PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 659, 9 November 1909, Page 7

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Petone Borough Council held its ordinary fortnightly meeting last night, when there were present, the Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan), Councillors Trueman, Jones, List, Young, Piper, Southgate, and Harding, iho Minister for Internal Affairs acknowledged receipt of the petition praying that the Homan Catholic and Native oemeterie- be closed, and stated that the matter would receive consideration Mr P Biel applied for and was granted a transfer of his wlliard saloon licence to Mr Henry Giles The Hutt Valley Tramway Board wrote, regaiding tho attitude taken up by tho council in reference to the acquisition by the board of the putt Park railway. Thoy asked that the council reconsider its decision—The letter was received Captain Gathorne-Haidy, ADC to his Ex collenoy the Governor, wrote stating that his LtceUency would be pleased to receive an official welcerae from tho ouncil on December 1 as suggested bv the council previously The engineer reported tint during the past month Campbell Terrace, Pe'one Avenue, a portion of Buipk Street, and Nelson Street bouth had been metalled. Kerosene lamps had been ereetcl near the post office, store aud Bohool at Korokoro During tho month six building permits were issued Tho estimated valuation of the buildings to be erected was £952, making a total for the current year of *U,«5 At the recreation ground the levels of No 1 football ground had been taken and plotted Tho ground had been ploughed, and wouW shortly be disked and again ploughed When finished, the ground would have a fall of six inches from tho coiltte to east and west, 4 contractor had boen authorised to start de livery of soil for top-soiling tie ground Good progress had been made with'tho erection of the caretaker's cottage t T J Helyer applied for a lease of a section near tho Ma for a sausage-case ojeanmg works —The application was refused