BOROUGH ENGINEER.

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1926, Page 3

BOROUGH ENGINEER.

, AFPOI NTMF.NT- POSTI’ONED. 1 Tiiu Borough Council last evening i dealt in committee with the. applications for the position of Borough Engineer, recently called for. at a salary of £6OO per tiiinum. There were eight applicaitions received. The Council finally decided to go into these carefully, autl to bold a special meeting on ’Thursday I evening next for the purpose of making i a selection. : At the same meeting the tenders for. ‘the electrical pump installation will be | also dealt with by the Council. ! I.ABOVK CANDIDATES. C B i I LICENSING COMMITTEE. i ' Mr G. Mclnroe, of Ikamatua is ai ■ candidate for the Buller Liconsing Cum- ! | milter. Air Meluroe has well known ; j Labour leanings and it is considered ■ lie would uphold the ideals of Labour i

Imi tile Buller (.’unnuittee. Air F. L. j Turley, who is also a candidate, is anj other Labour urnii. who should Lave solI id support. ! Messrs J. Goodall and J. B. Kent uro ‘ the Labour nominations for the Westland Licensing Bench. j BOKOL’GH COFNCIL. iGGGGG,.. ? The ordinary fortnightly meeting of I the Greymouth Borough Council was j held last night at the Council Chambers i when the following were present: Crs. F. A. Kitchingham, .1, O'Brien. 1L J. Williams, F. IL Doogan. G. H. Harker, |J. B. Kent, and J. McGinley. In the I absence of'the Mayor. Mr W. H. J’ar- ‘ fitt, the Deputy Mayor. Or. J. W. Greenslade. presided. 'The Town Clerk, j Mr F. Deuton, was also present. | The Deputy Mayor stated that Mi | Simmonds cf the .Yew Zealand Bailways j Ims said the Railway Department hm ! refused to shorten the bridge at Alexunder Street.

rill-: “TIVOLI’' NUISANCE. t The Town .Clerk stated that the work j on the Tivoli sections was to be- ear-' I ried out almost immediately. .Ho had | been in touch with the Publie Trustee, who was in charge of the ureti, and the I J'ublic Trust Oftice had called tenders p’or the wurk to be done immediately. I CT. O’Brien said that the work should have been done long ago. If the nuisance had been anywhere else it would i | have been got rid cf long ago. Tic felt; Hhe mutter keenly. The Borough bad j • lune nothing in regard to having the! work cunied out. lie moved that i.f ] hue work wa> not carried out by Mon- i i day next, the Borough should have the I j 'work carried out immediately, and | | charge the owners of the sections, j j < r. Kent, said he had much pleasure j | hi secouding the motion. Gr Williams fail that although he luprrrd with the motion, next Monday! was hardly suliicient time to allow for; ;lhe work to be carried out. As chair- j i man of the Works Committee, Cr. Wil- i liams said that the sutup at the sec tioii was too high to take away the! I waler. Authority should ba gi\en to, i have the counovted with the! [ Borough drains, so as tu draw uff the i surplus water. The Deputy Mayor agreed that tbej matter was a public nuisance, but three I days’ notice was hardly sufficient- time* to call fenders for the work Cr. O’Brien said that lie was willing I Io amend the motion regarding tho period io Wednesday. • i The motion mot with the approval of | the Councillors, ami as amended was-; j adopted. j ■ Lcdters of thanks fur expressions of sympathy were received from the Skog- | lurid family and Mrs Gillies a : nd fam- < orrespoudenco was received from the Bruce County Council re Motor I Vc-hieles Ilugiatrativii, that Council i having passed a resolution that the. ■ iwner cf u motor vehicle mush furnish I proof that the owner of the veliiele is ■ overeii by a third party accident insurance policy for an ensuing twelve months. C-r Kent moved and Cr. Harker seconded. that the matter be referred to the Traffic Committee.—Carried. I’roin Jtr M. A. Gibson with reference . tv the street line of property in Shako-1 speure Street. The writer expressed his; perplexity us to whether his house had j be.-n built c-n tho street or not. Some j' confusion hud evidently occurred over j the surveyor's peg. Cr. Doogan suggested that the rest I dents of the area within the Borough I Reserve be made to pay n shilling or j two a year the Borough in order to i recognise the Council's right to the! laud. A resolution to this effect was I moved by the speaker and seconded bv i Cr. Kent. Worn Mr W. J. Joyee regarding n deed of assignment in the ease of 1 Weaver to Sheehan.— It was resolved I 1 that the application be granted, sub- 1 jeet to it being in order. Messrs Ilan- ! nan n'ml tseddou wrote on the same 1 matter. < I rom Mr. A. B. Thompson complain-1 > iug of the state of Mount Street. The I , writer complained that the upper end j of the street wus in very bad condition I owing to the overgrowth—grass and blackberry. He asked that the matter be attended tu as soon as possible. j The Deputy Mayor moved and Cr. I McGinley seconded, that the mutter be| leit in the hands of he Works Commit- 1 lee. willpower to act. —(Jhrried. ' I-rom Mr A. 11. Mr-Kane, making ap-1 1 plication fur leave of absence,—Grant- l -d, subject tu suitable arrangements bo-1 iug made. b Erom Mr. A. .1. Sluss, asking for • eave of absence.—Granted on the us- I ml terms. I v I’rom Mr D. Groaney, making appli-j e -ation fur a lease of part of Pukctalii t -treet for grazing. The writer deelar |, -il that owing to the growlh of black ! u jerry, tin; borough reserve in U pppr ’uketuhi Street was a danger tu his. r iroperty. It was resolved- on the motion of Cr. itcGinley, seconded by Cr. Williaipf. lint the letter be referred to the AVorks: .'oiiiniittee, with power to act.’ * I’rom the Town Clerk, Kumara, re' ardrng the- Kumara Jubilee ce.lebjaipus. asking the Borough Council io 'I reclaim tbo opening day (March Ist) ' public half-holiday in order,that resi- Cl cuts .may .attend the eelebralipns! , il The Deputy Mayor said that thy mat- u . er had been discussed already, and cv-( f] ryone was unanimous .as tp assisting] a| lie the authorities there. Cr. Dougan | e ( ill that it was the. duty of nil to j

