TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3320, 25 October 1919, Page 4

TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL

The usual monthly meeting of -tho Council was held last night. Present: His Wonship the Mayor (A. J. Joblin, Esq., Cl-s. Turnbull, Timb:s, Etevencaux, [Reid, Fookues, ‘Davies, and ‘Cunning’hame. ‘

Cr. Cunninghame (Depu~ty—_Mayol') took fhe chair, pending the _ M3Y‘°"’s arrival from a prior engagement. That Von Zedlitz’s reappoin-tnn‘nt to the staff of Victoria fmvllege was undesirable, was the opinion of the \Vanganui Borough Council, as expressed in a letter, and the local aCouneil’s endorsementi of this objection was invited and conceded. ‘ The Taihape Athletic Club was granted the use of the Oval Domain on New Year’s day, on‘ the usual eondi--tions. A petition was received from 5.: majority of the local shoopkeepers, through Messrs Fullerton and Smith, with respectto hours to be observed by the business people in the Borough. The hours were: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridfiys, to close at’ 5.30; Thursdays at 12; -Saturdays, 8.50P.M. It was also desired that ‘thou hours for fruit and coxifectioners’ shops be extended till 10 pm}. on ordinary days, {

The Department of Intaernal Affairs wrote stating vthad; £305 subsidy for Efeace celebrations was available. A letter was received from the Department of Agriculture re sections for workers’ Dwellings, which led the Mayor to remark -that he -had interviewed the represenfative of the Department, Who was more than satisfied with the section near the ceme-‘ tery.———Reeei‘ved.

The transfer of a section from Mr Evans to Mr Ivory was agroged to.

The Waihi Borough Counc'il asked. the Council to endonse a resolution asking the Government to prohibit the export of timber from =the Dominion until local markets are supplied.——Letter received. A

Mr J. Whenuaroa, in a letter to the Council, pointed out that =the Maoris were raising funds for 2. commemorative memorial to be erected. -to the men (native and European) who had enlisted from ?this tiistrict. .-He offered to hand over the money (some £125) to the Borough Council, or a. c.olllnliffee_ appointed by. i;-t,._!a.n;d invoking the Council’s assistance.

The Mayor said the Council would do ‘all "they could to assist the natives in their laudable object. Cr. Cunninghame thought the Maoris wanted the memorial established on some part of the Borough. V -Cr, Reid suggested calling a public meeting and consulting the people, and forming a committee to go into the matter. Cr. Eteveneaux said the ‘M-aoris wanted to hand over the money to the pakeha, and let them proceed with the project. Cr. Cunninghame considered ..“or the sake of the town something should be done in the niatter, and it was not too soon to move. . Or. Reid said Mr Whenuaroa prepared to hand over the money to the Council or anyone appointed by it, with the ihea -of getting something Worth while done for the Natives sand Europeans. h The Mayor, Crs. Cunninghame, Eteveneaux and Reid were appointed a. committee to meet the Natives and confer with "them in the matter. VVOR-KS COI\cIMITTEE’S REPORT. The Wol'ks Comniittee’s report was read as follows, and adopted:—Your committee reconimends:— .

That the nece.ssa.ry number of 3ft. pipes 1-ecjuired for diverting 's‘treanl at Manse from Goldfinch }s<t'reet, ‘be procured as soon. -as the Chairman can make arrangements with the owner ‘of the property «through which the stream runs at present, and that this work he proceeded with as sdon as possibie.

That the Council as a whole deal with the application from the Public. Trusfiee for consent ‘to a I'igh"E—of-waf between Higgins’ Estate and the Council’s property in Main Street. That Ithge Railway Departnient be offered £35 towardé the cost of 9. footbridge on new overhead bridge, to be erected at the north end of railway yard, That. pl-ices be Fbtained for making 200 -dog {o~o}.},’a‘rs ,'“.’fith Swanis a'bl'3SS labels thereon, and The Town Clerk be empowered to have collars made. That a culvert be constructed across the road in Moa Street, from end of present box culvert to‘ drain passing along the boundary of saleyandzs. Having left the mafter of painting the hose-drying "tower, -etc., at the Fire Brigade Station in the hands of the Bmough foreman, with power to act. . Having received the .resignation of D. Ryan as Borough carter. and having appointed Mr D. McCormick to fill ‘the vacant position.

Having authorisc-.d the foreman of works to construct a footpath on 'the north side of Goldfihch Street. from Moa Street, to a point opposite ‘the Presbyterian Cllul'(9h Mansé, as soon as the street line along the route of {he proposed path has been defined. ‘ Cr. Reid explaillcE{~*ill?Lt the fence on ' Aldridge Terrace was practically on the ~-

v road. He sug .sted file fence should 9* be shifted fiow the earth to be put ’ ? in to form .. foofpafh, the fence to V n be replaced after thelpath was formed. M": Aldridge had oifered "to pay the cost of ‘shifting the fence. A snpplemental'y report as follows was submitted:—— “ V Your Conlmit'fee" reconll'llend:s: That the tender of A. F. Martin, Palmersr ‘.l:-on North, at £l7B 1/, for.manhole covers rand gratings, being the lowest L tender, be accepted, ‘4 ' That as -'the Consulting "Engineer recommends that the crusher be driven by fhe steam roller in}-the meantime, no tender for a 30h.p. electric motor be

aec.epted.' ‘ Having held over tenders for road roller and crusher, pending receipt 'of further informafion. Recommend that‘ -the tender of the Earthware Pipe Co., Auckland, for drain pipes, namely £9BB '2/6, be ac-

