BOROUGH COUNCILS

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 5

BOROUGH COUNCILS

, geraldine. a meeting ol .the Geraldine Bofough Council there were present—Th* Mayor (Mr J- Kennedy), .Councillors VJV-A-.' Sherrait, €. 0. Bennett, A. J. Bell, J. B, Lack, J. W. Miller, and E. H. Logan. V li«f' l^A,i? layo mv re l erred t0 unemployment rework tWj"' T , h9 . borough had a good deal of strut » in * ha widening of Tripp #« 88 'bo Unemployment 'Boaudrß ?ha nL^i noe was f s* a limited period only, Committee In Gdraldine work for some thirty men from

i^ an S,'j 1 statement disclosed a credit 8 w hen accounts for that day for 'nay!m>t,V > lls 6(1 ' u,a been P 8856d j i. j j Receipts since last meeting m rates £34 17s Bd, sanitary fee* £4 H»mT,'i« ,e ; 10 10e ' i'censes £22 10s 9d, E 1-1 rm . M L w s e ' refund £427 13b 9d. .( ot iT'S Board account showed a-debit 0f 4ia 7s 9d an tlle Cemetery Board a credit T pL^ Cret , ar r°' the Geraldine R.S.A. (Mr •m« ?r:'i?. a T- ' wrote making application for liSi. ?2 i n to p oppy Day on April ast sal ® day befor ® Anzac Day. Permission was granted, thiP? l °' the District Nurse Committee, *i(V»u* et ? rjr <l Mr „ T < B - Banaehr) made apwiSS * Council's annual grant toProviding a qualified nurse for sufferers nnS«»'J?"®" i or accident in the district, « past , ymr tbe anM ® had paid 964 Al l e n ° ed ot b °* services. tii» " °? the Geraldine Piunket Society. "® c «t« r y (Mrs. Q, ky M. Macdonald) t* ™J stion for>tho usual grant of £ls, „/ J a ' 4? cid '? »»J» the usual grant Sir ti! ™ District Nurse.Oommittee and t( > the Plunket Society. ■ ihat r '.;'; \ Ridges, Timaru, wrote' stating '"structed he had Investigated the" ".stalling hydrants in the Downsmffi t «P'J* 9 ' me where it ran round the ?. ? , 8 Geraldine bush, - He would ™^Phl ,n *f use of a screw-down hydrant, about £47 I*oß SR 0 total cost would be 1 d ® oided ., to , refer the matter to itr Council for assistance. ~ e ® . J - Bennington, Geraldine, wrote 5# before the Council's notice the mat*' °| couphng-up the water main from the' along Co*, stTeet, and linking 2?„« *S® ainß , in North- end South ter. races. He thomebt that, if-■■the work ww employment scheme. stated .that a number of local ™L ei V\ > r . e . making -application for drainage 2'„ bu ' he . Unemployment Board had given nothing definite yett" It would certainly be ,to thoir advantage to do. the work. , ■ ~ " TT W .®S decided to, pla<je- the matter before .., T - he 9* oi *el ,e s Koad Btmrd, Nelson; wrote raskingr the Council to support a resolution .jiiftt, in view of the economic Bituation, coupled with the additional financial caused by the Hawke's Bay disaster, we. soVestaent causes «' full Investigation to ?be . of ' the /Fisher money stabilisation J2i®< »■ waa earnestly, recommended by the : Ss![ len sitS? 6 ?#-° f Trade, in its annual •received ' communication was The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research wrote in regard ,to the> Building Regulations Committee recently''let-np, ing, as it was the committee s <a*k in the near future to draw up a get of model build' W whole 01 Stew the CounoJl forward a «otap!«t« copy of. its huilding by-laws. , ■= v •' The caretaker; of the Domain-(Mr H. Coombes) #rote asking th« Board to erOct notices in the big park forbidding aotorwiafa; from parking on the lawn by the pavilion; for this habit of many drivers was speedily killing the grass. When spoken to, the owners of the cars had told him that If it was against the borough's by-laws for cars to. travel or park on" the lawn, notices to this effect should bo erected. It was a ven; unpleasant taak asking drivers to off the lawn. The Council decided to lock the park gates so as to prevent cars parking on the lawns. ' - The liotarian (Mrs K. B. Pierce) reported that 95S hooks had been issued during the month,, and'two new subscribers had joined. The subscriptions amounted to £4 19s 6d, with extras 6s.