KHANDALLAH AFFAIRS

Evening Post, Issue 88, 12 April 1924, Page 9

KHANDALLAH AFFAIRS

PEOGRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS.

Meetings of the Khandallah Progress Association have recently, been held, at which the president (Mr. J. N. Wallace) presided. Two new members, Messrs.; Kember~and H. E.Heays, attended .for the,first time, haying been elected to,fill places of members who had left the district... ■-..• "• .' .-..-, ■■ " ■ .:' . \The secretary was deputed to interview the Secretary of the P. and T. De-' partment "abou^ postal matters^ and also the District Telegraph Engineer in connection with., the telephones! of the district. ; Satisfactory arrangements have been made' about hoth matters discussed. The construction of.the swimming pool affected the water supply, to several .houses. _Mr. Kember f reported -that this matter had been put in order by the co-operation of the City Council and the owners affectedJ | - ■ On tho question of railway time-table alterations, the president -undertook to write to the District Traffig Manager's office about the most, suitable times' for trains to run to suit the district. . Mr. ■ Mill reported that notice boards would sopn.be put up in suitable positions in the most prominent parts of the district; he also stated that conveniences at the, reserve would be erected at an early, datiei """' '■.■■' , ' The question of a nearer approach to the railway station from Mona crescent was fully discussed, and it was (Jeterminedl that subscriptions are still to bo received until the purchase money of tho proposed triyk was.in hand, and then the property -will be presented to the council for formation. ■ •■. . , . , Steps are to be taken for establishing a library in the district. As soon as an assured number of is found, the "matter will be finally dealt with. The several societies and clubs •in tho 1 district are to be asked to help the movement.' Several positions for new street lights in the' district were suggested. , . . '„',.. It was resolved to send in lhe following list of the- most urgent works needing attention in the district during the coming year to the City Council :--(l) Better access to Khandallah; (2) the completion of the swimming ba'tn"; (3) the Khandallah Athletic Park; (4) road improvements—entrance to and at Horseshoe Bend in the Kaiwarra Gorge; (5) Izard road regradihg; (6) widening road' to Johnsonville north of.Station road.