PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 46, 18 November 1919, Page 7

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Petone Borough Council met Inst night, when there were present: Tho •Mayor (Mr. J. V,', M'Ewan) and Councillors iE. Tovey, G. Cook, 1). Bcdingfield,' A. Anderson, W. Kay. J. Kyle, and J. Churchouse. Tho Chief Engineer, New Zealand Railways, wrote forwarding a copy of Gazette notice vesting a portion of the Railway Reserve at Koro Koro.Road in the council for road purposes. A letter was received from tho secretary, Wellington Croquet Association, asking for tlio use of tho municipal croquet and tennis lawns for tho purpose of playing croquet during the forthcoming tournament, which is to start in February, and will Inst for two days. Tho request was granted. The district health officer wrote intimating that ho wa9 of opinion that, provided Mr. l'izer guarantees that no nuisance will arise, permission should be granted for the brewery to be used as a. tannery for a period of three months, Mr. l'izer to remove at the endof that time all new buildings which are now nnder construction. The application was granted. Mr. A. Gardner wrote drawing attention to the straj stock nuisance in the Islington Street locality, and asking that steps be taken to deal with same, Tho matter was referred to the inspector. The gas manager's report' ior October showed that tho coal carbonised was 200 tons lOcwt.; gas manufactured, 4,270',800 cubic feet; increased manufacture ovet Octobor, 1918, 531,300 cubic feet; Lower Hutt consumption, 1,849,000 cubic feet; increase over October, 1018 328,000 cubic feei The report was adopted. Tho traffic inspector (Mr. Gough) reported that tho big heavy motor wagons that convey the milk to the city "did considerable unniagc to tho ronds, especially ut tho rate of speed tliey travel, and he proposed enforcing the by-law limiting the speed of motor wagons to eight (8) miles per hour. The crowding of motor buses on the stand in Jackson Street, in front of Bonthorne. Wilson jyid M'lntyre's shop, especially on Sunday even, ing, the inspector reported, is a menace to the safety of the traffic. On a recent Sunday evening there were five buses on this stand, a portion of one was only 18 feet front the lamppost nt the Post Office corner, and if this slate of affairs is allowed to continue, 1 am afraid there will be an accident sooner or later. Tho remedy is to frame a by-law dealing with the matter. . It was'decided to notify tho police , Annual licenses collected during tho month were; Motor bicycles, 10; oara. 3. Tho report was adopted.