TUAKAU TOWN BOARD.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 106, 10 November 1915, Page 2

TUAKAU TOWN BOARD.

Monthly Meeting.

The usual monthly meeting of the above authority was held last night, Mr Dynes Fulton presiding, the other members present being M?B«ra tl. Free, W. Glasgow, W. Strahan, Captain J. S. Kyder acd the clerk, Mr A. H Tapper. VOTE OF SYMPATHY. A vote of condolence was pasßed with the parents and family of the late Mr Bernard McGahan, the chairman stating that the deceased had been a quiet unassuming young man acd a giod citizen of (he district. TELEGKAPH POLE. The chairman reported that he bad inspected the teWgraph pole removed from the footpath at Booker's earner, Georgu street, on to the road iti the vicinity by the Post and Tehgraph Dipartm°o<, and was i f the opinion that as it wa9 origin^l!v an ibs'ructiou op the foutpath, ttte Department Ehoald bear the cost of its removal and not the Board as intended by the Department. Befora conveying that decision to the Department he. however, suggested that the Board should ascertain if permission was granted the Decartment by tte local body that vas in power in these days (the Pukekohe East Koad Board) to erect the pole on its original site on the footpath. The clerk pointed out that there was no fcotpath at the spot mentioned when the pole was first placed there.

It wai icsolvad that thJ clerk should communicate with the Department and point out that as a result of the pole constituting an obstruction it had been found advisable to remove it, and as the Pukekohe East Roal Board had not teen consulted when it, was originally erected the Town Board did not recoznise liability tor cost of removal. POSTAL MATTERS.

The clerk reported that although he had nut been officially informed of any suggested improvements to the present despatch of mails from l'uakau for the towns on the Main Trunk line and vice versa, he understood that as a result of tha Bond's representations for improved facilities action was being taken by the Department. Captain Ryder mentioned that new mail bags for the purpos: bad arrived, but the improvement had not so far taken place. TELEPHONE HOURS.

The derk furthzr reported that he had consulted the postmaster in charge of the l'uakau post office on matters relative to the Board's requast for an improved telephone service, viz., the extension of the liouis at the telephone office so that the office would remain open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., for the convenience of the public. He had been informed that the regulations prevented any alteration tj the working hours at Jpreaent, as the number tf subscribers was onlv 27; but if the total was increased by tnree and each subscriber wonld pay an additional £1 per year to the present charpe an increase in (he working hours could be effected, if the number of subscribers increased to 50 the altered conditions would fake place without any extra charge being levied on the subscribers. STREET LIGHTING.

The qjestion of street lamps being rtiscuss;d as a result of ao application from a business firm in Auckland for an order ot the same, Mr Glasgow brought forward the unsatisfactory condition that prevailed in connection wiih the lighting ot the street lamps, sfeying that on dark nights the lamps were often not alight, whereas on bright moonlight nights, when there was no occasion for them to be alight, the opposite prevailed. The chairman mentioned that he had noticed the lamps alight several times in the morning.

The matter was referred to the Streets Committee to deal with.

HE-VALUATION OF DI3TKICT. The clerk reported that he had been informed bv Mr Bollard, M.P., during his recent visit to the district that he bad placed the urgent necessity of a re-valuation of the Tuakau district before the Kight Hon. the Prime Minister, Mr Mssey, but bad not yet received a reply. MISCELLANEOUS. On the chairman's suggestion it was decided that the Board's engineer should be invited to meet the members on Saturday next, the 13th inst.. to consider proposed improvements and repairs to Uarrißvillc road and further to arrange more accommodation for vehicles to pass near the bridge close to the railway line on the Harrisviih road, which is in parts covered with gorse. The willows growing at the bridge also interfere with the view on the road and will also come up for consideration. The clerk was instructed to write and ask Mr Bycroft to remove the old mill adjoining the quarry, so as to enable more stone to be got out tbcrefrnm. It was resolved, with a view of repairing the road betwen the quart y and George street, that tbe Streets Committee should inspect the same.