PUKEKOHE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 459, 21 March 1919, Page 2

PUKEKOHE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Monthly Meeting

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Pukekohe Borough Council wai held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday last. Present: The Mayor (Mr H. G. B. Mason), On A. a B. Barter, D. B Hamilton, J. t'% Stembridge, J. Patterson. G. H. Jf Armstrong, A. P. Daysh, P. J. Moi. #\- rowandß. Bilkey, with Clerk (Mr J. Deans), the foreman t (Mr 8. Clews) and the Engineer (Mr■ * W. Wyatt). BETTER FOOTPATH WASTED Mrs W. H. Hawke, of Manukau road, wrote drawing the Council's , < attention to the state of the footpath in Manukau road. She stated that 4 the pathway was more extensively used than any other except in King street, the traffic on sale days being exceptionally heavy. Dry weather produced an accumulation of dust jm and in wet weather she water lodgeff%jk in pools.—The Mayor moved tbety flj the path be tarred and sanded fcdfc" the end of the present tar to the corner of Harris street-Or Aim* strong seconded the motion, which -#* '■ was carried. Or Stembridge applied for an im- ?"*** "' provenient to be effected p die foot* ■nth on the welfare .safe of Edinburgh street, liajjng from Cooper and Curd's corner to fffeP/uJcekohe school. This street, heT#HEed out, was Tised by hundreds of children, ' 1 when it rained it became a quag, mm and the children went to school with wet and dirty boots.—da Ae motion of the Mayor, seconded '-7. .SET Cr Armstrong, it was decided to t**?f£af the footpath from Cooper and corner to the school to a width sight feet. '% fhe condition of the Harris street footpath at the corner of Maimfcan rjead was complained of by Or Patterson, and it was agreed to kerb ant channel the street for a distance ±p. of two chains to Manukau road. WAR TROFHHS. Mr H. H. D. Wily, Secretary of $™ the Buckland Fallen Soldiers' Me- ?M morial Committee, forwarded a opy :> i. of a letter he had received from the M Minister for Defence regarding the distribution of war trophies captured on the western front, and he re* quested when the Council was making representations for guns, p etc., to be forwarded to Pukekohe, it would bear in mind Buckland's claims, as judging from the Minister's letter, they were entitled !w to a share of the trophies. The Clerk said he had sooken to Mr Wily on the matter, and advised him to make direct application for the trophies. Mr Deane, hoaML/ added that the head-quarterajf Per'- , r/ . infantry were at Hamilton, the mounted rifles at ' In regard to the same matter^ i. Town Clerk of Hamfltan advieeMjaj reply to the Council's letter, tnt when the trophies came to hand- . everything would be done by the Hamilton Council to make an equitable distribution of the trophies received. INTERNED ALIENS The Devonport Borough Council invited support to a resolution urging upon the Government the advisibility of repatriating all alien prisoners of war at present interned in the Dominion. The Mayor remarked that there was a practical difficulty regarding the matter in regard to what would happen to the British wives and families of aliens if the men were sent back to Germany. On hi*, motion the letter was msrely received. WATER CHARGES In view of the large quantity of water they consumed at their garage, Messrs Cooper and Curd -*4 applied for a reduction in the water rate. . v The matter was referred to the Waterworks Committee with power to act -i REMITS FOR MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE. The Finance and Legal comnutteip recommended that the following re- , mits should be forwarded far discussion at the forthcoming Conference, vis :—l. Vlpf the Go* •>. vernment be urged to institute a V policy of providing cheap loan money for all public works of local ytiss,,; not subject to the present Hmijpßoaf. IL —The Mayor explained that the ■» present limit was £5,000, considered was totally in»dequate)%4t'2. That the Governm at be urged to remit all duty on all machinery and material imported by local bodies for the purposes of constructing public works. S. That the Government be urg d to consolidate all existing 'ocal body legislation, so that the one enactment and one rule should apply to all local bodies, except where there is a d fiiite reason for a different rule f>r any particular class of local bodi-s. 4. That the Government be urged «o establish a Local Government Board, whose function would be to grant authority to locil bodies and assist them wisp expert advice in respect to loan*, public works, by-laws, public health, town planning, and such other matters as the Government think fi f . The remits were ad-tpted. ri'BLIC ÜBRVttY. • On the motion of the Mayor it was j? agreed to spend £ls on the purchase of new books for the library, and in reply to a question the Town Clerk Q stated that the total of subscribers to the library was 60. The matter of labelling library * books was brought np by Qf, Barter, who stated that the systenfin force |j —viz., stamping the name of the library on the inside of the book—was not sufficient. He believed that many beoks were not rftarned ; . through oversight To overoosie the I difficulty he suggested pasting a J brown label on the outside cow af A the book, containing the conditions with which thr books were taken away. He moved to this effect, and \\ the motion was carried. THE DOMAIN. N */ With regard to the Becreation Ground Cr Patterson asked what the wj£

Council intended to do with it, viz , whether it was proposed to lay it doifn in grass or not He - uggested piflffag flailed dr.-iin through the purposes. Some discussion took place and eventually the Mayor proposed that the Domain Comaittee should arrange to drain the paddock aud lay it down in glass. This was seconded by Or Barter and carried. ELECTORAL ROLL. The Clerk submitted the district electors'list for approval. The main roll showed that there were a total of 877 names thereon made up of 582 ratepayers, six freeholders, and 289 residentials. The provious roll, he said, had a total of 831 names The list was approved on the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Or Hamilton. STREET OBSTBUCTIONS. Cr Stembiidge urgrd on the Council the advisability of keeping the streets clear of unattended vehicles. He pointed out that at times it was really impossible to proceed along King Street through *£ghicles standing in the roadway. &MHr thought either the police or the PJP Council should take steps to regulate the traffic. Unattended vehicles were a public danger. Tuere was a by-law, he added, prohibiting vehicles unattended leraaining longer than fifteen minutes in the street. A Councillor remarked that the police aijd the by-law was no good. The*llayor (indignantly): The by-law-is quite good ; let them try t > see if it is no good. Cr Patterson spoke in support of Cr Stembridge's remarks and proposed that the police should be instructed to enforce the by-law. Cr Btembridge seconded the motion which was carried. Cr Barter: Do we get the fines ? The Mayor: Yes providing action is taken under the by-laws. The Clerk: Or under the Municipal Corporation Act. Cr Barter mentioned that the Auckland City Council received something like £I2OO a year from fines for bre.ches of by-1 iws. TOUJfCE The paj sheet and wages account, totalling in all £341 7s 8d were approved and passed forpaymenj. The district fund account was re ported to have a debit balance of £842 9s 3d.