THE HUTT VALLEY

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 13

THE HUTT VALLEY

LOWER :JHUTT. COUNCIL

The'■fortiiisMtly mee'tirig-6i the" Lower Hutt ißorough Council was held last evening. There were present, Mr. .W. T. Strand (Mayor), and Councillors W. G. Meldrum, A. Anderson, D. S. PatricljC, W. Wilson, J. Mitchell, A. Grierson, and B. Ginger. The Sanitary Officers' Institute asked that the borough inspector be given facilities to attend a conference to be held in Auckland, and the matter was referred to the Works Committee. The Otago" Electric Power Board requested the support of the council to a remit to -the Municipal Conference, asking for a reduction in local body interest. The request was acceded to. Qn;.sin§ motion o£ ■ Councillor' Anderson thjj|4ttention;of the. .Hutt River.l Board is toiH>l":!caH'ed: .to the,need for cleaning the iJJpS&vhetu Stream. ;..;:-.; . L i^EKwas decided: to have hemlock growing pjiiitae council's, sections'cut doM'n at once. J;*ffiJ,vote of .' appreciation was .^passed to Mlti;;rsYi'.vNash';' M.P.i.'fqr his services in regafdto-the City' Council Water Bill. It was agreed to apply for permission to divert-.the-unexpendedjjalance of £126 of the £1620 • loan < to > thd work of extending the Raridwick septic tank outfall. 'The Hutt'Valley. .Electric Power Board was granted pcrinissipn to erect a substation'at the rear of the pumping station on the old firebell site in Alicetown.

Councillor Wilson said he hoped there would be rid radio .'interference..'-from the new^sub'-stationic.''1 v"-.i;,.'.-.- . .'"■.

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL'

- The Petone Borough- Council—met last night. The Mayor. (Mr. D. McKenzie) presided, and there were also present Councillors V.-A.1 Noble, J. \WLongman, V. E. Jacobson, H. A. Ryder,, A. ScholeHold, U T. -E. Hogg, R. W. Toomath, and J C Burns.

Inquiries are ito be made into-the feasibility of sinking a ■ small artesian bore at McEwan. Park for the watering of the encke't wickets. The matter arose from a request by the Korokoro Cricket Club for the use,-pf th^.-water cart for watering the wickets, '■'■:■": 'The Petone' '■': Amateur : Athletic and Cycling Clubj was-granted the use of the Recieation Groundtori Saturday," 10th Decembei, arrangements having been made with the cricket authorities. Facilities and leave are to be given to Mr W. "8.-Gonghv-the-councrl's sanitary inspector, to. attend-the Sanitary Inspectors Conference at Auckland in January. A letterifrom the Wellington City Council conveying the result of the recent traffic tally on the Hutt Pipe Bridge and asking whether Petone;? percentage of 14.22 would be accepted as a basis for the allocation o£ maintenance, charges for 3 the bridge was icierred to the Finance Committee.