GREEN ISLAND COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 19855, 2 May 1928, Page 14

GREEN ISLAND COUNCIL

Tho monthly meeting of the Green Island Borough Council wa ® night; present—the mayor (Mr H. J. Kaler), Crs P. T. Chalmers, H. A. Christie, J. Orange, H. Connor, A. Logie', J. G. Lindsay. P. O. Smellie, H. T. Smellie, and J. Passmore. ■ FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Finance Committee recommended that accounts amounting to £904 Is 4d be passed for payment. The resignation of Mr R. V. Tily as caretaker of the hall was accepted with regret, and it was recommended that applications be called for the position. Tho report was adopted. MOTOR REGULATIONS. Messrs A. E. Anseil, W. Wmht, and W. Wood, of the Otago Motor Club, waited on tbo council to discuss motor regulations, and were welcomed by the mayor. Mr Anscll. replying, said the attitude tho chib bad always taken regarding speed was that -speed was a matter of safelv. Some councils still thought that six miles per hour should be fixed as n. limit at which cars should travel through their boroughs. He thought that the. speed should be governed by the circumstances which existed. A speed of fifteen miles per hour at somo times of the day would be unreasonable; at others twenty-five miles per .hour would be quite reasonable. Ho also dealt with the erection of signs as required by r.he regulations. Tbo matter of speed within the borough was fully discussed, as also was the provision of parking areas at the abattoirs, and further consideration will bo given (o the position. PROTESTANT ALLIANCE HALL. Cr Orange, referring to (he refusal of the council to license the Protestant Alliance Hall, said there, was a rumour going around tho' district that, as a majority of the councillors were Foresters, the license bad been rt-lusecl for selfish reasons, fie wished to give this rumour an emphatic denial. The Borough Engineer (Mr I l ’. J. Williams! said the hall in its present state was not safe to hold meetings in. Tho walls were not plumb, and tbo floor was badly in need of repairs. These repairs would have to be carried out, and a considerable sum of money expended before ilio ball could be licensed. Convenience-; would also liave to bo erected. Cr Christie said the Protestant Alliance Association would go into tho matter, and lie thought tho hall would he put in order, lie had heard tho rumour regarding tho hall and as to u majority of tho council being Foresters, but be bad pooh-poohed .it. Rumour was a lying jade, and he was convinced there was absolutely nothing inwhat was being said. COMMITTEE REPORTS. The reports of tbo Water and Lighting, Reserves, and Works Committees were adopted. ENGINEER'S REPORT. Tho borough engineer in bis report stated that tho work undertaken during the month was chiefly the resurfacing of the Lookout; Point Hill from tbo end of the sealed portion to tbo Dunedin city boundary. Approximately 220 tons of IHn metal had been spread and blinded, water tables cleaned out, and metal raked in. The surface was now in good order. In regard to the Kaikorni Valiev road, that portion . between Short street and tho mam highway required attention, duo to its use as a detour ’•end. Tho cost of these repairs was being kept separately, and a claim for subsidy m.lde to tlu Miiu Highways Board. A start would bo made during Uio incoming week on repairs to tho Brighton road. It was intended to fill in the holes with metal, and then if gravel from Balclutha was available this would be used for resurfacing. There was a fair amount of traffic on the road, which was a suitable place to try out this material. Tho establishment, of a pound involved the erection of a suitable shelter for the animals impounded, and provision for keeping infected cattle apart. It would bo necessary to erect a shelter in the yard. As this was only a small work, and most of the timber was in hand, it appeared better to erect it by day labour. The sum <>f £22 15s Sd had been expended in wages on unemployed relief work during the month. The work had been the formation of a footpath in Concord, and this was now completed, and concluded tho . expenditure of the unemployment relief loan acQount. Tho report was received. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. The dangerous practice of school children running down a back lano from the school and on to the main road was mentioned by Cr Passmore. It was decided that wooden rails be erected at the road entrance to tho lane, thus making the children stop before reaching the road. The erection of signs provided by the Otago Motor Club was also recommended. The matter was left in the hands of tho engineer to act