CIVIC AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 25700, 25 January 1946, Page 10

CIVIC AFFAIRS

COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Following are extracts from reports which will be submitted by the respective committees to the meeting of the . City Council 'on Monday evening : MILK INSPECTION. The General Committe will submit •reports by the chief sanitary inspector to the effect that, during the period 113 samples of milk were taken, and, of the 92 samples submitted to •■ the chemical test, 16 tailed to comply with ' the regulations. Eleven pasteurised samples were submitted for test, and two failed to comply with the regulations. Seventeen sources of milk supply were checked and found to be satisfactory. . MOTOR TESTING. The chief traffic inspector reports that the number of drivers' licenses issued to the end of December was 10.748, this number being.more than 2.000 ahead of the same period last year. At the. motor testing station 1.280 warrants were issued, compared with 1,061 during the corresponding period last year. DAMAGE TO POWER POLES. The Electricity Committee reports that, as the result of recent damage to power poles in the.city by a_ motor vehicle, the question of the liability of the public to notify the power supply authority when lines are brought dovyn lias beeh investigated by' the committee. At present there is no obligation on the part of the motorists or others' to? notify the department in such cases, arid the committee is of the opinion that such action should be necessary, particularly in view of the danger when power lines are brought down. The committee recommends, therefore, that a remit be submitted to the next conference of the Otago supply authorities to the effect that the Electric Power Boards Act, 1925, be amended, making it necessary in all cases of damage to power lines for the offender to notify either the Police Department or the local power authority. PROPERTY OWNERS' OBLIGATIONS. The report of the Works Committee includes a .recommendation that notices be served requiring oWners and occupiers of properties in certain rural districts to remove broom and gorse growing on the street, which growth is encroaching on the carriageway and affecting visibility for traffic. Also that notices be served on certain owners of property in the vicinity of English Avenue, Springhill road and Picardy street intersection requiring them to reduce ;the height of hedges and trees at this intersection to a maximum height of 3ft for. a distance of 33ft' each way from the corner in order to give reasonable visibility ■at the intersection, which is considered to be dangerous. The council has already arranged for the cutting of" the hedge on the northern corner of Springhill road and English Avenue, which is on land owned by the city. WORKS. The city engineer has been instructed to record for consideration, when funds are available, the following works:— The sealing of the footway in Pine Hill road, from Gladstone road to Liberton, at an estimated cost of £270; the construction of curbing and guttering in Pine Hill road, from Franklin street to Liberton, estimated cost £500; the sealing of the remainder of the bus route in the Dalmore district, estimated cost £620; the provision of a footway in Aotea street, from Norman street to Arawa street, estimated cost £310; the sealing of Murray street, estimated cost £405; and other matters of less import.