TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taihape Daily Times, 19 July 1919, Page 4

TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL

The usual monthly meeting 'of' the Borough Council was held last. night. Present. His Worship the Mayor ('A. J. J-oblin, Esq.), and Crs.‘Turnbull, Fookes, Davies, Reid, Etcvenéaux and Timhs. ‘

Before proceeding with the agenda. paper, His Worship, said he regretted to have to state that Mr. Menzies, the Town Clerk had been taken ill last week while on his way home. He. moved that the Council express its. symgathy with Mr. Menzies in ‘his, illness, and hoped that he will soon. be restored to good hc.a‘th.—Carried. uni-nimously. ‘ Ah apology was read from-.¢2r. Cuninghamc by. the Mayor, who stated that

the absent councillor, with the en-

gineer, had‘ been away on» the Council’s business in connection with the: purchase of a generator which. had been procured on terms satisfactory tothe Council, and at a saving of from £3OO to £4OO in money, besides-

saving a lot of time. M The Secretary of the Taihape _Brass

B-and wrote asking for a subsidy forthe band, saying that a good bandmaster was now essential for theprogress and welfare of the band. The Acting Town Clerk said an. effort was being made to resuscitate the band, and put it on a good footing, -Cr. Fookes said he was present at the last meeting of the band, when the matter was brought up, and there was a little dissatisfaction at not receiving“ a subsidy from the borough. The band‘ some years ago -had received £3O a.-. year for certain performances. It wasa little rough on the band to have to’:wait twelve months before the sub-» sidy was paid. He suggested a sub-» sidy should be granted, to _be paid quarterly. A band was a good asset to a town, which could not expect to! have a decent band unless oneourag-2. ed financially. - The gather councillors were .- Ignanil-4 ’meusly‘ of opi_u~.n that}. the . _b'-lD(]".. should but encourgecl, :and cxpre~ssed'~.~i a’ desire to do all tlu.l ».was; possi,-bl.-.,

tn. that end, and evanfually <l't.Wa,si,-<33: c:'dejdT,-to_~grallt _al_l_. at-nual=subqidv’ -.r‘:‘ £3O on co;ld_ition that" twelve. per-‘

fol'manccsr-we're, given;.yearly.' . ‘ - A letter was received_from Dr. Watt. District -Health-Ofiicer condemning a stable -lately in occupation of G. Parker, opposite the Band - Rotunda, which it was stated was in an insanii~ tary condition, and dangerous to the public health.——lt was decidea to serve’ a notice on the owner to havethe building removed. . - - A lotter was received from the New

Zealand Farmers’ Distributing Co.,~inV"' reply to one from the Council on the ' 21st ultimo, stating they were propared to pay the cost of a drain at ' the new saleyards if the‘ Work was“-. done by the Council.—Rcfe_rr_ed to the ;, VVdrks Committee,‘ A : . , ‘E - A comnlunicatidn was sel_ll;‘by,the

Minister of Labour with regard to the ._ wage limit of workers applsiing Wfor workers" dwellings, pointing out, that . the limit had beenraised to £225., _ per. annum (the Council had passed a. resolution asking that it be £2so),—’ _ M Letter received., T. _ _ « f Mr. R_ W- Smith forW_ard'.ed a. reply ;he had received from _the Minister of s.Lands in reply to a communication [asking that the agricultural reserve on ' the other side of the Otaihape stream. _ be reserved for workers’ dwellings. The Minister pointed out that this {particular section had been reserved ‘years ago for agricultural purposes, and nothing could be done_ Two sec- . tionsadjoining had been reserved forworkers’ dwellings. The Mayor stated «that Mr Smith was still moving in the matter, and a bor‘ough section on’ the other side of the [road had been offered in -exchange, and somthing might yet be done. I It was decided that‘ Mr. Smith be asked to convey to the Minister the‘ thanks of the Council for the interns .. De had taken in the matter. ‘ The letter was received from the Istate Fire Insurance Department tasking that the whole of the borough ' j'p'roperty be placed in their oflice for‘ insurance. V \ d Considerable discussion took place on the question. A motion that the insurances be given to the State Office was lost. VVORKS C_OI\[MITTEE,’S REPORT_ _ The Works‘ Committee’s report was read and adopted as follows: ' That the Town Clerk be authorised to write the Railway Department with regard to the matter of placing a 5' footway on the overhead bridge‘ at the‘NOrth end of the. Railway .yard_ That Mr. W,‘ McLennan Be given per. mission to take earth ofi the side way on Kaka Road‘ to cover up his proposed drain, at the request of theBorough Foreman. Re Mr. Martins letter. Your Committee ./recommends‘ that the Council authori Mr. Martinto draw up» a clause ’a,ul§ndeavour toget it in the Washing‘.-ul..Eßill to give the option of having either concrete ' slabs or asphalt on footpaths: That. having considered the aphlications for‘ the position of permanent surfacemen, ‘ recommend that the following names‘be submitted to the Council for ap- .- proval:-.—-Messrs_ F. W. Bowers, W. T, . Rothwelhand‘ W. C. Riedden-_ That,

