HUTT COUNCIL

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 16, 13 September 1928, Page 5

HUTT COUNCIL

A meeting of the Lower Hutt Borough Council was held last evening. Present. Mayor (Mr W. T. Strand), Crs. A. J. Hobbs, A. Gricrson, F. Gampbell, E. Waldie, W. G. Meldrum, and A. Mcßain. Apologies were received from Sir A. Roberts jand Crs Mitchell and Carver. The Prime Minister wrote acknowledging a copy of the letter from the Eastern Hutt School Committee regarding Daylight Saving and stating that the contents thereof had been duly noted for consideration. —Received. The Wellington Hospital Board wrote inviting the Council to arrange for representatives to visit the Hospital and also to be present at a meeting of the Board in order that members of the j contributing bodies fully realise the activities of the Hospital Board, and be more closely in touch with the Board's administration. The Mayor asked if any of the councillors wished to attend.As the councillors did not signify their willingness it was decided on the motion of the Mayor to leave the matter with the Council's representatives on the Board. The Department of Lands- and Survey wrote forwarding a tracing showing the proposed deviation of the Day's Bay road, and stating that as Lot 2 D.P. 985 shown thereon is vested in this Council it will be necessary to obtain its consent to taking paTt of the area, and asking that the necessary consent be endorsed on the plan. Cr. Hobbs objected to the granting of the consent. It would mean that the Lands and Survey would get a grant of land from the Council worth £5000 and £3000 from the Public Works Departmet for roading. The roading would cost £8000 so that the Lands Department paid nothing. The Mayor stated that the road would give access to 7 acres of land belonging to the Council. If the road was not made then the land would be landlocked. On the Mayor's motion the consent was agreed to, Cr. Hobbs voting against. The Lower Hutt Free Kindergarten Association was granted permission to erect produce stall on Friday, October 9, no collecting boxes to be used.

The Public Works Department wrote stating that the new streets in the Hutt Valley Settlement should now be handed over to this Council. The letter points out that the streets were legalised under Sec. 101 (a) of "The Public Works Act," and therefore are strictly roads vested in His Majesty, but it is proposed to vest them in this Council under Section 103.(4) of "The Public Works Act," and the Department requires to be advised as to whether the Council has' any objection to the issue of an Order in Council vesting these streets under the Council's control.

The Borough Engineer reported in connection with the above letter that some of the streets in the list submitted are not fully completed but can be taken over providing such, act does not debar us from completely, finishing their actual construction at the Government's expense as previously arranged. It was decided to take over »the streets as requested.

The "Librarian reported for the month of August as follows: —Books taken out 1765, new books added nil, new subscribers 9 adults, 8 juveniles, total number of subscribers, adults 309 juveniles 68. . -,» The Borough Banger reported that during the month 13 head of stock had been impounded. ENGINEER'S REPORT The Engineer (Mr Bush) reported as follows:- — Roadwork —The following streets have been scarified, graded and rolled,i Nikau and "Wainui avenues, Hume and Penrose streets, Knight's and Te Mome roads, Ludlam Crescent and Donnelly's corner. The following streets have been graded with loose metal, Pilmuir, Copeland, Heke, Downer and Brunswick streets. Grass berns have been cut on Fitzherbert,. Tama, Alice, Mudie, Princes, East and "West streets. Defective portions of the sealing on bitumen sealed streets have been repaired with mixed asphalt and resealed with bitumen emulsion. Repairs to sewer cuts and potholes in many streets are being carried out.

As a result of the southerly storms during the month a number' of slips occurred -on Western Hutt, Onehuka, Prices and Normandale roads. Those on One.huka and Prices roads took

place on corners recently cut back for widening purposes, but the others particularly two large slips which occurred on Normandale road on the 24th and 31st ultimo, and which completely blocked the road, were entirely new slips occuring where the hillside had not been interfered with for many years.

Footpaths.—The paths on the following streets have been tarred —first coat —Mandel, David and Milliar streets. Cudby, Wilford and Riddiford streets —footpaths cleared and dressed with small metal.

Pumping Station. —Gallons of water pumped during the month ended September 3rd 15,708,000. With th<s exception of a few blown fuses the ,whole of the plant has worked .excellently.

Tirohanga Water Supply.—A somewhat mysterious failure in connection with the electrical gear at this station caused considerable trouble on the Bth ultimo, but prompt action was taken and no Teal inconvenience was caused to the consumers.

New Hutt Bridge;—An average of ten men have been employed during the month and steady progress has been made although the broken weather has work on three occassions\ The western abutment site has been excavated and the reinforced concrete wings and face erected up to deck level. Span No. 2 was concreted during the month and Span No. 1 will be placed during the first week of the present month thus completing all the major concrete work. The parapet panels and coping have been c&mpleted on Building Report. —84 inspections of

