HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1599, 16 November 1912, Page 11

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

(From Our Special Correspondent.) ... f' : : — .( The ordinary,i'mo'nthly. meeting of the JJpper. Hult Town Board was held on' •Wednesday'.'evening 'last. Present: Commissioners Webb (Chairman); Benge, Bennington,:. B'urrell, /Kemp, Quinn, and Robertson. .7 TKe. Public ■' Trust' advised lodgment of':jjs9s Bs. Cd; for the purposes named in connection with, the recent loan carried by'< way of . purchasing' the Akata- . rawa waterworks' site. -, .It- was reported- that the Finance Com-i so /far >been unable, to raise, the;-Sll,ooo 'lean-'for'' carrying' 'out the' water scheme, as the moiiey market gen-, .erally was , not buoyant by any means. - i' It was decided that the chairman should represent the board/iait the conference of local bodies cohvened'for Monday next in Wellington ,to determine under whose control. :the' Hutt/Eoa'd should be held. . -Messrs. Brandon,' Hislop, and Brandon wrote asking the board to take over an ■unformed road-adjacent to the railway .station.-' The, boara agreed to do so, pro-. ;.vided-it is meanwhile fofmetl, gTaded, And. Vnietalled."'- V' • • i' ' ■ i-' \.. . Twelve-residents-of;Pine Avenue petitioned the board to have the street properly graded and a footpath formed along River Street. The matter was referred to the Works Committee for a report. It was decided to give final warning to motor-cyclists and.Cyclist9 generally that actiSn wjUV.be!!'taken, against their trespassing upon township'streets as has become the practice,'whilst in several instances notice boards have been destroyed, in this connection. ; It was decided to request the Town Hall Company to' safeguard' the public, by providing an extra emergency exit to their building; - Two sections along the Hutt River, adjoining, the vWaidegrave Park Estate, were reported-to :'Eave been'washed, away, and . the' roa<l threatened at -the/River Street 'intersection-of Pine Avenue,' relief being sought of' the board in. the direction preventing, further erosion. The Municipal' Association:' solicitor (Mr. Martin) advised the board of vita, immunity from damages, . and a -motion .was moved accord-ingly-directing those effected to give attention themselves to the matter personally. Commissioner Bennington, however, contended that.theipossible danger to the township of continued erosion in this locality was sufficient- to make the board take a less" apathetic, view of its own responsibility in at-least protecting public 'streets, >-and . regretted ;-th(it; five -months; had elapsed mnce;.thei : .company's - offer, to share.'.the cost' of protective works had' been, replied- to, or .'action taken. His amendment : to Finstruct; the ,engineer to submit ;.co'st - works ..to the, River Committee was, defeated; and. the original?, motion' carried;.''; _ v -,. Commissioner Ittnip complained of the unsatisfactory to_rem6vo\ storm water from' 'E.' Webb's. residence at Trentham. 'The board decided to deepen tie water chaunel, ;and ? to ' request Mr. Webb , to supply a culvert for the tetter carry-' , ing out'of 'the work in'hand. ' The matter of' increasing the eolarj of the Town Clerk and making his position more'permanent was, with the consent of the mover (Commissioner. Bennington) re-;, {erred, tb. the Finance Committee f.or 'a report, '-'v'.'; ' : The chairman's motiion: "That in future a civil engineer be engaged to give estimates and 'prepare' of all undertakings : 'beyond ; those ordinarily accomplished'witnoutl.expert assistance, in order that -the town clerk's services be not disturbed- as.'heretofore -"in the taking of levels*, etc.',; thus giving -undivided attention .;to, 'office work solely," was referred to,the Committee to deal with. • . ; -