PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 3

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

- 'Last :',ii\go,'s'- meeting' of. the Petone Bpr r 'ough-Council -was..attended ! by '\.thor'miyoT (Mr;'J. W.VM'Ewah) ) ''and.!Councillors:Short, Harding:; ■■Southga&,v:'-,Colquhoun,:.:,Piper, Yx)iing ! ,'List,.Jones,.and Trueman... ; ■ ' ! V'AMeputatiou ,frpra''the: Heretaunga : Boat-; ing Club, Petpne. : Navals," and Petpne Rowdng 'Club-was intrbduc«d,,by, Coiincill Short, with' a'request,for, sanitary -facilities.'on' the beach.: -, A majority;-of.-,the. Petoiie 'drapers ; for-. warded ■: a .'requisition; to the borough council, through the Minister.fo'rLabour,.asking;'for;9 '-p'clpck,- blosing ■ on'.' Monday., v'ruesdays,' : Thursd.ays, and-■ Mdayß, l.p.m. bnWednes'■'days, aud 10. .on ; Saturdays. ; ;.- Shop-: | kwpers.. also'-'petitioned vfor/ early- 'closingV The : latter, one, , t<3' the Labour. Uep'artineh't, arid the forirfer \vas'hcld"over. v • ■;■■■ The';secretory of tlie'Wellirigton Centre of tho: Association i asked- the permission ■to' run' a ; Warathon fawJ 'over/'the■,portion. of .the Hutt • Road -; under the,xofitrol.of ; thef'cPuncilo..The request was ■granted;-,: ■:'•'■ "■■■/::■, ■■ ■-'~■ : .'. •" ■ '.'"': ~ . ';,.: Rep'ortihg '■ on the \ gasworks,' the; borough engineer' stateds,that ; ;the "quantity of gas manufactured duringthp;month;pf June , was i 2 297,700 cubic feet, :'an increase'.over. the same month 'of: last ye'a'r. of 193,700 ft/ ■: The coke; sold to; private consumers totalled '50, tons ,19cwt. lqr'.; to: other, departments of the cou'iicilj .3.tons. 17cwt::-2qr?, ; 'He .expects .to have His report' upPn. ,the.. plant; necessary id; co'pe with the'manufacturei.of: gas for a ,term' pf.'seven-years', ready :within! the", next 'few, days; ; In removing ,a 'portion ,'pf the' main on the -Hutt Road, it , was. discovered that some of., the- pipes. had; j not ,, been, hence gas: must-have , - been .escaping : for'many years. ■It-is.'intende<}. to., test; all, the '■'mains a«. soori,-after' the"' winter --'as! possible.!' \ , ; . The.gas workirtg account, is as follows:— April: Receipts, £570 15s. Id.; oxpenditiiro, £1118 4s.: ; 7d.;.May :ReceiptSji;£6o4 13s. 8'd;; expenditure, £588 ,145.-()d. : . .J.imc: Receipts, £1009 Ts. , :' 8d:; expenditure,' £591 14s. 4d. The .overdraft, was '.£547 Op;; 6d. in. April, £53110s: 4d. J in May, and £114 7s. in June';