BOROUGH AFFAIRS

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1922, Page 5

BOROUGH AFFAIRS

NEW PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. The New Plymouth Borough Council met last night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) and Councillors J. Kibby, T. W. Blackball, E. Dingle, J. Brown, R. L. Parkin, W. Rumball, and V. Griffiths. An - apology for absence was received from Councillor R. A. Large. On the motion of the Mayor, secondad by Cr. Griffiths, the special resolution authorising the flotation of a £3OOO loan, to repay a loan of a similar amount which becomes due on October 1, was confirmed. It was reported that the money was already in hand. The secretary of the New Plymouth Pierrots’ Committee applied for permission to hold processions and erect stalls on the streets during the week July 31 to August 5, when the Pierrots, in conjunction with the Y.W.C.A., were making a campaign in aid of the Mayor’s Unemployed Relief Fund.—The application was granted. The secretary of the Autere Park Society advised that the East End Committee had formed themselves into the above society, and asked the council to agree to the change. A copy of the rules and objects of the society was forwarded for the council’s approval.—Approved for the time being. An application was received for extension of power to part of the Glen Almond subdivision. The engineer reported that it would cost approximately £4B to make the extension, and as the sections were not built on f it was difficult to estimate the probable revenue.—lt was decided that the engineer be asked to report on the question of probable costs, etc., to an early meeting of the Finance Committee. C?. Parkin raised the question of conveniences in the borough. It was time something was done. Cr. Brown agreed, and mentioned the band contest next February. The Mayor stated that it would be completed before next summer. He would give the matter his attention and bring it up again at next meeting.

In his report for the month of July, the librarian, of the Carnegie Institute reported an increase of five new members during the month, and that a total of 78 books had been added to the library. A quantity of new shelving had been erected and the books re-arranged. The new showcases for the museum were now in use, while the whaling trypots had been removed to the outside of the building. The millstones from the old flour mill had also been placed in position. To'protect the trypots, he recommended that they be chipped and tarred. In submitting the report the library committee recommended that the borough engineer be authorised to carry out the librarian’s suggestions.—The report was adopted.