PUKEROA HILL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 720, 21 December 1933, Page 5

PUKEROA HILL

action ^eqessary^ boR^VGH COUNg|L DE§lREfLfv AN INTERPRETATfON OF " : QWNERSi||P . ' •• ".>y" GAVEAfE TO BE LODGED Yy* The position wit)i rgg§r$ ' ownprship of Pukerpg Hjfl cgih^Lj)3p£ for cpnsiderable discugsion. . gt.'last nig)it's* meetiifg ' pf "the RptPrua. ' ojfgh Couricil. The Mayor said sp far as he cpuld sep it was to instal a 50-bed hospitai. TKe ppglj had no injiicatipn "qf hp^ ; the board prp^posed to t$ce tho ppint which the cojjhcj) most concerned aboqt thaf wfejfe it was quite agreeahle to a reviyaLd^ the lease for 21 yeafs it wantep^.: definite reversiPn of the ldpjd tnl!, purppse for which it Was dedic||^d>: The council also conteijdfejS beneficiaries of the gift th?(t should have a say in 'the disposa5P^f ' the property. However, it Jjad' heM; ignored. ' ■ » It was stated that there Was noiy no doubt that the ownership wai^| the Grown, but it wh§ clear that if the Crowri'put that land to' any purpose than the one for Which it W^s . given it was a breheh of trust, .'.Tlne land was not giveh to the Growh with as it liked; but for the defittijd "use and enjoyment of the peopieyjqf Rotorua.'i > . • • • ^ , After quoting from' varipns ,d.qieftm.ents th.e maypr declared that if cpun^jj did not "take a d.efinite 3p£0' Pukeroa would be lost to the gpppjp of Rotorua for alj. timp. Ijtj spite ;ojf the fact that the cpuncil hj^d nia^ representatipns ppposing fhg in the use of the land it appear^ff that the Toupist Depart^nent"w^s jjfaijp pared to extend a fease oi jtne'"|5(M for hospitai purposes. It was for i|ie council to say whether the rigllts.;di the residents should be pyertridde^i Defipito Ltegal Action . Cr. E. T." Johnson - said" that ihe only way to prote'ct the righ'ts" Vjf the people was to instruct the solicitdrs to put a caveat on the property. That' would put the' Grown 5pn tlie def erice. Ho moved in that direction. Gr. O. H. Coleman secopded hnif pointed out that it was apparent the departmeht would "take no notiee'di protests and it was necessafy tS6' ;decide the qdestion pnce and fpy'ali;^ Gr. F." ' GoodsOn ppihted jiu't in the past the borpugh Government over the education Ipases and it was owing to that ac£ip^' that the position Wps sp satisfactpry to-day. ! • The motion was carried and the borough' solicitors will be consulted immediately.