EASTBOURNE AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 149, 21 March 1927, Page 8

EASTBOURNE AFFAIRS

BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. The Mayor (Mr. H. M. Jones) presided at the monthly meeting of the Eastbourne Borough Council last night. A deputation was received from the Ladies’ Croquet Club in connection with a request for a piece of borough land (facing Orona Street) for the purpose of laying down a larger croquet green. Mrs. F. H. Mather (vice-president), ami Mrs. T. Pilcher (president) w ere tho speakers. The council promised to consider the matter It was decided to support a movement of the Shannon Borough Council to urge the Main Highways Board to allow contributions towards main highways maintenance to all boroughs with a smaller population than 500. . , , , The sum of £.50 was voted towards the Wellington free ambulance scheme, the council being unanimous in its support of the scheme with the exception of Councillor S'. H. Jenkinson, who opposed it strongly, on the ground that it would be an annual drain for the rest of their existence, with no benefit commensurate with the outlay. A letter was received from the Wellington town clerk m connection with the suggestion for one big water supply, for Wellington and surrounding districts. The Mayor stated that the plan was to conserve the whole of the water at th< head of the Hutt River, all bodies lookin- at it from the broad standpoint of the mutual benefit of greater Wellington. All that was required at that stage was the council’s moral support, and he himself would heartily support the scheme, provided Eastbourne could bo associated with the main organisation. A report would be forthcoming at a later stage.