BOROUGH JOTTINGS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 236, 18 September 1936, Page 6

BOROUGH JOTTINGS

Items from Council Order Paper

MATTERS OF INTEREST

The monthly meeting of the Hastings Borough Council was held last evening, when there were present the Mayor (Mr. G. A. Maddison) and Crs. A. I. Rainbow, S. J. McKee, P. M. Cohr, P. H. Loach, 8. Ashcroft, G. W. McCormick, T. Dobson, T. Falconer and C. H. Slater.

Several residents of Ellison road advised that they could not see their way to pay half the cost of laying a concrete footpath in the vicinity of their residences as suggested by the council in reply to their application, and trusted that next year the council would include in the estimates an amount sufficient to cover the whole cost of the work.

“The dust nuisance during the summer months is aggravated by the continual stream of vehicular traffic to and from the Heretaunga Dairy Co.’s premises,” wrote a number of residents of Stortford street when asking that this street be bituminised at the earliest possible moment. —The matter was deferred until next year’s estimates were under consideration.

Permission for the making of a street collection for the annual selfdenial appeal of the Salvation Army was granted, the matter of the date being left in the hands of the Mayor to arrange.

The Matron (Mrs. K. Hagenson) of the Women’s Rest reported that last month the attendance was 4987 (patrons numbering 3997, visitors 43 and visitants to the Plunket Rooms 946) and the cash receipts amounted to £l7 0/6. Everything in the building was in good order and she acknowledged with thanks two parcels of women’s magazines from Miss K. Stubbs.

The Ranger (Hr. J. Tall) reported impounding four head of wandering stock last month. He has sold 656 dog collars to date for £252 17/- and in all 18 stray dogs were impounded, nine by himself and nine by the dog-catcher. Ten of the dogs were destroyed and five claimed by the owners. *« j * The council formally approved of the proposal of the Hawke’s Bay County Council that improvements, estimated to cost about £l5O, be done at the Stortford Lodge Saleyards and that each council pay £75.

The circular letter of the Department of Labour concerning the award rates of pay to relief workers was received and it was pointed out that the only subsidy work on hand in the borough was the clearing of mud from the lake in Cornwall Park, and the additional cost to the council would be 6/8 per man per week. With regard to intermittent workers, they would be paid tho higher rate of pay, but their hours of work would be reduced accordingly.

The council decided to agree to Mr. W. Sander’s request to cancel tho grasscutting contract as from August 30 owing to the impossibility of carrying on the work under the new regulations concerning the 40-hour week and decided to pay him for the work that he had carried out.

Four tenders for the supply of 2000 cubic yards of metal were received, the prices varying from 4/11 a yurd to 7/6, and the lowest tender, that of Hr. L. IV. Cooper, was accepted.

The application of Messrs. Tong and Me,lvor for a concrete slab footpath, estimated to cost £57 17/-, in frout of their new building in Nelson street, was deferred for consideration with next vear’s estimates. «• « «•

Wet weather delayed the progress of the footpath and channelling construction work last month in the two new streets, St. Leonard’s avenue and Akina street.

In future a monthly call is to be made for rubbish in Collinge road, and is expected to cost about 4/6.

The sporls grounds and new lawns at Cornwall Park which were laid down last autumn, received their first rolling and cutting last month.

The guarantee of £3 for the planting of trees in St. Aubyn street between Tomoana road and McLean street having been arranged, 19 trees were planted nut by the Reserves Department in this block last month.

The Hastings Cricket Sub-Association was granted three match wickets and practice wickets at Nelson Park for the coming season, and the offer made by Mr. J. P. Smith, through Cr. Falconer, for the use of his services and gear for the levelling of the cricket f itches at Cornwall Park was accepted with thanks.

There being no objection raised by the Police, the application of billiard room proprietors for tho extension of hours from 10.30 p.m. on week-days (exclusive of Saturday) to 11 p.m. was granted.

All buildings in course of erection were visited regularly by the Building Inspector (Mr. C. Carrell) during last month and all were found to be erected as per plans and specifications passed. Also nil plumbing and drainage work to buildings in course of erection were visited regularly.

Four eases of infectious diseases—one of diphtheria (suspect), one of tuberculosis and two of erysipelas—were reported in Hastings last month.

Advice was received Hint a subsidy of £2 5/- per man had been granted by the Employment Board in connection with the cleaning of tho stream at Cornwall Park, and it was estimated

that the labour for this work would cost £5O 8/- and cartage £■•'>, a total of £B6 8/-. The nett cost to the counoil, after payment of the subsidy, would bo approximately £3O.

Outstanding rates now total £1768

The council approved of the progress payment of £lOOO on account of the levy to the Hawke’s Bay Hospital Board.

The request of a number of shopk' is for a streamer of coloured lights ; u be erected in Heretaunga street between Nelson street and Southland road was granted.

Twenty-two applicants for drivers’ licenses were tested by the Traffic Inspector (Mr. A. C. Crawford) last month and all but one passed. To date I,e Ims issued 2719 drivers’ licences, an increase of .112 over lust year Heavy traffic licences, however, show a decrease of 11, there having been 153 issued so far this year.

The number of subscribers to the library was increased last month to 1351 adults and 518 children, and £57 11/7 was banked. Now books numbering 290 wore purchased and added to tuc library.