DOMINION NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2485, 26 April 1909, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

THE VALUATION OF A BOROUGH —A PROTEST.

[Per Press Association.]

FEILDIXO, April 24. As a result of a public meeting last night, protesting against the valuation of the Borough,'the Council, at a special meeting to-day, met the officer* of the Vaulation Department, and asked for an all-round pro rata reduction. The officers refused to recommend this. The Council passed a motion to take stops! to object to the whole of tlm valuations before the Assessment Couit. MISSING OIL LAUNCH i’lCxvED IPNEL.SOX, A i ■ A 24. The fishing oil launch Victory, for the safety oi which fears were tu'ertained, has been picked up safely at the Frneh Pass. The boat costained two men. Hahn, the owner, and a probable purchaser. FALL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT. GORE, April 24. G. H. Major, attached to a travelling concert partv. while engaged in covering skylights for a matinee at the Town Hall, fell through the glass to the floor, sustaining scvmw injuries. He was kneeling on the skylight without precautions for safety ar the time. BURGLARS AT WORK. Stewart. Dawson and C’o.’s premises, in Prince’s Street, was entered by burglars last night, and £2OO worth "f jewellery, mostly bracelets and brooches Jewellery, amounting to £30,000 worth, was in the safe, which was not tampered with. THE HALF HOLIDAY QUESTION. The Otago Trades and Labor Council is issuing a manifesto a---eaiing to electors of Dunedin and dr-tric-ts to support a Saturday half-holiday.