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INGLEWOOD NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)... . ■ ~ A -pubjic.,* meeting, convened for, the' purpose "of beautifying and improving, the town square, was. held'oh Tuesday!'l The attendance was meagre, ' owinj, 1 * doubtless to the wretched'state of the weather. His Worship the Mayor,'who' presided, said lie had been approached by several ratepayers' on the' .subject.! Much money and labor had been spem; on the laying out and planting of the square, and it seemed a shame that such an: outlay should ;bec.Qßie unprotected. The fence which had formerly surrounded the square had. fallen to pieces rotted arid, become, an eyesore, and the; Council,-, in accordance with the wishes of numerous ratepayers, had" recently I had it'removed. Itiia,d been suggested that they should re-fence with concrete posts and chains but the Council did not see its way to undertake such a costly scheme. The .matter' Had been left over, the Works Committee having been instructed to remove;- the fence and sell it. Mr. Roberts had waited on the-Coun-cil and presented a* petition to have the work • done, but it ; had finally been decided to call a public meeting, when..the.matter could be discussed. He suggested that a committee be formed to attend to any -matters which might be necessary 'for immediate protection and to brintr forward a scheme for consideration later, the expense to be borne by public subscription. Later, on, no doubt, the Council would be in -a position to at least subsidise the money obtained, thus. He'thought the business' peoplewould subscribe liberally towards havbg the square kept in repair. He then read tlie balance-sheet of the. committee which •had erected the fence and first pu't it in order in 1903. This showed that three out of four guarantors (Messrs. Julian,' Kennedy and Stevens) had had to pay I a deficit of something like £3O out of their pockets, ' | After discussion Mr .Roberts moved:, (1) That the Council be asked to place) a concrete post and chain fence round! the square and employ a man at £2O, per annum to maintain the ground. (2) That the square be again fenced with' three to four plain wires and posts (wooden) and grass be kept cut; (3) that subscriptions be collected to fence poi'tion ■ of reserve with concrete .post* and chains and rest, pro tern, with plain wive until funds from subscriptions were | available to furnish proper fence anol grounds be maintained- for twelve months; at eost not exceeding £2O by a levy of ■ Is per month from all tradesmen round, square. , j The Mayor pointed out the impossibility of the Council undertaking the-j work, so that the two first resolutions were useless. He moved, as an amendment, that Messrs. Drake, Percival, Roberts, Thomson, Lile and O'Carroll be a committee to evolve a scheme and obtain subscriptions to finance same and to report at a meeting to be held on the 25 th inst.

Mr. Surrey seconded and the amendment was carried. | It was further resolved that "the proceeds of the old fence be handed over to the representatives of those who paid up the guarantee fund." Hearty votes of thanks were passed to the promoters of the old scheme and to the chairman. The meeting then terminated.

A working bee held on Thursday afternoon was well'attended, and the committee went over the whole square carefully with a measure and discussed the best means of improvements.

The road race caused quite a small| stir in Inglewood. and a large crowd j assembled to see the contestants. War-' ron. one of the limit men, was easily, first to Inglewood, ■ leading the field by four minutes. Several competitors were unable to negotiate the turn, and landed in the gutter in front of the Coffee Palace buildings. There was a marked difference, owing to the gale that was blowing, in the pace after tlie competitors reached the Mountain road.

In the golf championship final J. Gor-don-Glassford easily defeated A. J. Law.) The match was a hole match, and at the; end of the third round Glassford was 10 up. and so the fourth round was not played. ...... _ _' .■

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 17 October 1910, Page 3

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INGLEWOOD NOTES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 17 October 1910, Page 3

INGLEWOOD NOTES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 17 October 1910, Page 3

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