HOKITIKA NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 February 1941, Page 9

HOKITIKA NOTES

BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING [OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HOKITIKA, February 17. At a meeting of the Hokitika Bor--ough Council there were present.— The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Perry) and Councillors A. R. Elcock, T. W. Duff,. D. P. Stuart, G. Heinz, W. H. Stopforth, J. Fox and C. Caliari. Apologies for absence were received from Councillors H. T. Parry and D. F. E. Freitas. Mr. W. J. Richards waited on the Council on behalf of the Business Men’s Association with regard to proposals for improved conveniences in Cass Square. Owing to the outbreak of war and its resulting call on the public purse severely handicapping the Association in raising funds, suggestions from the Council were invited.—lt was decided that the Association be asked to obtain modified plans and estimates, and submit them to the Council. An application from the Hokitika Sports Club for the sole rights to Cass Square for Saturday March 29 was granted. Financial Statement: Receipts: £602/6/4. Expenditure £356/14/2. Accounts amounting to £lOB3/8/!$ were passed for payment. The tender of W. E. Richards and Son, Ltd., for the printing of the electoral roll was accepted. It was reported that stock slaughtered at the abattoirs during the month was: 41 cows, 32 heifers, 53 bullocks, 371 sheep, 174 lambs, 15 pigs and 6 calves. One cow was condemned. Fees collected for the month of January amounted to £B7/1/- as against £74/8/- for the corresponding period last year. A recommendation for improvement of Tancred Street north of Weld Street to relieve congestion was approved and the work authorised. The Town Clerk was authorised to investigate the cost of a new system of Borough control of rubbish collection and dumping. It was decided to place the present dump under full borough control and to fence it; also to ask the Harbour Board the conditions urfder which it would agree to the scoured-out area behind the protection wall being used as a dump. The only tender for the caretaker’s cottage at the swimming bath, that of F. W. Williamson Ltd., was accepted. New Zealand Refrigerating Co. Ltd. Christchurch, advised that 51 sheep and two lambs were delivered into the Hokitika area in January.

The National Patriotic Fund Board was granted permission to screen “One Hundred Crowded Years” on a Sunday evening. The letter stated that the proceeds would be devoted to the Westland Provincial Funds.

The Building Controller, Wellington, advised that no owner, within the meaning of the regulations, shall sell, supply, dispose of, or part with the possession of the following materials unless he has first obtained a permit: Black, galvanised, and steam-screwed and socketed iron, or steel pipes or tubes in sizes not exceeding 4in. in internal diameter; galvanised corrugated iron or steel sheets; or flat sheets of iron or steel up to 1-8 in. in thickness. W. Weiblitz’s application for a domestic water service to section 514, Livingstone Street was granted.

It was decided to offer no objection to T. Staines, junior’s application to change his pie-cart site, to a point fixed by the Traffic Inspector, in the same street. It was decided to support the action of the Business Men’s Association in urging the Government to re-plant the cut-out forest lands in Westland. The Business Men’s Association wrote asking the Council to take action regarding the dog nuisance in the main streets. —It was decided to advertise a warning to owners.

The Association also wrote suggesting that: (1) The right to run sideshows on Cass Square be transferred from the Association to the Hokitika Patriotic Committee; (2) In the event of a license being granted to a visiting showman, the Council arrange for suitable supervision by Police or authorised person to see that the public are not being exploited or cheated; that each side-show should be licensed; that the licensee should pay a fee for each day he occupies the Square irrespective of whether he is showing or not. —It was decided that the Council reserve to itself the right to run side-shows, it being pointed out that the Patriotic Committee could obtain the necessary-permission from the Council. It was further decided to approach the Police Department regarding the second portion of the letter.