LOWER HUTT COUNCIL

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 91, 17 April 1923, Page 10

LOWER HUTT COUNCIL

A.meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough' Council was held last evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr. W. T. Strand), Councillors A. J. Hobbs, A. J. West, A. Macaskill, W. N. Dempsey, J. Mitchell, W. Meldrum, A. M'Bain, and W. Cotton. The Petone and Lower Hutt Gas Board wrote advising that the meters ordered for recording gas consumption of street lamps had arrived, and recommending that each council pays for six, the total cost for twelve being £68 9s. Councillor Hobbs stated that meters would show the exact amount the ratepayers should pay for the gas for th? lamps. He moved that the meters be purchased, and this was carried. The Wellington Rugby Football Union wrote, expressing the union's thanks to the council for the two grounds allocated to it for the 1923 season, and asking permission to charge admission fees on ton occasions.

It .was resolved that the, matter b» I referred to the incoming council for consideration, in the meantime the Town Clerk to make application for an extension of the days to fifteen. . The Normandale Progressive Association wrote asking that repairs be effected on the Normandale road on th» portion between Mr. Evans's property and the county boundary, and the engineer was instructed to carry out th» repairs. ' ' The Wellington Hockey Association wrote drawing attention to the unsatisfactory state of the ground last Saturday. It was resolved that the ground be put in order before next Saturday. A deputation from the Hutt League Football Club asked the council to allocate a playing area for League on the Recreation Ground. The Mayor stated ,that the Recreation Ground had been allocated so as to provide for the greatest number of players. He would find a paddock of his own for the League free of charge. He was out to encourage good, clean sport. The ranger reported that up to th« 16th instant 36 head of cattle had been impounded. The librarian reported that during the month 2094 books had been taken out, 23 new books added; total number of subscribers 311.

The engineer's report, which was adopted, stated the roads as a whole ar» in good condition, but in some cases would require regrading and heavy metalling this winter. One very great drawback was the lacE of sufficient traffic to help keep the more unsettled parts of the borough in anything like I&EF,. bgjj-at the rate settlement jgjg_

taking phce, this would soon be remedied. The understructure of the Main Bridge had been chipped and tarred, and a permanent approach in concrete put in at Melling Bridge. Tarring operations were commenced later this year, but 8900 yards on the Main road were top dressed with tar and grit. The most important work of putting in order the septic tanks was undertaken, and these were now working perfectly. Fifty-four cHains of 6-inch sewer had been laid, and thirty new connections installed. The p'anf at the water-pumping station was in first class 1 order, and was working efficiently. Thirty-seven chains of 3-inch steel water pipes had been laid, and four new connections installed. The building permits issued comprised fifty-two dwellings, fifteen additions to dwellings, seve"n shops, one theatre, and thirty-two outbuildings; a total value for the six months of £65,845. With the current month's permits issued, there are nineteen Bouses and eight outbuildings in course of erection.