Levin Recreation Ground.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 April 1912, Page 2

Levin Recreation Ground.

The Proposed Improvement. DI.SCI'.SSIOX AT Tliii DU3IAIX HOAR I). At last eveuingV; mooting ul' Levin Domain Hoard the (|Uc,stion ol the proposed improvement ol tlu Levin recreation ground was discussed . Councillor Parker remarked that .Mr K. S. Morn, who understood, that some discussion would take place, wa» present. an:l would like to make a statement. -Mr Horn was a member' of the .Spurts club, and would place before the Council what, the sports club in genera' were doing and what they proposed to do. Mr Morn remarked that he represented the cricket club, and also had power to speak on behalf ot one or two other clubs. Their pro gramme was not completed, but they would like to know if the Council would be prepared to allow tin sports bodies in the town to help ih< council in some way or other in order to make the recreation ground life for recreation. The .Sports club bad interviewed the proprietor ol the Kind's Theatre, and he had lvindlv offered to .give -a benefit night on behalf of the funds, and he thought CSt bv th : s means at least ' £2C would he cleared. A united snorts mooting was to he held on Friday evening next week, and they would have, later on. definite schemes to lav before the Council. The Mavor said that he thought that it would be bettor if the Council appointed a committee to confer with tf'ie sports committee, and discuss wh.at matters woro needed. Tlu Council's estimates would he coming forward la lor on. and he had no doubt the Council would be prepared to give a subsidy if subscriptions wore forthcoming. He did not think they would he justified in taking decisive a"tion before the Council got some idea of what was needed. Ho did not think they could do anything tint, evening more than state their willingness to hoi]) tin sports chillis if tho sports cluhs wore lrenarod to help themselves. CAp plauso). Councillor Parker said that tkori was a Reserves Committee, ami among its duties was to attend to the recreation ground.

Thi' .Mayor moved : That Councillor!- 151<>nk 1 k)ru, franco, Lancaster, and (lie chairman id' the Domain Hoard li:> appointed :i committee t■(, iin'i't tin 1 Spurts Committee in re yard to the matter. Councillor Laueai-ter seconded tin motion. Councillor I'arker remarked lliai I lie I>e<i-r\i-s Committer had certain duties to perform, tuu] one was the earing of the ri'er.eation ground, ami In,' considered that they should l.e a! lowed lo lie re presented on tin Sjiorf.s eoinmitlee. lie was one <u the INmtvcs (.'oniniittee, and that committer ]i;t<l the to ;iet in • •oil juiict ion to the Sports commitlee. Ai> an amendment, lie moved that the U eserveh commit/too ho appointed to .attend at the Sports committee's .rratheriiiu;. Couneillor Hlenkhorn Ilmt tbe name of Couneillor I'arker '•'* mi list it ii ted lor his name. IJi. t lnmjilii, with tin- .Mayor. iliat it wa.s a matter lor a (special commiti ee. Couneillor I'ranee asked whethci the H eserves committee looked after (he ground or tin' Domain jhiard? The .Mayor: It is one for the Doniain Hoard only! ( oiiiieillor I'ranee: I thought so! I lie .Mayor: It has nothing whatever to do with the Council. We sit here eaeli time, as <i Domain Hoard, independent of the. Horoujili, to discuss the welfare of that particular reserve, and no other re .'serve. That is no discredit on the I{< serves eonimittee of which I am a member. That eonimittee ha.s charge over the cemetery and other reserve*. Hot this matter is ab solutely outside the jurisdiction of the Council.

Couneillor 1 human did not bliink

ibe Domain Hoard had any jurisdiction over the reserve. J-J•«. thought flie proper body wa.s the Hescrvef-. comuiitle.

The Mayor said thai t'oiin< illo?-flann-an Tfe (('omicilloi ir.-iMn:,,,) knew that there wore .sep arate aeeninit.s which were sent into (lovernment every year from the Reserves committee an<l from (Ik. I )<>jh;>in I to;il'd. Jf c know perfectly well that the tu(» bodies were absolutely distinct. 'I Ik; Council wjih "<»! in a po.-ition lo .spend tOQ <,i f -1.0(1 unlew- assistance was forthcoinJ "o' ('on n: i I lor Parker: The Hewi've:. coin mi t ire p;iss tlii' ceo!ihts ! I hi.' Mayor: So they don't! l'lie Domain Koard pass Ihein. Councillor Hlenkhorn held tihiit t!i<- Mayor \v»is right. < oiiiicillor I 1 ranee remarked thai, the inalter wa.s a very .small one, and lie thought, (111? .Hoard .should support the chair. Councillor considered that it Couneillor Parkens iramo w;i:, pubstitiilorl for thai of Councillo! I» If * i il\ hor 11, as the latter bad kiij* Rested, the ma Iter should bo .settled iit once. Ihe motion, as amended by tlx. of Councillor Blciiklioni, was then adopted. iriM fn MMHHII m