! assist, iu making the celebrations a sueI cess. Cr Harker supported the speakI er,-stating tlmt a meeting of the trades people should be called in order 1o sue whether the business places could be Closed for the half-day. I Cr. O'Brien said that the pioneers of Kumaru would be in ucccipt of fret* I passes on tile railways in order to re- ! visit the place during the celebrations, i.Recently the Minister of Mines had got in touch with the Vnion Steamship I Co., with reference to free passages ; for the old pioneers. Greymouth should I support the Jubilee and render every assistance possioie. ' A petition was received from Mr W. i P. McCarthy and 27 others with refer- | once to the drainage of Kilgour tioad. I Winnie, Porotti and Lydia Streets. The i petitioners pointed out that the presI out sa'nitury system was dangerously I unhealthy, sating that tbo rectification '.of the nuisance was a matter of itrgetiI <iy. It wus suggested by the DeputyMayor that the petition lie on the table

'! unit! the next meeting. Cr.. Kitehing- ■ ham moved and Cr. Kent seconded that !a reply be sent immediately lo the residents. stating that the work would be ; one of the first jobs to be done by the : new Engineer, about to be appointed, j A report of the conference of local l authorities re Motor Lorry Regulations i was received. The report reiterated the j decisions arrived at, as previuusly pub- | lished in the columns of the "Argus.” I Cr Doogan moved that the report bo I adopted. The idea was that each body wmuld discuss ami agree upon the re|port so that finality could be reached by the various bodies. Cr. Hitching-1 I ham said tlmt, the words "within 21 I. j days - in a clause in the report should |be deleted. This referred to the calling !. iof R conference between the bodies 1 | within three, weeks to allocate the [ ues. He objected t 0 this clause as the ' i Borough would be bound to fall in Hhe ! j will) the County Council., c,-. Doogan ! said that the clause was only a rueoni- 1 : mendation. The resolution was that ' -CaViRd ,J! feC5 bJ j

J • M-ORK.S COMMITTEi: TIEPuRT. j Tin? (. .juimiltve reported tlmt the wet ' J wcutimi- prevailing during the munti. ' | bad delayed th... completion of tin i works mapped u.,t by them. A> , soon as the weather conditions imp.-ovei JI no time would bo lost in pushing ci. ,itarring and surfaeii-g operations. Due-1 • i it'g me period under ret lew the main I icmuice gang hu«l been empluvml m . I tolluwa: — jarring and surlaeing pathv.ays in: j Bnceleugh si.. Lurd bt., Alberf «t..l jaikl Cobden Bridge. .Minor repairs toj ‘luadf and footpaths in the uincv area.| , I Minor repairs tu Gowpur St bridge also . ..server in-Wicedy L-iuu. Improsiug am. | . j metalling Omoto Koiid. (.-Icaidug growth | ' Hi. Mariijurough bt.. Nelson bL, un-i.'t • Milton Buadj clearing channel all ■ pumping station, ttcum road roller at . . | tho Coljden War Memorial us author-1 ; ised. iHtvuni traction fur the P. andL ;T, Depart mmd as well as the usual c •routiuu work of the town. • . I The s', wvr through the CourthouseU ! yard was blocked periodically with t i solidiliej butcher ’s ami oilier refuse.! r I As considerable expense was incurredL lie. cleaning same, the Committee vug-|i i gt-sted that tradesmen responsible for t •the obstructitm be charged for the i i work. 'To lessen future trouble it was ( i advisable tu construct two man-holes ion the pipe lino costing say .£7. 0 I The Gommitlee inspected the uui j 'iftuce in tlrn Tivoli sections ami re I* i commend that the I‘ublic 'Trustee be| ; authorised to connect the surfaeo K I drains into the aewur adjacent, | x ' Various other matters referred tu E ! Iho Committoo from lime to time were 0 i being ottendml to. With regard to the drain near tin- ( i | Courthouse, Cr. Williams said that hi a the course of the lust four years the- s drains had been cleaned out seven or 0 eight times. A trench bad to -be dug six feet deep every time the men wanted to clean the drains. Cr Doogan e moved that the Works Committee rej port be adopted, ami that the Coni’ ; ; miitoc go into the matter of having a ' v ! eoup'e. uf grease traps placed in the t i drains. : This concluded tho business of the i ; t