MORE WATER USED

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 6

MORE WATER USED

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH

Consumption of water in. the Lower Hutt Borough in ' October totalled 46.977,000 gallons ;as compared with 40.164,000 gallons in October, 1938,. reported the engineer, Mr. H. Reynolds Bach, to last night's meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council. The Mayor (Mr. J. W. Andrews) said, that; the increase in the number of houses; in the borough was responsible. :. ;

It was reported that the value "of. the houses for which, permits had been issued in October was £15,033 as against £ 10,696: for October of last year. '.••.. -• ■'. :■:■ •,. ./ ;. ■ ■.

An application from the R.S.A. for. permission ,:■ to erect a. temporary wooden addition to its building dn the brick- area was referred to the town planning committee for a report. ■; ;■

Councillors Horlpr. and Hall cph- ; sidered the, councilVshbuld;refuse the application"' as it was not.in accordance with thet'bylaws. .■:.-. '..■'':'.■'.'_■■:. ,'\ ./ ■'■••'-'^'•■.,■'.-_;

■ Councillor Morrison said'every effort, should be :.made -to :; help : th? ■ ;P-^-A:| which wanted the temporary robrri, to accommodate the soldiers from .Trent-, ham.' ' ' ; •'..: ■- ■ ■■..•■".•■"■.'■■ ■.-. \;; '■■ ';••'"• -V.' \

The librarian reported a greatly increased use of the library; •' W r . ,

The bylaws committee reported that the traffic officers had been instructed to take action against persons parking cars and lorries in the streets all night.

The finance committee reported having exchanged the council's section at the corner of Railway Avenue for one owned by the British-Israel community in High Street. ' . ...-.•'

The charge for the use of the floodlighting system on the Recreation Ground was fixed at £18 10s for the lights and the, ground plus half the grandstand takings, or £23 10s covering all charges.

Councillors Gregory, Horlor, and Hall considered that the charges should be on a sliding scale so that smaller clubs asking for the use of the ground might be. accommodated.. -■

The Mayor said the matter of charges for bodies using the ground "without making a gate charge had not yet been fixed.

There were present at the meeting the Mayor (Mr. J. "W. Andrews) and Councillox's W. C. Gregory, .H. if. Horlor, E. P. Hay, W. A. F. Halli V,. T. J. Morrison, and J; Mitchell. ,