MT. MAUNGANUI DOMAIN BOARD

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8631, 11 July 1924, Page 6

MT. MAUNGANUI DOMAIN BOARD

_—O “ A PPLICATION FOR SbBSIDA A meeting of the Mount Maunganui Domain Board was held in ihe Fntomdi Council Chambers on Wednesday night. Present: Mes?r c H Dive (chairman)., C- \\ hithm. F. J. A Holy, F. M. Milli;on« F. if. Hammuncl, C. T. Clmkyrd! G. i I’. Ollard. W. W. .Tones and V. J. Scant lebury. Tim Under-Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs wrote in regard to application for a subside for improvements at the Mount Maungamu domain. He said this is a matter which comes under the ad minis'! rat Kin of the Bands Department and the Board s Idler has been referred to the Under-Sec-retary accordingly. -'Received. Pavilion Completed. Mi J. B. Halcombc, Mount Mannganui. wrote advising that the pavilion on the tennis court grounds at the Mount is completed, and is ready for inspection by the Board. The matter ot inspection was referred to M essrs Whiting and Mulleins. Tree Planting. Mr IT. T. Lysaght, Mt. Mannganm, wrote as follows: "The residents and visitors to Mount Manngamii desire to see more tm-s planted in the present enclosures. The one above the water tank will take about 800 or 1000 more trees, especially shelter trees round the outside. The trees already there, karakas and palms, are very slow growing, without 1 some shelter from the wind. There is room for a lot of trees in the area, round the shelter shed, around and between the present; karakas- I read in the paper that the Harbour Board are getting trees ami men to plant them from the' nurseries at Rotorua. Could not yon arrange to. get a quantity of trees and get the same men to plant them, as this is the best time of The year to get the trees in- I understand the landscape gardener who was Imre arranged where to plant different varieties ef trees, but it appears to me that the* main thing is breakwind of shelter trees. A plantation near the site of Colonel Whitmore's camp would be a. great benefit to pieknickers, as there is very little firewood or shelter there. I made an offer last year to procure trees and help to plant them if tlfo Board would got the holes dug, but nothing was done in the matter. A small gate is wanted in the fence between the' road and the shelter shed *. the gateway is therm Trusting that you will be able to* put these works in hand.” It was pointed our that when the Board met its present liabilities there would be little, if any, money in hand. The Chairman said he would like to see a committee. appointed from the rosilents of Mount Maunganui, to co-operate with the Board in the carrying out of the works on the domain. Mr Scantlebury moved a proposal on the lines indicated by the Chairman. The motion was seconded by Mr Ollard and carried. Water Tanks Wanted. Mr H. T. Lysaght, President of the Mount Maunganui Tennis Club, in a letter, dated July 8, stated: "At a meeting of the Tennis Club last night it was suggested that we should have a water tank and it was resolved that we apply to the Domain Board to procure and erect same. We would require one tap in the room, but none sideThe matter was deferred until such' a. time as a local committee is appointedAccounts. A number of accounts were passed for payment., Lease of Domain. It was decided that the grazing rights of the domain for a period of three vears he offered bv auction.