PUKEKURA PARK BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 126, 6 September 1910, Page 8

PUKEKURA PARK BOARD

The monthly meeting of the Pukekura Park Board was held last night. Present; Messrs. R. Cock (chairman), W. L ; Newman, S. Percy-Smith, F. P. Corkillj p. Ford, C. W. Govett, R. C. Hughes, J. Tisch, F. C. Bellringer E. H. Tribe (secretary) and W. W. Smith (curator). FINANCES. tj ; The treasurer reported that after paying accounts the bank balance stood at £142 13s lid. In answer to a query as to whether the Sports Ground Committee had paid the £25 rent which they had promised to pay, the secretary said that .he had received nothing, and Mr. Humphries, the chairman of the Sports Ground Committee, had told him the committee had no funds. There seemed no chance of netting the £25 just yet. ° Mr. G'ovett said that the committee had been giving bonuses away, and he thought they could reasonably be expected to pay their debts first. No doubt they were doing good work, but they had robbed the Board of £7O or £BO a year, and the Board had got nothing from them yet. Mr. Corkill: They gave us one help. The chairman said that it seemed unfair that the Board should be unable to pay its secretary at all, whilst the committee which owed the- Board <d?J this rent was voting bonuses to ify* officers. The Board discussed various schemes for raising funds, and it was decided to approach the Sports Ground Committee with a view of holding a function in the grounds.

FURZE BRAKES. The secretary reported having interviewed the Board's solicitor with reference to the Board's liability to clear furze from the Carrington road frontage within the borough. His opinion was that the Board was liable under the Act of 1908. A letter was road from the Department of Agriculture requesting the Board to have the frontage cleared forthwith., Several tenders were received for grubbing the furze along the whole Carrington road frontage, and. that of Mr. C. -Edgecombe was accepted, at £f> for the 35 chains. GENERAL. A letter was read from Miss Richardson in reference to the tea-rooms in the ground. —It vi>= floe "led to : nform Rjphardson that the Bo«H had r ■> '-ntiiin of altering its arrangements), J. C. Legg having undertaken to take the rooms again for the ensuing season. Upon Hie curator's report being read, the chairman expressed his pleasure at ■hearing that Mr. Smith intended getting on with the improvement of the paths and the grubbing of furze about the grounds.