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A QUESTION OF SITE.

PROPOSED ERECTION OF PLUNKET ROOM. DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL MEETING. At last night’s Borough Council meeting a letter was received from the local branch of the Plunket Society requesting permission to erect a Plunket room on the lefthand side of the entrance to Easton Park. The Mayor (Mr. M. E. Perreau) put up a strong appeal to the Council to grant the request and said that the Society was doing a tremendous amount of good in the town! The old bandroom site offered the Society by the Council did not appeal to the Society and he did not see that the erection of the proposed building on Easton Park would be any detriment to that reserve. Other towns had granted similar requests. Cr. Cowley: Do jou know of any town that has its Plunket Building on one of its recreation grounds? The Mayor: Yes, I think New Plymouth has. Cr. Cowley said that he was very sympathetic towards the Plunket Society which he considered was doing excellent work, but he was opposed to permission being granted to the Society to erect a building on Easton Pai'k. In any case the spot would not be a quiet one and the Society would be better off with a section in Main St. Pahiatua, with a population of 300 less than Foxton, had a very fine Plunket building in the main thoroughfare. Cr. M. H. Wjalker said he did not hold with any further buildings being placed on Easton Park. In his opinion the Society could be made comfortable in the old bandroom, which the Council had offered them. Cr. Roore disapproved of the request being granted. ' There was a section in Main St. next to Mr. Corn’s premises which would make an ideal site for Plunket rooms. Cr. Lucinsky also expressed his opposition to the proposed site. The Mayor said that he was sorry the Councillors disapproved of- the proposed site. They had not had the experience of the work of the Plunket Society that he had had as a member of the Advisory Board or they would .not hold the opinions they did. A large number of parents and children attended the room weekly and room was required for- the children to play while their parents were occupied with the nurse. Easton Park would be ideal in this respect and there would be no fear of the footj path being blocked up with prams if the building was located on the reserve as there would be if a Main Street section was used. The question of rates also had to be considered. On the reserve the Council would not collect any rates from the Society, but if the Society was forced to pui’chase a section elsewhere the Council would, in all probability have to remit the rates to the Society and be a loser to that extent. The town was not large enough to support the Society to such an extent that it would" be able to pay rates. The Society had already raised between £l6O and £2OO by local efforts and if something definite could be arranged in the way of a site, plans could be prepared for a building and the Society would receive assistance from the McCarthy Trust. They were a. Society that was bringing money into the town and were prepared to help themselves and that being the case the Council should be prepared to help the Society. Cr. Thompson suggested that the matter be left over until the plans for the proposed building had been prepared and submitted to the Council. He was personally opposed to the building going on Easton Park and would like to see the building erected in Main Street. •That would mean, however, that the structure would have to he of brick and would cost a great deal more. Cr, J. Ross said the building would have to be of good design and not encroach on the park if the request was agreed to. Personally he would like to see the building in Main Street. The Mayor’s argument about a playing area for the waiting children was a good one, however. .The Clerk (Mr. W. Trueman) said that it was only a-, matter of time before the Council would be called upon to re-build its library and it might be arranged for the Society to wait until that time and have its rooms incorporated in the library building. By waiting four . or five years the Society would have accumulated funds which would easily allow this to be done. The Mayor said that he was satisfied that the ratepayers did not want to go to the expense of erecting a library at the present. The position as regards the Society was that they had to have something de - finite to Avork on before they could get the money from the Trust. The proposed building would cost about £SOO. On the motion of Crs. Lucinsky and Thompson it was decided to hold the matter over until next meeting. ~

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3882, 11 December 1928, Page 3

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A QUESTION OF SITE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3882, 11 December 1928, Page 3

A QUESTION OF SITE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3882, 11 December 1928, Page 3

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