BOROUGH BREVITIES

Chronicle (Levin), 22 June 1948, Page 4

BOROUGH BREVITIES

Car Parking Prohibited ln Lower Oxford Street No vehicle will in future be al'ipwed to park on either gide of ( Oxford Street from Bath Street , mtersection to Durham Street. This ■ was decided last night at Junei meeting of the Levin Borougnl Council after a previous motion had | been rescinded in regard to a taxi ' Stand outside Star Taxis in Oxford [ Street. tfc wa's felt by\the council' that a bpttleneck was' being' established in this seqtion of the street, and that the parking of t vehicies gonstituted »a danger. In ! yiew, of the fact that the taxi stand j will have to be dispensed w^th, it! was decided, on the motion of Cr. , A. J. Ahen, to increase the space. allotted to taxis outside tnej Arcadia Hotei building to. incorpor- j ate the single bay at present usad i by private cars. * * . * That he considered the Liverpooi Street level erossing constituted a[ danger, was mentioned by Cr. D. J.j Gardiner, Deputy Mayor. He wouid like to see erected there a warning device in the form of bells or lights, he added. After some discussion it! was decided that the Railways Department 'be approached and reque'Sted to install warning lights. * -X * It was decided, on receipt of a letter from -the Horowhenua Boys'i and Girls' Agricultural Club, to again forward the ciub a donalion' of £2 2s. * -K -K A request from the Hnited ; Nations Assoeiation for the QQUJl- 1 eil to renew its .app'iication to become an associate mem'oer at a subscription of £1 ls was declined. It was hardly faip for the "council to contribute and pass the sudscription on ' as rates, said • the Deputy Mayor. He thought that the matter was an lndividual one. He proposed that no action be taken, and this was agfeed to. -K -* ■ M A contribution towards the United Nations Children's Appeal was sought from the appeal hea6quarters in a circular "to the coUncil. The Deputy-Mayor said he considered that Levin ratepayers had already. done a wonderfu'i job in exceeding their quota in the loqal appeal. Speaking in support of a donation being made, Cr. D. J.~ Sweetzer said that the money wouid all be used to help the children and the cause was a good one. It could also.be regarded,. he said, .. .as -an insurance po'iicy against "Cornmunismi On ' the ihotaen oi pr. Sweetzer,- seconded • byf 'Cr. "Wl ' Tei-ford,-it was decided. -to refer": the request to .the .estimapes cofiimittee for consideration, !t -K " -K ' -K f; • A request from the Horowhenua Pipe Band for the contindation of the council's grant of £50 made last year to the ,band-..was„ also referred to the estiniates committee for consideration. ' The' Deputy Mayor said that it had been maae plain to the band last year that' tne council had made ; the grant then xn appreciatipn of the work the pand had done during Ihe wab, • and that as it was a district band the grant should also be ma'de u'p by contributions from the .other local bodies in the district. * * *' That a light had now been installed in the ambulance room at the Levin Park Domain, was stated by the borough overseer, Mr. E. Lyeette, when replying to a question to that effect put by Cr. R. A. Frederikson, during discussion on the work at the domain. Cr. Allen told the Deputy Mayor that conditions in' the ambulance room- were now satisfactory. * * * Permission was granted the Horowhenua College to use the Levin Park jpqmain for intercol'lege football matches on June 24, July 14 and July 22, -K -K The Levin R.S.A. wrote seeking the council's favourable considera- • tion to the question of waiving the rent for the social hall on the occasion of the receptiqn to the visiting Australian Anzac delegation. It was decided to grant the request in view of the nature of the funeton. -fc * * The wet weather experi.enced during the month of May had caused a marked increase in the issues of bqoks from the Levin Public Library, said the librarian, Mrs, M. Whitaker, the demand for light fiction being especially heavy, Issues for the month from stock and the National Library service were: Fiction 6404, nqn-fiction 574, junior 423; total 7401. ' * M -K Sixty-two dwellings were in the course of erection in Levin on May 31, advised the building inspector, Mr. H. T, Tilyard. Twelve of these were occupied by their owners although there wa.s a good deal of work, chiefly plastering. to be done to the exteriers, while the remainder were in various stages of con^ struction. Four dwellings had been completed during the month. Nine permits to a total value of £14,692 had been issued for new dwellings during May. * -k * The District Building Contrpller advised that the bouncil's application for a permit to extJend ;the Coronaton Swimming Baths had been referred tp the Building Advisory Committee in Weliington, and its' ruling was that the proposal had to be deferred. * * * The fees at the abattoir for the month of May were £1187 11s 5d, as against £1116 is 8d for tfie cqrresponding month of last year, reported the manager, Mr. F. W. Larsen. The. stock killed during .the month was as follow's, the figures for May

of last year being given in parentfieses: Cattle 762 (994), sheep and lambs 5201 (4621), Pigg 451 (609) and calves 181 (274). •K -k * "Fbe tractor ordered by the Levin Borough Council recently wouid be jdelivered probably within the next '10 days, advised the Deputy Mayor.