LOWER HUTT BOROUGH

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 21

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH

MEETING OF COUNCIL

The monthly meeting of the Lower Hutt Borougli Council was held last evening, Mr. J. W. Andrews (Mayor) presiding. Tho works committee reported that the Hutt Park committee's permission had beeu granted for the borough to take a strip of approximately five feet for the completion of the tar scaling of Randwick Road, subject to compensation being discussed when the completion of the widening is contemplated at a later date. The committee recommended that the oner be accepted, but that the Hutt Park com.mittee be advised that in the councils opinion compensation shoiild.be discussed by the council in office at the time the widening to the full width was being arranged for. ■ ■ • ■ The Hutt Golf Club was granted permission to erect a shed on land which is really roadway, at a rental of 5s per quarter, subject to three months' notice to terminate the arrangement. The report of the baths custodian showed that the takings to the end of November were £32 11s Id, as against £ii Os 10d for the corresponding period last The application of the Hutt Valley Cricket Association for a reductiou in the charge for wickets from 11s per playing Saturday was rejected. The use of Trafalgar Park and pavilion for trainfng purposes was granted to the Lower, Hutt Amateur Athletic Club for £2 2s for the season. The picture .theatres in . Lower JAutt were given permission' to show on Christmas Day subject to the films meeting with the approval of Councillors Ashton and Arrant of £10 was made to the MuniciP The dog registration fee was fixed at 2s Gd for working dogs and 10s tor all OtThe S"lfire Brigade's report for the period ended November 9 stated that the brigade was called out only once during the period-to a justifiable false alarm, IUo appointment of the following officers lor the current year was reported:—bupeuiitendent, Mr. T. W. Slinn; deputy superintendent, Mr. J. J. Koran; foreman, Mr. b V. Dorau; asistant foreman, Mi. ii. in'cet; secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. JDoran; brigade surgeon, Dr. Bolt. me council approved the appointments Councillor. Mitchell reported that the number of books taken out from the library during November was 341 more than for the same period last year, and that the subscribers had i-ceased from 3a7 to 402. It was reported that'the expenditure under the No. 5 scheme for the period ended November 25, 1933, was as follows:-Gov-crnment wages, £2343. os4d; borough wages aud supervision, £100 19s 7d; material ex stock, £45 2s lid; plant, hire, and cartage, £7 17s. Total £2496 19* lOd. The report showed that the total expenditure to date was: Expenditure on wages by; the Government, £21,19a.175, and expenditure by the borough £1130 13s

A report from the borough, .engineer showed that the men on No. S scheme had been induced from 433 to. 382: