BOROUGH COUNCILS

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 25 November 1930, Page 14

BOROUGH COUNCILS

MEW BRIGHTON The loi'tnightl.v meeting , h * „ ton Borough Council waß j, . *' ow Brigh--I'resent: Tlie Mayor (JJr J u cven '"S----t\ XJ. Muirton, p.. t,. Smith \ r 0r8 • IS. A. il. Leaver, J. S. a in*'.. Luwr^ CJi-cutivr, H. .1. lfuffruvu, U. i 0 Mo ' U. W. AJiallup. ' ' UU4 .V voto oi hyini»«i;liy w ~ thu death of Jiib wilw, Uii» ,'' eavc *' *tt Tl„, Sumucr u.v,« V£tU«o?'" L in- Otai, us tin,- ijuuuiur Uf.. C »t»thad hki-oca tu tlie iiVit, initio., cunVr, 1 ® Ulvl ' piurol |it buimiur, Hie J-'erWui '"® tt!M ui> pleased it allowed to I,* «o»W thu lioiil'ci-unct i u '"ited »( fcuucu p.iUoh,. >-"'iuex, ou wil<J Jt Hiis iluculud iu ,1... I by represented ut tllU liuuai-uL.: ralioa t0 TII.J lulluvv i! i were nuunmnej KS ary imspeiuuro uy tlio t„ nuu UtiJL, ?,/ trv*a J.vwfuo: —.Uu&.ra V. Uuttire i*. t T dull, li. 1... Uubiiuun \ v , Ali.4:u.d' jMoi',l, alia U. Wtuui,: ■ U ' i!\

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A circular letter from the hlltham Borough Council submitted for the t .cii'a coußideru* liou a scheme propounded by the Mayor of Elthum for the duul purpo6e of relieving un» employment aud developing unoccupied lundp in the Dominica. The town clerk bricHy explained the bchcine, and after uome discussion the letter was received. . . , „ A iottrr from tho Commissioner of Crown bands stated that he did uot consider the proposed exchange with Mr and Mrs W. A. Smith, of a portion oi their property. for a part of Osborne terrace, equitable, bbould the Council have any proposal .or the future uubdivision of tha frontage of the planting arcs into building sectiuiib, tie would bo pleased to be advised of Hueh.—Received. Tne Works Committee's report contained a Utter from the South Brighton Temu? Club asking the Council'* decision in the matter of having a well sunk on the JeUw coo etreet reserve, and conveniences erected. I: wag decided to recoimnond that the club be asked to submit a proposal for putting down V well. 6tuting what financial assistance it was prepared to offer, and further, that the provision of conveniences would be arranged for. . A deputation from tho South brignton Surf Club, consisting of Messrs C. Barrow and 11. Robinson, waited upon the committee a.nd linked that be erected at Uk. Surf Club's pavilion; also that the Council (aunt » temporary permit for the pavilion Cor holding public entertainmontb to enable the club to raise money. The committee later decided to recommend that t.lio chuirman of Works be u.*ked to report mi tho advisability of putting in a. temporary convenience in the vicinity of th* pavilion, and second, that the club b* informed that the Council could not grant a permit until the building complied with tlio by-laws. A deputation from liio Now Brighton burl Club, consisting of Messrs W. H. Benson ami B. Tucker, waited upon the committee and btressed the necessity for the creation of a sun-bathing area and the erection ot conveniences at the club's pavilion. The rewere considered by the comiJiiHec, ou:l it wa.s ftt:bse<ju<-*n cly elided to recommend that tlie Mayor and Cr. Muiiflon inspect tho locality of the pavilion and report as to the moat suitable Bite for a sunhutUng area. The committee recommended that tho club bo informed that the Council regretted that owing to lack o* finance it could not see its way to provide conveniences at tho pavilion. in responae to a number of request# from the South Brighton Progress League, it was agreed to recommend that tho League bo informed: (al that the Pleasant Point Domain would receive attention shortly; (fc> th.it us Jelljcoe street was not in a fl( etato for vehicular traffic, the Council resetted that it could not uccede to the reqrest to open the Rate at tho pouth end of Pleasant Point, and the sate leadinrr on to the .Tellicoe etreet reserve, during the daytime; (c) that the footpath in Blake street, and the road in Richmond terrace, would receive attention; (d) that the matter of band platform would receive attention. The report was adopted. Tho Finance and By-laws Committee's report, which was adopted, contained 9, letter fiom tho Bouth Brigr.ton Gala Committee asking that tiatfic on Gala Day bje controlled in i\ similar manner to that adopted on previous occasions; asking permission to conduct a cycle race. —It was resolved to recommend that the first request be referred to the inspector for attention, and that the second be not granted. The State t*'ire aud Accident Insurance Office wrote intimating that the Department was unablo to grant an us n rati a payment to Fireman L. Peters. It tvaa decided io recommend that tho Town Clerk should ascertain tho cost of » sickness policy for numbers of the Fire Brigade. A further resolution, that Cr. tiinith should interview the Fire Brigade and Band, and ascertain il quracthiqg could be done to raise niride fax {fireman Peters, was adopted. An opinion from Messrs J. A. liTeshev and Son, in respect to the Council's power to authorise Sunday play on miniature golf links wes received. The Mayor reported that the sub-committee had agreed to grant a license for a. miniature jrolf course on tho foreshore subject to the approval of the Marine Department, the fee to be £lO4 pr»r annum, and the period to be for two veers, with right of renewal for a further term of two years, on the aame terms and conditions.

