GREEN ISLAND BOROUGH

Evening Star, Issue 25634, 7 November 1945, Page 7

GREEN ISLAND BOROUGH

. _<, MEETING OF COUNCIL The monthly meeting of the Greer Island Borough Council was held lasi night. Present were the mayor (Mi J. Boomer), in the chair. Crs T. M | McAhan, F. Gray, C. MeMullau, L Burgess, W. Wynn, T. Mason, W Inglis, and J. Swan. I PUBLIC WORKS. The Public Works Committee reported that building . permits were issued for the month for work to the value of £1,730. It was also recommended that the price of Mr T Pheloung for the construction of f culvert on the Brighton road be accepted, and that the water table in Paterson street, between Exeter ami TeiKnmouth streets, be piped.- A final recommendation was that the engineei su'bmit proposals, plan, and estimate* of cost of improvements to be.effected to Church street.—The report w;if adopted. WATER, LIGHTING, AND .DRAINAGE. The report of the Water, Lighting, and Drainage Committee contained a

recommendation that the letter froir the Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board declining _ the application for a fire alarm point on the Brighton road be received and the petitioners be advised. A communication was received from the Dunedin City Corporation agreeing to pay half the cost of installation and annual charges on a new street light to be erected on the "borough boundary, near the top oi Short street,-and it was decided thai the E.P. and L. department be requested to install the light early ir April, 1946., It was further recommended hy the committee that the whole matter of the alleged pollution of the Kaikorai Stream by the Roslyti Woollen Mills and Nees's wool scouring works be handed over to the borough solicitors to take the necessary action. —Adopted. FINANCE COMMITTEE.

The Finance Committee recom mended that a donation of £5 5s b( made to the funds of the St. Join Ambulance Association. It was als( recommended that residents of Sunny' vale, who had complained of the stoeh nuisance, be advised that the coiuici was willing to institute proceeding against offending drovers, providet that the petitioners were agreeable t< act as witnesses. Speaking to the'" report, Cr Mason said that several residents had spoken to him of the nuisance caused by the careless driving of stock in the borough on the way to the saleyards. Cr McMullan also said that he had received complaints of a similar nature —The report was adopted, and it was agreed that the chief traffic inspector bo instructed to enforce the by-laws in connection with the driving of stock in the borough, and that offenders be prosecuted. WATER CONSUMPTION. "' The town clerk (Mr 11. J. K. Gillies) reported that the water consumption of the borough for the quarter ended September 30, 19-15, was 22,199,000

gallons, of which 10,135,000 gallons were used for domestic purposes and 12,064,000 gallons for industrial purposes. Over the past five years the population of the borough had been estimated at 2,500. and the. daily consumption per head had been based rm that figure. Using the same basis for this quarter, the'"' consumption would be 45.04 gallons a head a day. [t was revealed by the census, however, that the population of Green

Island was 2,700, and when the daily consumption was based on that figure it was reduced, to 41.7 gallons.—The report was received. AERODROME SITE.' The Mayor reported that he and Cr McAhan had represented the council when an inspection had been made of the proposed aerodrome site on the Green Island swamp. Other bodies represented were the Otago Harbour Board, the Otago Expansion League, the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, the Dunedin Development Council, and the Otago Aero Club, and Flight-lieutenant E. Froggatt, a former instructor at the Taieri aerodrome, had also been present. Some of the representatives, he said, favoured the proposal to drain the swamp and establish an aerodrome' there, but Mr H. M. Mackay had favoured the southern endowment. It had been stated by a delegate to the recent Local Bodies' Conference that he had flown from Invercargill to the Taieri aerodrome in 30 minutes and it had taken him 35 minutes to travel from the aerodrome to Dunedin. It was understood that engineers were to view the proposed site at Green Island and report to the Government on its possibilities as an aerodrome. " The more I see it, the more I like it," stated Cr McAhan of the swamp area. area under discussion was a large on'e and it was handy to town. The speaker understood- the attitude of the Harbour Board in wishing to keep the southern' endowment for itself; in addition, it was situated in a densely-populated area, while the proposed site at Green Island was not. The latter was owned by the City Council. A considerable amount of work would have to be done in the way of drainage if the swamp were to be used, but he was convinced it could be d,<>ne. The mayor and Cr McAhan were thanked for their report.