BOROUGH JOTTINGS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 24, 12 February 1937, Page 7

BOROUGH JOTTINGS

Points From Couneil Qrder ; P?iper MATTERS OF INTEREST The iirst meeting of the new year of the Hastings Borough Couneil was held last evening, the Mayor, Mr. G. A. Maddison, presiding over Messrs P. M. Oohr, A. I. Bainbow, T. S. Dobson, C. H. Slater, S. J. McKee, T. Falconerj P. Loach and S, Ashcroft. Leave of absence wa.s granted to Mr G. W. McCormick. .* •, With a view. to ascertaining the quantity of rubbish to be re'moved and the need- for the 'service the couneil has decided to undertaka a eleaning o-f the streeta in,- the business area an Satur day morning- for a period Qf fwo months. Itecent legislatiqn has resulted in this work being dorie at extra cost, • ' % ' " « The resealing of the road surface of Eastbourne street from Southland road to Charles street,. and also tbat portion of Cbarles street from Eastbourne street to Heretaunga street,, was agreed rqion, the works committee recommend1ing that the areas be scarilied and prepared for sealing. The cost will be abou| £200-. • The- latest* additions to the inhabitants of the av-iary at Cornwall Park are. two- Nyassa love pai-rots, which are rare and highly. coloured. © * * Thirteen • headstones at the cemetery braken by the earthqwake land -not sinee repaired. have been insp.ected and the co.uncil bas decided to. again write to tbe owners aslpng thaf steps be taken to have the, headstones reereoted. • * • Advice has been received that thevo was no' neces'sity at present for thenew camping ground regulatioiis fo be applied to Windsor Park. A report bythe superintendent of reserv-es regafdLng the regulations was deferred for consideration by the cQuncil until next, year • • • •- . * • . . There, are naw 3508 . premises linked up, to. the borough 'water supply, 13 counections being added during tbe past two months, • * * * The cutting of grass on roadsides in Hastings on' a eomprehensive seale was finished at Christmas, sinee this time the borough traetor has been used when other work will p'ermit, cutting ' mainly in the inner area. • * * Though seven cases of infeetiovis d|seases (three of p.carlet fever, two of tuberculosis. and oue eaeh of erysipelas and a suspeet diphtberia) during Deeember there was.a "clean sheet" as far as Hastings was concerned last month. • • • Four milk farms were visited by the borough health- inspeetor, Mr. C. Carrell, lqst month, and all were found in good condition and complying with tbe regulations. * • • So far tbis year 300 applicants for drivers' licences in Hastings have been tested by the borough tiaffic ofHcers. Last month 39 were tested and eight failed. In December there were 61 test-s, five f aiiing. To date 3234 drivers ' lieenoes have been issued, the fees aggregating £808 10/-. » . « ». The assistant nnisanee inspeetor and borough ranger, Mr. H-. A. Green, sent out .185 notices during, the past two months as the result of paying 1285 visits "to residences for leaky taps, dirty backy§,rds, noxious weeds and other matters. He also impormded 24 head of wandering' stock and *.| stray dogs. He has now Tegistered 2J7 dogs. * • n, -Accounts amounting to £16,156 8/6 were. passed -for payment, this being for the. period from December 15. to Februaty . ll. last • • . • Advice was received that munieipal clerical and other workers now come under the jurisdietion of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act and consequently are now compelled'to join a union. - # • • The facilities at the Munieipal Theatre wero discussed by- the couneil in committee and it was decided to obtain particulars of the cost of a now spot light. In addition additional hangers for costumes are to be provided. • • • There are now 1472 adult and 527 juvenile subseribers to the Munieipal library, the librarian, Mrs. O. Skipper, reporting that during the past two months there had been a steady increase. During the same per-iod 141 new baoks were purchased for- the adult sectm.n and 105 for the juvenile division,