NAPIER BOROUGH AFFAIRS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 83, 20 March 1928, Page 7

NAPIER BOROUGH AFFAIRS.

MEETING OF TH~ COUNCIL. GENERAL BUSINESS. The Napier Borough Council held its tn-weekly meeting last night. Present: His VVorship the Ala.ior (Mr J. Vigor Brown), and Councillors H J. Harman, \V. G. Martin. C 11 Wilkie, I’. I l ’. Higgins, J. bt. J. Hindmarsh, C. D. Cox. 11. W. Goodger, J C. Bryant, J. \\. Callaghan, r. Rice, and A. E. Bedford. Mr John Mason. M.P., wrote enclosing a letter he had received from the Hon. G. J. Anderson on behalf of the Postmaster-General, stating that the question of installing a public telephone box at the corner of Nelson Crescenj, and George's Drive had been again exhaustively examined, and it was estimated that such an office would result in a comparatively heavy annual loss. He stated that no doubt the Postmaster-Gene-ral would be prepared to give the matter further consideration if the Council was prepared to make an offer which would protect the Department against the heavy loss.—ft was agreed to ask the Minister what loss the Council would be faced with. The Pirates Football Club annlied for a club-room under the grandstand in McLean Park, and asked if the Council would meet a deputation on the matter.—The Reserves Committee was instructed to receive the deputation and report to the next meting. The Port Ahuriri School Committee expressed the desire for the opportunity of placing before the Council certain matters in connection with Coronation Hall.—The committee is to first set out in writing its requirements. The Napier Central School Committee wrotg pointing out that although the splaying back of the corners of Burlington road would to a certain extent make the road safer, the greatest danger to children laid along the course of the road itself, and thev trusted that the Council will keep this in view when future works were being considered. —The engineer was instructed to furnish the committee with a report when the estimates were under review. The chairman of the Central School Committee wrote stating he had been directed to ask the Council to take into consideration the question of the remission of’rates for water used bv the schools. The secretary of the Napier Harbour Board wrote stating he understood the Council was now considering the question of the nrice charged to users of the borough water and asked it to consider the charge nmde against the Harbour Board for water supplied to the various departments of the Board.—Both letters were referred to the Waterworks Committee GENERAL. , The nett revenue received from the municipal trams for the four weeks ended March 2, was £237 2s (id, against £291 13s 2d for th© same period in 1927. Stock was dealt with at the municipal abattoirs as follows:—Cows 195 (condemned 2), bullocks 143. sheep (300 wethers, 1175 ewes) 1475 (3), lambs 445. pigs 100 (1). and calves A 7