BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21993, 30 June 1933, Page 10

BALCLUTHA DISTRICT NEWS.

(From Cub Own Correspondent.) BALCLUTHA, June 29. BOROUGH COUNCIL. The monthly meeting last night was attended by the Mayor (Mr D. T. Fleming) . and Crs. Hunter, Bower, Wright, M'Neil, Stevenson," Stewart, M'Cormack,,. Gormack,, and Copland. ‘ The -finance report showed that the district - fund account had; a • debit balance to date of £223 12s 10d., The report was adopted : and accounts amounting to ,£292 19a 4d passed for payment. '•/■ ; Cr Copland reported on behalf of the; Reserves Committee that 10,000 trees were on order: from the Forestry Department for- planting in; the -borough reserve at North. Balclutha; also that the: river bank had been cleared of gorge and." broom to the' boundary with Christie’s property. .J ■. The secretary of the , Sporty Ground: Committee wrote complaining of unauthorised persons using the-buildings for. sleeping in at night,- and requesting cp.uncil to close the place as a camping ground. —Several councillors said that the ground had been declared a camping area for motorists, and it would be a pity to close it. —It was’ decided that the two men now camping there be asked to go, and informed that the was" reserved for motorists passing through, and, was not intended to be used as a per-; manent" camp. ■ " : : The Rev." Adam Begg (Timaru) wrote, asking if the .council would undertake do; keep tidy for all time two burial plots; in Balclutha Cemetery, in consideration: Of a cash payment Of £3o.—Reserves committee to report. F. W. Bruce, secretary of the Balclutha Cow Owners’ Association, wrote offering the council £27 per annum for that portion of the reserve known as the North Reserve ahd the 10-acre paddock recently fenced off on-the south' side of the railway, line, the association to allow the grazing of two horses for the sanitary contractor, and also the existing rights: 6f\ the Trotting. Club,, the,:council to clear the land of noxious weeds before handing over to the association, ’ and: to make an adjustment of the. grazing fees already paid, to the council as from the; date ,o£ possession—Cr , Copland (chairman of the. Reserves Committee), said the letter, embodied ah agreement arrived at between the committee and the association. Only one condition, had- been omitted- from it, and that was, that not more than 50 cows be grazed over the whole area, except with: the consent of . the council, and that the association would accept any, cows offering at a regular fee of £2 per annum. Relief workers would he used to' clear the weeds. —It wasdecided to approve and ratify the agreement, on the motion of Crs Wright and Gormaok. • The following committees were ap--pointed:— , ■ . 1 • * Rest, House , Committee.—Mesdames Fleming, Clark, White, and, Lothian. Library Committee: Messrs Lyall, F. Waite, Alley, Russell, Gormack, H. Bower, Jolly, and Mrs Fleming. Baths Committee: ,Messrs James Guest,. Lothian, F. Anderson,. A. Baxter, Mrs Poynter, .and the Finance Committee of the council. It .was decided that in future, the coun-cil-.raeet informally half an hour before the regular hour, so’ that members might in that way get acquainted with the business'to come before the meeting; Cr Wright gave notice of motion for next meeting that the lease of the 87-acre reserve at North Balclutha he sold" at public auction. Cr M'Neil reported that unauthorised nersons had been removing stone from the quarry at Balclutha North. —The matter was referred to the Works Committee for a report. It was agreed that the borough should give local relief workers one day’s work in the July “stand-down” week. ODDFELLOWS’ BALL. Loyal Dalton Lodge held a successful ball last night, the function being attended by over 200 couples. The decora- , tions were a feature on which neither time nor money had been spared.