Ratepayers' Requests To Borough Council

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1948, Page 4

Ratepayers' Requests To Borough Council

The matter had be'en discussed by the council weeks ago, and had already r'eoeived the attention of the council," said the Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, at last night's council meeting When a letter in regai'd to the Kent Street pit was received from. -the Levin Ratepayers' Association. ' The letler state'd that tfirough erosion the southern end of the pit, 6n the Batip Street cp^tinuation, must be rpgarded. as 'dangerous. The p'ortion set aside for "the f ootpath .was slightiy undermined ari'd constituted a .mpn'ace, as there were np afijacent iights or warning notioes.- The lpttjer Uls0 statec. tfiat sQipe effQi't shpuld be made tci fence oif the Batfi Street and Queenwoad Road banks, as when any quantity of water gathered in • the pit there was a real danger to young children in the a^ea. The condition of the pjt might Ieaff tg pompensation olaims against the council, Goncluded the letter,

The erection of the Queenwood Road fence was jjust about finished : gnd the posts were on the sitp for a fence for the Bath Street end, said Cr. A. J. H. AUep. Jt was deci'ded that the tpwn clerk, Mr. H. L, Jenkins, wfite to the association pointing out that the matter had already received the attehtion of the council. A request that the Mayor attend a general meeting of . the Levin Ratepayers' Association and glve an outline of the Playford Park Scheme was made by the association in a further letter. The letter ahded that the assocation's general meetings were held on the fourth Thursday of, each month, and requested that the Maybr intimate an early 'date so that the association could publicly advertise that the talk would be given. An invitation was alsp extended to councilxors to attend. • Commenting, the Mayor said that it was unlikely that a Thursday would suit. After further discussion it was decided that the association be advised that the Mayor would be pleased to outline 'the scheme, with the proyiso that the meeting be a public one and that invitations to attend be. sent to all the sports bodies whom the council thought would also be interested.