HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 9 October 1913, Page 6

HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING.

The monthly meeting- of the Hawera Borough Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present : Crs H. K. Whittington" (in the chair), A. Reid, H. Morris, C. Jones, L. A. Bone, F. Stevens, D. J. Goodwin, and E. Morrissey. CORRESPONDENCE. . The Valuation Department advised that the valuation roll for the borough had been posted on Friday last. Pressure of work precluded the earlier completion of the roll. Mr J. S. Murray wrote offering to keep the borough map up-to-date free of charge, provided the Council could see its .way. to pay tor the search and ' information to do the work,: aria to allow him to retain such information. All information of his own sub-divisious "free of cost. ■ ...... Cr Morrissey moved that Mr . Murray l>e thanked and that he-offer be accepted. ■: This was seconded by Cr Stevens and carried. .Correspondence was read from Mr- G. V. Tearcej M.P., with reference to the application of the Council to lease a portion of the'Rangatapu Reserve at the mouth of- the Waingongoro river in order that it may be available to the public as a seaside resort. Mr Pearce said that, the land was vested in the Public Trustee under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act, and the Public Trustee had no power to lease. He (Mr Pearce) was informed by, Dr Pomare that in the Native Land Bill to be introduced this session the conditions of the reserves would bo altered, and he (Air Pearce) would advise the Council to allow the matter to rest until it was seen what legislation was passed. CEMETERY COMMITTEE. The Cemetery Committee recommended that a caretaker be appointed at a salary of £2 5s per week, he .to reside on the reserve, and his whole time to be put in at the cemetery; position to be first offered to present caretaker; that ake ake hedge be planted outside present picket fence from iron gates to north-western boundary of cemetery. The report was adopted. GENERAL COMMITTEE. The General Committee recommended : That G-?o. Syme and Co.'s offer of £15 be accepted for fittings for clerk's and engineer's offices; that an offer from Mr Barraclough re running sheep on sports grounds at the park be referred to the Reserves Committee and Mr Goodson, with power to act; that the request of Foxton Borough Council asking for legislation to be passed to enable municipalities to run picture shows be acceded to; that tenders be invited for lease of tea kiosk at the Park, and that the Reserves Committee be empowered to deal with same; that the application of the Hawera Beautifying Society for permission to hold a garden fete in Fehruary next, and to charge for admission, be granted: that the post office be allowed to use fire ho^e at post office for practice purposes once »r. every three_ months, subject to arrangement with Superintendent of fire brigade. The recommendations were adopted. "WORKS COMMITTEE. The Works Committee recommended : That a slwd for engine and drying metal be erected (estimated cost £110); that house at present on hire be purchased at £33 10s; that Mrs L. Joll'a application for extraordinary water and drainage be granted on usual terms. \Fhe recommendations were agreed to. THE ABATTOIR.Mv G. H. Barker, inspector and manager of the abattoir, reported stock slaughtered duringthe month as follows:—Cows 34, bullocks 44, heifers 6, calves 6, sheep. 315, lambs 5, pigs 40. The receipts ■ for the month amounted to £95 9s 6d, a decrease of £6 16s 9d. ENGINEER'S REPORT. The borough engineer reported that he was proceeding with the asphalting of High street footpaths, on south side, doing the work on Wednesday afternoons to suit the convenience of shopkeepers. He was also putting screenings on Union street so as to get tarviated surface ready for top-dressing. The grading of High street east was now nearly completed, which would give a much better access to the rubbish tip. During spare time of metal carts he was utilising them to fill up a gully to form part of widening Gladstone street. 'The metal from B^lmont quarry was coming to hand freely. INSPECTOR'S REPORT. The Inspector (Mr Pettett) reported that the sanitary condition of the borough was very satisfactory. Durintr the month there had been two blockages of service drains connecting to the main sewer. These were cleared immediately and at the present time he thought the service drains were all clear. He drew the attention of the Council to the large number of cases where houses were connected to the same service drain. This was a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. In one case where there was trouble with blockages he had served a notice on the owner to provide a separate drain to each house. This work had been carried out, and in future there should be no trouble in locating the occupier who was to blame. Ha al^o drew attention to the sewer main at the Glover road end of Princes street. This main, in his opinion, had not a sufficient fall, and during the month had become blocked. It had1 been cleared, but trouble would again be experienced unless precautions were taken to flush out frequently. He still found taps where water was being wasted, and he would have to take proceedings against some people, so that it would act as a warning to others that water must not be allowed to go to waste He was gradually getting the hedges trimmed back, there being only a few places where the work hafl not, boon done. Those portions of the < report dealing with the drains' were referred to the Works Committee. Tha Council rose at 9.50 o'clock. ■ •