BOROUGH AFFAIRS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1941, Page 5

BOROUGH AFFAIRS

GREYTOWN COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING. GRANT FOR HOME GUARD. (“Times-Age” Special.) At the monthly meeting of the Greytown Borough Council, the Mayor (Mr A. W. Horton) presided, there being also present, Councillors W. A. Tate, I. Blissett, E. Balfour, G. F. Eagar, H. J. Farley, H. C. Trotman, H. McKenna, and F. Wood. An apology for absence was received from Councillor A. Stuart. The foreman's report stated that during the month the grader had been in constant work. A new length of water main had been put under the Papawai Bridge; 37 yards of chips had been carted to the borough yard from the South County crusher, and 9A chains of fence had been erected at the Memorial Park. The Building Committee reported that the old library room had been painted and papered and 38 chairs had been purchased. The room was now being used for committee meetings by various war effort organisations. The Gas Committee reported that the Town Clerk was preparing notices to be handed to gas consumers mat the works would close on September 30. On the motion of Councillor Tate, seconded by Councillor F. Wood, the Town Clerk was instructed to place £25 on the estimates for the Home Guard. The secretary of the Greytown Home Guard units wrote asking for ambulance stretchers, and the secretary of the Hospital Board stated in reply to this request that their stretchers were for E.P.S. use only. Mrs Barney was appointed caretaker of the Restl Room in place .of Mrs Higgins who has left the district. The application of Mr W. H. Jordan to have a hedge replanted on the fence line that had recently been set back, was refused. The report concerning the heavy traffic licence fees showed that a decrease of £l3 19s 8d would be shown this year. The Masterton County Council wrote asking the Council to agree to the existing allocation of heavy traffic fees. This was agreed to. One tender was received for the foundation wall at the Fire Station. As the Council considered the price too high, the tender was declined and fresh tenders are to be called. Mr Mark Maxton wrote pointing out that the Fire Station covered the whole of the section, and that if the contractor for the proposed wall used his section he expected him to ask permission. It was decided to inform the contractor of this. The borough solicitors, Messrs Thompson and Tate, forwarded a subdivisional plan and transfer of the Rest Room from the Greytown Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, and this was signed. Messrs Thompson and Tate also forwarded a letter in regard to the adjustment of loan liability in the seceded areas between the Featherston County and Greytown Borough, and stated that the Internal Affairs Department suggested that a formal agreement be entered into between the two local bodies as a basis of the award to be made by the Minister. It was decided to ask the solicitors to prepare this agreement and have it signed. The Mayor’s action in signing the combined E.P.S. scheme for the Featherston County and the three boroughs was endorsed. The Council supported the motion forwarded by the Takapuna Borough Council asking the Government to grant free railway passes to members of the armed forces. The Railway Department wrote regretting they could not instal a telephone at Woodside station for public use. The guard, however, would be instructed to inform passengers in good time if there was no connecting train to Greytown. It was considered | that this was insufficient, and the i Town Clerk was instructed to ask that the ticket sellers at Wellington advise passengers of the position. The Wairarapa Automobile Association wrote relative to gorse and broom on sections at the corner of Papawai Road. The Mayor stated that these sections belonged to the Housing Department, who had been written to, and their reply stated that they were unable to obtain labour to clear the sections and had asked the Council to submit the

names of persons likely to undertake this work. This had been aone, but nothing further had been heard from the Department. It was decided to send another letter to the Department. A special meeting of the Council will be held on Monday, August 4, to consider the estimates.