PAPAKURA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 465, 11 April 1919, Page 3

PAPAKURA.

PAPAKUIU BOARD

The fortnightly meeting of the Papakura Town Board was held in the Board's office last Thursday evening, when there were present— Messrs D. W. Jones (Chairman 1 ), T. D. Campbell, S. Evans, and Dr A. W. P. Book field, with the Clerk (Mr Harold Wilron.) SANITARY SERVICE.

A number of requests for enemption from the sanitary service were referred to the Sanitary committee to report on at next meeting. tSE BROADWAY.

Mr Percy Holt wrote suggesting to the Board the desirability of making a strong endeavour to obtain from the Methodist Trustees and Railway Department sufficient land to increase the width of Broadway by 14ft. from the Great South road to the railway crossing before the Trustees had subdivisions made,or the Railway Department finally arranged for a new station. He ftdded that the Broadway was likely, in the future, to be the chief street of the town, and thafwhen there Was a tramway system in Papakura the Broadway would probably be the terminus or chief station. At prevent) be said, there were no buildings to complicate the question, and "" there were only two owners of pro--Jilt? to deal with The widening & of the»street, he argutf, would in the value of tfa| allotments, IM he had little doubt but that the .ftmblio spintedness of the Trustees would assist in promoting an agreement. The Chairman moved that an ■ application on the lines suggested by * Mr Holt should be forwarded to the Methodist Trustees. .The motion was carried unanimously.

WANTED, A r,AMrT.inasfc!Thenewly appointed Mr G. Wihon, tendered ins resignation owing to being unable tu spun* time for the duties. The resignation was aec' pted with regret, and it was decided to" *call applicatiors for the vacancy _ ELECTRIC UOHTnjp SCHEME

The Chairman reported that he an«l Dr KrooVfinld had attended a meeting of delegates of local au'horati « hi->d at Pnkekoho in connection with the proposed extension of this tiorougn Council electric lighting install ition, the scheme providing for a supply of current for the whole of the district from Papa kura to Mercer. He added that it was propjsed to obtain the services of a consulting engineer to submit estimates of the cost an i he asked whether the Board was iu favour o' supporting ih<» schera° and stated that in his opinion it was u good one and merited the expenditure *>\ a sum of money to ascertain the cost. The sevices of the engineer, he was led to believe would not exceed £IOO. which would be all mated between 14 looal bodies. Mr Campbell moved that the Chairman and Dr Brookfield should represent the Board at the next Conference and that the Boaid should bear its share* of the cost of an Engineer's report. Mr Evans seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. CROIOK OF OOVBRNOK. The Hastings Borough Council asked support to a resolution they had passed advocating that the Go vernor of the Dominion should be selected from the people of the Dominion, and that Sir Andrew Russell should receive the appointment. The Chairman thought it was not a matter for local authorities to deal with, and the letter was merely " received." EPIDEMIC AITRRMATU. A circular letter was received from the Minister of Public Health suggesting that a special " clean-up" week should be arranged for. The Chairman thought such a matter was more for the cities and larger towns to take up Dr Brookfield thought it was a good scheme. Consideration was deferred until a future date PUBLIC UItRARY. The Secretary of the Education Department intimated the amount {>ayable to the Papakura public ibrary out of the grant of £3,000 voted by Parliament at last session for distribution to public libraries in country districts was £lO 3s 7d REPATRIATION OK ALIENS. The Actirg Prime Minister (th« Hon. Sir James Allen) wrote ac khowledging a copy of a resolution passed by the Board utging tha' aliens should be returned to then native countries. In reply thereto, he informed the Board that th« repatriation concerned only thou, prisoners of war who asked to be re turned to their own countries, ami that the Government w«a awaiting instructions from the Admiralty a to the ship on which they woulo emh*rk. It was impossible, h< added, for the New Zealand Govnn ment to commandeer a sh<p for tl i purpose, as all ships at pies-, arriving iu New Z aland were noil Admiralty orders. He understoo from the tone of the resolution, ilio it was asked that all enemy alien* interned in New Zealand should b. deported. The question was, how ever, one which could not be ilee.iileil in New Zealand, us it was an intei national affair, lie punted ou» thai there were many persons interned i< the Dominion who at the time ol their internment wero enemv aliens, but who, it was certain, would hav> a distinct nationality on the final declaration of peace, and would be recognised as of the Allied Powers. Acfwiits amounting to £!)7 5a 7d were approved and passed for payment. CYCLING ON t'OOTPATHS. Mr Campbell drew the Board's attention to the number of cyclists

frequently ridiug on tho footpaths in the tow l distiict, and thought that something t-hould be done to put a stop to that dangerous practice —On his motion it was decided to erect notices warning offenders tbat they would be prosecuted.