"TO YOUR TENTS, O ISRAEL!"

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 327, 11 January 1911, Page 4

"TO YOUR TENTS, O ISRAEL!"

. $ THE DOOM OF THE CAMPERS. TO MOVE WITHIN A MONTH. A discussion at Monday night's ! meeting of Te Kuiti Borough Council, arising out of the foreman's report, j led in a direction few Councillors tak- ■ ing pari imagined it would do, The i final result was a unanimous vote of the Council that a!! occupants of tents ! and other erections on the Esplanade : and other borough reserves, be given one month's notice to qu;t. The foreman made his usual monthly report referring to cleaning out water■j tables, cutting blackberries, etc., arid 1 added: "Owing to the quantity of 1 tins, rubbish, etc., on the river banks, i particularly from King street bridge to Rora street, I have been unable to ; remove the growths—as effectually as they should be done. Nuisances are being regularly committed there, : but I have been unable to catch anyone in the act. The willows in the river from the school boundary to the J bridge in King street qre growing ! very fast, and will be blocking up | the passages of the river. There ! are still about ten tents, etc., on the river bank. The Mayor said the expense of clearing blackberries was a very serio• ■ s matter. A good deal of the proposed road work would wipe "out the blackberries, but after this year people would have to see to clearing the road sections. The matter of tents wa3 a difficult one. They were faced with the fact that houses were difficult to obtain. it was for the Council to decide whether any action should be taken, Cr Somerviilc said that from a public health point of view it was desirable that people on borough reserves property should be asked to keep the ground clean round their tents.

I The Mayor said they were really : not doing their duty if thev allowed , refuse to accumulate and suggested that the tent dwellers be written to, j informing them that they either I erect sufficient accommodation xqr j night soii, or remove from borough

property, Several Councillors said that they had sections which they would ict if they were applied lor. Gr Somerville said the commencement of borough works would lead to a large influx of workmen. If they stopped camping on borough reserves now they nipped it in the bud. The Mayer said the suggestion of Cr Somerville was the most important one made. He did not know whether it would not be the best thing to give the tent dwellers notice to move. Crs Somerville and Stevens moved that all campers be given one month's notice to quit.—Carried. The foreman's report was adopted,