HASTINGS WORKS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 233, 14 September 1934, Page 6

HASTINGS WORKS

Expenditure Plan For £6400

VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS

A schedule of miscellaneous borough works costing £6437 for labour and materials was presented at last evening’s meeting ot the Hastings Borough Council and adopted. The works have been approved by the Unemployment Board lor subsidy, and the total labour cost involved is £2250. The subsidy is granted for all the works with the exception of painting the Municipal Buildings, alterations to the Women’s Rest, and the construction of the clock tower. The subsidy is based on the ordinary No. 5 Scheme ration payable to the workers, provided full award rates aro paid where necessary and that at least 90 per cent, of the men are drawn from the Hastings Government Labour Bureau. The following are the details of all the items approved by the Unemployment Board:—

o s Is <*> r o kJ £ £ £ Constructing lake, Cornwall Park ... Repairs to ba,nd ro166 83 83 tunda, Victoria Sq. Constructing con200 10 160 veniences at Beatson's Park 156 54 102 20 chains concrete kerbing main drive, Cornwall Park ... Piping open drain, Gray’s road to 30 12 18 Brunswick street Concrete path at 213 36 12 207 Cemetery 30 18 Constructing concrete kerb channel and path, 5ft. wide in various portions of borough, 28 chains at fill ■ Constructing con308 92 216 crete path 5ft. wide in various portions of borough, 61 chains at £5 305 122 183 Permanent road surfacing “Hot Mix” 5000 I860 3260