RELICS OF THE PAST.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3585, 11 January 1927, Page 2

RELICS OF THE PAST.

COUNCIL REFUSES TO DEMOLISH UHAIN FENCE. MAY PREJUDICE RE-ELEC-TION! At last night’s Borough Council . meeting, Cr. Cowley again brought forward the question of doing away with the old post and chain fence surrounding the Triangle in Main Street. In support of the .suggestion he said that the fence was unsightly. There was no gate to the enclosure and when there was it was always open. The Society had done very creditable work just opposite and he would like to see the Triangle , made to conform with the improved environment. The Mayor said the Council’s greatest trouble at present was finance. They had already spent a good deal of money and if the fence was removed there would immediately be a cry out for a kerb to be erected round the Triangle, which would lie necessary. He commended the Councillor for the sake of v their seats, to keep down the expenditure. A lot of money had been spent by them during their term of office, but it had been well spent. A previous Council saw fit to put the fence up and he suggested that the matter he left to the' in-coining Council to deal with. Cr. Walker also approved of this suggestion. ’ _-/> Cr. Me Murray -supported Cr. Cowley’s suggestion. Two wrongs did not make a right, he said. The argument that stock would wander all over the Triangle if the . fence was removed could not be token > seriously as they had by-laws which provided for wandering stock. He suggested that the road foreman draw up an estimate for putting a four-inch kerb round the Triangle. The posts and 'chains could be sold -and the sale of same would probably realise more than the job would cost. Cr. Woods supported Cr. McMurray. mm Cr. Thompson said Councillors were always taking Palmerston N. as an example and they still retained post and chain fences. The Mayor: It would be a pity to remove the fence until we can replace it with something better. He had been complimented in the past, on being firm and voting against the proposal. It was' neither a wise nor a popular thing to do. A motion was then placed before the meeting, moved by Cr. McMurray, seconded by Cr. Cow- > ley, that the posts and chains arournl the Triangle be removed. On the motion being put it was declared lost, the voting being as , follows: For: Crs. Cowley, McMurray, Woods/ and Rand.."! Against: Crs. Walker, Parkin, Lncinskv, Thompson, and the Mayor.