A QUESTION OF CONTROL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 292, 19 January 1910, Page 5

A QUESTION OF CONTROL.

i P.H', KEATIOX BOARD AND SPORTS j .■UOCND COMMiiibE. 1 ]ii'. , (.WHITS TO FUJKWOKKS DISPLAI. '1 he montlily meeting or the I'nkek.ira Park lioard was lie . he Borough Council Chambers oa .\n.!;'.;ay evening. .Mr. K. Cock presided, ;:i;d ihere were present Messrs (J. liM-ii, S. Percy-Saiita, \V. L. Newman, ,11. l-ord, aad A. K. Watkins. A letter was read from the Recreation Grounds Sports toimii it tee asking the Jloard to postpone for die year tiie collection (it tile rent —.Lli"). The member; of tiie Hoard were unanimous in granting the request. Tiie secretary read a letter from trie Miran.ar Waioni Fireworks Touring Copipany, asking it the grounds were available for a fireworks display.—The secretary stated that lie hud replied that the grounds were not available, and that the Board' had a stock of fireworks and held periodical displays in aid of the funds of the Board. The question of permitting a display of fireworks in the Sports Ground by the same company on Thursday next was brought forward. It was resolved that the attention of the liecreation Sports ({round Committee be called to clause l(i of their lease of the Sports (hound, and that the Board would object to any display of fireworks in the Recreation Sports Ground. The reason for tiiS refusal was that the Board intpndcti?* to hold two displays of fireworks almost immediately in aid of the funds of the Hoard. The members of the Board were unanimous in passing this resolution, as it would probably seriously affect the Board's receipts. The Chairman slated that the total indebtedness of the Board, including bank overdraft, was Cl!)2. Accounts amounting to £B4 were passed for payment, bringing the Board's overdraft up to til 111.