May Meeting Of County Council

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1949, Page 4

May Meeting Of County Council

The May meeting of the " HorowLier.ua" CouhLy, "C^uhcil was h'5.d; in Levih on Wedhbsday. There" [were pj-ejeht': Mr. A. M. Cb'lqtihoun (chairifL'ah) and sCrs. A. M, Atkins, IE; R. Wihk'ef, 3. T). Aitthisoh L. F-. 'Brown, J. fi. P. Liggihs, W. Taylor ahd D-. 5C. *G¥y. xxisd Messi'o J'. Budiion (actihg Cxerk) and W. H Fraser fengineer) . *Or. R. W. -Fen-ki-ns was -gvahc?ed leave -of aubence. An ou.er was received from Mr. " E-. -H-, -Hoskins, of O.-ahuhu-, to-make a -iurtxier donati-_n of kauri and totara tiees'. Be remarked that he was preparec! lo lorward them to the counek when it wished. - Ihi*. was a Wy ^eherbhk b|Leh, s'aid the chai.i mah, aadlng "that' if any members knew of a nlace .for Jie trees., .hey should make - the knowledge available. It was decided to thank Mr. Hoskins w and adviie that he wouad be . notified when the tiees were fequ'ired. 'Cr. Ir'ylor and the engi'neer were ihs fucted tb actend to a request by the Otaki GOxf "Ciu'c tb have the "upin on "the siae oi -Cbnvent -Roaa, Otaki, cil't away. % The "fact that visibirity "wds affected by the growth eonctitu Ocl .a danger to the several young chi dren in the area, jcomniented the .-'etter. • j -A lequest was received from the Te Ho.o Hall -Society to heve the parking area in front of . the hal seaxed. Cr. Taylor pointed out "that io wfs a Dublic ha.Lahd the public wou'd get the fc'enefL of any ihiprbvements. ' Authori.y was giveh for the wof k to be done when the sealiftg plaht was in the dis-- ' trict. to was decided to negotiate with the Otaki Maori Racing Club'to have it pay- the ecst of sealing Te Rota Road, frcm the corner of iRahlii Road to ..-he inain entrance j'to the course. The matter arosa when a etier was received from the ciufy advisina tha„ the stewaids had decided to stlbscribe £35 to*wafds the cost of sea ing the road. However, it was nointed out '.hat the clufe had "fcea'ten the gun" & Jittie, end that the counci'l had not

decided to do the work. . If fche club was willing to pay the ful-1 ccs ; -io would be dorie., but the counci cbnsidered that other roads ih the disrict were mere in need of atten-" tion. Mr. R. Southee, Tokomaru, drew the counci ;'s atten tion to the deep and dangebous dr-ain whi( h • had been cut ih Rata S reet, Tokomaru. It did ho't nermit Bufficieni room for two cars to pass on the s.ippery surface, which wouid cauce a slide •in 0 the drmn. 1 He had approached -the " engineer on the matt&r, but ■ o naoe hothing had been done and he had received no reply. It was decided io leave the matter in the hands of Cr. Liggins - and the en^iheer. : A pe'titioh was received from Mr. E. P. Simcox and seven others, asking the council to provi'Je a better access to their propexties near -the Otaki -golf links. The matterwas left to the works committee \.Q inyestiga.te. Approva. was given to an appli^ eation by Mr. B. L. E/er.on to carry -;n an offensive trade, the curing cl hi'de., ^rbvided the Beaith Denarthient dLp'proved the specifxcations of .he drainage and buixding. The We.iington Education Board wro'te thankine the council and executive offie-ers for its rssistance in the sealing work done a the Shannon School. It was gratifying to receive sucli letters, remarked the chairman.