DUNEDIN NORTH AMENITIES SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 24

DUNEDIN NORTH AMENITIES SOCIETY

The monthly committee meeting of the Duncdiu North uml Leith Amenities Society was held on Tuesday’, when there were, present—Messrs C, A. Wilson . (chairman)-,' C. C. RawlinsOn, G. Wilson, H. Rowley. H. R. Ferguson. M'Farlane, and Gray. A letter was received Irom the town clerk stating that' the planting of the hillside with native lives and shrubs had been approved, and asking the society for £lO towards the cost of trees. —ft was decided to reply that, owing to the society’s -'reduced subscription and also to the lact that the .society tiad already paid £2O for the children’s pool in Woodhaugli, the funds would not permit paying £U). but that the society would pay £3 towards Pobuta kawa trees. The Telegraph Engineer wrote with, reference to, shitting slot telephone at Woodhaugli bridge. that if had been decided to shift it to the opposite corner of Malvern street •. Some donut was expressed as to this being the most suitable place, and the secretary, reported that some of the residents had seen the telegraph engineer with a view of having it placed in a. more, central position. „ In connection with the , hooding of the creek from Cannington road a letter was received, per Mr Marlow, stating that this matter had been attended Tar sealing of Howe Street.—A !otr ter was received from the engineer’s department slating the estimated cost of this work was £152, and that it had not been found possible to vote rtu allocation for the current year. Members of the committee reported, that they bad bad a conference with Mr Tamiock, superintendent, of ro r serves, and had brought several matters of importance to mis notice, all of which had received attention. ; Lights iu. Woodhaugli road, and also in King street near the Gardens, and iu Castle street from Howe street, were matters brought before -Mr Marlow, chairman of the Works Committee of the City Council, who explained the difficulty of getting more lighting owing to tack of finance. Woodhaugli Bridge.—This matter was also brought before the chairman of the Works Committee, who promised to get a report on same . ; Membership. Mr Henderson reported that he had_ been w-ell received in his canvass for -new members, and . had already enrolled nearly 200. He expected that there would be no difficulty iu the society having 300 or 400 members as soon as the-new year began.—lt was decided; that all new subscriptions from the present time he for the next year. , It was decided to hold the annualmeeting in August, the' chairman and secretary to arrange a date.