BOROUGH TOPICS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 73, 11 October 1939, Page 2

BOROUGH TOPICS

MAIN HIGHWAY SUBSIDIES

WORK OF COMMITTEES

The Whakatanc Borough Council met on Monday night when there wc;e present the Mayor, Mr 15. S. Barry, Crs G, Otley, W. Sullivan, C. S. Armstrong, A. J. Canning, C. G. Caisley, F. Prideaux and A. Hall and the Town Cierk Mr D. V. Saun.der,s. blatters considered included a letter from the Whakatanc County Council staling that th: coun'eil viewed tlie extension of the bovougil boundaries favourably, Tlie Public Works Department advised that Main Highways Board subsidies approved for the year were £260 i'or tlie Paroa-Whakatnne State Highway, this including £53 left over from last year. The Wainui highway (Hillcrest) had been allotted £240 ;\t three Ibr one subsidy, and £700 at three for one for widening. .There was £500 allotted for the

Whakatanc Wharf main highway at three for one. With the councils' contribution £55)5 would be available REPORTS. The borough .foreman's report, after detailing loading work done, continued that six new connections had been amde to the water supply and alterations made to several meter lay outs which had caused trouble. The Francis Street amin would be l<tid as Soon as valves and fittings arrived, The electrical engineer's report included the information that there had been thirteen new connections to the supply during the month, made lip of four ranges, four hotwater cylinders and five lighting installations. Six building permits, two for garages and four for residences, had been the value amounting to £4696.

The inspector reported that 27 licacl oft stock had been impounded and .seven released. For head mentioned in h ; s last report had been sold. He had destroyed two dogs. The fiinfince committee minutes THE COMMITTEES. showe that accounts totalling £1516 I.os fid had been passed for payment. A fresh arrangement to pay the sanitary contractor 7 a 4d a pan as from November 1 - was recommended by the "works committee.. This fol'loweil a request for extra payment '•in view of the increased cost of petrol. It Avas resolved that the recommendations of! Mr R. Worley, who was engaged to report on the water supply, should be considered at the next meeting of the committee when the results of the overseas enquiries made hv Cr S. S. Shapley would be available.

The borough foreman was instructed to dear and level the street frontages to the residences of H. O. Stewart, Landing Road, and Mr N. A. W, Victoria Avenue.