FENDALTON DOMAIN BOARD
MEMBERS REPORTED TO HAVE RESIGNED ’ . • t Neither the chairman nor members '7 of the Fendalton Domain Board wb» . were approached last evening ceUM confirm a report that the board ® T ‘“da to transfer its responsibilities < , the Commissioner of Crown Landis ~ The chairman (Mr A. H. Bridg) ’ would make no comment when aaM . if the report was correct. A meeting of the board is reported \ to have been held yesterday when • final decision was to have been " reached. Members of the board have a * n their resignations. the board approached the waimairi County Council for ..an is- , crease in its annual grant of approii* £5OO. The board asked for tn additional £lOO, to meet rising coStk , z It is believed that the council decltedP, to increase its grant, and tber«M7 " the board decided to relinquish #s control of the domain. A Since it was established about It years ago the board has controlled an ' area of approximately 11 acres between Fendalton road and Puriri street Apart from the council’s grant the board s income comes from small ■ rentals charged to the bowling club ahd cricket and football clubs using the g^£ ounds ' These amount to £5O a year - From its total incozng; ' the board has to pay the wages of r park keeper, maintain equipment and se ivt_ asi< iF hioney for replacements. '- r Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr T. W. Preston) was not available .- last evening. If the present board out of existence it is expected that ’ may xiall a public meeting so that a new board can be formed. If it is Bflt: .. possible to reconstitute the board, the administration of the domain may pa» to the Waimairi County Council?
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19540831.2.103
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XC, Issue 27442, 31 August 1954, Page 10
Word Count
284FENDALTON DOMAIN BOARD Press, Volume XC, Issue 27442, 31 August 1954, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.