spans 5,6, 7, and 8. works in progress have been made and 13 house drainage systems have been tested and passed. Building permits have been issued as follows: (which includes the new Catholic schools and constitutes a record for the Borough). Dwellings in wood (21) £23,557; dwellings in brick or concrete (4) £5,245; shops (1) £700; garages (9) £317; sheds and outbuildings (13) £446; other buildings (2) £9,500. total (50) £39,785. Fees collected for above permits £108. Permits issued for » corresponding month previous year (38) £32,495. Traffic Control. —Daily patrol has been carried out and one evening has been devoted to night patrol. 22 prosecutions were heard in the Magistrate's Court.and convictions obtained in each case. Health.—l 2 cases of infectious disease have been reported and dealt with as follows: —Diphtheria 2; seailet t fever 3. T.B. 1, pneumonic influenza i 2, lobar pneumonia 3, puerperal septiceamia 1. MISCELLANEOUS. Hedges and Fences. —Notices to cut back given in 4 cases, all o.f which were complied with. Dangerous Goods. —28 premises were inspected and found satisfactory. Notice to provide proper storage was given in one case. •Hawkers. —19 hawkers >have been interviewed with respect to licenses and 13 of these have applied and paid the necessary fees. The remainder will be reported upon when their time limit expires. Conveniences at New Bridge.—lnside tiling practically completed; plumbing work in hand, completion during the month is anticipated. Plans prepared for various dedications. Sewerage extension investigated and reported upon. Creek Cleaning.—G-racefield drain completed. Te Mome Creek in hand. Stormwater. —An extra 12 inch pipe has been laid across Kiwi street to relieve the flood at that point during stormy weather. A 9-inch drain in Marsden street has been repaired. Private Subdivisions—Work on private subdivisions has been held up considerably during the wet weather. Continued progress is being made with the gorse clearing south of Park road. The clearing and stumping along route of new deviation road to Day's Bay has been completed. Extensive investigation is being carried out in connection with the older portions of the sewerage system with a view to effecting a number of improvements. The information now being collected will j be recorded, and prove of great assistance in the compilation of the town j Ek£J •■ . ..... ... . ... ."'

PICTURES. SATURDAY. "CIRCUS ROOKIES" If you've ever carried water for the elephants or cleaned your father's boots to win your way under the "big tent }I\— or if your memory of glamourour circus days is simply that of a delighted spectator —then come prepared to enjoy the greatest aggregation of long, loud, lingering laughs—<fct the expense of the funniest clowns on the screen —Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.. , .

'' Circus Rookies'' is the title of this hilarious comedy team's latest IMJetro-Goldwyn-Mayer co-starring vehicle which comes to the King George Theatre on Saturday. With Dane in the role of a gorilla trainer and Arthur appearing as a perky cub rsporter, the heroes of "Rookies" and "Baby Mine" are a positive circus in themselves.

From opening scene to final fadeout the picture moves with lightning speed and comic adventures and thrills crowd each other to a breathless climax. ■'-' Circus Rookies" was directed by Edward Sedgwick who was responsible for "Slide Kelly Slide" and many other successful motion pictures. With his unusual deft skill he has managed to combine a little romance and many amazing and comical happenings with excellent results. Louise Lorraine plays the leading feminine role and appears as a charming little trapeze artiste while Sydney Jarvis and Fred Humes arc included in the supporting cast. Also Showing I«HEENEY-TUNNEY FIGHT One of the most outstanding features of the Heney-Tunney Fight as shown on the picture to be screened on Saturday is the Temarkable gameness shown by New Zealand's' popular idol, Tom Heeney. Tunney's brilliance and lightning punches had no effect on the indomitable Tom. At times Tunney looked rather bewildered as Heeney, in spite of all that Tunney could, kept boring in after his man without let-up. Although Heeiiey was defeated, he was by no means disgraced and according to the sporting writers of the United States, put up one of the greatest battles ever seen in the hempen square. All those who have seen the picture aro unanimously of the opinion that it is one of the best fi.^ht films that had evor been seen in this country and is chock' full of entertainment throughout the whole of the four Teels. WEDNESDAY ONLY "LOST AT THE FRONT" A comedy is always one of the most difficult pictures to review adequately, because of necessity- most of the dramatic niles are put aside. The laugh is the thing and everything works toward that end. "Lost at the Front" coming to the King George Theatre with Goorgo Sidney and Charlie Murray costarred, intrigued the present interviewer because ■of its novelty. Such things- as the radio invention that was supposed to aid Germany to win the war the efforts of a New York cop to get it away from his friend, Krause the saloon keeper; their adventures in Russia with the women's Battalion of. Death; their experiences in the trenches and their efforts to escape^ dressed as peasant women, form a series of excruciatingly funny episodes. Sidney and Murray a"re twin kings of mirtlf. They have the knack of gaining laughs by all methods —jfrom slapstick to pure characterisation. Del Lord directed the picture; he has been an ace director with Mack Sennett. The good work of pretty Natalie Kingston in the feminine role as a Russian sculptor must not be forgotten. She is one of the Baby Stars for 1927 chosen by the Wampus, famous Hollywood organisation of movie writers.

•" SHOOTIN' IKONS " Jack Luden, new Western star thinks he should have a service stripe for his work in "Shootin' Irons," the Paramount picture also showing on "Wednesday. The company went on location at Lone Pine, Calif., to make exteriors and found themselves in the heart of a war zone,I—a1 —a war between the city of Los Angeles and the ranchers of Owens Valley over water rights. Tho first night onjocation a dynamite blast scattered 25 feet of the aqueduct and a concrete mixer and a barge all over the mountains. A few hours later another blast shook Luden out of bed. Machine jrnns and pistols of the city's armed guards popped all night long, bullets whined over the hills, and giant searchlights mounted on peaks, constantly swept the aqueduct.

The east in "Shootin* Irons" includes Fred Kohler, Sally Blanc, Loyal Underwood, Carljrle Richard^ Guy Oliver anc! Scott MeGec.,,: ...... ~ :