PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 8

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

;■'■„; THE^BAND QjOWKOC; ' i At', the' fortnightly'.', meeting '".of i! fie Petone.Borough : Coundl, held laifc.evening) there were'present: the.MayoT (Mr. J. . W. M'Ewan), and Conncillors ' : Piper; Southgate, : Harding,' Short,'; Xoung, True-' man, and Li£t; ' . ■'' r ■ .~\ •

The Mayor •intimated.' that a draft amendment ito; the Building By-Laws, with reference ■'■ .to ' the "Brick Area" would be submitted for the-council's consideration -at the next meeting. '- r . • ■ It was decided to appoint Councillor Harding, to represent, the .borough /.at :a conference ■ of local bodies concerned in the future: administration of the affairs of the Taita' Cemetery Board, with the object of!■ arriving at a working agreer mention, the .question of control; any agreement- arrived - at. is to be V ■ subsequently referred to the respective councils for approval. ■'. ;■ .; ■-.-. - The - matter of the proposed amalgamation , of .the; -HutK and Petone boroughs was : briefly. discussed, following upon a letter from' the Sntt Borough Council, suggesting that a,joint conference of the two /councils bo held. '.. Councillor ■■ South■fiw suggested that a'conference be held •this night. twelve months." Councillor Piper-.; "The sooner >e put them out of. their-anaety the: better for their general, health."- .He moved that the Hutt.Council be invited to attend at the „ t - that night week. The 1 'motion, . was carried, the Mayor remarking, that he hoped councillors would seriously, matter in. the meantime, and-comedo the conomsion.that amalgamation was impracticCertain,* aspects. .of ■ '■: musio were .discussed .by-,the council during, a debate upon the following, motion, by Piper 'this oouncfl adopt the Cifazens' Band as the municipal band: The T inover; said that every efforthad'previously been made' to bring about an amalgamation of the hvo Petone bands -theßrass Band and the Citizens' Band. These had failed, and it was now a question whether the council should not now subsidise the best band, -and get ■ cood S mOn ? y - Tl >e cOMcil had voted to one of.the bands. ...Which ;was, U> receive it?. Councillor Trueman seconded.the motion. Councillor SouthR»w strongly opposed' the. proposal. .The J?etono; .Brass- Band was the older band, and had been intimately associated with the progress of: the ■ community. Ths Mayorsaid that the t-p-o bands'were simply struggling for. existence at present, and he could see;no other way of placing, .each ' Upon a proper'basis than by, amalgamation, and he hoped that they, wouli The- lnunicipalisation' of ! band-music in Petone would also checl;. any. tendency to professionalism in the band. Tho motion ,was;lost.'"" ' ■ .."'.-. '.;."■■. ;■:. '■'■;■. ■--~■-.;.-..■..

On the motion of : the. Mayor, it was resolved that notice be-served upon those interested in the iludgway 1 Estate to see that no removals of portions of the i council's stopbank were, allowed'.to take.place,' and to take steps-to secure the co-opera-tion of the Hutt. Kiver Board in; the matter. The, stopbank referred to is a prolongation of that controlled by the River Board,- constructed by the council to protect that part of the borough which includes the Mudgway Estate.: The syndicate controlling that estate is now seeking authority /to remove a portion of the bank. • .■:■'"■' --■; ■"':.- ■';':'- ..-.