HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 August 1924, Page 4

HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Hawera Borough Council was held last night, when there were present: His' Worship the Major (Mr. L. A. Bone), and Crs. held, Champion, Brunette, Surrey, Morrissey, Goodwin, Townsend and Burdekin. Leave of absence was granted - Cr. Osborne. The application of Mr. W. ot!Callaghanot!Callaghan to erect a circular sign above the entrance to his garage was granted. A plan submitted by the Hawera Timber and Joinery Co., Ltd., of a proposed subdivision of land at the intersection of Camberwell Road and Glover Road was approved, and on the su Sg e stion of Cr. Morrissey it was decided to ask the owners if they could see their way to round the corner in order to assist in making the intersection safer for traffic. The application of Mr. Blair for permission to lay an extra- £in. waterpipe to the rooms above Messrs. Blair and Sellar’s shop -was granted. Tire Department of Health wrote suggesting that opportunity be given the borough inspector (Mr! L. Hunt) to study and sit for the Royal Sanitary Institute examination, and that as soon as that officer had obtained the certificate the present arrangement whereby an officer of the department carried out sanitary inspection work in Hawera in return for £4O per annum would terminate. Councillors agreed that there seemed to be some overlapping in the work of the two inspectors, and it would be agood move to arrange the work so that the house inspection was done by the one man. Worship said he understood that Mr. Hunt -was agreeable to take the course necessary. If he were successful his work could be rearranged so as to prevent overlapping. Such rearrangement would also effect a saving of £BO per year to the council. It was decided to thank the department for their letter and accept their recommendation. The borough inspector reported on an inspection of the Kapuni River above the intake, his report containing details of the finding of two dead beasts m the riverbed.. , ? r '. Brunette moved that the riverbed be inspected every month. The motion was seconded. Cr Reid considered that there should be an inspection each month during the months of September, October November and December, ahd thereafter quarterly. He moved an amendment m this direction, but it was not seconded.

Or Surrey thought that during some months there should be more than one inspection, and the inspections should be irregular so that no one would made ' IUSt when tliey were » oill S to be borou S h engineer submitted a matS’r 7 nf P T- "' h j ch concerned the matter of his judgment in buying machinery and material for use in In? S' 1 ” the ivork of the hoi! v* 5 ' p £. le tettei arose over the purchase of bitumen tanks; •' Cr. Rleid considered that in such matters the council should get prices for the articles required. 1 Hrn Worship said that the'engineer had got prices for bitumen and spent far greater sums of money hi K connection without the council’s interW?S fo , oJlsb to attempt to tie. the engineer’s hands in this way, especially when the engineer was a man who had looked affe? the ex penditure better than any man before

Cr. Brunette agreed that the engineer was a careful man. A resolution moved by 61*. Burdekin Cr ;. Chan ’P io «i, fo the eirect that the matter of purchasing the tanks be left in the engi S’! hands was carried, and on a divlSon being taken Crs. Reid, Morrissey and Surrey voted against. y ,Kl

COMMITTEE 1 REPORTS. f 0 reco,nmenc *ations were as tol ß * nd Committee.—That steps be the Wo ° f ° ri ?r 3 • band t 0 be k »o'vn as the lian era Municipal Band and that a meeting of those willing to become be held on a, date to be ar b t Ll h H Chain " a ’' of «>« co£ mitcee that the management of the band be vested in a Committee It that the appoln ?, t,lre ® members, and that the council retain equal rem-e----sentafon with the band’s own nomt band' o eomn l ittS , ; ma that‘ the mu " ic ! p » l S en ‘yOf a bandmaster be loft entiSy that tlm 4!’ a C i omrnittee recommended iiat the 1 anger s report be receiver] S referred ? T, | ni ~ turum Reserve if \ el^ Ited iu that committee- tint Und Committee’* report he adopted xoV^T' ,on / ; e v ’ the »w*icii of Cr. Morrisi;ine iin ‘ llaU ?• ' V(>rks ' in arothortt! ti * < extraordinary water service rvv » tbe Plains (N. 1.) Dairy m * S Prchnses be confirmed; that the iown Clerk write to the Health De part-men t m reply to letter re services of also that ?a cop $ of letter be sent to the member for the district ; that letter from Hawera Retailers Association re street Hghtnux be received; that insurance B on Commercial Hotel be increased to full insurable value, and that position of on borough properties be aid before the Finance Committee; that applications to re-enter in respect of leases to C. J. Shanahan, H. M Livingstone, A. Hamilton, W. Knight’ J H Ironside, and A. E. Trouson be executed and sealed on behalf of the Council; that full wages be paid to‘H. A. Bryant and J. Dowdle during temporary incapacity resulting from accidents; that the engineer be instructed to prepare specification and obtain and submit to the council prices in respect of new tanks Tor bitumen; that the matter of allowing part of land reserved for plantations (sub. .37) to be used for grazing subject to erection of temporary fence and payment of a nominal rental be left iu the hands of Cr. Townsend, with power to act (fence to he to Cr. Townsend’s satisfaction, and removable by tenant, and right of grazing to be terminable at any time by the Council); that H. Young’s offer of 4s pei' week for grazing strip of land at north end of King Edward Park for one year be accepted. OFFICERS’ REPORTS. The Borough Inspector’s monthly report was as follows : —House inspection had been carried out in Union Street and Camberwell Road. Owing to Show Week and wet weather. I have net inspected as many dwellings as usual. Necessary notices have been sent to owners with reference to repairs to dwellings, etc., the majority being in good repair. , During the month 20 building permits were issued, of a total value of £11,832. Nine persons were prosecuted under the by-laws, a fine being imposed in each case. Total fines £B. Four dogs were .registered

during the month; total fees, £2. Three fowlhouses were condemned, as I con|iered they were a menace to health. 1 am gradually pursuing a course by which i hope to have all foivlhouses complying with the by-laws. The sanitary inspector's report stated that during the month of July two plumbing and three drainage permits were issued. Five drains of a total length of 23(>it. were inspected and tested. Seventy-five premises were inspected, and any necessary v notices issued. The borough engineer reported upon various brands of bitumen. The librarian’s report stated that 24 members left diking the month \and 19 joined, leaving about 460 on the list. Sixty-live books were added to the shelves, including 30 to replace old dilapidated volumes. Mr Metcalf, schoolmaster of Fraser R-oad, would be pleased lo buy the II copies of “Merchant of Venice” for use in his school. They are. not needed in the library, as we already have two of Shakespeare’s com-plet-e works, and. those small books aro printed and arranged for school use. The borough ranger reported that on July 27 one horse was found straying m Dixon Avenue.. a herd of eight cows that were driven along Egmont Street and Camberwell Road twice a day for some time have been disposed of. There were two cows in the Turuturu. Reserve during the month, and there being no gate makes it very awkward to get stock out. Being a wire fence, a beast is liable to get in during the winter months. There is also a bunch of blackberry growing on the reserve. The reports were all adopted.