The firm was prepared to supply and cart metal to improve the road if the council would give £30 towards the expense.
The clerk had replied, as directed by the chairman, that the Kaikorai Valley road had already received its share of this year's allocations, but the chairman would instruct the engineer to employ a surface-man to take delivery of any metal supplied by the firm.
No reply had been received from the firm.
The chairman said that this was one of the worst roads in the county.
The average annual expenditure on the road during the last four years had been £93, and the average annual income was only £31.
The council might either approach Messrs Ross and Glendining with reference to obtaining an annual subsidy or see what the City Council would be willing to do.
The matter was left in the hands of the chairman and engineer, with power to act.
• London as a whole - city and suburbs - is now under orders to subdue all lights, and every window must be screened or shaded before a light is turned on.
The order will affect thousands of windows in business premises and city offices, as well as the hall gas and undimmed scullery light in the rear of private houses.
There is sure to be an unprecedented demand for blinds, which in most city offices are non-existent.
The Home Secretary's order comes into effect immediately, and there will be no desire to escape from its provisions, for now that we are entering upon the dark months of the year, a bright, unshielded light might give the enemy the direction he seeks.
The recent Zeppelin raid has taught everyone to realise that for their own safety the Scotland Yard orders must be obeyed to the letter.
The order will be enforced against those persons who permit a light in a back room to be plainly visible from the outside.
• Under new regulations recently gazetted, persons purchasing firearms or ammunition must first obtain a permit from the police.
This apparently is not generally understood, for people in the country still persist in sending into the dealers for ammunition without enclosing permits.
The dealers have to explain the matter by correspondence, and refer would-be buyers to the police.
Speaking to a Napier Telegraph reporter on the subject on Tuesday morning, Inspector McGrath stated that people generally appeared to be ignorant of the new regulations.
There was no reason why the regulations should interfere with legitimate trade. - ODT, 27.11.1915
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