WYNDHAM

Southland Times, Issue 24650, 23 January 1942, Page 3

WYNDHAM

TOWN BOARD MEETING At the monthly meeting of the Wyndham Town Board Cr. A. A. Wilson presided in the -absence of the chairman, Cr. L. Harper. The engineer, Southland County Council, advised that arrangements had been made to treat the cleaning and repair of Stewart’s ditch as a highways maintenance job, the work being necessary for the protection of the highways in the district. Instructions had been issued to the county surfaceman to work in conjunction with the Town Board surfaceman and have the work carried out, and he would be pleased if the board would give the necessary instructions to its employee. The usual notice about the declaration of the half-holiday in the town was received and it was left to the Government authorities to declare the same day as at present, Saturday. The Department of Internal Affairs advised that it had been decided to extend the period for registering dogs to March 1, 1942. Should the department be advised that local authorities still found it impossible to obtain their requirements, then consideration would Jje given to authorizing an alternative method of registration. The Commissioner of Transport advised that in order to meet the road transport needs of the community it had been decided to permit increased loading during January and February on all classified roads. Mr F. J. Dunbar, secretary of the Wyndham branch of the E.P.S., applied to the board to supply three loads of sand for use by householders in the case of emergency. The request was . granted. When the lease of the gravel reserve near the Menzies Ferry bridge, held by A. and L. Cameron, came up for discussion, Cr Wilson asked that the matter be dealt with in committee as the previous discussions had been. Cr Heydon said he did not see the necessity of going into committee unless there was some good reason to do so. On the motion of Crs McNaughton and McFadyen it was decided to take the discussion in committee. It was later announced that it had been decided to approve of the Finance Committee’s action in accepting the terms of the surrender of the lease and to offer the section by tender for a term of 12J years. After discussion on the most suit-

able site to erect a cycle stand it was decided that a point near the boot-, maker’s would be the most suitable. Referring to the distribution of the electric light poles in Florence street, Cr Heydon said this was another matter that was to have been attended to some time ago, but about which nothing had been done. The Works Committee was asked to inspect and report to the next meeting. The Womens’ War Service Auxiliary was granted the right to use the recreation ground on Saturday, February 14, for the purpose of holding a Field Day. , „ It was decided that the Works Committee confer with the day man with a view to having work at the domain attended to.

E.P.S. COMMITTEE A meeting of the various committees comprising the Wyndham E.P.S. organization was held’ at Wyndham. It was unanimously decided to adopt the modified scheme as outlined at the previous meeting. Mr Lance Harper presided and there was a large attendance. Mr Harper said the executive had | met and considered the scheme submitted by the evacuation committee, and it had been decided to endorse it. The idea of the scheme was to group the committees more together and thus avoid too bulky an organization, and also to set the town out into separate areas, each of which would be under the control«-of a warden. A difficult point had since arisen. Although he and the local Home Guard commander had agreed as to the disposal of men who had attested in the Home Guard but were now serving in the E.P.S., the authorities in Gore had refused to allow those men to remain in the E.P.S. This would probably mean that their committees would have to be reorganized as most of their conveners would be claimed for the Home Guard, and it looked as if the E.P.S. might have to rely on women to carry on. The wardens appointed were Messrs W. Nutsford, W. Strang, J. Scott, and E. J. Traynor, and they would require to meet at an early date to arrange their boundaries. The work of the wardens was important as they would require to be conversant with any sick persons in case of any emergency so that transport could be promptly arranged for them, and they would also have the responsibility of seeing that any regulations passed were enforced. The chairman said the ringing of bells in the town would still be the recognized danger alarm.