BOROUGH MATTERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14050, 21 July 1916, Page 3

BOROUGH MATTERS.

— : »•' . "' """'. - ' .'"'/."' The various localities -in the BonmurK' m connection with wluch complamts' about drainage dame before the Borough Council .last Tuesday, were, visited 'by the Mayor and Borough Engineer yesterday The outcome of the inspection /will be the subject of a report bY the Engineer to the next Boixmgh C&uw cv meeting .■ . . ./ , .y The Reserves Committee met >ye»ter" day in' reference to the request; thafcrihe Childers road reserve be put in ordei* •** S.° C^ y Pfcy™*-' Th » Commifcs& visited the ground at an apportunetihie when some girls', matches were ,!# "progress. They saw the disagreeable conditions under which they competitions . wew» conducted. Subsequently instrucV tions vferp given for improvements to «b 6 made. : The Mayor hopes to be able- to borrowyahorise mower to -cut the i<H#ss\ and the Vater is to be drained off. A fence will be> erected to keep, the di^u'dii horses off the playing', groundV. \ -/— The Tramways Committee also met yesterdays and considered the tion of three of the tramway.? employees for an increase m wages from -ls^d to Is 4d. an hour. It was decided 'tti Arecommend ,an increase, and a repdrt-ivill be submitted to the next meeting* 'of 'jtn'e Council/ ' '■'■'• ."'"'•... -y'-' • .'•-. An inspection was made of/a/Jo<&fi£y m Bright street m connection, With a complaint about stagnant water. linwas found the 'water was on priyateVfh'operty,. and the owner is to/be called '<jn to abate l' the nuisance/ r '\ •'-"'•'■