BOROUGH BREVITIES

Chronicle (Levin), 18 August 1948, Page 4

BOROUGH BREVITIES

Condition Of Football Area Oi Domain Deplored

. The- oval on the Levin Park Domain "certainly got a flogging" durihg the last'match played' on it, • reported. Cr; D. J. Gardiner at a » meeting of the Levin Borough Council last night. He thought that "in future the council should exercise its prerogative and only . aliow o.ne game to be played in wet weather., The Borough Qverseer, Mr. E. Lycette, said that the grass would never recover from the • "misuse" it had received and that portions of the ground would have to. be resown. ■k" -k -k Arising from this matter, Cr. W. Telford. said that he had seen football practices being held on Rugby Park on Sundays. He inquired whether the eouncil was in. a posi- * tion to take any steps in the matter.- The Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, pointed out that Rugby Park did ript come under the council's jurisdiction and that- it was only practices and pot organised games. He added that he had seen'a councillor playing bowls. on a Sunday. * ■ * - -K The_~Levin Municipal Band had undertaken to organise a speciai variety eoncert on Wednesday, Seprember 15, the proceeds to go to the May°r'$ Food for Britain Fund, reported Mr. Burdekin. The Regent Theatre had been made available freb of charge as the management's contribution to the fund. * -K -k The council granted permission to a local firm eonsisting of two •returned servieemen for the erectfon of a 40 foot by 50 foot building to. be used as a laundry. It Will be situated on the corner of Beach Road and the main highway. * * * A letter was received from the New- Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., asking the council to consider ta.king over -the main'tenance of the right-of-way runnihg along the baek boundaries of the- "pit55 sections in Oxford Street The road was in a very bad state of repair, commented- one member. It was decided to repiy to the letter expressing regret that the councilcould not accede to the request. -K -K -K The postmaster, Levin, drew* the council's- attention to the 1948 Health Stamp campaign and asked for its support in boosting the first dgy saies. It was decided to make afi order for ' £7* 10s worth of Istamps, Cr. F. . Chamey . pointing fo'ut; that the .council was .realiy only making. a don.ati.on of £2 10s to the ph'mpaign as 'it wdulcl receive £5 wbrth of stamps. '*• -■-• - * * -K ' The. amojjnt of building in the borough had'hot. shown ' a' slackening off since he had made his last report, said the building inspector Mr, H. T. Tily«,rd. At present there were some- sixty-five dweilings in the course of construction. In addi tion, there were quite a number of alterations and sheds under way Perinits had been issued for l'l dweilings to the value of £19,992^ during the month of July. The fol- ' 'lowing figures represent the number and the value of the total permits issued for the quarter ended July 31, those for the same period last year being given in parenthesis:— Private dweilings 38 (15), £63,958 (£24,843) . Total permits issued for new buildings: 41 (15), £64,485. (£24,843). ■¥■ -K -K Over 8000 books had been issued to members by the library, said the librarian, Mrs. M. W'hitaker, in her report. These consisted of 7236 fiction, 410 non-fictlon an.d;4n juniors, while. 405' "-books .'had been issued- from- the : Natiohal Library Servica. ' | Arotai , of 31 5 hew members wbre emi-Qlled during the month. ; + ■¥■ -K The killings at the Levin Abattoirs had held up well during the past month, but indications were for a much lighter period ahead, said the manager, Mr. F. E Larsen, in his report. Aithough this w.scs usually a diificult period of the> year for obtaining fat stock the problem had been accentuated this year due to the flood and drought conditions. The price ' of fat livestock had been forced up to the point where frozen meat was being, used iustead. Comparative killing figures are given as follows those for the same period in 1947 being given in parenthesis: — Cattle 786 (650), sheep and lambs 5653 (5135), calves 7, (1019, pigs 251 (342J .