MUNICIPAL YEAR.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20428, 24 December 1931, Page 11

MUNICIPAL YEAR.

♦— THE MAYOR'S REVIEW. BELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT. Following tbe custom of previous occupants of- the Mayoral chair, the Jftyor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) yes- ' tarda* made his review of the Municipal year. Mr Sullivan said that the dominating 1 eiieumstances had been the necessity sf taking steps to deal with the problem 'gf unemployment and the terrible distreat arising therefrom. Included in the efforts made to meet the situation was the raising of an Uuemployaeat Loan of £39,300" the initiation of the Pound Scheme, a unique and gen4flnu proposal which had been administered in the most efficient manner by tbe Citizens' Relief Association and 1 whteh was supported well by a gen- ' erouß-taultfd people, had proved a mar■veltora sutteas. x * Belie? of Distress Fund. Distress Fund -and this had been;concitizens who re|J&|- their Christian duty of helpin direst Mr Sullivan mßKut/there lyere.^number of others IB be thought Wjfe able to contriffljjff'and from whom "She hoped to hear W ill the New Tear to help tide. ■Bi the period that would lapse before of the .Pound collections. He desired to pay to the self-sacrifice of the colwho had given so much time and jj&Mfgy to that essential phase of the Sptef work; also to the ladies, and ■Sjttemen who had been working at the Mihh depots, to whom the City and jb.unemployed in particular owed a. debt of gratitude. He wished also Jh mention the Commercial Travellers' r Sw*iatioii, who. had raised more than ||W for the Mayor's Belief of Distress by their street collection; the Bands who had conducted a ■used Bands parade at the Botanic Miens which had resulted in the col.-;' jfal&m of over £100; those who had h with the community singing and ajamonity dancing, which had proj toted many hundreds of pounds. Others S#* had initiated efforts of various I to help the fund; the Eotary Club | ifa great Christmas; effort, the Town fferfc, Bad the City Council staff who | k nanooded in the nlost whole-heart- ■' iftaalner to every call made upon | M; the members of the St. John AmJ Innee-JBrigade, the Returned Soldiers' who bad collected at the Mglfili'iiiiiilj 1 dances, the Municipal Eleefor a gift of £IOO assistance rendered; the City SKtsdl which bad given him £250 to asJUjS tbe Distress Fund, and the newsHn for the very valuable help given fflKfte form of publicity and free space jpvmoting all the relief efforts. The received from all of these efgffilltlfliad not been hoarded, but had, BBht spent relief almost as fast as lip .--jkhfetion Army's Assistance. H Sullivan also mentioned Stafflllpttin -Dry, of the Salvation Army, ll|»had given him personal assistance ■jilgmteuding each day at the City Counl^grChambers, interviewing applicants HHP'/relief, to say nothing of the < work he was doing in carry'the home for single men at HBngton. There were many other. ■Hhb workers whom he had not named HKktd also done magnificent work. Ik, Municipal Works. EMjWerring to matters of a more iMfchr' Municipal character, Mr SulliHHuftid that in February the City had Mm* enriched by the completion of the Hwfal Bowker Fountain 'in Victoria HHVif which was a joy l to the citiHHKlsd the admiration of visitors. The HHStllery was commenced and would be completed. Tenders had been ■mnßjßf' the erection of a women's rest ■BHbI in Cathedral square, and was now ■rnHflpime of construction. The abatEfflro had been reconstructed on up-to-authority had been given fof 'of a weir in the river Avon improve tbe facilities BMHEMfcTby increasing the depth or The Cathedral square con!JiMil>>lJf had been amicably settled and on for the war memorial. HHKm tramway shelter in Cathedral |||MluSl'been removed, and two new Bridges, and Town Planning. HHjvr activities were the erection of library; the opening o HBHw "Princes street bridge; tn ■inpW-of the new bridge at jfcair■iHßttoaet; the reconstruction of a HHHm Streets, including High .and WSKmm: Btr««t* and Ferry road, ConBHSHnMI' been let for providing conBjHßfjttSt. James's Park, ® 6 ™" Malvern Park, Woolston HHBiring the year the City Coun : ■MM&naint,.,! a Domains Board to BMImI 0 f the City and HK ineloding Cashmere Wins, and ■■B rotundas in tbe Woolston Parka

and repainted. The widening of .Stanmore road has been continued. In water supply, matters the rising main from the pumping station to the reservoir had been duplicated; the Woolston pumping station has been completed, and a main has been laid from Papanui road to May's road, and to the new pumping station. An extra 9-inch well has been sunk at the St. Albans yard. A great deal of work had been done in connexion with the preparation of the .town planning scheme, and a new tfy-law was in course of preparation relating to the requirements of buddings to be let as flats, and for the better control of the milk supply. During the vear the Council contributed the sum of £IO,OOO for the. relief of the earthquake sufferers in the Hawke's Bay district, and Councillor Andrews and myself have visited and conferred with the authorities in Hastings and Napier in regard to the utilisation of the amount. Co-operation Appreciated. "It will thus be seen," concluded the Mayor, "that despite the depression, a great deal of useful City work has been completed, and very commenced. I wish to extend to t e Councillors, and citizens generally, the Town Clerk, and. the City Council staff mv best thanks for the hearty co-opera-rtom alll ..»c» in connexion with the work of^eCi.ty. No request for. co-operation to Council lors or the citizen*;, and no appeal that T have made for assistance has lallen L S"ar., and f.r f ' b »uTT P »S " . n hat>DV Christmas, and I Dominioa flaring P«" year will U S tb e s 'Xr e " ly will'soon return to our people.