PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 92, 16 October 1934, Page 14

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Tlie (.Mr. A. Scliolefichl) pro^ sitlcd ;it Hie mooting ot the l'etcme Borouyh Con noil l.'ist L'vening.

Mr. K(.-kole(i('Kl cxtpiidod tluiiiks to the Ivafiic oilicers who liad controlled ti'affio jin'iiiipoiiioiits at tho. funeral of tlie late flavor and those wlio had sent liiossstgos of svmpiithy. He also thanked those who had congratulated him on his recent appointment as Mayor, ;uid tho Railway Department's oilicers for the facilities offered to him so that he Could carry out the duties of the now position.

Tho Hon. J. A., Young wrote expressing deep regret in the loss suffered by the borough in the death of Mr. David McKenzie.

It was advised that the next conference of the Municipal Association would be held in Christchurch, probably at the beginning of March, 1935.

The librarian (Mrs. S. M. Shortt) advised that during the quarter ended September 30, 20 new members joined the library and 15 subscribers left, making a total of 330 members, as against 323 at the close of last quarter. This represented an increase of 42 members upon the corresponding period of last year, when Ihe membership numbered 2SS. Eighty new books were added to the library and 27 new books to the juvenile section,'which now had a membership of 117 children, 27 having joined during the quarter.