MOSGIEL BOROUGH COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22052, 7 September 1933, Page 11

MOSGIEL BOROUGH COUNCIL

MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of the Mosgiel Borough Council was held last evening. The Mayor (Mr A. F. Quelch) presided, amd Crs W. P. Hartstonge, G. Smith, R. Smeaton, J. F. Frew, A. Stevens, and E. J. Wilson were present. CORRESPONDENCE. The Postmaster-general wrote stating that the request for a new post office building or improvements to the present one was declined, as only _ a limited amount of money was available each year for carrying out such work, and it was necessary that each case should be dealt with' strictly in order of urgency. There was no urgency in the case of Mosgiel as compared with the needs of other places for improved post office accommodation.—Received. REPORTS. The Finance Committee reported that the committee had considered and received a report by the town clerk giving details of receipts totalling £445 17s lid and expenditure totalling £644- 18s 8d for the period Ju’.v 25 to September 4, 1933. The committee had had before it a number of cases of outstanding rates, water and other accounts, together with matters in dispute which it was proposed to submit to*arbitration, and the necessary instructions had been given as to how these matters were to be dealt with. Accounts for payment totalling £473 8s 5d had been examined, by the committee; and were now recommended for payment.—The report was adopted. The Works Committee' reported that the receiving and settling tanks had been desludged and cleaned out, this work having been done during a fresh in the stream. The foot valve of pump, being defective, had been repaired. All channels had been cleaned and outlets kept clear. Dead ends of water mains had been run of! twice during the month. One service had been laid to a property in the borough, and one extraordinary service put in outside of the borough. One defective service had been repaired. All water meters had been read. Storm water drain in Burns street haa been lifted and re-laid to conform with level of ditch. The boundary ditch had been graded up from end to end, and now gave better drainage facilities from Mure street. Two sewer connections had been laid to properties in Bush road and Forfar street. Hedges round the Recreation Ground had been trimmed. Trees had been planted in the Recreation Ground, and Green, Wycliffe, and Burns streets. Soil had been sieved and was now ready for top-dressing the playing area in the Recreation Ground. Three hundred and ninety-eight yards of gravel had been spread on the streets, A depression in Gordon road had been made up with asphalt. One foot crossing had been laid in Queen street and portion of path in this street gravelled. Men under No. 5 scheme had been employed on the pipe line, gravelling streets, siew ing soil, cutting hedges, and grubbing roadsides. Water patrol had been carried out during wet weather. The lifting, scraping, and re-laying of the pipe line was proceeding. It had been decided to eliminate a number of curves and high points on the existing line, which would necessitate a deviation from the present route, and the necessary arrangements had been made with the property owner concerned. —The report was adopted. . The General Committee reported that an application for a reduction on the rental charged for the use of the Coronation Hall for a concert, had been ..considered by the committee, and declined. Following on the decision of the council that a fireman should be present at all functions in the Coronation Hall, a scale of fees had been drawn up by the Fire Brigade. It had been decided that these t attendance fees must be paid to the town clerk upon the granting of the hall license. .' The report was adopted. The Reserves Committee reported that it had been decided that repairs should be effected to the fence in front of the park in Gordon road, and .also that an estimate be p»epared of the cost ot tarsealing the paths across the park, in moving the adoption of the report. Or Stevens detailed the steps contemplated to improve the playing area in the Recreation Ground. Three-quarters of an men top-dressing would be done in the centre. The granting of more than one pitch on the paying area to the Cricket Club was not favoured. Practice pitches could he found on other portions of the ground. The one playing pitch on the centre could bo returfed at the end of the season, but if several playing pitches were available then the cost of returfing would he considerable. Returfing would he necessary ns the ground would be required for football when the season again came round. The report was adopted.