PETONE AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 259, 29 July 1919, Page 7

PETONE AFFAIRS

MEETING OF BORQUQH COUNCIL,

fortnightly meeting of the Petone Borough Council was held last evening. T r TO n \rm Worship the Mayor (Mr. MEwai l ), Councillors Churchouse, Hay, -Anderson, Cook, Tovey, Bed"fffield ICyle, Brocklebank, and Cox. Ihe Minister of. Internal, .Affairs wrote ■ lorwarding bulletins in connection with the recent Town-planning Conference and enclosing-speeches delivered by tho president ani Mr. T. P Martin, and a paper by Mr. G. T. Newton. t, , secretary of the Technical Sc'hool Board _yrroto-stating that under the new regulations the Borough Council was entilled to only two representatives'on the board instead of three as at present. It was decided that Councillors Cox and iiedingneld be appointed the council's representatives;

In reply, to m, application from tho Karon Borough Council asking the support 01 the council's delegate to" the Municipal Conference to remit 5, dealing with tins, limit of general rating power and asking that tho limit be raised, it was decided to give,the local delegate a free Jiand in tho matter. 4;, 1t w 2 3 T deci(led J 0 su PPort the sugges*l i 4-u -Borough Council that tho Minister of Railways be written to asking for the removal of the embargo against the running of trams on the" Hutt •Mad. It was considered futile, in face m tlie present drastic restrictions, to ask Valley ' l«cilities to the Hutt

Ihe Wer Hutt Borough Council wrote with reference to an account of XI 14s tor . expenses incurred during tha settlement of the recent gas dispute, and-de-climng to admit liability. It was dectniiSe" fer thiS matter t0 the

The Wellington Harbour Board wrote Mm tor f f th fi loan of »ted\® W ( PBnod ' atthe P I ««t

T rotary . of tho Ma »Whao HydroElectiic League wrote urging upon tho councjl the necessity for the carrying out of leticulation work in the borough. Tho letter was received. "It was decided to mu li annual subscription fee of £2 •>* thnf e r + 6s , C S mn ;j tteo recommended that tho Central Bowling Club be minted tho use of tho bowlbg green at the ■recreahon ground at an annual rental of fc 1 b\° undertake the whole of the upkeep and maintenance of the green 1 Suarantee carrying out the work f,> iti, 11 y ns deeided to fall "Vi h the Reserves Committee's report Ihe statement of rates for the- vear showed that tho general rate had been ihb?n a lti r 4 V thc i H fP itnl and Charitaljlo Aid Board rate by 1-24(1 and a I cdniiect i o " with , the motor, servico had been struck. There was total increase of-about id. m' thegeneral rates." •; Somo considerable trouble had been expenenceil in tho past in the collection of Native rates. Covering period from 1910-11 to 1918-19 the "exbmi l 0 U1 '° ln T c . omiec t'°» with Native rates had been:—Liens and charges, u s Id'. r,Tn S m ¥^® trate 's Court, .£192 Os'. tern im "°r y - P rot(!cteil . nnablo to Zff properties, i s , ; making a 5 tl % lld ' The -'^»ao.'k btatea that there was. a nrosnocfc nf