TO WHICH BOROUGH?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 4

TO WHICH BOROUGH?

f r S1 ' s " ' | THE CONTBOL'OF GEAR, ISLANU, , , CONCLUSION OF, -,// I 'i-.The jcommission'-setL'-up.- todecide: whothor-i ■ ) Gear'lsland (at tfia taauth of.tlfo Hutb Rlvor) [ should bo lncrndid-ln'.thofHutt'/ or | ..;-. Borough, ■ instead -of • tho -liutt-.County, aa .at fj-.-s.-'Pfesent, resumedj-ats. sittings before -the vcom»:sr.inissioncr,. IW-->yp.':--S),, Short/ ytstirday mPrn-1 .ring.-.- Mr. T. /f-, llar.tin,' 'Solicitor, fss,}S<! :Mr. .B. .C.i.Kirk,!-atpeared'{or -tho -potono' i Borough, Mr. A, W.. Blair'"for,UUo Hutt Ijorough, i[r..il,.lE, i yn4ni^fpr,-,tho^/.Butt -River '. s-K - Doard, -and lcssQos. bf.j the (island,'' and.-- Mr.-M. k: v - • vVclch lor. tho.' Hntt ■ County Council. ■ , Particulars wore given oy Mr. Bunny Of tho ;:/:,r:/lcases ,held/ by. .tha /signatories/to/.tho:; petition' cpraying that tho - island bccojuft part of . Petono Borough Mr G. 1 A. Chapman held 1 aero S roods, 20vpercbes,: and\Kis 1 iease.^terminated• inSeptombcr, lplQ Tho „ Icaso ■ hold by Mr i,i,rw: i- J- womcy was for 121: acres: 3-;rpods ■ -18 • perches,' i and would terminate on September 11, 1911 -. :Henry Ernost«Caroy; ; secretary: of tho Eivert:!:-,;, side, - Dairy Company, called; by Mr. Bunny, f said that tho company's lease on Gcaif Island ~',expircd ip-. September, .-1908.; ■ Whilo they were jn ' business (onLtho lslandj tho; yhole of-: their -interests :lay;',wiifh.'::tho: Hutt people- , - Ho wa3 'approached by someone in 1008, to sign a petition Jwhich ho thought -wis to prof --: ,-vent the. county ratta which they paid being S'?;> al tered■:tq.lbarfiupfi' ratea.v/Had/.ho known: that : l -:the :' petition; iv'a9'. to / transfer'' tho - island to Petono Borough, he Would never havo signed Mr. • Bunny r, il-.im : afraid • these potvtions are -• .■. liko; testimonials;!" they-;; are-signed-'by- peoplo without moaning-- it. rt .... .... .. Mr. Martin; iiut .pcoplo : who .'sign tosti- • wnnials havc to jmy their, pbscriptions whether ■< they mean it or not T poatinimg/Mr Carey stated that *if Gear -Island had bwn, included m a 'borough, it should hive Men included in tho Hutt Uorough f In reply to 'questions by Mr Kirk, witi fas;:, iness.-stated.,that»:tho..bqdgo.at the south' end r ,L- of .the: island would -bo ■ of-no' uso -.to a'; farmbo si/;>-f;if-KiGe4r ij.lsland f'ffldustrial > *y»rea, -ho could-, rtot 'sajvrdfk it i<were'ncorrect > f.;:ii.-that ? tho ; ..Hutt„Borough" : ,.was."i spending'ionly ■ on the.island and'P^tonev^Borough- th\t owrbiagh' ''tKat : have>:the con-' trpl.' ,iHis personal: opinion., was that, as -both •' boroughs •: had ...benefits son'-the"' isl -land, its control should-bo divided. ' 1.-. ,■ To Mr. Bunny'; If, the llntt-.liivcr-Board fwv-had- spent■ in* purchasing.'and -Conserv-.. . r , - -inL* the island. .and.->ifi,the'-River.'/Board-.mtfi. '

j w:,-iiig un. isianti, ,ana '>11 i-tne -Kiver..- jboard -rateis: payors -were ,:tha:"same.'as .-the. Hutt Borough W j:;-'. 1 : Mtopayers,.: undoubtedlythe ■; Hutt. v Borough' ' should havo control < Hugh .Pollen,'-Under-Secretary .-for 'Internal- . < Affairs said that 'no part ot Gear Island was meant to bft included in section 10, joined, by proclamation, to Pptone. Tho proclamation >was moant to include only that ■ part: of . section M 0 situated-, on . the mainland. - - Major. T. -who. was,. Mayor of. BoroughSffom' 1903 .Itp -i! 007 ,: - was' next' yr,.sf:callea.:i : 'Ho -;st«todi}:thjttt;,thero--.-.would>. , i bo-.';no'; i Hutt meet tho,needs o£ G^r ( ls)and, and,a ( L much largcripoprilationUhan was,at prcent! 1 supplying lighting from tqwer-Hutt gas mams , If Gear Island liail to gb' dram, %m<:age system,, ioirer ;Hutt4would; ho .-most wb-> > . vemcnt Witness was 1 strongly,df'opi/tlftn th'n.t , f.:i'.«.the island, should;^;-jt>ihM"t4.:tf/owoir -HutUr:i! K'Petono i Borough was' tmiious io< , ;iy.:!,:,-.Gear> Island.,vaa'. they.'would;ijb6...securingi a. .

