SHANNON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Shannon News, 13 July 1923, Page 3

SHANNON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Shannon Borough Council was. held in the Council Chamber? on Tuesday evening. Present : The Mayor (Mr' Murdoch) and Crs. Beard, Gunning, Curran, Carter, Butt, Gardner, Hyde. ; ' CORRESPONDENCE. The secretary of the Ratepayers* Association wrote that at a general .meeting the. following resolutions were passed“ That the Association view with regret that nothing had been done regarding" naming of the-streets, although it is understood the estimate for painted signs was as low as 2/11.’ also "‘That the Ratepayers’ Association '.views' with great satisfaction the attitude thes Borough Council intends taking to overcome the wandering stock nuisance, which the Association consider shouldi be. fearlessly dealt with especially so regarding night stock.” ' , 1

In regard to the. first resolution the Mayor , said he’ thought the .money Would be more: wisely spent in providing metal to give residents am outlet, where there are no. footpaths. Mr Gl Grumwald reported that 12 lights were now in action in the Borough and he hoped to have the. others in working order by the end of the week. *

Mr Mr A. H. Morgan, on behalf of the delegates of the ; various sports bodies, ratepayers and general public, forwarding list of improvements considered necessary at Recreation Grounds (which appealed in the last issue of the “News”), and -asking if the Reserves 'Committee will meet the delegates to discuss matter on Wednesday. ■ ' Mr S. Anderson wrote drawing attention to the bad state of a culvert situaited 1 in Thompson street, the. outer pipe of : which has fallen and in consequence in times of heavy rain the water is backed up on to his section. He also drew, attention to the ■state of the newly-formed water-tables in Nathan Terrace Which looked as if pigs had been .rooting about.—Referred to Road Committee.. ■ Mr J. Linklaten M.P., forwarded result of his representations on behalf of the. Borough in regard t© railway reserves, informing the Council that it had been decided to vest the undermentioned reserves in the . Shannon Borough GounciJ: Section 202, 2 roads, now in use by Shannon Borough Council; section 289, 1 rood,- under lease which expires on 23/9/24 ; section 340, 1 rood, leased from year to year ; section 32a, 1 rood 13 perches, public pound, under lease which expires on 30/9/23. Steps, are now being taken to vest section, 202 in the Council in trust for municipal purposes and similar action will be taken with the other three reserves above mentioned as the present leases expire—On the motion of the Mayor it was decided to forward a letter of thanks to Mr Linklater for the 1 energy he has shown in the matter. From, clerk to. Horowhenua County Council stating;it will, be impossible for the conference of engineers called in to report on remedial measures to be taken# for tbe safety of the Shannon bridge to meet for some, two or three weeks, owing to the delay caused on account of the slow progress of the necessary kiirveys to be made, which will not be. Completed until about 10th July. . , A recommendation was received from, the Shannon Chamber of Commerce that a place for public speaking be s et aside, other than in the main sTFfeets, go as to avoid accidents, and obstruction of traffic. —After consideration the Council decided to have the bylaw enforced dealing with keeping the footpaths clear. Shannon Chamber of Commerce wrote asking that the Council enforce Hie by-law that motor bicycles should carry silencers, also by-laws in respect to cycling on footpaths and riding at night without a light, and that a bylaw, be made prohibiting pillion riding 'in the Borough.—lt was decided thp.t the police, be written to asking them to vigorously enforce the by-laws regarding riding on footpaths, riding at might without a, light, and the use of silencers on motors. The question (:.} making a -by-law prohibiting pillion riding in the. Borough to be dealt with when the by-laws are revised. ROADMAN’S REPORT. The roadman, reported that during the last month, they had cleaned out several water-tables and small drains, inning the past two weeks they have teen carting metal out of Mr Wood’s s ream to Stafford and Clapham streets about 30 yards to Stafford street and •?00 yards to Clapham street. The metal is being carted out by our own team and a hired team of Mr H. Payne’s. TENDERS.

The following tenders were, received lor. cleaning out water tables in Vance street Messrs J. Knight 1/6 per chain; T. Brown and W. Butler 16 per chain (accepted). GENERAL. On the motion of the Mayor the bee by-laws were confirmed. It was also decided that Mr Grumwald be notified to remove his bees before August Ist, failing which proceedings will be taken Cr. Hyde asked what was being done in regard to the bridge over Stainsell’s drain.—The Engineer stated he now had the matter in hand and tenders would be called in the course of a WG&k Accounts totalling the sum of £193 19s lOd were passed for payment.

ftHANNOftKOPUTAROA ROAD.

Cr. Gunning 1 informed the Council that ai petition' was'being presented to the Horowhenua County Council at 'Vits • meeting., from' - the ratepayers of Buckley and Koputaroa asking that >the road between Buckley and Koputaroa be linked up. A deputation is to «wait on the Horowhenua C.C. and as it id. a' matter .of great importance to Shannon he w*ould like to see the Borf o-ugh Council represented on the depu- ' tation. , , • ■ C The. Council then went into committee and after discussion it’was decided . to write the Levin Borough Council with a view to seeking their co-opera-tion to get the road completed. Crg. Hyde, Gardner and Butt were

appointed to prepresent the Borougn council on the. deputation.

SHANNON WATER SUPPLY.

The secretary, Shannon Ratepayers’ Association, forwarded the. following resolutions passed at a general meeting of the Association“ That in view of the detrimental report of Dr. W. F. Findlay, Government Departmental Health Officer, regarding the proposed source of waiter supply for Shannon, this general meeting of the. Ratepayers’ Association takes strong exception to the continuation of the. work until such time as. a definite understanding is reached concerning purity of water, sufficient supply, and extra cost ii any; also that if it is intended to alter the original scheme as voted upon by the ratepayers, we recommend the holding of a public meeting in order that the. new' plans be placed before the ratepayers.. ' Referring, to the resolution the Mayor said statements had been made by persons about the Health Officers’ report that really did not exist. An impression (had got about that the inspector had condemned all the sources of supply, but as. a matter of fact he had not condemned any. The -“News’’ htad stated in a recent issue the. Mangahao dam water would not be fit for use for two years after the dam is completed. This statement was not correct and he trusted .the, local paper would correct it.' The. Engineer (Mr Edwards) said not a word had been said against his scheme as some people seem to think. He went on to s.aiy that without a word of hesitation he did not think there would be a better supply of water in any part of the world. It is all a matter of dilution. Where a large volume of water was continually running it was impossible for it to become contaminated. He. quoted the Manawatu, as an instance, into which a. considerable amount of drainage enters, yet water is used from that, freely. The. small streams was where trouble arose, and they could only be used temporarily. As they could not keep farms off the catchment area, there was always the chance of the stream becoming polluted. Finally it was decided that the letter be received.