ADVANCE SPOTSWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 297, 25 May 1915, Page 8

ADVANCE SPOTSWOOD.

MANY WORKS WANTED. DISTRICT TO BE PROMOTED. There were tilmiit thirty present at :i moctimt at Spotswond hint evening, when It was decided to make an ell'ort to promote the interests of (lie district, which many of the speaker* declared was not helm; treated, fairly in several Inspects. Mr! IX .1. Hughes presided. imong other things, it was decided U,, request the Rorough Council to exWd the water .service to the district. \ ;e chairmaa said, that during the municipal election the general impression was that the water supply was being drawn upon to its limit, but ho had interviewed the town clerk that day, and his remarks did not bear out tlifs opinion. He considered that it was high time that the district .sliouW possess an adequate water supply, iin.l he pointed out that there was a plentiful supply in the rivers of the district, and that they wore not leaning solely upon the Council to assist them in this matter. An extension of the electric lighting system to lite district was lib) considered necessary, and it was agreed to request the council to erect lampposts from the tram line to the. borough boundary, and also to ask the County Council to erect lamp posts to the top of Omata hill. Sneakers pointed out that the heavy motor and other traffic on this road constituted a {crave danger on dark nights. It was also mentioned that many vehicles using this road carried no light.

The metalling of the Devon Road was another matter that evoked considerable discussion. The Borough Council was severely criticised for proceeding with the tram-line while leaving this road unmetallcd. The condition of the road during the winter was very bad indeed, and this matter merited immediate attention.

The lack of education facilities in the neighbourhood was another matter that was discussed at some length. It was pointed out that the Education Department had promised some, time ago to erect a school between Spotswood and | Omata. This h::d not been done, and at present some of the people of the district (about ten in number) were plitccd under the necessity of providing the salary of a teacher from their own pockets, no assistance being received from the Government. It was considered that the Department should at least sulsidise the money raised for this purpose. An improved mail service was another question brought up, and a suggestion an cirort in this direction received hearty support. It was unanimously agreed that deputations should wait upon the various local bodies interested in connection with the matters discussed, and the following were appointed a committee to forward the interests of the district: Messrs D. J. Hughes, D.- Pcnwarden, C. Warren, 11. Williamson, and Roulston.