PETTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1063, 28 February 1911, Page 2

PETTONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

• '. '■'■■»■— ■'•;.-.: .>;;;- EFFECTS OF SATURDAY'S STORM. ' The fortnightly meeting" of the-Petohe Borough Council was held last evening. Those present were the Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan), and Councillors Brocklebank, •■ Piper, Jones, , Trueman, List, Young, Harding, Southgate, and Short. . ,' ■ Dr. Harding notified that a case of. scarlet fever has occurred in Petone." ■ . Mr. D. A. Tuckwell informed.the'.coun- \"' cil that tho purchase.of a certain pro- '■■■■ perty in High Street was 1 - contemplated.; ... He asked for information .■ regarding "an - ::; open drain in.. the vicinity.;ot ;the gas- >-..■<■ -works.' The letter was received. ; ' Mr. F. Lockwood,'on. behalf of the Meth, ..■■- odist Church Trustees, applied for* a die- C count on gas account.*-Hestated that to;.: ; had been absent when, .the.-account-fell . .- due.—On-the motion of Councillor;South-.:.._ gate, it was decided "to'inform'the appli- ,": cant that nothing could be done.,.. .)'■■''■ The Municipal Association's ■-'solicitor forwarded an opinion in reference to rat- .. ing on Roman Catholic schools. Ho point-:... «d out that "a bnilding. in a borough is: .i exempt under, clause ,(9)" if..the school 'is.,'-.-"; not carried on exclusively -tor■ pecuniai-y '■ y 2 . gain or profit, and pro'uded ih'at'there is ; '■■:- a general educational upon :•;; the land. -The • fact '.that .some, of ■■< the -.-:;.- pupils pay fees and that'the instjr'uotion, in regard to , such"is limited ; to;a"particu- /:' lar subject (such' as:rnusic); : does, not'af-. >'-: feet the exemption"... CbuncilloriHarding'':' moved that ".'the opinion be.'referred to ; ';,> tho borough solicitor: ■ The .motion w'as .T carried. . .'" '• " •:--;;;'-;. -,-; : . ::::'/.- The Petone Technical School advised 7Vithat the council..>as.'e"ntitlcd, to. appoint '; two representatives'to thV board "of man- '-•.- agers. The' Mayor pointed .put that'' the ■ -'-"r Hutt Council were, this""year,'entitled to ;:" three members on -the.'bbard,-'and-:their : ; contribution .wa?-jEIS a year.: Petone, it '"".".'■ seemed, were 'only «n"titled to two raemA.7 ; bers on the board, "althougfi theif"6ontri-~ ' ;i bution averaged JE3O per annum;,-Jt-was resolved to make farther inqniries from - the- Dopartnient-regarding.the'matter: -■■ The;engineer (Mr. Cook) reporting -on >- the .repent downpouri:.,.stated-that l -"the Koro-Koro Stream ;■■ rose -fo' abnormal s heights, causing considerable damage" to--"-the pipe : fines.- Near -Jickell's- Bridge, the timber brought; down banked -" ! ' up causing the creek to deflectvfrqm ita".' usual course, and considerable vscourini '•■ away of. the banks" occurred,. leaving the. ,"V pipe line exposed to; damage during thai •"- coming winter. In several places between 7 "'.-' the Bridge, and lower reservoir the; pipes'- - had been undermined, the -worst case being;'-' situated a few-chains below the dam: At the lower dam the by-wash was unable to : cope mth'the vplnrae'of water,' and"thii' : ; dam;was completely submerged,"the.flojT-*--ing water fallinp for-someV2o feet,Vknd:'Vsoourihg the banked esrth. Considerable" Vleakage had.occurred, and.this would Tβ^-" - quire further\attention. The:foot;bridge:Vi would . require : lengthening 'aboTe Red Creek, where a large slip; had come down ' from' the face of the hill: The.estimated'"': cost of repairs .and safe guarding pipes ;■■ would be from ieißo;to A""consider-' : .,v : able aihonnt of.water had found its way /, along Nelson-Street:.: the 'main' cause ,: beine .the "blocking "of.:the':"culverts.- : ; A considerable overflow" came : ffom:-Everest j c " Creek, but, as the council-lavo: no juris-,-; diction over this: theHStt Borough Conn-'.-. til's nttention might be drawn to the mat-*"", ter. Riddler's. Creek - liad: also' '.bverflowed. •'■.•"'. the properties, in its .Vicinity, v-'-;.'. •/.-. •'. •■ - '.;■• The report 'was adopted and. instrud-.'. . tions given to further report .on' : .the Rid-',"' dler's .■': Creek- oyerflow,:. and. -inform "the Hutt Council ot the damaee:-done r through : the overflow- of'Everasf Creek,: and t>at. ■'. necessary, repairs .'be :at 'oiice--pr<x:«'3e'S ~ with;: .-.■."-."-". ..'--.'..."r'ir^T'i'"- --■':• •;.':.•"■ ;c.