The tender of Mr» Geo. Frith has boen accepted for erecting the new co-operativo creamery at Manawaru. The work is to be gone on with im mediately.
At a recent Borough Council meet ing at Timaru, a Councillor voluu toered to give an instance of the sys tem of rating in vogue (says the Morning Post). He said ho had pur chased os worth of .-paint,, and had painted his home with it. A s soon as he had done this, tho valuation of his place has been increased by £96. He had taken his case to tho Asses ment Court, and the assessors wore so satisfied that he had beeu put to a great injustice, that they reducedihis Valuation by £5 more than he had asked them to do.
