PAPAKURA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 440, 10 January 1919, Page 3

PAPAKURA.

PEACE CELEBRATIONS The advisability of making preliminary arrangements for suitable Peace Celebrations in dne course in Papakura was mentioned by the Acting Chairman (Mr D. W. Jones) at the special meeting of the Papakura Town Board held last Monday eveniog. Mr Joce* pnt forward a plan for various functions and entertainments, and was strongly of opinion that the day shoula be one chiefly for the children, in order to impress upon the juveniles the importance of the victory gained in the cause of justice, right acd liberty against might He did not think it a wise policy to wait vntil peace was actually proclaimed before deciding what to do and he urged the Board to como to some understanding to enable a lead to be given to the public. Mr T. D. Campbell suggested invitii g the residents of Clevedon, Alfristoc, Manurewa, Drury, Ardmoro and Karaka to co-operate in the Peace Day celebration and he moved to that effect The proposal was seconded by Mr McLennan and carried. It was decided on the motion of Mr Mcintosh that a public meeting should be convened at which a subcommittee should be appointed to work in cooj auction with the Board or to decide as to what form the celebrations should take. HONOURING THF DEAD PROPOSED WAR MEMORIAL The erection of some suitable memorial in memory of the Papakura boys who have made the supreme sacrifice in the victorious fight for humanity against the unscrupulous Hun was advocated by Mr D. W. Jones at last Monday's meeting of the Papakura Town Boird. Mr Jones counselk J that it was the duty of every local authority to discuss the matter in order to come to some finality and to place their views before the people, who could either adopt or amend any suggestion thrown out Mr Evans was of opinion that a public meetirg should be called and also that the memorial should take the form of something useful. He thought perhaps a meeting room or a new Board office would meet the wishes of the people He was quite sure all would contribute towards the object. Mr McLennan differed from Mr Evans and thought the memorial should take the form of a statue to l a erected where the village watering trough now stood. A statue, hi said, would act as a reminder to those who followed them of the boys who had spilled their blood in the victorious endeavour to uphold th j noblest traditions of the Empire to t > which they belonged. He was ({iiite sure that a building would not impress the people to such an extent as a monument would Mr Mcintosh supported Mr Evans' views and advised that if a building was erected a tablet with the names inscribed thereon should be hung in the room. Mr Campbell contended that the most euitable memorial in honour of the heroes who had laid down their lives in the £mpire's cause would be a monument to bear the names of those who had fallen and those who had left the district and to be erected on the vacant section between the Post Office and Messrs Willis Hroa' store. The plot, he said, could be nicely grassed and laid off, with seats so as to enable persons to take a rest and to even lunch there The monument would thus be in the centre of the village and beit g on the main South Road would be seen by the travelling public. Mr Jones Of posed Mr Evans' idea of a building. He remarked that to erect a building and to holi dances therein would be literally dancing on the grttves of tho9e who had died in the cause. He supported Mr Campbell's suggestion but thought the eife should be near the Dominion Mutor Ga>a,ve or in Broadway. R- plying to Mr J rPh' remarks Mr Evans said it whs not his idea to erect a buildn g to h«.ld dances. th'-ugh' * Bo*rd officer h library building would be th>* thing. Mr Campbe 1 did n<-t fav ur Mr Ji'ne«' suggestion to erect the memoiial in the Broadway ThMain Strpef, he said, was the place for it to his idea of thinking Mr McLennan mov»d and Mr Campbell seconded that a public meeting should be called and tha> both Mr Campbell's and Mr Evan*' suggestions should be piHdd befme the residents, the meeting to decide as to the most cuirable form the memorial sh uld take.— I his was agteed to. For some considerable time past attention has been directed by sue ces-ive Town J'.oards to the ever increasing necessity for some wa'er supply scheme being instituted f<>r the ben> fit of the householders of Papakura The Board that wen ! out of office last September took a forward m-ve in the matter by securing expert advice as to the possibility of Bentley's Falls affording a site for supply, but the engineer's report, recently received, is to the effect that the same is unsuitable, since its height would not bring about sufficient pressure for firefighting purposes. This finding was referred to at last Monday's meeting of the Town Board, and Mr Jones advised that further action should be taken in regard to an earlier pro posa! for securing water from the Hunua hills Ou his ino'ion, it wai decided that the Board's engineers should be instructed to test the flow of water through the ilunua road gorge through the summer months ; examine the watershed ; and to

report on its suitability aa a source of supply; and to submit an approximate estimate of the total cost of construction. With a view to providing access to the new saleyards in Cook street, it was resolved (on the motion of Mr D. W. Jones, seconded by Mr Campbell) at last Monday's meeting of the Papakura Town Board to instruct the Board's engineers to draft plans and specifications, and to invite tenders, for constructing culverting, forming and grading Cook street, the metalling thereof to be postponed until the autumn, in order to allow the filling to consolidate. At last Monday's meeting of the Papakura Town Board, whilst the question of providing the town with an adequate water-supply wis under discussion, a member suggested waiting until the price of pipes had decreased. The Acting chairman (Mr D. W. Jones) spoke strongly against the waiting policy. Papakura, he said, had been waiting for the last 20 to 30 years, and was still waiting. He urged the Board to wake up, and to go ahead. The members present at the special meeting of the Papakura Town Board, held last Monday, were Messrs D. W. Jones (Acting-chair-man), E. D. McLennan, N. S. Evans, W. N. Mcintosh, T. D. Campbell, and Pr A. W. P. Brookfield, with the Clerk (Mr Harold Wilson;. Ratepayers of the Papakura Town district are notified by advertisem nt in this issue that a penalty of ten per cent, will be added to all rates unpasd by the 31st instant.