NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1919, Page 6

NEW PLYMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The following matters were dealt with at Monday night's meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the New Plymouth Borough Council:— VOGELTOWN STREETS. M. 0. Butcher wrote asking what tho council intended to do in regard to the forming and metalling of the roadway in Ballance Street while tlif! teams were working there. He understood the funds to do the work were allotted in the £42,000 loan raised some time ago. When a blind street such as Norman Street was done, surely something could be done to Ballance Street. The engineer stated that he was doubtful if it was intended to form the roadway or a cycle track only. In August, 1918, authority was given to charge the work, in Norman and Ballance Streets to the £42,000 loan, and £IOO was provided for Ballance Street.

Cr. Short said that what was wanted was the centre of the road gravelled; they were not asking for kerbing and channelling and formation in the ordinary way. He thought it was quite time something was done. Cr. Clarke said he thought the council should deal with all the short streets in Vogeltown and get them put in a stat.: that would give reasonable access to tho residents' properties. The Mayor moved that the amount, allocated ( £100) be expended- on forming and gravelling the centre of Ballance' Street, 10 feet wide, from Holdsworthy road to Sclwyn street. / Cr. Griffiths seconded and it was carried. It was then decided -chat the engineer report and submit estimates of the cost of putting George, Rawhiti and Hori streets in order, including metalling where required. HEALTH INSPECTION. It was resolved to approach the Public Health Department and ask that, in view of section 28 of the Public Health Amendment Act, 1918, they favorably consider the arrangement set out in the council's letter of April 6th last, which suggested that the eliief sanitary inspector of the New Plymouth Borough Council should be given a direct appointment from the Health Department as an inspector under the Public Health Act 1908, and should be empowered to deal with all matters respecting public health within the boundaries of the Borough of New Plymouth, and bo vested with such further powers in regard to public health, including powers under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 190S, as the Health Department shall deem necessary. Also that the New Plymouth Borough Council should undertake within the boundaries of the borough ali duties contemplated by sub-sections a, b, c, d, i and k of section 13 of the Public Health Act, 1908. And further that the Taranaki' Hospital Board, under the provisions of 1 section 04 of the Public Health Act, I'JOS,