HAVELOCK N. BUSINESS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 3

HAVELOCK N. BUSINESS

Town Board’s Final Meeting CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS The chairman, Mr H. R. von Dadelszen, presided over Messrs E. C. Stratton, W. Paton, A. R. Greenwood, A. Christie, J. J. Nimon and A. Toop at the final meeting of the present Havelock North Town Board last evening. The clerk, Mr W. 11. Anderson, was also in attendance. The Audit Office returned the statements of accounts for the Havelock North Domain Board and the Town Board certified as correct. —Received, a motion being passed expressing pleasure at the clerk’s work in having no tags on the balance-sheets. in reply to a letter from the No 5 District Highways Council, Napier, it was decided to make application to the Main Highways Board to have Tc Aute road within the Town Board urea made a main highway. The secretary of the Havelock North Fire Brigade wrote asking the board for its annual subsidy to the brigade.— The usual grunt of £l5 was made. Mr A. E. .lull, M.P., wrote advising that he had much pleasure in agreeing with the suggestion of appointing an additional Justice of the Peace in Havelock North, and he, was making application to the Minister of Justice, the Hon. J. G. Colibe, with a view to having Mr J. J. Nimon appointed. A letter from Mr dull enclosed the Minister's reply to the application, All Cobbe stating that he would bo pleased to have Air Nimon’s name placed on the list for consideration when furtlie l ' appointments to the Commission of Peace were being made.—Received. A letter was received from the Dis abled Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment Committee, Dunedin, asking the board to consider buying any leather goods which it might require, such as dog collars, from Disabled Soldiers’ Pro duets, a leather manufacturing firm in Dunedin.—lt was decided to accept a quote for dog collars. Accounts amounting to £BB3 15/11 were passed for payment. At the conclusion of the meeting the chairman thanked the members for their loyal help and co-operation during the past two years and said that should any of them not be returned at the forthcoming election they need not feel that they had not done their duty. Mr Nimon replied on behalf of the board thanking Air von Dadelszen for his efficient chairmanship and also the clerk and staff for the fine work they had done during the past two years, COMMITTEES’ REPORTS. The roads committee, consisting of Messrs Stratton, Toop, and I’aton, reported as follows:—We have been over all roads and bridges and would recommend: That Joll road be widened just past its intersection with Campbell road, and that the electric light post there be shifted to permit of this work being carried out. We have issued instructions to have metal laid on the new parking place at the bowling green. That Alcllardy street roadway be raised from Ellison road to a point below Mr Elder’s main gates on McHardy street, thus giving this street a true grade at its upper end. We ask that it be a recommendation to the incoming roads committee that the work of widening Duart and Ellison roads and Tanner street be proceeded with on tho same lines as the job in McHardy street; when this work is completed there will be a splendid drive right round the village. The recent heavy rains have caused pot holes to appear on most corners of back roads; we have instructed the clerk to have red metal dumped at various points. Napier road is being prepared for tar-sealing, and is now in good shape; we are having the corner of St. Hill’s lane built up with a view to having it tar-sealed when the main job is done. We thank all members of the board for the assistance which has always been given our committee, and we trust that the task of the incoming committee will be as pleasant as ours has been during the past two years. The report of the cemetery committee, Messrs Greenwood and Christie, was read as follows:— We have made our final inspection for the period and beg to report as follows: Steady progress has been made with the levelling of the eastern portion of the cemetery and when completed will greatly improve the property. Miss Couper has donated sufficient limestone rocks to make a rock garden along the drive between blocks I and J and L and M. We suggest that it be a recommendation to the incoming committee to arrange for the sealing of as many more paths as possible, and that a second coat of colfix be given on all the present onecourse work; also that the iron fence on Mr Greening’s boundary be extended to 30 feet.

Miss Couper is to bo thanked for her donation.