Council Notes

Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1949, Page 3

Council Notes

i ■ ; Present at! the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night were the Mayor ;(Mr. D'.",A- j^tzgeraia) an^l Cduncillors B.. Clayton, V. J. .Bate^ man, ,R. S. Dowhes. L. G.. Sayep, 'and C. Q% Wishart. Apologi^s. weTe ..received. 5 from Crs. C. M. CronqaeSt and ; H. Aitchison. " . > A letter received from the Puhlic Works : Department offered to do kerbing,. 'channeling, piping, and f ootpafh ; formation and sealing at the intefsection of Margajret and Ballance-' Streets at an estimatcd cost of £379, on condition that the council pay £189 towards the^work. —The council resolved to pointi.dut that the work would not have been necessary =if the department haa not " alterc^. « the contour o| ' the intersection, , land" further;. t^ie ,cduncil: were , not approached' pHpy to the; work .heing; imdertaken. \ " The. District.; Clvil Engiheeh Zealand Railways; said a scheniefor' the. improvement of, the 9raJh-; age of the -railways yards had been siibmitted -to .the, healt.h inspectorfor' his comments.' >' , -J

a • commiutee consisting of Cr. Aitchison; ahd Sayer were appoiitted to "bring. down a - report for additional street lights. C > r ■} Cr.- -Clayton reported* that a ;start was (made with ' pruning of! trees, but the mari engaged /had le'ft.,-It was -left, -with Or. Clayton tp arr9.hge fdr -labour to " cbimplcte the work. Reporting on* the meeting relative : to ' Iplahting,, a Memorlal ; Aveliue, of trees he said it has been decided to plant .Venn Street' but this • would ndt interfere With the parking problem-ishould that' slte be scrected for the' Memorlal HalJ. He asked the council. to level ' and eleah iip the street ready for planting,;;this being. agreed.'to. . V;

- ur. . Bateman reported on a tour of the borough in company wiQi an officer from the State Housin'g Land;. - Purchase Department. Several; suitable .sections were nbw under consideration by the department. , cr.; Downes, chairman of the library committee, said ' the library -was .giving good "service, and he tdanked the Maypr for his donation of library books. * «. . Oii the suggestion of Cr. Sayer It was resolved to ascertain from the Department of Lands and Surrey. if anything: further had been done regarding planting In ' the Crown Reserve, Mangahao ^r§a.