Levin Borough council

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1917, Page 3

Levin Borough council

ORDINARY FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. l-fcvin Borough Council met last liiglit, Mr. C. Blenkliorn (mayor) in the chair. There also were present Councillors 10. >S. Lancaster, T. Broome, it. Urynon, K. Ail'ken, F. E. Parker, W. Bull, D. S. Mackenzie. An apology for absence, due to temporary indisposition, was received from Co ull t ill or Math teson. Napier Borough Council forwarded its resolution in favor of nationalisation of New Zealand's food supplies, with a request that the council would join in a memorial to the Government, to the end that the cost of living might be reduced. On the motion of the mayor ~seconded by Councillor Lancaster, the letter was "received.'' A draft agreement for inclusion of Horowh-enua County in the Palmerston Hospital District wa« considered bv the council, and it was proposed by the mayor and .seconded by Councillor Laneasier that the sea! of the council lie affixed to t.bo agreement. Council! ir Marker Migrated that be- i fore affi>:i' ™ the seal of the council to the dociiir"ut it should ho handed to the boreiU'h solicitor for perusal. The mayor remarked' that he -would take the responsibility of saying that step., was not necessary. 'Hie agreement simply said how money* were to lie raised and in what proportion from the local bodies of the county. Councillor Parker said that if the mover was quite satisfied there was 110 need' for further consideration he would sayvery well; still, he always liked to have agreements thoroughly considered ; when they were signed they had to be stood to. The council decided that the agreement be sealed.

The Levin Beautifying Society notified that it was- prepared to plant six or eight elm trees in Queen-street oast. H was resolved that tho offer bo accepted. On the NUggestkm of the. mayor and' the motion of Councillor Lancaster, it was also decided that

places in Queen-Street west where! trees had "missed" fo replanted. Incidental to the (ItiKcnsjsion. ICbunlMll.lor Mackenzie asked whether the proposed planting in Queen-street east would necessitate an extension of the central street lighting. The mayor thought that would depend upon who formed the borough council when the time for extending the lights to that part of Queen-street (from Middkiniss's corner towards Gladstone road) came to pass. The mayor oT JTokitika. on behalf of the eitixons of that borough, forwarded a copy of a resolution in favor ol a day of national prayer. On the motion of the mayor, seconded bv Councillor Mackenzie, it was decided that the letter he "received."' , 'Hie Finance Minister wrote asking asking the council's assistance towards making a succes of tho Liberty Loan. The mayor £aid that to his mind this scorned like whipping the hon-se before there was any need." He was sure that if the need for the call became a real one there would be no one around the council table found want-

Tho. con moil consented in a transfer of a municipal lease in TCxsex-st., from Mr V. T. Hitchings, to ilr Arthur Hroomc.