TE AROHA AFFAIRS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19897, 28 May 1936, Page 7

TE AROHA AFFAIRS.

BOROUGH councu. MEETS. ‘ (Special to Times.) TE AROHA, Tuesday. ‘ At the May meeting or the Te Aroha Borough Council the Mayor, Mr R. Coulc ter. .\ilP., presided. Also present were Messrs G. Hedge. W. C. Kennedy. V. Hamilton, \V. E_ Smith, H. J. Pease, F. ‘W. Firkin and L. Grice. The Hamilton Borough Council notified that all the local fioilles or the district had agreed ort the heavy trame fees to .\lay at, 1936, on the same basis as last year. The town clerk submitted I copy oi" the Fire Board’s estimates [or the year as fol—iows; General expenses. £459; contributions from insurance Companies, £909; total amount of insurance premiums. £3815. A letter \\‘as read from the Elstow branch .0! the \\'omen‘s Division, stating that in ‘regard to the Crippled Children’s Fund. the branch regretted that owing to activities ‘in other dirertlons. previously arranged. ‘it could not help in the matter of gaining funds. on the same subject the Te. Aronav \\'aitoa branch wrote statimtr all its funds are. allotted to charitable institutions, to the sick and those in straitened circumr stances. The members of the branth hari contributed to the various functions ar—ranged in aid at the fund. Union Theatres. Ltd, wrote objecting in street collectors for various funds usina' the main street. passage or the Majestic Theatre, and placing therein tables and chairs. thus partially blocking up the. entranrexilt was decided to reply that the rompanr hurl power to prevent the use ui' the space by the public. Municipal Buildings. ' The Publlr Trust omre Wrote offering the Bonny Glen property with trontakes to \\‘hltnkm' Street and Rewi Street as a site for the proposed .\lunirlpal omens, Arr‘ording to notice (if lurulon. the Mayor proposed that the slie for ilio new munit‘h pal huiiriiugs he that at present used hv me (‘mtni‘il in newt Street. ‘ it was mentioned that the Chamber of Conimvrre had suim't'sted rliii'erem sites, some or which had buildings erected 1m: price. some or the sortions “'an thereon, \\'ltlr‘li would add to thql purrhasnot so central as the rnunril's properiv.— The motion was (‘zirriodl ‘ it \\'as deemed to plunt additional trees in thrl streets, and also to arrange tree—plantuu.r on the mountainside with the all! ui rullui‘ workers. 1! \\‘us rvsoivmi to inrrensr‘ relini‘ workers' \\‘ntrt-s {rum June 1.