PENINSULA COUNTY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22391, 12 October 1934, Page 13

PENINSULA COUNTY

COUNCIL’S MONTHLY MEETING * The monthly meeting of the Peninsula County Council was held yesterday at Portobello. The chairman (Cr H, Macandrew) presided, and there were also present Crs Cross, Stewart, Irvine, Edmonds, Nyhon, Hellyer, Brunton and Robertson. Messrs Hammond and M’Arthur, Ltd., : Wellington, forwarded a cheque for £lB ' out of the proceeds of a recent art union, which had been directed by the Minister of Internal Affairs to be used for the relief - ; of distress at Portobello. — Received. I Sir Charles Stathani, M.P., and Mr A. E. Ansell, M.P., wrote acknowledging receipt of letters from the council concerning the cost of administering the unemployment fund, and intimates that they would take steps to place the matter before the Acting, Minister.—Received.

A letter was received from the Rev. Leslie B. Neale, who stated that the Central Mission Board of Trustes, in conjunction with the Social Service Department of the Mission, had decided to erect a modern health camp building on the Company Bay site. The building ; would face the harbour, and would be of wood, concrete and brick. It would be under one roof and would cost about £ISOO. Considering that the committee had practically nothing, he wondered ; if the council would grant a building : permit without charge.—lt was pointed | out that the charge for the permit would be, £3 10s.—Cr Hellyer moved that the request be granted, but Cr Nyhon moved as an amendment that it should be declined on the grounds that all such applications should be treated alike. They would be creating a precedent if they granted the request.—The amendment was carried.

Mr W. Brockman, secretary of the North-East Harbour Ratepayers’ .Association,wrote drawing attention to the nomenclature of streets in the district. For instance, he said, there were two Princes streets, and his committee suggested that street names be reviewed and altered where necessary.—Gr Hcllyer said, regarding the two Princes streets, that one was in Macandrews and the other in Wharfdale township. Nevertheless, they were within a stone’s throw of each other.—lt was decided, before taking any steps to have street names altered, to ask the Ratepayers’ Association to suggest an alternative name for one of the - Princes streets. A letter was received from the District Public Trustee concerning the question of access to the estate of the late Mr J. G. Dick. The writer wished to know whether the council was prepared to open up access to the property from the, Wickliffe Bay side.—lt was decided to reply that when the road was required the council would ho prepared to put in order the six or eight chains of the present road from Wickliffe Bay. Mr A. G. Lewis, Portobello, wrote requesting that the hill, portion of the road leading to his property should be metalled.—Referred to the engineer. ‘ A letter was i-eceived from the Qtago Education Board stating that the board was opening a school at the Papanui Farm settlement. Settlers had pointed out- that paddocks were not fenced off from the road, and .the children going to arid from school would have, to pass through herds of cattle. Children from the lighthouse would have to walk nearly a mile where’ there was no fence on either side of the road. It was hoped that the council would; take steps to have cattle kept off the roadside.—A petition, on the .same matter, urging the council to have the Cape Saunders road fenced from the Lighthouse Reserve to the Maori boundary, was received from Mr .David Smith and-nine other settlers of the district.—lt was decided to reply that it ivas iiot the council’s duty to fferice the road.

Mr D, Nyhon,: Sandymount, wrote requesting that lupins should be cut hack on the road leading to his property.— Referred to the engineer for attention. ’ ENGINEER’S REPORT. f The engineer (Mr S. G. Paterson) submitted the following report on the work done in : the various ridings during the month:— ’ Otago Heads Riding.—The work of widening and straightening . the lower portion of the Pipikariti road has been continued. Maintenance metal has been spread on the Main road. Portobello Riding.—Patching of potholes on the Papanui . Inlet road is in hand. Culverts have been extended at the . junction of the Portobello-Capo Saunders road with the, Riddell’sHooper’s. Inlet road, and the building up of the corner is in progress. Highcliff Riding.—The scarifying and reforming of the surface of the Main road has been continued. Several small slips have been cleared, and water table cleaning has been done.

’ Tomahawk Riding.—The metal quarried at the Tomahawk quarry is nowbeing carted to repair Smaill’s road, Water tables have been cleaned and the flanks graded off to provide a fall into the water tables.

North-East Harbour Riding.—Maintenance work on the streets of Waverley township has been continued. One corner of Mariofi street, Collinswood, has been eased. The creek at the junction of Marion street arid the Beach road has been piped for a short distance, and the flank of the road cleaned up. General maintenance work has been done on Marine Parade. The tree-planting being done on the Beach road as a relief work has been completed. Broad Bay Riding.—Water tables have been cleaned on MTaggart’s road. Repairs are in hand to the culvert at the junction of this road with the Beach road. Maintenance work has been done bn the streets of Helensburgh township. The report was adopted.