LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 76, 23 December 1919, Page 5

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL

— 9 FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. The fortnightly meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council was held last ni"lit, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. 13. P. Kisliworth), and Conn'cill'ors A. .T. Hobbs, W. Hardy. .T. Mit- ' chell, W. Mnldruiu. Willou.ghby Knight, A. J. West, B. J. Guinness, and AY. Cotton. Notice was received from the Department of Apriculturc that lantana liad been added to the. third schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act. The Municipal Association's solicitor wrote advising the council of its powers in reference to "private lvays." Mr. .T. Kin? submitted a list of sections in the Normnmlalo Settlement whi"b M vs su«'*' < *stf<l should bo placed on the market. The town clerk was In- ' stmctocl to thank Mr. Kinsr. for the hi- ! formation, and to write calling the Minister's attention to the nndcsirableness of this land lying idle, and n=king that such a price bo placed on it that it mis'ht be* disposed of. ■ The dog tax k,u fixed at Ifls. for house > dogs and 2s. Pd. for working* dogs. I On the mot'-" of Councillor Cotton if was decided Id call the Health Depart- ! incut's attention to the fact that the ; new nolice station is now occupied and ■ io ask what is lo be done with the old one. Councillor Cotton'"! s\n»sestion -was .that it should bo nulled down and a ', public convenience erected in its place. j The report of the conference betwpf)i 1 representatives of the Hutt and Petone , : boroughs, which mot to discuss the question of uniform .rates of pay, hours, and j holidays, was submitted to the council j and referred to No. 1 Committee. I The borough engineer (Mr. E. A. Gnmbi ley) reported. that the footpaths and ' water channels had been somewhat neglected of late, as the staff was employed on more urgent wo''k, but he anticipated bavin" somethin? done before Ihe holidays. The reenmberin? of tl>" '< Main Road was being completed, and i —, ,r»i" '•<—- o-Hr r " r <"' on the portion between' the Bank of N«w Zealand and King's Road. A start had been nia-do with the widening of the turn pt tho junction of Price's and Onehuka Roads. As a. result of tho arrangement made l with the pas manager at ketone they had \ been supplied since 6 n.m. on December i Ifl with an additional four-tenths pres- ' sure to eiVnre that a. pressure of four ' ine'ies lvonlfl always be maintained at j W airfield Street between the hours of 6 , a.m. and 10 p.m. Since flint date the ! maximum pressure recorded lie/1 been 5.05 i-'ches, and the minimum 4.0 inches. For the month of Octn'-er the <?ns nurchn°*il sminunN to IRIO.OOfI cubic feet. Of (his 1.,i01,C00 cubic feef was consumed for domestic purposes, 121 (Wl cubic feet for nnwer punioses, and 72.000 for street lighting. The unaccounted-for gas amounted t0'10.17 per cent. For. the same month of last year flip figures were: Purchased. 1.521.000 cubic feet; domestic purposes 1.259.000 cubic feet; power purposes, Sfi.PflO cubic feet; street lighting not available. The report was adopted.