CIVIC RECEPTION TO WORLD CHIEF SCOUT

Grey River Argus, 17 December 1948, Page 3

CIVIC RECEPTION TO WORLD CHIEF SCOUT

A civic reception is to be accorded the World Chief Scout (Lord Rowallan), when he visits Greymouth on January 28, according to a decision of the Greymouth Borough Council last night. The decision followed a request from the Boy Scouts’ Association.

It, was also decided to allow the use of the Recreation Ground for a Scout display to welcome Lord Rowallan. i A request for permission to erect, a temporary stall outside the old Town Hall building, for a shop day, on December 24, was granted Owen’s Marching Club, Greymouth. / The West Coast Federation of New Zealand Women’s Institules, asked that when the Greymouth Women’s rest room was opened at week-ends, it be from 3 p.m, to 5 p.m. These hours were stated to be more suitable than morning hours. The Town Clerk (Mr N. Clemens) said the present, caretaker had declined to act during the extended hours owing to ill health. It was decided to notify the Federation that if it could provide a caretaker for the period, the Council would consider the matter. Mr J. B. Kent, M.F.. advised that he had been informed by the -Building Controller that the permit for the rebuilding of the municipal library would be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. The Controller had promised his best endeavours to have the mattei’ expedited. It was decided to thank Mr Kent for his efforts in the matter. A complaint from Messrs Condon and McMaster, cabinet-makers, Lord Street, Greymouth, for attention to guttering in front of their shop, was referred to the Engineer for action. It was decided that the Cobden Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association be advised that the preparation for tar.sealing of Domett Esplanade and Munro Street had been commenced, and it was expected to comnlete the work during the current season. , . . It was decided to advise BlaketownPreston Road Ratepayers’ and Citizens’ Association that notices would be erected at McLean Park prohibiting lorries using the park as a thoroughfare, and that the srjss verges on the roadways in the Blaketown area would be attended to as soon as possible.