eepted. s IHNANCE COMMITTEES REPO~RT_ That ‘Mr Paradine’s salary be allocated as follows:—Fire Prevention £'7B, poundkeeper £52. That the let-‘ ting of the Town Hall be left in the Town Clerk’s hands with power to act. That Messrs Wall and Bogle’s offer to prepare and supply a plan of the borough (with all subdivisions to date shown thereon), for the sum of £l6 if 10/ be accepted, subject to the Town Clerk being. satisfied as to the size and scale of the plan. That a junior It clerk be obtained to relieve Miss Aldridge of typing and other detail work, at a wage up to 15/ per week, one month’s notice in writing to terminate engagement. That payments amounting to £lO5 and £65 respectively be made in respect of the Sinking Fund charges on the £3500 (elecric light) and the £IOOO Water Loan (the debenturesof the above are hypothecated to the Bank of New Zealand at present) and that consideration of the position of the Town Hall Loan Debentures be held over until the February meeting of this committee. ’ The Council went into Commtifee to discuss matters in connection with the Town Hall agreement with Messrs Carr and Reed, and reported that the final completion 0 the agreement be A held over pending a meeting to be arranged between Mr Carr and the Town Hall Committee V The report as above was then adopted. '

ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATERWORK COMMITTEES REPORT. The report of the above committee was read as follows and adopted:—— Your Committee recommends that miles of 19-16 W.p. cable be obtained from Messrs Carrick Wedderspoon and Co., Ltd. at an approxi- ‘ mate cost of £142 per mile.‘ That an extension of the eleetric mains be made as recommended in the engineer’s report of 13th inst. at an estimated cost of £240. Note: This will ensure a full supply to Kaka Road and to houses from the hospital steps along Kiwi Road to Ruru Road to a point opposite to Lot 1 of part section 11 and 12 Ohinewarua, a branch line will also be run along to Titi Street from Kiwi Road to the end of Same and in Thrush Street to opposite Lot 6 of Section D.P. 2264. Current to be charged at the present rate for the outer area. That the tools requisitioned for by the engineer be obtained excepting the afirst four items and substituting an electric power drill ad foot emery Wheel for items 3 and 4_ Your Committee reports:—— Having authorised the electrical engineer to have the 9 h.p, motor repaired at once. ' Having purchased 6,10 amp and 24.5 amp. meters from Carrick, Wedde~rspoon and Co., Ltd_

Having received S. Ridley’s resignation -as second power house "attendant, consequently have promoted G. Coster to second man, and appointied ‘W. Durham to Coster's late position. A special reptfff. was submitted as follows; and as it was a provisional A. report it was merely received:— ‘A Having engaged the services of Mr H. 'l‘. Toogood, Consulting Engineer of ‘Wellington to report on the question of water supply. Mr Toogood has visited Taihape and made a. two days’ examination of the present plant, underground, and gravitation scheme. The reservoir has also been examined, rough levels taken, and your ‘Commit- \ tee expects to present a report and approximate estimate to the Council in the course of a week or two. , GENERAL. The question of the public lilrrary W 35 bl'ollght_ up by a notice -of motion is by Cr. Davies, and after discussion it ' was decided thatthe management of dike library be handed over to the -Citizens’ Committee as representd Ly R.ev. W. F. Stent, subject to the C'oun~ I H 011 having the right’ to appoint one re-‘l -- ‘Wt-st-ntative on the committee. : ‘W ,/Itmatter held over from lag; meet. i in: of "he Council was the question of} vesting secti-in 10, block 1, in the Run-1 gttlliei County Council for a site on which -to erect o‘i.?cers. ‘After a :c-ng 9'll Exhaustive élis-ussicn it was de. aide“? thfll? -if ‘the County Council ac-I quires ~-the_;lease from Mrs R; Davies, Days up arrears of rent and rates, anal

surreiiders the lease to the Borough Council facilities will be. given for a new lease under the powers conferred upon the Council by section 141 of’ the Municipal Corporations Act. The perennial question tf connection with the "sewerage system was again brought up by Cr. ‘Reid, who asked why Mr Clarkson had not been notified when two others had been notified.

-Cr. Cunninghame said the Inspector should notify everybody, and would like that instruction from the Council, and he moved, “That all those not connected up be notified by the inspector to go on with the work_

Cr. Reid said of the two who had been notified one was going on with the work and the other was waiting for estimates. The Town Clerk said Mr Clarkson had been given notice and had done nothing. As far as the inspector was concerned this was as far as he could go, as _he had no power to prosecute. The inspector had in some cases prepared specifications for Work. It was necessary to haxfe 3. special resolution" from the Council to prosecute in c2‘l.s'es of failure to carry out the work after notifiiation.

Cr_ Reid moved, that instructions be given to the inspector to proceed against anyone not connecting up after receiving a mon’th’s not.ice.——Cal'ried,

A deputation consisting of Messrs McLennan (Athletic Club), Kelsall (Rugby 'Union),, M. McLaughlan "(Hiberians), and Ryan (Rangitikei A. and P. Association) waited on the Council urging the necessity of providing conveniences in the Oval Domain. After hearing the views of the deputation, the Mayor moved that the question of erecting urinals and conveniences be referred to the Works Committee for a report 011' the mafter as soon as possi_ble_ ‘A special meeting of the Council will be held as soon as the report is, ready. A report of the discussion will appear in next.

issue. The Council adjourned at 11.10.