LOWER HUTT DISTRICT

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10616, 15 June 1920, Page 6

LOWER HUTT DISTRICT

MEETING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL.. 'i*he Lower Hutt Borough Council met Inst night, when there were present— The Mayor (Mr E. P. Rishworth) and Councillors A. J. West, A. J. Hobbs, W. Meldrum, \V. Knight. W. B. Hanlv. W. T. Cotton, J. Mitchell, and A. Macaskill COIUtBSPONDENCE. The secretary of tho Municipal Association wrote advising that the annual subscriptions had been increased 30 per cent, as from July Ist, 1920. The letter --ras received. Tho Stratford Borough Council wrote asking the council's support to a resolution —"That the Government be asked to take tho necessary steps to make Saturday afternoon a -universal half-holiday throughout the Dominion."—The council decided to take no action in tho matter. A resolution from the Hawera Borough Council requesting the council to BUjjjport them in urging the Government to remove the dutv on children's footwear was "received." Tho Pahiatua County Council asked the council's support to a resolution a skins the Government to amend the Housing Act, 1919, so as to make provision for purchase of land to erect dwellings on. or of land with buildings already erected thereon. —Tho council decided to support tho resolution in w> far as that legislation should be provided to enable the council to purchase land. It could notj (agree to the clause relating to tho purchase of dwellings already erected. With reference to a letter from the WVnintrtin Coal_ Trade Committee, suggesting the creation of a reserve stock of ooal, to bo drawn on for cases of sickr.««! when other sunr'ljps wore not available, the council thanked the Coal Trade Committee. ENGINEER'S REPORT.

The borough engineer, Mr E. A. Gumbley, reported as follows for tho four weeks ended on June 11th:

On the nights of June Ist and 2nd there occurred an abnormal and disturbing outflow of water from the reservoir, between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. On June 3rd a' serious leak was discovered on the stop-bank between the bridge and White's line east; when this was corrected the reservoir outflow returned to normal.

For tho months of April and May nine building permits were issued. These represented the total expenditure of in buildings and additions to buildings, and returned £6 10s in fees.

Gas supply for the month of March, 2,141,000 cubic feet of gas were purchased from Petqno. Of this amount 2,237,200 cubic feet were consumed for domestic purposes, 181,100 cubic feet for power purposes, and 77,000 cubic feet for street lighting. The consumption given above considerably exceeds the amount purchased. This was explained by the fact that the March meter reading was not completed, owing to change of meter readers, until ten days later than usual; 'ho April returns should show a considerable riso in unaccounted for gas. For the month of March last year the figures were:—Purchased from Petone, 1,758,000 cubic feet; domestic purposes, 1,461,900 cubic feet; power purposes, 116,500 cubic feet; street lightinc, 72,600 cubic feet; unaccounted for, 6.08 per cent. '