f 'valuables ratiiig"'ai^.~"Aß"f^/'tK(VT!^'(SiiaitUfK K --.s'lift -.order:; that; Petone imight -secure access to, |,""t'.;.V aadiitha - trade- of, LouTy }3av .and (that: -10. f , cality. The bridgo and road .would bn of >, no advantage to T qett Island.:iandi.Vyißwe(l .as ; .-/a slop-bant, ■frould''bb 'absolutelyi'disadv&u-' f'\ tageons. , i' v., .William" H:Morton was : thoncalled >by coun-. -j ed,for/)Pohma'Borbngk. Ha saiij .that in his -construction-of.thobridgo, which f;-;(j--:; !Tfaa;noif ,in progtesa, ivoiild-load, to tlio.dovoldp-t.-iij-iiment ;of. Gear j Island.'and'tho,-lowot-portion of®|:PHiittl;porongh'.;; vThoj traffic ■frtm ;>the ' island • ;l ' : : 'must go mostly through Petone and" therefore .v- - should:, be ■? joined' to Petone WM.teTo'ilfr.-.vßunnysrin witness's opinion tbe;pro> •vijVf.iwß«b«t fctcvens, • chairman' of ■ tho 1 -Hutt ftivori „ -V; Boardj&aid .that largo sums of money had *,bc?n [ig'-yi'spent iipy::-the irivor^controllingVbodioa. ; on v "Geai • Island* Before tho river : protective works were put ; irf; hand, : people displayed no "engei'nesa ■■ -to takd lip .tho,Jand, sinco it-, was.liable to' bo m-f i flooded,'.and •«; therefore dangerous,- not only. stofck, but also!to life. • °•; ' ..'• S: f it-..'.. -To Mr. Martm: >Tho protective works carried U:,Vi-:.out iby? the Hutt llivo'r. JEJoard - were • chiefly - of benefit jVto 'the main -land;-, .-but<: they - were of - . 'value, to Gear 'Island as well, (Vj.,,Mr.''Martin: Exactly, you aro just in the pm: j;same position- as wo are m regard l to tho road , ' and bridge, Hp works were not carried solely of /'.'oenfefiting' Gear Island, ' l ( '*,but are referable to it. •' , " c ' civil-: : eiferieor,VthOurfit' that • lit :'?. e W ll ®allowedto /-.have - .Gear' Island; TOWOM forward', in-Potono's policy ",) ~ absorption, which, policy..would tondvito - |, ® e^!^™wg^ano^tta : ir(%arf-';'to!';fiieiHfiesi 'fe-' ho. conMercdthat -both boroughs Vero etfuallv ; Bituatftl. Each could servo tho'island with • r V < ' l » aVpUmpiDgyplant to ! aid " • f 1 ! 0 «lnnd in its drainage system. Traffic was ;¥v;fti^ e! brother i&'K-than ' brtdge at -the - Jitter h-ailway station .necessitated. an , extra ' m 6 jf'V' in to Amount'tho grade. 'thf-' Bu ?Wi- Witness s ;dirf not • consider ' c ® Da V : .soi?mo: for- the 'dewlopnieat' of :... :•: : W»?<1 v <as. largely in - the .air:. ■ >• v' 1 ■ 'pH';?? Steijons. * member of tho Hutt Eiver i y s0 i - ! i nvidottcfyV'oxpressiftg l '"'thn ' < opinion that tho island wm ot<no uso till it ?? t? ten-in-'rliftndv.by;; t!S'6vßiveir:rßoard; ♦ als ° S ncn by Walter Cuff, clerk .tothe P.wcr 'Board, /ipercy Jl.rPiVr«er the,-Hutt Boroiipli, mid M. ~Tv' ' 'H°w "T -1 f tbo ""V c T'ty Council'. (vL!3p *' e<l t'lMght': that. the'Hutt ( Council s expenditure' on the island ijave that ; « y:^,C -%? V ? rlor ofr.the'. Petono i<:Str2fr?f ■'> ii° '-Tv-itncsa J:ctilled-trna AC 1 P?-». • Aatd .Uiii" \io;ao Vr.v v P clock; this - morning, 1 - in>6rdet- ; that conn<si»i .