PAEROA BOROUGH.
MONTHLY HUEHN® OF COUNCIL. ROUTINE BUSINESS. The monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday; the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) presiding over. Crs. P. E. Brenan, E'. Edwards, J. W. Silcock, H. J. Hare, J. Pinder, E. A. Porritt, W. Turner, and the town clerk (Mr W. C. Alexander). UNEMPLOYMENT WORKS. Several telegrams were received from the Minister of Public Works and Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P., with reference to the authorising of work hi connection with the relief of local unemployment. It. was, resolved to express the couiir cil’s sincere thanks to Mr Samuel for the ready help given, and also to extend appreciation to the Minister of Public Works for, the prompt attention given to the matter. The whole of the business was finalised within three days, and the council was able to provide relief without undue delay.’ LIABILITY FOR RATES. A Paeroa solicitor, .writing on behalf of a client, in connection with the council’s demand for payment of rate's, pointed out that the validity of the previous, year’s r,ates| was not disputed, or the valuation in accordance with which the rates were assessed, but it was considejrted that in view of the nature of the tenancy it inflicted a hardship to require rates to be paid on a valuation of £250, whereas the present valuation .was £3O. The tenancy was not one of a fixed team, apd the occupier wa®. Hable to ejection at any time by the Crown. In view of the rent paid be'ing only £2 10s a year, and taking into consideration the amount of the revised valuation, a substantial rebate of the £2 19s charged was
sought. The Mayor said that there was n,o authority known to th© council where
the remission of rates could be made. The property had been revalued, and the area had been treated as a grazing property. On the motion of the Mayor it was
decided to advise that the counc:
had no authority to remit the rates, even, if it so desired. He said that there was a large block of land in fhe borough which was in a similar postilion, and the council was now fighting for, payment, of rates. HOSPITAL MANAQEMENT.
The Palmerston North Borough Council wrote advising that for some t',me past the system of hospital management and local body representation on hospital boards had received serious consideration. The council had come to the conclusion that there was urgent, need for concerted/ action on the part of all contributing bodies in the ma.tter of approaching the Government with a request that the whole system of control be revised 1 , with the object of definitely defining the future policy of public hospital revenue and expenditure.-
Referring to the constitution of hospital boards, the council advised that it was also of the opinion that the Hospital and Charitable Aid Institutions Act should be amended to enable county, city, a,nd borough coun ils ; to have direct representation thereon, and it therefore asked that earnest consideration be given to the matters- mentioned, and if an. favour of fringing such matters before the Government-a reply ,w'as sought so. as to enable arrangements to be made for a deputation representing contributing local bodies to. waiit upon the Government during the present session.
The Mayou said that he thought tlie Palmerston North council was working on the right, lines. ‘The time had come when the Government should define its future policy with regard to public hospitals maintenance. Roughly, half the cost of the maintenance was loaded on the. ratepayers, and land-owners had to find approximately half the ratepayers’ share. The man on the land had little opportunity of passing the, rate on, and he thought the farmer should have the burden lightened! as far. as possible. The townspeople, many of whom were ratepayers, enjoyed many privileges without having to pay rates.
Cr. Slilcock said that the Government should contribute larger amounts by way of subsidies. Cr. Turner contended that there should be a more equal distribution of rating. It was contended by Cr» Edwardst that (he ratepayers should have the privilege of electing a representative to 'the hospital board. He moved in., that direction. Seconded by Cr. Porritt and carried'. HEAVY TRAFFIC. The Hamilton Borough Council forwarded a declaration to be; mhde concerning tihe allocation of heavy traffic fees for the year, ended March 31, 1928. APPOINTMENT OF ASSESSOR. A letter was received from the Valuation Department advising that an assessor would not. be required "for, the 1928-29 rating period. No objection was anticipated in connection with tiie revaluation under section 59 of the Valuation of Land 1 Act, 1925, of tlie property occupied by the Shell oil Company. Particulars of that revaluation would be forwarded. The Mayor said he did not: know if the letter was an- indication that the department did not intend to proceed wih.li the revaluation of the borough. He thought, it should be pointed out to the department that the council had. had an application, in for a revaluation for a lengthy time now. The position was getting serious, and there were a number of anomalies due to the removal of the railway station, and. other reasons. Tli,e Mayor moved that the depairtment be asked to undertake the revaluation of the borough before the 1929-30 rating period. CROSSING REQUIRED. Application to construct a crossing 22ft long in reinforced concrete in. Belmont Road was made by Mr E. S. Thomas. The applicant stated that the '
footpath would also be, laid in concrete 22ft wide at the crossing and narrowing down to 12ft at the dooi"- ■ way. Granted, subject to the approval of the Mayor. ERECTION OF CHIMNEY. Mr T. Crosby sought permission to ’ erect a tin chimney at. his cottage in Corbett Street. ' The Mayor quoted the by-law governing the application, which could ’ not be granted unless it was of a temporary nature. The cottage was a small one .which 'had been removed from Mr Evans’ sawmill. 1 It was pointed out that the crec- ' tion of the cottage was. not in full keeping with the by-laws, The Mayor salid that he did iiot think any great hardship would be caused if the council insisted on the by-laws being observed. On the motion.i of Cn Edwards it was decided to advise the applicant that under its by-laws the council could not. grant the request. MAIN HIGHWAYS. A circular letter was, received from the Public Works Department’s resident engineer in connection with annual reports on main highways for
the past year. Four tables were also forwarded to be filled in. with information summarising the year’s operations. TAR-SEALING HIGHWAYS. The Main Highways Board, writing. Ui connection with the tar-sealing of main highways, in boroughs, notified that the board would subsidise the cost, of maintenance up to a width of 66ft. In regard to sealing, the board advised tha,t it had decided that except in special easels, which would, be dealt with on their merits, the subsidy would be limited to a width of 30ft. DRAINAGE REGULATIONS. The district: health office, Auckland, advised that with the object of bringing about uniformity iin the matter of dealing with drainage and plumbing in boroughs, it was suggested that the Health Department’s drainage and plumbing regulations should be adopted or else equivalent by-lawsi framed. A letter was received from the borough soliditor advisingt hat in the event of the council agreeing to adopt, the by Or,der-in-Council it would sav.e framing by-laws governing the matters. Any fines collected went to tlie Government, but were refunded to the local body concernedIt was resolved to agree to the regulations being gazetted so as to include the borough of Paeroa. TOWN PLANNING. A letter was received 1 from Messrs Kenny and Sons, surveyors, forwarding .a map, in duplicate, and civic survey plan as required under the Town Planning Act. The Mayor said that th© map contained a tremendous amount of data which could not be disclosed of hurriedly. He; moved that the map He on the table until the next meeting. SUBDIVISION. A Paeroa solicitor forwarded particulars of a block of land and asked for the consent of the cpuncil to a subdivision of the property. The subdivision was agreed to. BATHS CARETAKER. Mr A. Purcell, Avondale;, Auckland, wrote applying; for the position of caretakei - of the municipal swimming baths. Referred to swimming baths com- . mittee for consideration when an appointment was being made.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5300, 16 July 1928, Page 4
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