UNITED BURGESSES' ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18216, 29 October 1924, Page 13

UNITED BURGESSES' ASSOCIATION.

* Tho monthly meeting of tho Council of the United Burgesses' Association was held in tho City Council Chambers last evening, Mr B. B. Dalley presiding. Tho Papanui Burgesses' Association forwa,rdcd the following resolutions: "That! tho attention of tho Minister of Health, ths medioal officer in charge of tho Health Department in CanterDury and WcsUand, the City Council, and the Drainage Board be called to the insanitary state of Papanui and other suburbs of Ciuiatciiurch, owing to the absence cf drainage, and an adequate supply of pure water under pressure, and that tho Health Department bo requested to exercise its powers under the Health Act, 1920, in order to compc' tho local authoritiee concerned to exercise their statutory powers so as to put the suburbs concerned in a sanitary condition; and that a copy of this resolution be i> sted to tli2 Minister of Health, tiie medical officer in charge of the Health Dcpavti>ic2:t for Canterbury and Westland, the Po\ n Clerk for Christchurch, this sscretarks of the Drainago Board, tho United Burgesses' Association and tho Burgesses' Association for the gen-. oral sub-district? of Christchurch." It was decided to ho!d the matter over until next meeting. The Spreydon Burgesses Association wrote recommending that ;til pol.cy uiattors to be discussed by the United Burgesses' Association .sbouVl be forwarded to each Association affiliated, so as to allow them time to discuss the subjects. As it was af present, tho delegates were not allowed any time to diooua® with their Associations the subjects to bo brought forward. Thu3 thev were ucab'e to know how their Associations wished them to veto on such matiCl\ sub-corn iri'.t-ec, consisting of Messrs Wear pulley, Clark, and Gourlav. wa3 appointed to draw up a constitution. Mr W J Fr.inkl'n addressed the meet in? on the Fort Christchurch scheme, stating that direct communication with tho sea was a en*t advantage to any city. Ho instanced similar schemes which had been carried out with great eucceas m Lng.and.