FEATHERSTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1938, Page 7

FEATHERSTON

MEETING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL. SUBSIDY FOR UNEMPLOYED LABOUR. (“Times-Age” Special.) The Mayor, Mr J. W. Card, presided at the monthly meeting of the Featherston Borough Council, held last night. Others present were: Councillors J. S. Viles, W. Johnson, R. S. Watson, C. R. Skippage, M. B. Tait, B. Donald, H. Cundy and F. G. Hardie. The financial report showed that all the accounts were in credit as follows: District Fund, £65 12s 8d; Cemetery Fund, £l5 17s lid; Domain, £2B 17s lid; Mayor’s Relief Fund, £l2O Ils 6d; Literary Institute, £2l 7s 2d. Receipts since last meeting amounted to £256 ss. Accounts amounting to £345 19s were passed. The Public Works Department wrote stating that arrangements were being made to carry a high tension transmission line from Khandallah to Featherston. The line would pass through the water reserve and formal application was made for permission to go on the property to erect the line and for the line to go over the land. The permission was granted. Mr B. Roberts, M.P., wrote forwarding Ministerial authority for full wages cost subsidy for the six registered and eligible married men to be employed by the council for a period of four months on kerbing and channelling work in the borough. The Masterton County Council advised that the council’s allocation of heavy traffic fees for the quarter was £153 3s 6d.

A contractor wrote stating that the work of renovating the Soldiers’ Memorial would be held over for three months on account of the wet weather. The Wairarapa Returned Soldiers’ Association was granted the use of the social room in the Anzac Hall for a meeting in connection with the forthcoming ball.

. The ranger reported having dealt with 14 head of cattle and one horse during the month. The Wairarapa Hospital Board advised that the council’s maintenance levy for the year would be £194 16s, as compared with £lBO 4s last year. It was reported that the estimated cost of the renovations necessary at the Literary Institute to make provision for a Ladies’ Rest Room was £llO. The matter of raising finance was in the hands of a ladies’ committee, which hoped to raise £l5O. At a recent meeting of the committee a member offered to contribute £5O if the ladies could raise a similar sum.

The council decided to make a grant of £lO towards the cost of the Rest Room fund.

The appointment of Mrs H. Clapshaw. as librarian was approved. It was reported that the present librarian, Miss E. Wilkinson had resigned. A letter was received from the Featherston Volunteer " Fire Brigade enclosing a statement of expenditure covering the last grant made by the council. Application was made for a further grant. The Mayor said they could not pay out any money until they got some rates in.

Councillor Skippage: “We have no benzine to go to a fire with.” (Laughter).

It was decided to defer consideration of the grant in the meantime. It was decided to refer an appeal for funds for Spanish War refugee children to the local branch of the Red Cross Society. In reply to a letter from the Wellington Provincial Centennial Committee regarding the purchase of the proposed memorial history of the province, should any be left over in 1940, the council decided to advise the committee that it would be prepared to undertake its responsibilities on a reasonable basis. “Roads all over the town are in a shocking state,” ( observed Councillor Watson, chairman of the Works Committee, “but with the men and .available it is impossible to attend to the roads and carry out the kerbing and channelling work at the same time. When the footpaths are finished we can turn our attention to the roads.” Councillor Watson urged that metal for the roads should be brought in by contract instead of by the borough staff as at present. Metal, he thought, could be delivered at about 3s 6d a yard by contract, whereas it was costing up to 8s or 10s a yard at present.

It was decided to obtain prices for the delivery of about 100 yards of metal from the Tauherenikau for patchmetalling of Donald and Waits streets. JUVENILE CLUB. A very pleasant euchre tournament was held by the Juvenile Club at the residence of Mrs W. Boston, Harrison Street, on Wednesday. The winner of the prizes were:—Mrs Hankers 1, Mrs Lowell 2. Consolation, Mrs Hoskings. The guessing competition (a box of chocolates) was won by Miss S. Saba. The serving of afternoon tea brought the function to a close. PERSONAL ITEMS. The Rev J. T. Holland is in Wellington attending the Synod. The Rev Underhill, Vicar of Raetahi, an old college friend of the

Rev J. T. Holland, is a guest at the Vicarage. Mr and Mrs S. W. Booth will leave shortly for Temuka where Mr Booth has been appointed farm dairy Instructor. Since coming to Featherston a few years ago, Mr and Mrs Booth have made many friends, particularly in musical circles. Mr Booth has been organist and choirmaster at St John’s Anglican Church. He also conducted the Choral Society.