MEETINGS AND SOCIALS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16420, 14 January 1919, Page 5

MEETINGS AND SOCIALS.

7 —— >. BUKGESSES' ASSOCIATION. •*' At a mKsting of th% Waimairi and Weet i« Brighton BnrgEtcM' Association, Mr A. K. J Blank provided. Tho llon. G. TV. Russell f wrote, stating that steps would bo taken to » adjust the -unimproved valuos of lands in J the Borough of Brighton. A letter was , w received from tho New Brighton Council to * the i'.ui'o effccl. Tho eecrotnry was instruct- ■» ed to thank tho Waimairi Council for havin" tho trees removed and the road improved t at the Bowtr Hotel corner. It was decided * to thank tho Now Brighton Council for its efforts to obtain a loan for road construction, «• including the formation of Bcach road to ~ the sea. The secretary was instructed to v writo to the Waimairi County Council, ask- * in" thai gorso and broom bo removed from Beach road, botween Frost's road and Kiic®* t courso road. It was unanimously decided «• to support tho proposal to erect a Peace Memorial at North Bcar-h, in the form of i a band rotunda and shelter sheds. Mr : Poison moved, Mr S. C. Thompson aecondod, , and it was carried, "That the suggestion ■ , of the North Beach Burgesses Association •• to amalgamate with that body be approved. ~ ]t wis agreed to rpeot tho Association tins v.c;!;. The meeting closed with a vot© of »l thai:!;* :o th<> secretary, Mr E. C. Bathurst, who undertook the duties pending tile retura w of Mr J. 15. Wlistman from active service. -<J ■ ' *i