MOSGIEL BOROUGH COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25454, 8 February 1944, Page 4

MOSGIEL BOROUGH COUNCIL

The monthly meeting of the Mosglel Borough Council held last evening was attended by the Mayor (Mr W. P. Hartstonge), and Crs H. C. Connor, T. Gibson, J. F. McCartney and J. S. Blackie.

A letter was received from the Prime Minister’s Office, acknowledging the council’s letter stating that it had had before it at a recent meeting a letter from the provincial secretary of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Auckland, regarding the prospect of a decline, in farm production In New Zealand. It was noted, the letter said, that the council had decided to support the Farmers’ Union in its efforts to increase production.—The communication was received and the council expressed dissatisfaction with the reply. Members emphasised the seriousness of the position and expressed the hope that the Government would give due consideration to the representations made. The district traffic' manager, New Zealand Railways, wrote in answer to a request from the council for an improvement in the present train service. It was regretted, the letter stated, that the suggestion could not be agreed to. The present restricted time table was a temporary measure, and any Inconvenience caused would, it was hoped, be of short duration.—Noted. >

Mr F. R. Hall wrote intimating that E.P.S. wardens were prepared to offer their services to the council as honorary rangers.—lt was decided to thank Mr Hall for his offer and to state that it was hoped to hold a conference at an early date, when the duties of honorary rangers would be explained.—The value of honorary rangers was instanced by the Mayor, who mentioned that during the past few days a large stone had been placed in the pipe at the water supply intake and the inflow of water had been considerably impeded. He added that the grating had been raised to get the stone into the position in which it had been found.

A notification was received that the Municipal Conference arranged for Napier on February 23 had been postponed till March 15. The chairman of the Works Committee stated that the committee had had before it a complaint from residents of Forfar street regarding the shortage of water there, and the foreman had been instructed to do what he could to improve the supply. Some years ago the council had instructed its engineer to prepare a comprehensive report on the water reticulation of the borough, as it was proposed to ask the ratepayers to approve a scheme which would have ensured a satisfactory water supply to all parts of the borough for many years to come, but this had had to be postponed indefinitely on account of the intervention of the war. The council had received a satisfactory report from the Government analyst on samples of the water taken from all sources of supply a week or two ago.—Adopted. The clerk reported that since the last meeting of the council five building permits had been issued, the value of the work involved being estimated at £3130 The foreman was instructed to have willows growing on the council’s property on the bank of the Silverstream, trimmed back.