The notion of the Mib-committee ajjprovnd. It was resolved to recommend that tliQ question of closing tfio Avon rivtr bridge at Seaview road be refarra-cl to the Bridgq Committee, tpith power to *ct. 1% wm decided to rec&tnjneivl that flt house-to-house inspection of the borough bq Kiiido by the* inspector.

SUMNER. The fortnightly mealing oi She 6'umnof Borough Council was bold laqt evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr W. H. Nioholaoq), Cr». 11. W. Harris, C. 1, J?. H. H. JJoville, U. F. Oldridjja, E. F. Sandford, A. fl.nd J. K. Tait. The gaa and elpctrical engineer (llr A. A. Ohpehire) reported that since ths previous meeting the quantity of gas manufactured was 11,390,pp.0 cubic fept. Several ga3 services had been attended to and parts renewed. The number of new gas copkera recently installed in tho borough v.-ps alsq worthy 0/ note. In the electrical department line renewals in Campbell street had been carried out. The streets light#) were now on from 7.&) p.m. to midnight, arid the shop street lights were reconnected on November 12th, 1930. Two' electrio cookers had been installed since the i .e----vious meeting:, and seventeen street lights had been renewed. He dre-,v. attention to'the chart ivhioh had bseu made covering tho lq.3t trm days. It was one of u-hich any poijtrolling bc.dy pup-hfc to be proud ip that it was knorjn as the ideal diversified load—tnactically the same for Jhe full 24 hours. The pumping, etc.. had now been arranged •R-ith n system of time switches, and by an alteration during the r.irrht an improved spread of the load had been obtained. From the combined wells, TJ million Rallona of

tors have tentatively said by their rictiolls that they do nut believe in their own politics.'" AVON SUB-DISTRICT. Mr W. J. Walter addressed a meeting of electors at Avonside on Saturday Bight, Atr M.L. Clark presiding. ill- Walter made special reference to the Avonside lius. After lie hud answered several questions, Mr E. E. Wiltshire moved a hearty vote of thtuiltq to Mr Waller, am ' fished him every cOBB in the coming' election. This was seconded by Mr G. Davis and carried unanimously. 'Hie Citizen?' Association's candidates for' aeats on the Trawway Boan} , v ill" address a public meeting to-night in St. .Matthew's Schoolroom,, Colombo street, north, a'- S o'clock.

