KELBURNE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 5

KELBURNE RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION.

■ ■ in i ■ .I » i ■ 1, 1 1 i The' report presented at tho annual meeting of the Kelhurne RAfcepyers Association at the .Kelbttrne Bowling/ 1 ©tab's* pavilion last evening stated that the members of the committee had exerted thefflMtoa personally la fttrth«rlDg the good of the Relburne community general' \r. Dorffljf their term of office five additional vtreet lamps had been erected, , the. path fiom the Kelburne power-houie through 'tha Botanical Gardens to Sala-fflanca-road lud been put) in first-class repair by the City Council, and the attention of the authorities bid been directed to wandering cattle, and as the resnlt the nuisanoe had to a con«id«rftbl« extent «b|it«d. A d*putation of residents waifod on the City Cotuwil is Mar fcwt concerning the question of reads, .riectricdightkig, disposal of rubbish, tU}., and the greatly improved condition of the' roads in the district may be regarded as an Answer to the deputation's repr«entaticm». The Kdburne And Karori Titawfj' Company was Approached with ftgoird to reducing the ordinary Mes and tfia'iasae of Mtmn tidkets to resltfonte. It wm to be regretted that bo chftng* &ad Uken place,, But; the question had not; been lost aiaht of. Thd committee's request that lit* tram should commence sunning: earlier in the morflfflffr and that the five minutes' servfca shotid- be ext«ndod, however, met »with, a ready response. The sorvicd for (the removal of rubbish wa* now an aoconrplished foot, W«l«r from tho oily mains had been brought into the lower part of Kemeaa Parade, and two con* flections had been made. ' Th« mains' shouM shortly be hid in otiier streets of «ad drainage shoaM follow ehortljr aftftvwards,' Km an eridenco of the progress of the district, It m»y be mentioned that no less th»n twentjr-six building pe»mlt# Bad been issued during last year. la moving the adoption of the report And balanoa-iheet, the Chairman, Mr. R, C, Hatnerton, urged the necessity of keep, ing in view the d«s^&f>leness of securing aptirk for Kelburne. He did not consider £7000 flrould be too much to devote to this purpose. Tho loan for a, water sup* ply had been passed, but it was stated that it would be two yea* g before they would have it laid on the high levels.' The association, he thought, might work in the direction <d shortening this time, Drainage would follow closely on the gaining of tn« v&ter supply. 1 T^e i sport and' balance-sheet was adopted, The election of a committee for tad present year resulted as follows s— President, Mr. % O. Hatnertort; Vicd-PwsldMits, Messrs. W, H, Qeorae and M. W, Kieh* Moudj Committee, mutt, Williamgon, Hodgkins, CttcheinaHla, Miller, and Sturtsvantj Auditor, Mr, Kuowlw, It was decided thai it be an instruction It th« incoming committee to bring the questJon of the completion of the Kelburne Park before the municipal authorlties. A rote of thanks was passed to the out* going committee, particular r&ference being: fflide to the services rendered by Dr. Huntley. ■ • At » meetin* nt the committee held subsequently Mr." Willirtmson was re« elected secretary,