BOROUGH WORKS

Opunake Times, 26 October 1948, Page 1

BOROUGH WORKS

OUTSIDE STAFF REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER The following reports wece submitted at Tuesday's Boio-ilJi Council' meeting : Inspectors Report (Mr. S. C. Orams) Drainage and Plumbing: Set out 1; Approved 9, including 5 State Houses. Samples: Milk 2, AVater 2, from proposed Borough Supply. Housing: 2. Refuse and Nightsoil Disposal: 2. Eoodshops: 7, all reasonably satisfactory. The experiment in composting the town nightsoil appears to be a step in the right direction, and when inspected seemed quite a reasonable method of disposal. The disposal of refuse over the cliff provides an excellent breeding ground for rats whicli were present, in large numbers. The size of your borough precludes any extensive or expensive system of rat prevention, but I 'feel that some measures should be taken by poisoning, or similar control, to restrict this nuisance.— (Po[isonir(g already attended to.) Foreman's Report (Mr. J." De Castro)

Water Tables and Footpaths cleaned. Gisborne Terrace, _ 6 cliains water table and 8 chains footpath; Domett Street, _ 4 chains water table and G chains footpath; and the shoulders of the bitumen banked; Ihaia Rd., 13 chains of footpath cleaned; Tennyson Street, 6 cliains water table; and Aytoun Street, 4 chains.

Eoads Graded: Whitcombe Road, Allison Street, Gisborne Terrace, Tennyson Street, Dorset Street, King Street, Domett Street, ■ Fox Street, Aytoun Street, Heaphy Road, Longfellow Road, and 60 yards spoil and loose stones picked up and carted away. The Guard Rail at the creek in Fox Street has been repaired. 20 yards shino'le carted from »ne Waiaua River to the Depot. The rubbish collected and water channels cleaned. Pipes made, 16; Pipes sold, ■!. Caretaker's Report (Mr. C. E. Warner) I have put in days trimming hack the trees at the back of the Domain and will burn the blanches as soon as they ate dry. The dead trees have been taken out. Sexton's Report (Mr. C. E. Warner) I have put in three days cleaning up and have had three burials. TREASURER'S REPORT MONTH OF SEPTEMBER The Borough Treasurer, Mr. H. E. Collins submitted the following statement of receipts and his report for September is \a follows: Current Receipts: £179-3-10; Rate Arrears: . £3-1-6; Rents: £B3-1-7; Petrol Tax Refund: £4-0-10: Driver's Fees: £2-0-0; Heavy Traffic Fees: £221-11-9; Sundry Licenses: £4B-16-8; Library:, £ls-11-6; Town Hall: £ll-18-0; Cemetery: £5-12-6; Stock Sales: £3O-1-6; Heavy Traffic Plates: 2/6; Sundries: 10/-; Rate Subsidy: £lB7-10-0; Total: £793-0-11. Library During- the month 5 new members have joined, and 20 new books were added to the library. Building Permits Five permits were issued for a total of £3,037. This amount includes two houses valued ?t £2,700.