j raw n, nil oi this being dewater had been a _ Kocli reservoir. ' .brorrj hvmed to uie „„|i o as were drawn and detliero mtllio n g Clifton, for tha hiffft iiverod to L)PP er ' preaaurc. , hat out c f at,437 5s Id, Jt was repoitof b<en Jl? a total S2nd, compared with rates up to taU j of f u,866 (Bs 8d Cs 8d " n( jj n g period in 1938. Th- Tow™ Cfrk reported that the r,.Ug. O.i coal increased from 16a lid to 19 l h°l: fro.n the Oalord County Council A lettei fro.n ' tho Council'# SUP' hLS".."L"T estimates down aa_ o » i B erioa» under which .coal bodies W Councillor, were or the " v-oi.ld not be worth whde to do t!ii». A latter was received from tha Sunjnjr Civic "ederatton, .eking for permUß.on to hold tt Ka)» at Christmas ftnd \e*x, tha fundu tp bo devoted to the bwoh U>: revival of the Sumner the c)ubs WJiliated to the Civic I ederfttioil. Councillor wre o! the opunon that the earn should be a locul effort, and that eye Bhmild Ue esercieed- in allowing outside Sideshow proprietors to participate * ln . ca \°" tueviotiß occasions, complaints had «en made in this regard. Further information wati dcaircd before perminftion t'ranted. The matter was left in tho hands oi the Mayor and tho Town CH«rl* to deal with. , .. The Now Brighton Borough Council wrote asking the Council to appoint delegates to ti conference with reference to the appointroenJi of L>each patro)». Tho Mayor »aid that the Now Brighton CourtoiJ could be advieed that arrangements had been made with the local Surf Club to piovide beach patrpU during the coming season. He thought that the New Brighton Town Clerk should be *4 v »i»d of the po»U tion. It waa decided to leave the patter in the hands of the Town Clerk, to explain the position. Special resolution* fixing the registration taet. for pet doge at 10*, and far fthcep | at 6d, were p&*eed. Or Sandford drew attention to the reck- I l<?fia driving occurring every day in K«d- ! clifFs, and he Bu«j?eated that it might be possible to enlist the Bervices of the Highways Board to tf. ssi 91 in controlling the hinhwaya. The Mayor aaid that this work would inter/ere with the Police Department, and the Highways Board were concerned solely with highways frura the point of vjew of maintenance. It was decided to draw the local traffic attention to the speeding on the road in Hedcliff», particularly in tha vicinity of Augusta street. RICCARTOF. The Riccartoa Borough Council mot lat-t night. Present: The M*yor (Mr 11. S. B. H.l'.), Cru. H. W. Wi#e, C. G. McJCella*, K K. Wilding, 0. D. Eraser, W. Machin, John Wood, T. M Ford, and K. G. Malcoltnson. The Mayor ttaid ibat the uudit of the CouucU o accuuni# been in progress tor tha past ten days or ho, and tso tar everything wag all iia thanked the Deputy-Mayor (C'r. W. Machin) for conducting the meetings of the Council duriug his absence occabioued by his attention to his Parliamentary duties!. Arising out ot a report from Mr F. i}. Schou, sanitary inupector r giving the names ot rcßidents whose rubbish receptacles do not comply with the requirements of the borough by-luw, it vvftu decided to refer the names of certain residents to the Works Committee with the request that the foreman report on the condition of their rubbish receptacles. Applications from Miniature Golf Courses, Ltd., for q permit to use premises as an eating house and for the sale of ice-cream, and of F. Jennings for a permit to use hip prcmiaes as a bakehouse, were granted. It was decide*! to support the Oxford Couuty Council's resolution urging the Hos* pi tu 1 to keep its estix&ftteq for the coming; year down to the lowest possible figure in view of the serious financial difficulties under which local bodies and the farming community ar* at present labouring. A letter it; to be written to tho Board on the subject. Tramway Track. The Tramway Board advised that no v.* that tho paving of Riccarton road had been finished the track drainage would be carried out ut Boon as the work in Colombo street south is completed. The opinion was expressed that the track should be attended to. Or. Wood said that thert was no doubt that the trade wanted lifting, a Q d if he were re-elected to the Board he would bring the matter up. Tlie Council should insist oa it being done. The Maypr thought that tup tpack should be put in the F.ame condition as tho totys lines. The letter was received.

Reports of Committees. Tiie Wovkw Committee reported tha.t footpiitiii had been repaired cud sealed on both sides oi Lincoln road, Taylor, Walsall, Dudley, Kenibvorth, and iieamingtan streets, and Whiteleigb uvunue; grading Uad been tion® on Matipo and Clarence streets, an<i Deans and Moorliouae avenues; Clarence street from Lincoln road to the railway lire luia bepn sealed with a first coat of tiTi Drans avenue at the hotel corner has! Ueet» repaired with asphalt. It was rpcaiut: I .cnded: Vha.t Clarence street between the r&jhvay lip© and Elisabeth street be sealed as poon as possible and the footpath on tie vest aide of the street b» repaired jnd sealed; that the deposits of earth left by tlir contractors on the wpst side of Clarence stieet at Blair's corner be removed and the load in the locality cleaned up, the sum of jfiQO to be obtained from the Blair'a corner widenim: loan account; thfit tho tender of G. 3. W4,tsor., to repair damage caused to the front of the Town Hall 09 accepted, provided he can jpiarantpe tho job to bis effective. Objection was raised *0 the proposal tp taVe 4(20 of loan money to cl?»n up the west aids of Clarence street tU Blair's cornsy, and the reference to that prpposal TV deleted. Tho recommendation to <icft?pt Mr W*tr ccn's tender was deleted, after discussion. The report, as amended, was adopted. No Vote to, Progress League. The Finance Committee recommended that the sum of £2 Is be voted to the Frogres# League in response to a request from the Power Committee. Cr. Fraser moved the delotion of the recommendation. He said that if thev could no* spare monev to clean up the CfTnnei! buildlhct, he did not (fee why they ehoul# vote money tp the Proaress Ee&gue. The clause V'2B deleted from the jepprt.