Kaitaia Beautifying Society.

Northland Age, Volume 6, Issue 27, 25 March 1937, Page 1

Kaitaia Beautifying Society.

Meeting of Committee The committee of the Kaitaia Beautifying Society held a meeting on Tuesday, the president, Mr. C. McKinnon, being in the chair. Votes of Thanks For the donation of £lO 10/- to the funds of the Society, the Kaitaia Town Board is to be thanked. The proprietors of the Princess theatre are also to be thanked for the offer of the theatre free of charge to the Society for the staging of a concert at a suitable date. For the donation of a seat for the Society’s reserve, the Napier Concrete Company is to be thanked The seat will be placed near the swing bridge in the reserve opposite the Council Chambers. Further Planting The president, Miss Wattridge and Messrs. L. Peace and Iv. Knight were appointed a committee to select the plants and shrubs required for planting this autumn. As the Society, with their large ordering, can obtain plants at a very substantial reduction off list prices, members, sc desiring, may order their requirements through the Society and receive the benefit of this reduction.

A committee consisting of Messrs. K. Kn ght and W. F. Beviy was appointed to arrange for the preparation of tne grc. nds for planting. Already

a section next to the billiard saloon has been prepared by Mr. J. T. B. Taaffe and Mr. Hill has granted permission to use the frontage of his section next to the post office. Messrs. D. Archibald and Sons are arranging to beautify the frontage of the yard alongside their store and it is probable that the section alongside the theatre will also be planted by Mr. V. Reed. With the idea of planting the trees ary', shrubs along the streets cf the town, a committee consisting of Rev. E. Blackwood Moore, Mr. H. McDonald and Mr. W. F. Berry was appointed to report on this work at the next meeting of the committee to be held in three weeks’ time. It is probable that the Highways Board will be planting trees, where possible, on highways, and the work of the Society in this direction will be such that it will fit in with the Board’s work. The Minister in Charge of Scenic Preservation, Hon. F. Langstone, wrote, in reply to the Society’s request that the Crown lands alongside the road at the Herekino gorge be gazetted as scenic reserves, stating that as such land was now forest reserve. there was no danger of the bush being cut and so its preservation was assured. Mr. L. Piace was appointed the Society’s delegate + o o conference on beautifying and tree plnnt'ng called oy the Government r.r.d to be held at Wellington cn April 2nd It is prorosed to lio.d a concert early in the winter and a dance at a later date ar earthquake dar.ee being proposer. The president, secretary, Rev. E. Blackwood MoO-e and Mr. H. A. T mbers were appointed to arrange for the concert. As the white butterfly is playing havoc among the flowers in the district, the secretary was instructed to see if oh.) Department of Agriculture could not supply parasites for liberation in the district. A suggestion was made by the presidenc that in commemoration of the centenary of New Zealand in 1940. that Centenary park in Kaitaia be properly laid out with flowerbeds and shiubs, space being left for a children’s playground. This was considered as a very fine sugestion for a county-wide effort and a suitable commemoration of the occasion, and effoits are to be made to interest the local authorities and the people of the district in the proposal.

Creating a Disturbance For being drunk and creating a disturbance in a public place, the Pukepoto road, on Sunday, three natives, Norton Job, Johnson Motu and Frank Hohepa apeared before Mr. W. H. Atkins J.P. at the Kaitaia Court on Monday. Each was fined £2 or in default 3 days’ imprisonment. A prohibition order was taken out by Morton Job.