PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 19 May 1925, Page 9

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

V^/j The fortnightly meeting, of the Pe\\jjjono Borough Council was held last even•,*|jQS- Present: Mr. J. W. M'Ewan jJ^Mayor) and Councillors C. P. Brockel-»-*iank, Thomas Gallagher, A. Scholeßeld, X~>£. X, Campbell, H. Jay, V. Jacobson, ; r4S. Cook, W. H. Edwards, and J. W. , yviharpe.v ■ , »The Borough Solicitor advised that the '•^Oroclamation taking additional land for \V^[lie T'aita Cemetery had been gazetted. amount to betaken is 141 acres. '.»y The City Council advised that all yeV"Tiicles before !b.eing licensed under the "%'-3leavy Traffic Bylaw must be inspected ::*.\s>oforo a license can be granted. [;£>'? The Borough Solicitor advised that. t*|£»ri</wen and Carter must pay the heavy '■.pjraffie fee: fixed -by the united local '♦/Vjodias, the firm not having applied be%ri|ore Ist April for a license under the •".v'Vetone Borough Council bylaw' in "force-" r >^p to 31st March, 1925. £"",jj The Hutt "Valley Electric Power Board a letter from the Petone ..y-.-fljcaguo Football Club asking for a light i.^Su the beach .near Fitzherbert street. On i>.'|' ie motion of Councillor Jacobson, sec.'\7i!"idrd by Councillor Scholefield; it was ■^"■"lecidcd to request tho club to a,pply : V3hrough the council. . ■ y'Jjl Applications for grounds received from •,<>he Association. Football Club," the Bap-■iir-^ist and Church of Christ Tennis Clubs, r; A'nnd the: St. Augustine's Tennis Club ■v"fV' CLO ' on *ne motion'o£ Councillor Campf.itJeH, referred to the Reserves Committee r^ijo report to the next council'meeting. • '•Cell The Petone Fire Brigade applied for *,;^>he use of the .Recreation Ground! on V."-^ 001'1" Day. Applications were also re-i'»-;*-eived from the Municipal Band and 16 (-'enl''al Band. Councillor Campbell *;moved that the Fire Brigade be granted "V*|he ground. Councillor Jacobson moved ><v'^is an amendment that the brigade be j^H-Ji'anted the-ground, provided it allows , j.'Sho Municipal Band to share in its qse. j»'!l'he amendment was withdrawn on 'the W^nover of the motion agreeing to make ;/:r*j>is motion cover the amendment.. The as amended was then carried. "^'Jt It was decided.to grant-permission to .^Jj.he Petone Main School to erect a gate l-f^rom the back of St. Augustine's School->„-'..Vooru (where the Petone School has tern"i 'joornry accommodation) into' the Recrea■^C^Jon Ground.' ./ ; . . ' " i'J The engineer,., Mr. A. Cowic, report-"-^d that patching work was being- done ;-Jj)n the Hutt road and Cuba street. It ;>.jjvas going to be a difficult job to keep streets in order during tho winter. ""iWn regard to patching footpatiis, the •.■ ; >Alayor said he was going to ask the -**'•!jWorks Committee to consider a footpath. policy for the borough. It was suggeet-,l^-'d that arrangement^.might be made to 1 .;^!urchase."hot mix" from the Hutt Koad "^;Uoard for this purpose. A corameuce-. y ,inent had be«jh made to extend the sewer :%jln Heretaunga street; the cost was esti••.'*Jnated ( at ,£250. Tho cycle track on the Ground had been re-graded .«£)ind top-dressed. ,- "^ On the recommendation of the borough '■: .^inspector, lifr. W. B. '; Gougii, it was .'-Iwlecided to give the. owner of-a section j./j'ti.-icins Bolton and Jackson streets notice ,'jto cither remove or repair Ms fence, and to ask the Lands Departmenfc to V.^uloar its land within the borough, of .v; 4. rorse. 1 '. -