LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL
A meeting of tho Lower Hutt Borough Council was held ■on Monday evening. There were present tho Mayor (Mr. B. P. Kishworth), and Councillors A. J. Ilobbs, W. Kerr, W. Cotton, S. Clendon, J. Braseel, W. Walton, W. Meldrum, J. M'Dougall, and A. J. West. Before proceeding with tho business Councillor West moved a motion of condolenco with Mr. and Mrs. T. Waugh, tho parents of the Boy Scout who was killed at Trentham. It. was. decided to support the resolution from the Milton Borough Councjl that the Government tako measures to secure a Government mercantile fleet of steamers, so as to ) away with combines. i Tho secretary of the Palruerslon North Chamber of Conimeico forwarded a resolution that tho Government should control all main arlorial roads of tho Dominion, with a view to tho formation of permanent highways. It was decided to support tho resolution. Tho caretaker of tho Recreation Ground wrote complaining of acts of vandalism in and about tho grounds. The District Health Officer wrote recommending that repairs bf, mado to dwellinghouse which lie considered dangerous to public health. It was decided to tako tho necessary action at once. The engineer reported that for tli« year just ended tho sym of £11,162 had been expended within Iho borough in new buildings and additions to existing buildings. The sum returned in iees amounted to ,£32 10s. Last vear the amounts were ,£14,181 and JMI 'lSs. In 1913 tho amounts were ,£BOO7 nnd .£26, and in 10U £11,827 nnd £37 Vis. Tho Hospital ai.ft Charilablo Aid Board wrote announcing that the levy for tho year 1019-20 was ,£lß2o'l2s. Sd.; that in tho event of an outbreak of influenza a further levy of 4*476 ss. Id. was likely. It was decided that a deputation wait on tho Minister of Public Health alul protest nfrninst local bodies b c '!'? °. x " peeled to find funds to fight an epidemic. It was decided tn grant the use■ of the Recreation Ground to the Wellington Rugby Union for the sum of '5 s -
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 184, 30 April 1919, Page 3
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358LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 184, 30 April 1919, Page 3
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