INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 May 1922, Page 7

INGLEWOOD.

BOROUGH AFFAIRS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) May 12. The Inglewood Borough Council met on Tuesday, the Sth instant. Present : Messrs. J. R. Sutherland (chairman), D. T. Egarr, W. H. Eagar, R. Fawcett, R. J. Frewin, A. B. Gamblin and F. Spurdie. The Mayor, with Crs. Egarr and Frewin, were appointed a committee to enquire into and deal with a complaint regarding cattle wandering in Konini Street. It was resolved to make the crossing in Willow Street as applied for by Mr. A. Allan. The council resolved that it could not see its way to endorse the action of the Pahiatua County Council in regard to antecedent liabilities. On the proposal of Crs. Egarr and Frewin it was decided to repair the portion of Rimu Street, near the boundary, about which representations had been made by ratepayers. An exhaustive statement for the year ending March 31, 1922, concerning the financial position of the council in all its numerous accounts, that had been prepared by the town clerk (Mr. E. Olson), was read and discussed, and on the proposal of Crs. Spurdie and Gamlin a hearty vote of thanks and appreciation to the clerk, for his excellent presentation of the borough’s position, was ordered to be duly recorded.

The works committee’s report was read, considered and adopted. It was decided that the matter of providing a street light in Maire Street South, be deferred for the present. Henry Clough was appointed dog tax collector for 1922. THE PIG INDUSTRY. A lecture on pig-farming was given in the Parish Hall on Saturday, before a good gathering, representative of the farming interests in the disrtict. Mr. K. W. Gorringe, the Agricultural Department’s representative in this particular branch, quoted figures to prove that pig-farming, property carried out, should be more remunerative than cowfarming. Instead of the pig being looked upon as a side issue to the dairy farm, it would pay to reverse the conditions, reduce the cow to the second class in consideration and promote the pig to the premier position. He then went on to the Question of suitable housing, necessary drainage and ventilation for sanitary conditions, treating each point of his subject as exhaustively as time wou’d allow. Fencing made a separate and interesting item in the address. Mr. Gorringe also impressed on his audience the importance of comfort —i.e., warmth and dry beds for th£ir pigs, as well as shade provided by growing trees or shrubs. A very general desire was expressed that another visit to Inglewood might be paid by the lecturer in the near future, and there is little doubt that if that is arranged for an earlier hour, on a day when farmers can or will give the time to attend, an even larger meeting will be the result.