LOWER HUTT AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 16, 14 October 1919, Page 6

LOWER HUTT AFFAIRS

Tho ordinary meeting of Hutt Borough Counc& , evening. there *» w }' wor u l) and ' W. T. Cotton, A. Macaskill, J. W. (x. Meldrum, W. Knight, and L. J. Public Works Department for. warded an authorisation onter ioi an ail ! ditional sum of XIGS3 ss. 10d, orl »oeomt of the Hall-Jones Settlement mds mnk ing tho total amount authored foi tno *The'lilu Md-lt High School was granted the use of tho recreation ground fo- school cricket practice and matches dining the ensuing season. All application 'lorn Mr- Derwent, . Leo that a sharp cornir ot 1 rices Uoad bo widened was referred to the borough en"S'ltSS.!- « W hrigiulo it was decided to proude a fix years' service medal for Fireman J. B After'sonic discussion the lower Hutt Cricket Club was granted tlw use 0 too pitches on tho recreation pound at tlio rate of £5 ss. for the season, subject to tlio right of tho council to so the. ground 011 .ny occasion deemed necessary. . • ... Tho borough engineer, 111 his report, stated that nearly all the street lights | m d been fitted with new pilot-taps, and a better lighting service was in consequence anticipated. Subject to certain t conditions he recomnwnded that -Mr. Eu»giiii bo granted permission to erect ji, ° fat-rendering works within tho borough. Aa regards the water supply, work in connection with the new building was progressing fairly satisfactorily, although it was of such a nature that it could only bo slow. 110 expected to start on tho walls of the building nextweek when he hoped to mako more apparent progress, deferring to building by-laws, tlio engineer suggested that piovision should bo made, if possible, to enable him to insist on i\ny building of tho motor-shed being kept well back from the street-lino. , Arising out of tho report the engineer si suggestion relative to the building bylaws was referred to a standing committee.