PETONE AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 56, 30 November 1920, Page 3

PETONE AFFAIRS

BOROUGH. COOTCIIJ MEETS,

The Petone Borouch Council met. latf evening, the Mayor (Mr. J. W. MEwan) D The din Tfi'strict Health Officer wrote acknowledcing receiDt of the councils letter, in which attention was drawn to the necessity of keepine children from homes where infectious disease exists a'ttvfroji T>irture theatres and other places 01 amusement and in reply ho stated that ho was plncing the communication be fo ™ the Chief Health Officer for his consideraAdvice was received from' the Minister of Labour to th<i effect that the council s request to expedite the ■ work of erectinc workers' homes in Petone had been noted, and would receive confildoraticm. , The Weliineton Coal Trado Committee advised that In order to ran Ice for carrying on workß over the forth om In? holidays, wlien the mlnca would he closed for a, period of at least two veeka they liod managed to flccurei a emaU shipment of Newcastle conl for allocation to various ga*wojks. ; Petone s ouota would he 250 tons, the price being 7ofl. per ton.—The communication was received and the' Action of the gas manager in accepting the offer endorsed. ... A communication wns received Irora-tnc secretary of the T)i*trjet Gasworks Industrial Union, of Workers stating that at a. meeting of the union-lie was instructed to bring under the notice of the council the cost of living bonus which had.been Granted by the Arbitra* tion Court, and to reoue«t that the be. paid to the men employed at the Petone Gasworks.—Councillor Cex's mohnn that tho matter be left, in the hands of the Gas Committee lapsed. On the motion of Councillor Kyle..seconded by Councillor Cook, it wn«j decided to "receive tho letter, and h«ld over the matter /until the Arbitration Court makes its decision.

"That in view of the difficulties at resent attending "the raising ot' moneys by local bodies for public works, this council approves of the introduction and adoption of a Hystem of premium bonds in respect of local bcdi»* lonnfl ns a means of ovcrcoainrr the difficulty, and nt tho same time offering an attractive investment to the public, and that, the lccal bodies throughout the Dominion be circularised with a view to obtaining cooperation in nreipr upon the (invermnent the advisability ot adonting legislation giving local authorities *ower to tako this scheme."' was n. rotfohition forwarded by xhe Town Olerk. Gis"borne.—"We can't be the • only council hard up for mnn ft y b v the look of it," Venrarked Councillor Cook. Councillor "Bcdins-fleld thought the resolution should be lupiiorted. To bis r»ird. it wnp no wild-cat Rcheme. It had been tried in many Continental countries, nnd. he bnd never read of its receiving any scathing criticism. At the nroßcnt time it wop a frreat auestion whether th*y should not, induce people to invest m things of thpt kind. The sneaker urped that-it-would he much in. the irt«ret»ts of the Dominion H a m-hemo of t*.nt kind were adopted. Councillor Cox second,v' the motion. Tho Mayor said he was v.dV 'Tsnn'ied to support the niotion as it The motion \vsis lost after takins a division.