, and the report will be considered at an adjourned meeting of the council on Tuesday next.

• Judging by the remarks passed at the meeting of the Mornington Borough Council last night it would appear that people erecting or altering buildings in the borough have come to almost totally disregard the by-law stipulating that they shall obtain a permit from the council. The Town Clerk stated that applications were sometimes lodged for a permit, but if it were a small job it was generally completed by the time the application came to be considered. The Mayor said that it was an important matter, and that some sort of supervision should be exercised. It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the town clerk, who shall have power to deal with all applications.

• A succession of heavy north-west and south-west gales was encountered by the steamer Tomoana while on the voyage from New York to Australia and New Zealand ports (says the New Zealand Herald). The Tomoana left New York on March 24, and met with fine weather till after leaving Cape Town. It was then that the gales were encountered, which culminated in a violent hurricane on May 11. The vessel was hove-to for five hours during the storm. Great seas swept her decks from stem to stern, carrying overboard everything that was movable on deck, and smashing the bulwarks.

The vessel rolled and laboured violently in the heavy seas, but apart from the minor damage on deck she sustained no serious injury. The gale moderated in the evening, and the Tomoana proceeded on her voyage to Melbourne. Her passage from that port to Sydney and Auckland was of an uneventful nature. - ODT, 12.6.1912.

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