lfaving considered the applications for‘ Nightwatchmaiiirvl Poundkeeper and jganger, the name of;W. Paradine be submitted to the Council for approval. Thapthe plan.of W. J. Coutts road ‘through Sec. 77, Taihape Subn. be ea‘ approved of (a) subject to MeSsrs_ ) Ward andvSalmon being written" to and informed of ‘the discrepancies in Road Deviation from Peg 19 to Peg 17, which should read, 20ft. instead Of 17ft. and metal to be of uniform width‘ and depth on all roads: namely, 9in. ' in tlle«celltre and tapered to sin- on the outside. Grade of deviation above t be lin. 16. (b) To ‘state grade of footpath on the zig-za‘g and footpaths -»to be 9ft. throughout. That the Chairman and Foreman of Works interview Mr_ Coutts relative to storm water drainage and slopes on banks, also fences on deviation, That proceedings be taken to recover license fees as pmentioned by Borough Solicitor. 'l_‘hat Mr. P. Coleman’s wages be raised to -12/ perrday. That the Town Clerk Write Auckland City Council, enquiring as to the-disposal of the cast iron street urinals now being replaced by underground urinals. . I _\ Cr. Reid said there was one matter that included in the report, and that was the necessity of procuring metal to repair the streets. Owing to the firailway curtailment it was not possible to get metal from Ohingaiti to repair the streets, which were getting into holes in every direction. He considered those men employed by the Comimmittee should be put on at _ once on to the Council’s own gravel pit to-get metal out to do the essential repairs. There were several dangerous holes which should be attended to at once.

Two tenders—from Mes-sxs. Fitzgeg: aid and Duncan and A. Moghan—for the purchase of the hay on the Recreatidn Grounds were received, and declined; ;;»The disposal of the hay was left in the hands of Cr. Reid. }~

ELECTRIC EIGHT I-AN-D ’ W;X'I"ERWORKS COMMI’I"I‘EE’~S ’REPbRT." The—-Electric Light and;watenvoi~ks? Committee ’s.. report '-as;-"ul'i"ders Wash-‘ reagd“ and arlopte'd:’—'=:fW 's2‘ to 3 - tYo’l'n' ’Co’z'nn'l'ittcex .arec‘ommen,ds»‘.%thati the Fire System’ (6 boxes) 's:‘milar'—’t.o the one in use -in»-wcllingt'on ‘be’-» adopt.- ‘{ ed ‘subject vto the‘ f Finance . Committee sanctioningii "the,-" same. That. the "»Elec'tr.i'cal Engineer: and the Chairman: proceed. to inspect “generator Set now ‘on offer and be einpowered to make the? best deal possible That the attention of Waterworks Inspector be drawn to the fire plugs and valves throughout the Borough. That the Electrical Engineer be asked to ‘repnvt of ‘the ‘workings of the pump; Your committee reports having ' accepted the application of G.‘ W. C. Coster, Eketahuna as junior at the Power House.

FINANCE CO'MMITTEE’§" REPORT. The Committee reportqd tliat' accounts amounfing to £530 1:1’/11‘b'e passed for "pa:'vm'ent. ‘That thé "recommendatjon ‘of the.Elec_tri’c Light and VWa.ter’worksT COl'rlnfit”t‘ee re’ fil‘_e alarm‘ system (6 boxes)" sim‘il;ar‘ 7:0 the s"yS'.tem“in" use ‘in'W\Vél]i[llg'tOli‘ ‘be’ approved of‘.——Adol)teTdT_"‘ ‘ '1" The Mayor said in cc>_nne'e’éicjl_l"xvith

the new g.‘en‘erjatorfl they -am-2;-. -purchasing its"'woul(l' cost, the engineer estimated Ed per unit more to work ‘byeoal in the gas generator plant ff‘ than by Water power. ’ OTHER BUSINESS. It was decided ‘that the new surfacemen engaged commence work on Tuesday, 22nd inst., and that Mr. Paradine, the new nightwatchxman, take up his duties on the 19th. Cr. Fookes, in referring to the library, said Rev. F. W_ Stent, had asked that the matter be left over until the peace celebrations had terminated. On the motion of the Mayor, Messrs. Arrowsmith and Loughnan were appointed borough solicitors. ‘ Cr. Timbs brought up the question of providing a rest room for ladies. It ' ‘would be a great advantage if this very- necessary convenience was available in town, and would be appreciated by a large number of wo_men who visited the town. He sa‘i'd smaller places than Taihape had them. i . The Mayor said it was a move in the right direction_ . In response to a question, the ActM ing Town Clerk stated that a room ‘ in the Town Hall was available for ‘ the purpose‘, on the top storey. A lavatory was: attached to another room. J The matter was left in the Mayorfs #- hands to arrange for a room for the "purpose indicated. The perennial question of the _"bylaws was brought up, which led "the Mayor to state that the Borough Soli-citor-’s labours were nearly at an end, and that the new by-laws would i shortly be laid on the table or the _Council. ' A‘ Cr. Reid said 41; “Band Rotunda was—’one of Tai 'i;J‘lg, beauty spots, and it was time the/;/Council saw the Defence Departm ’t and got a GerMlifivxall. gun or other? trophy To exhibit in t_gVthe\evtriangle, to show that our boys liThad_gone to the front. Some 600 or _.7fl'700 menlhad left this districtto “do their liit,?’,,_and. it was most desl"r'abTe ff; j~have*‘something to show for it.

Tho Mayor said nothing could be done at present, but something will be done eventually. Palmerston North waé the district headquarters, and he Had spoken to Mr_ Nash to keep him posted on the position. ‘ I . Cr. Reid said the larger towns were looking for these things, and it was time they spoke up. ‘ This being all "the business, the Council adjourned. .-