FOXTON BOROUGH.
CONSTITUTED 1888 POPULATION 1,760 AREA OF BOROUGH 1,271 acres.
RATEABLE VALUE (unimproved) £97,8-11. RECREATION RESERVES.—Easton Park, 5 acres; Vietor'a Park, 10 acres; Racecourse, Bowling Green, Ihakara Gardens. LlGHTlNG.—Electricity. Fifty street lamps, costing £3 17s Od per lamp per annum, all night service. MUNICIPAL GASWORKS.—Manager : Mr. W. S. Heyes. T E LE P HONE. —Continuous S ervicc. WATER SUPPLY.—Artesian (per bores). 72 miles of water mains. Average pressure 501 b per square inch. DRAINAGE. — Up-to-date system to all parts of the borough, 7 miles of sewers. IT RE PREVENTION.—Station, hydrants, hose and engine. PUBLIC LIBRARY.—About 1000 books. Borrowing terms, 2/6 per quarter. TOWN HALL.—Seating accomodation 950 persons. Biograph plant installed, pictures shown three times weekly. BOROUGH COUNCIL.—Mayor: Mr M. E. Perreau; council:*Crs. M. 11. Walker, S. Rand, E. Parkin, It. J. Thompson, F. Lucinsky, S. E. Cowley, R. Rangiheuea, J. Ross and C. Spring. Town Clerk. —Mr. Wm. Trueman. Waterworks Foreman.—Mr. Wm. Neville. BE A U TIP YIN G SOClETY.—President: Mr. M. E. Perreau. SILVER BAND.—Chairman: Mr. F. G. Yeo; conductor: Mr. W. SIleyes. MRE BRIGADE. —Superintendent: Mr. A. Stevenson; secretary: Mr. A. Walls. PLUNKET SOClETY.—President : Mrs. F. Robinson, CHURCHES.—St. Mary’s: Rev. # Father McDermott; All Saints: Rev. W. H. Walton; Methodist. Rev. Edmondson; Presbyterian: Rev. W. H. Nicholas; Salvation Army. SCHOOL ‘ COMMITTEE. —Chairman : Mr. J. K. Hornblow; secretary: Mr. R. Rangiheuea. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY President: Mr. D. Christie; secretary: Mr. W. PI. Nicholas. LODGES. —Te Awaliou (Masonic): secretary: Mr. J. Ross; Druids: secretary: Mr. E. Fuller; OddifePows: secretary: Miss L. Thompson. MEDICAL—Dr. E. M. Wyllie. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.—Manager: Mr. S. H. Poole. POSTMASTER.—Mr. J. Newton. • STATIONMASTER.— Mr. Simmons. POLICE STATION. —Constables R. Owen and Bell. FOOTBALL CLUBS FOXTON.— President: Mr. 11. Hutchins; secretary: Mr. R. Hornblow. BOWLING CLUB. —President: Mr. R. Bryant; secretary: Rev. W. H. Walton. CROQUET CLUB. —President: Mrs. M. E. Perreau; secretary: Airs. M. Barr. TENNIS CLUB.—President: Mr. R, Me Murray; joint secretaries: Messrs C. Procter and N. Ross. HARBOUR BOARD. —Chairman: J. Linklater Esq., M.P.,; secretary: Mr. R. Rangiheuea. Pilot: Caplain C. Larsen. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE President :• Mr. J. K. Hornblow; secretary: Mr. R. Hornblow. -CYCLING CLUB. —President: Mr. M E. Perreau; secretary: Mr. R. Jardines. GOLF CLUB: President: Mr. M. B. Borgia; secretary: Mr. J. Christie. CRICKET CLUB.—President: Mr. *A. E. Tongs; secretary: Mr. B. Minds. SWIMMING CLUB.— President: Mr. H. Hutchins: Secretary: Mr. D. R. Barron.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19280517.2.37
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3793, 17 May 1928, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
393FOXTON BOROUGH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3793, 17 May 1928, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in