PETONE BOROUGH AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 199, 18 May 1920, Page 3

PETONE BOROUGH AFFAIRS

MEETING OF COUNCIL. The Pctone "Borough Council met Inst evening, he Mayor (Mr. J. "W. M'Eirnh) presiding over a full attendance of councillors. A statement was received from the Public Trustee showing that, the boroughs had now an accumulated sinking fiin.l of jeil.ols. The Public Trust had pai.l in subsidy the sum of .£462. Eielit cases of.influenza were repor.cd in,the district. , Attention was drawn.by tho Wellington Vegetable and Fruit Growers' Association 'to the dangerous nnturo of the , approach on the Hntt .Road to the GearCompany, due to the hedge on the northern side which obscured the engines and. trucks.from view: It,was decided to refer the matter to the Railway Depart. .• ment. ' •The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. AY. T. Massey) wrote stating that the representations of the council in reference to the j resolution passed by the Gisbome Bor- | ough Council urging that municipal councils be granted power to deal in commercial enterprises in order to reduce the cost of living, had been noted. Ho, also promised to look further into tho • question of stopping the Wellington-Ma6-ter l on traiivlat Petone.—Deceived. } The engineer, (Mr. A. Cowie) reported 1 ; that it was'necessary, to fence the south J boundary of the Maungaraki Domain.' The section immediately south had beoi' let for grazing, and there was nothing, 'ii prevent stpek from wandering through! the whole of the bush on tho waterworks reserve. The distance to bu fenced was about 35 chains, estimated lo cost not less than .£lO3. -Flushing cistems were still unprocurable. Building mini's'to the,value of £Kif> were granted during the month of April. The minimum pressure at the waterworks during the month had boon .Ifiib.,. and the maximum Solb. The nvcrhfo weekly consumption. was 2,505,000 gallons. A deputation representing Koro Kori) and Maungaraki residents waited on the • council to place before it. the require-, ments of the'district. 'Mr. .Black acted as> spokesman and drew attention to the' had lighting of the track through the domain, and also inndc. mention of the condition of the main road. A little fencing was required to protect the native bush in the domain. Better facilities for the receiving of coal and lire-, wood orders were asked for, and assistance was sought for the installation of' a telephone in the district. The Mayor replied that the council had leceived twenty-s.x Ic'.ters from users of the roadsand- residents of the district, stating that the reads and lighting were'quite satisfactory. . Councillor 'Aml?rson moved that the council go up and view the place.? ior thsmiselvc; with a view • to -making im-J provements. This was -seconded 'by Counc.illor Cox, who said there was necessity to make a great deal of improvement in the lighting, etc. Other councillors expressed similar opinions. The gas manager (Mr. Appleyard) explained that arrangements had been made for receiving. Hi? hill residents' ordevs. The Mayor said that the introduction of a permanent roadman had been expected to end .ill these troubles, but this had apparently not proved satisfactory. The mo-, tion- was carried, Saturday afternoon being appointed the data of. the visit,