BRIGHTON DOMAIN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20960, 25 February 1930, Page 15

BRIGHTON DOMAIN.

PROBLEM OF MAINTENANCE. PROPOSAL BY THE BOARD. , . P,® Domain baa .been “nohodv for moro years than the Th d „ vr hlCh T tr x ls !t likeß to remember. ffi he s e ” nt, ?, the b . oaiid has at ita disposal is apparently quite ' Inadequate for reqmrementS’ and strenuous effoics have from ma f % 0f to Becure assistance from outside authorities. About a year Minister of Lands (Mr g/w Forbes) was asked if his department aDyt^ing ■** mat ter, and a pomise was given that the request would b. »nateed. Tb. fc partm ent inmtigated file position, and subsequently wrote to the Brighton* Domain Board suggesting that it should convene a conference of neighbouring local bodies with a I 1 ®!! Persuading them-to make some 2ain Utl ° n toWards PPheep of the ww! 1S m W< m d o? 6 yeaterda y afternoon, when Mr M- Stevenson presided over a meeting of representatives of the Citv Councfi, the St. Hilda Borough Council, r ISla T d Poroneh Council, the Mosgiel Borough Council, the Taieri County Council and the Brighton Domain Board. The chairman explained that the conference had been convened for m^ted r C« onsideri °g a schedule sub/ H - y . th f f on ? am of - amounts which bodW, ;° tended ta ask the various local ant of rt? ntnbute toWard the maintenance or the reserve. (M? e T S Ap ta i y °l D ° main Board , AUan ) submitted a Mist of the estimated requirements for a period of one year, which involved the expenffitut 0Lf305, against which there was an esth mated revenue of £25 for the year. The chairman then advised that for the penodTrom December 25 to January 5a tally had been kept by the board of all persons 1 entering and using tinh^ a,D f a x eing k^ pt u P° n distucts from which visitors came. , As a tTat nnM, thl l tally lf had b «n found that on the basis of the percentage of S! USIDS tbe domain various local bodies were liable for the blowing amounts City Council, £l6l Js; St. Hilda Borough Council, £29 17s no 1 r w n . 3nd Br>ro «gh Council, £2B 7s 3d; Mosgiel Borough Council, £33 12sTaien County Council, £26 14s 9d It was proposed to ask the different authorities to contribute in these proportions, and he would like the delegates to express their views on the subject. Cr Clark, representing the City Coun- * u *k o council was'opposed to the idea as a matter of principle, and would not agree to any proposal which involved. the payment of any contribution by the city. The Mayors of St. Hilda and Green Island supported Cr Clark in this view, while the remainder of the delegates intimated that they were in attendance merely to hear what was said and report to their respective bodies later on. The chairman then moved the following resolution That the allocations as submitted be for one year only, and that all delegates present should submit them to whatever body they represented, and that each body should communicate its decision to the Domain Board. Mr Stevenson then called for a show of hands,, and it was found that the resolution was carried by one vote.