WAITARA.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1918, Page 5

WAITARA.

(From' Our Own Correspondent.) Thursday, Dec. 12. The laat of the Maori patient? in the Waitara hospitals were sent home to-day, and the process of fumigating the buildings, bedding, etc., is being proceeded with. By ordeV of the New Plymouth Hospital Board all the bedding, sheets, blankets and stretchers are to bo fumigated and sent to New Plymouth. In the case of the stretchers, I tliink they might very well have been knocked to pieces and disposed of here, as they will hardly, be worth the cost of getting them to New' Plymouth. The Waitara Borough Council held ita usual monthly meeting oh Wednesday night, at which the nawly-eleoted councillor (Mr. T. E. Procter) was welcomed by the Mayot, and, after; making the usual declaration, took his seat. A report'from Mr. G. Fear (borough overseer) oil the coat of the pipe'line to Waip&pft factory was .decided'thai the overseer, his Worship the; Mayor and the town: clerk Bhould examine the accounts of the Waipapa pipe line together to see where the discrepancy between the town clerk's and overseer's cpst accounts occurs, gad that a special meeting of the council be held on Wednesday, December 18.. to. io further into the matter.- The electrical engineer reported that he had replaced temporary gas pipes and boxes with permanent wrought and cast iron ones, and had re-bricked No. 3 gas that some sheets of iron were needed on the roof; that the battery room required painting; and that a permanent wooden platform was needed behind the engines. These matters were referred to the lighting committee, with power to act. Cr. jJrabsnt Bpoke on the unsatisfactory state,of the street lights, and it was decided."!!!* call Mr. Johnson's; attention to same, ana see if something could not he dojn» tq, improve them. After, discussion it was decided thai the electrical staff be reduced by one. Ct, .Pr.cet.er was appointed a member of the prater and. works and library committees, fo Or. Allen (resigned), and Cr. ElSn- i chard was appointed to sign- cheques place of Cr. HaHam.. The matter of as unsafe bridge in Normaii Street, was referred to the works committee to report on, and the matter of. cleaning up footpaths wa» referred to the overseer to attend to at once. A meeting' of the electric light oommittee was arranged for Tuesday, December 17, at 1 pirn. His Worship the Mayor gave aotice of motion to rescind a resolution fixing the over- 1 seer's salary at £278 per annum, The passing of accounts concluded the meeting Mr. W. V. Richards' daughter, who had been in the New Plymouth Hpspitel for soaio time, died on Tuesday, December 10. The funeral took place ,tW» afternoon. The sympathy of "a large number of friends will be felt fire the parents in their affliction.