SOUTH RAKAIA DOMAIN BOARD.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15895, 8 May 1917, Page 4

SOUTH RAKAIA DOMAIN BOARD.

QUARTERLY MEETING. The quarterly meeting of {lie South Rakaia Domain Board v.a« held yesterday. Present. —The Hon. C. A. C. Hardy, M.L.C. (chairman), T. Blacklev, T. Morland, J. ifc-Lean, A. J .iLigaon, F. C. May, and L. Oxley (secretary). It waa reported that the balance in hand was now £79 lis 3d, the Postal Department having for%varded £65, Wing a refund of tho coet of fencing the reserve, which the Department had resumed possession of. The Board then adjourned to the Domain, ■where an. inspection was made of tho belt cf bhjegmns and pjnes on the cast «ide of the ground between the jsath and the boundary fence _ * Mr Morland. whose property adjoinfi, pointed out that the trees were eha-dins his paddocks to a depth of several chains, and ruining the pasture. The same effect was notxeablo on Mr IJutch'fl property. The Board then inspected the bowling jp-cen and the site in the same enclosure suggested for a cioqu<-t lawn, instead of that adjoining the te:in;3 lawns. l! wa* decide-! to leave the matter lintjl something formal on the subjcct vas bcl";-c tho Board. t

At the trotting track Mr Hardy mentioned that although for years the Board had allowed people to train horses on the ground 011 payment of h fee. yet no fees had been collected, although the training went on. The fee®, he said, wore intended to recoup the leasee for any damage done. An inspection of the tennis courts revealed that the jjrass had come away well, and :ho ground had not eunkj At the hockey ground, the chairman stated that the Board bad helped the bowling and tennis clubs, and would have to do something for the hockey club. It was agreed that Messrs Hardy and Oxley engage a man to mow the grass And fill in the rabbit-hole?. The swimming bath, generally empty during the summer, was found to be full of water. It had an occupant—a hone belonging to Mr Burrowea, which. ha 4 evidently slipped over the bank while trying to get a drink and was unable to get out. The mcmbera of the Board spent some time trying to persuade'the animal to climb up the rather steep bank, but without succcfco. Mr Burrowes was sent for, and eventually the horc-e was got out in an exhausted state. After £ . inspection of the large plantation on the w<wt pide of the DomaiTi, the Board returned to the m?cting-roo-n. An application was received from Mr J. Penny, .-.erretary of the Tennis Club, for finam-.ril a*<-i«tance. £-23 Ids id was owing to tiie contractor, and.-ull the money sub-

scribed by the public had been spent. w decided to pay the amount. , On the motior <<f Mr Morland, eeco bv Mr Magson, it «a* agreed to cut ail the trees on the cast and west eid<* <" Viie Domain," from the paths to the fe'ioes in each ran'-, and from ro „^j r °JV e the pines to be cut right down and the blueguma 2ft 6in from tho E TO " nc *: A long di-:cu«>:on then eneuod on a po-al bv Mr Blackley that all the tree# lying between the bowling green and •&« back road should be cut do* ll * , ,ij Mr Morland pointed out that there rcinitin a magnificent o jpi * 90ft high. on Urn otter side of the road. The chairman objected to the pr posa , the trees were amongst the ' countv, ami the place a spct It was ultimately dcciaed to lea<* ..c matter in the hand« of the thairman and eerrLtarv nid Mr B'.arkiey. The chairman. Mf'-.-is Mag«nn and ■ land r.erc appointed a comiiii.ifc >o rieo; witli the tender; received for the trees.