DOG HURT BY TRAP

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28672, 23 August 1958, Page 4

DOG HURT BY TRAP

County Denies Liability

No liability will be accepted by the Waimairi County Council for the injury of a dog which caught its leg in a rabbit trap in Burnside Park. Mr D. G. Carter, the owner of the dog, was walking it in the park when it was hurt, and asked the council to pay him 12s 6d—the veterinarian’s fee for the treatment of his dog. The trap was hidden in a shrubbery by some unauthorised person, said the county solicitor. The council could not reasonably be expected to have known it was there, and could not be held responsible for not warning any person of the danger. The solicitor’s opinion was accepted by the council. Northern Outlet.— The council will support the National Roads Board’s northern outlet proposals. Meantime the board will be asked to build traffic islands at the intersection of Marshland road and the Main North road. Hospital Parking.— The widening of Mairehau road along the frontage of Burwood Hospital for off-street parking is estimated to cost £9OO. The council’s share will be about £230; the North Canterbury Hospital Board to pay the balance of about £670. Space Heaters.— The ‘ recommendations of the Standards Institute on the installation of space heaters will be used as the basis of the council’s requirements. Helmores Lane Trees.— After receiving individual reports on each of the trees in Helmores lane, the council decided to top the trees to a uniform height, remove a black wattle tree on the west sideband discuss the removal of another tree which a house?holder, Mr F. C. Penfold, complained was a danger to his newly-built house. If LieutenantColonel R. B. Neill and five others who petitioned the council, will supply further trees, the council will plant them. Mairehau Hall.-— Control of the Mairehau Hall, built as offices for the former Avon Town Board, will revert to the council. Marshland Pit.— Most of the nuisance at the Marshland pit was caused by people picking through the rubbish after it was dumped, said Cr. C. W. Walter, according to a works committee report. The council will consider prohibiting the removal of rubbish from the, dump. Trees in Subdivisions. —The Ministry of Works will be asked to provide suitable trees for planting in its new housing blocks, as it had done-in the past. Second Biggest.— The population of the county is 30,000. The only county with a greater population is Waitemata County—with 37,200.