PETONE BOROUGH AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3038, 27 March 1917, Page 9

PETONE BOROUGH AFFAIRS

MEETING OF THE 'COUNCIL,

.The: Petone Borough, Council held its fortnightly .meeting last evening, the Mayor (Mr. J. i\V. .M'Ewan) .presiding, and : there. were .also : CouncUlors W. E. Forsyth, 0. P. Brocklebank, A. Anderson, JD. 'M'Kenzie, R. H! 'Jamos and W;j f Cox. Counsel to.-the Municipal Association intimated that it 'had >been .decided not to hold a conference this year.' With respect, .to the enrolment of soldiers on the Municipal 'Roll, counsel to the Municipal Association ;forwarded an opinion that soldiers who wero resident in the .borough when they left for the war, and who 'have .since returned, were ' entitled : to ! be enrolled: ' The Publio Trustee notified the council that it was-'.not .the intention ,of his Department .to-proceed .With the roading_ of the tEstato -at. present. He stated that he was communicating .with the ihenefioiaries. -

The/Distriot 'Engineer of' itlie N.Z. .Railways- wrote /stating .that,neither .of the schemes for .siding access put foi-. ( ward by tho council .could "bo entertained. . , ' ■ i t In iHis 'reply 'relative to -tte pay of tefagle 'men ; in. tho motor ipatrol /service, the' Minister of 'Defence saidjthat a\fter giving the -matter overy consideration/ilio regretted he was unable to depart :from';tho decision conveyed ,in his, .previous • communication•- on -the _ ( . ' 'lAiV..moving that -the letter be received, tho "Mayor .said it was hare justifcrt that 'these'- single -.men should recemV the -same pay -as those who had j«vAned':the Expeditionary 'Force. A councillor: Moral—Don't join the motor i patrol service. A leAter was received from tho Otamata Cotanty -Council stating that itho members of that body were desirous that tho, pay of the soldiers should be increased, and adding .that ;tho council had communicated with tho Government that the, same be done. The m "letter'from -the National Efficienoy B\iWd was received, and the council agrtv'.d to do what it -could to help. . Tlio report'-. <-»f the Reserves ;Committee was to ,tfy\ ithat sthe council should favouralMy .consider tho application of the prop psed Municipal ;Bowling Club for the tts'n- of five irinks at-.the municipal greinY, 'from -year -to -year with right of purohase. Also that-the question of providing a- pavilion equipped with wataw, gas, and conveniences be dealt witfi; -when .the-estimates for the year were finder consideration. With respect to -iVlie 'Motor jßy-Law, 1917, the Automobi\e\ Association-wrote agreeing that the limit fixed for the borough was fr.ir, but that the: limit on the Lower H'utt Road was too low. The' council' deluded -to consider tho matter at next nvoeting, and the confirmation of the \bty-law was deferred. -. ,