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SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND BOROUGH COUNCIL

GRANT OF £lO FOR BOUNDARY IMPROVEMENTS.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting letters were received from the Foxton School Committee thanking the Council for not placing any obstacle in the way of the Committee in obtaining turf for the High School site. The committee also asked the Council to remove the spoil on the roadway in Duncan St., fronting the High School, and to lay down a suitable footpath around the entire length of the concrete wall." A grant of £ls was also asked for to assist in effecting permanent improvements to the portion of ground between Ihakara Gardens and the site of the school.

The Mayor (Mr. Perreau) said that he thought if the footpath was continued as far as the steps leading into the school, it would meet with the wishes of the committee. There was not a great deal of traffic past that point. With regard to the request for a grant the Mayor said he felt it was the duty of the Council to assist in the good work of improving the locality. The committee had already carried out excellent work and had improved the site out of all recognition. He would recommend the Council to grant the £ls requested.

Cr. Walker said he did not object to the grant, but he drew the Mayoilg attention to a remark made by him at the last Council meeting to the effect that they would have to guard the expenditure during the coming year or overstep the estimates. Personally he did not know whether the grant was justifiable. The committee had certainly carried out improvements, but he did not think that the work referred to would have cost the Council £ls. He had visited the work on one or two occasions and the contractors, were certainly making an excellent job. He favoured a grant of £lO being made. The Mayor said he appreciated Cr. Walker’s reminder. As far as he was concerned there would be no extravagence on the part of the Council and he would guard against any increase in the rates. All applications for grants would be fully investigated. If the Council could only get rid of the hospital rate there would be no further increase in rates as far as the Council was concerned.

Mr. Roore outlined the work carried out by the committee and dealt with the cost of same. In his opinion a grant from the Council of £ls was quite justifiable.

Cr. Wialker referred to the fact that when the baths were erected the Council expected to receive some revenue from the Education Board or Department for the use of the'baths by school children, but the Council’s application had been turned down. He did not see why the council should assist the Board or Department now in face of that. If, of course, it was assisting the local committee, he had no objection. The Mayor: It is the committee’s work. Cr. Wialker said he understood the Board had called tenders for the work. Cr. Rand said the cost of improvements to Ihakara Gardens had been rather high. If he had been out of work he would have liked to have done the work for £ls. He was in favour of the improvements and in helping as much as possible, but the Council mustnurse its finance. They had a lot yet to do in the way of footpaths and it seemed rather peculiar to grant the sum requested in the face of a request recently made by him for a footpath having been turned down on the score of lack of finance.

Cr. Spring favoured the granting of £ls and said the committee had done excellent work and should receive assistance from the Council. The Mayor moved a motion that the £ls requested be granted but an amendment that the grant be £lO was carried.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3816, 10 July 1928, Page 3

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SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND BOROUGH COUNCIL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3816, 10 July 1928, Page 3

SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND BOROUGH COUNCIL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3816, 10 July 1928, Page 3

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