News Briefs From Borough Council's Meeting

Chronicle (Levin), 15 September 1949, Page 3

News Briefs From Borough Council's Meeting

The fortnightly meeting of the Shannon Borough Council was he.d on Tuesday evenipg. ThP Mayor, Mr. D. A. Fitzgeraid, Pl'Psided over CrS3. B. Clayton, V- J, Batepian, r. s. Downeg, C; MCronquest, arid H. Aitphisph. Apolpgies for ~ absence wei'e ceiyed from Crs. L. G. Sfryer ah'4 C. G. Wishart. Motioiis of sympathy were pas§-^ ed with the relatives of the' iate Messrs R. Robens, L. Chi!istpphe?= son and W. Easton (Foxton). A Stafford Street resident. made application to lay 13Q fpet pf water pipe from his boundary tp his dairy. Permission was gr'aiiG ed provided the conhepvjQh ig taken. off a i-inch conpectjpp oh ■ the boundary. The secretary of the Shanppri Bowiing Club advised that §leetWP powgr poies in the club's ppssession were not for sale. The vestry of the Veir gede'g Ang'ican Church, in a lettep tp the council, expressed thanks fpy th§ mowing of the grass iji front pf the church prior to the recent special services. Many yisitprg were preserrt and commented UPPP the tidy condition of ihe stl'eei froptage, added the lettpr. In his report for August, the district trafhc inspectpr statpd that four car drivers aph . threp heavy trade motor driyerg hftd been. tested. All appljcants h^d passed the required tests ab'4 fhfi standard of driving was g'QQh- A general patrol had beeriL rpaiutained during the monfch- Sban« non had been visited pn several occasion for football matehes and the R.S.A. carnival celeb?ations, when the many driyers adopted a good standard pf d r lying and adhered to tra^c lawIp. reply to the council'e request for addition'al street lights, ' the Horowhenua Electric Powe? BPR?cl adyised that the matter had heen referred to its engineer tp arr.apge installation in due course. A report from the Medina! Officer of Health at Palmerston North regarding improvements rpcently carried out to the raUway stockyards was received by the council and referred to the health inspector. An invitation was received from, the Minister of Works fpr memtoers of the council to attpnd the 25th anniversary of the openipg of the Mangahao Hydrp gtation, wlrich will take place on Saturdayj September 24. The inyitation was accepted by the Mayor and counpiliors. Cr-. Clayton, chairman of the reserves committee, repoyfed that the pruning of the tj?e§s ori the streets and in the heautifying areas was now comPleted, and that he had arranged _ for the domain to be grased with sheep until the commencement of the cricket season. Where it was re^ quired holes in the- playing field would be fill-ed and grass seed sown. On the motion of Cr. Dqwnes, it was resolved that the council's photographs of the oonstruetion of Mangahao be loaned to the Public Works Department for the forthcoming an.niyersary celetorations. Cr. Bateman, chairman of the building committee, tabled two minor applicafipns for building permits which he stated we?e in order, and upon his mot|on they were granted. The acting-phairman ' of the library committee, Cr. Dqwnes, furnished a report on the finanrcial position of the library and stated that the general seryice provided by the library was very SQOd. , , The town clerk was directed to write the local carriers pointing out that damage was 'bging done to concrete kerbing and footpaths by heavy trucks, and advising that they would be held responsible for damage. As the Mayor will b§ absent from Shannon on September 27, it was resolyed to hold the next meeting of the council on Oetober 4. On the motion of Cr. Clayton, an account for wages amounting to £55 17s was passed for paymept.