BOROUGH JOTTINGS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 72, 17 December 1937, Page 3

BOROUGH JOTTINGS

Items from the Order Paper MEETING OF COUNCIL

The final meeting of the year of the Hastings Borough Council was hela last evening, the Mayor, Mr G. A. Maudison, presiding over Crs. P. M. Cohr, T. Dobson, P. E. Eoach, T. Falconef, C. H. Slater, S. J. McKee, G. W. B, McCormick and A. I. Rainbow. Leave >f absence was granted Cr. S. Ash croft. # « • Last month there were 5304 visitors to the Hastings Women 's Rest and tho receipts totalled £17 3/3. Gifts of bundles of magazines are acknowledged from Mrs Phillips, Havelock North, and Mrs Richardson sen., Haumoana. *. * # There are now 3556 water connee tions in the borough service, five sewer and seven water connections having been laid on last month. * « • Application was made by Mr R. A. Boag for a footpath to be constructed in front of his property in Selwood road. After the engineer had reported that the cost would be about £36 lo place a pathway to cover the frontages of the two houses erected, and a fur* ther £74 to carry the path along to ihe corner, it was decided to refer the matter to the incoming committee, * * • Eight workers who damaged thel» boots while engaged in bitumen work during road construction in the borough are to be provided with a new pair of boots. & * # A modiiie.i scheme for the ventilatii n of the Assembly Hall was placea belore the council but was deferred fjr considerati m at the March meeting oi the council. 9 © # As the street being constructed through the Hanrahan . block, which is boing opened by the State Housing Departu tht, is a continuation of Massey street, there will be no necessity to in crease the tipographical names of tbu borough on the completion of thii work. * • • Cuns'deral ion of the question of providiiig facilities for a more expeditious emptyiug and retilling of the swininliug pool at \Vindsor Park was heid over uutil a later meeting w * • The use oi' an area at Windsor Park fw>r cricket luatches by the Parkvale ycko-ol cn Iwo afternoons each week during the season was approved. • # • Kotices prohibitiug the use of bicycles m the ptayiug area at Cornwall J ark are to be erected, the Superluter-. dent of Reserves reporting that a good deal of cycling was taking place on the cricket ground. • # • The Building and Hpalth Inspector, Mr C. Carrell, made 19 inspections ot food preuiises and four visits to the saieyards last nionth. Only one notiee had to be sent out to tidy up a yard. * • Two cases of infectious diseases, one of scarlet l'ever and the other of tuberculosis, Avere rexiorted to tho borough health autkorities last month. » » « Arrears in rates outstanding amount. - to £1297 0/1.

A donation of £2 2/- to the Hawke's Bay Labourers' Union picnie fund was agreed .upon. • « • Borough offices dre to be closed from Deceniber 25 to January 3 inclusive. The usual arraugements are to be made tor the staff annual leave and a suliicient skeleton staff is to remain on duty during Christmas week, and until the officers on leave return to duty. • # • All rates unpaid at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16 next, will carry £in additional charge of 10 per cenc. The attachment of this penaity was decided upon by the council last evening in aecordance with the usual procedure. * * « There are now 1450 adult and 542 juvenile subscribers to the Hastings Public Librarv. Last month £67 7/3 was banked and 240 new books were placed on the shelvee.