HUNTLY TOWN BOARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 410, 19 July 1928, Page 2

HUNTLY TOWN BOARD

HEALTH INSPECTOR REPORTS An unfavourable report was submitted to the Huntly Town Board by Mr. T. i\ E. Thompson, inspector of health, in reference to the conveniences, drainage, etc., of a building tenanted by a Chinese fruiterer in the heart of the town. He reported that the rear portion of the back room was used as a storage and living room, and no drainage or sanitary fittings were installed. The two of the three billiard saloons in the town were adversely reported on. Another shopkeeper who had been warned previously was criticised on for keeping an unclean yard and allowing refuse to accumulate on the banks of the river.

The chairman, Mr. E. George, pointed out that though a dump was provided by the board for rubbish, full use was not being made of it, and the offenders will have to regard the Health Department’s recommendations. Mr. S. Farrar and Mr. H. V. Mildenhall were granted building permits, and Mr. C. Bestwill was appointed sexton for the Kimihia Cemetery. The Postal Department does not view a public call phone with favour at presentMessrs. Briscoe and Company’s tender for quarry gear was accepted and that of the Huntly Timber Company for material for a hopper.

HOWICK TOWN BOARD CONCRETE HIGHWAYS WANTED The tender of Mr. John White for repairing the wharf was accepted .at a meeting of the Howick Town Board. The wharf is to be made safe for pedestrian traffic only, as it is not intended that it should be used for shipping. A deputation consisting of Messrs. W. Cooper, late chairman, and Mr. W. Green, late secretary, of the Howick Domain Board, waited on the board and asked it to take over the control of the domain areas. Mr. W. Cooper, who had filled the position of chairman for the past 21 years, outlined the activities of the late board during that time, and reported their inability to get nominations to form a new board. It was decided that application be made for the Town Board to act as the Domain Board. The clerk reported that the recent decision of the board to grant per cent, rebate on rates for prompt payment had met with a good response, and payments were coming in well. Negotiations are at present proceeding between the board and the Main Highways Board, regarding the class of permanent material to bo used on the main highways in the Town Board area. The Main Highways Board recommended bitumen and the Town Board is stressing the benefits of concrete.

HAMILTON NEWS Mr. J. J. Ryburn. who has retired from the position of Sunday School superintendent at Ngahinapouri, was presented with an engraved leather suitcase and a set of brushes at a meeting of friends, teachers and pupils on Tuesday. Shareholders of Hamilton. Theatres. Ltd., controlling the Theatre Royal and Strand and Frankton Theatres, met on Tuesday. The directors* report and balance sheet were adopted, and a dividend of 10 per cent, was declared. Mr. S. B. Sims was re-elected to the directorate.

KING COUNTRY NEWS In connection with the Taumarumii Chamber Commerce movement to investigate nie. formation of a power board in the Central King Country the Taumarunui and Kaitieke County Councils have decided to recommend against the provision of a fresh report on the matter, as they consider a report formerly prepared by Messrs. Hay, Vickerman and Lancaster contains all necessary data. The respective chairmen, Messrs. G. A. Stanton and T. R. Crocker, have been appointed county delegates to attend the coming conference.

At the last meeting of the Taumarunui Hospital Board a tetter was received from the Prisons* Department asking if the board would be prepared to accept less than 9s a day for prisoners treated at the hospital. It was resolved to reply that not less than 9s a day would be accepted. Mr. W. S. Currie, who has been a member of the board for many years, tendered his resignation owing to removal from the district. The resignation was accepted with regret, all members expressing appreciation of Mr. Currie’s interest in hospital board affairs. Mr. Currie is also chairman of the Ohura County Council. * * The Taumarunui Boys’ Band Committee has resolved to take steps for the erection of a permanent band room, and Messrs. G. E. Manson, S. R. Dryland, J. Brown and A. J. Langmuir have been appointed a committee to deal with the arrangements. * * * The long-standing dispute between the Mununui Town Board and the Taumarunui Borough Council is settled at last, and the council will now supply electricity to the town district, on terms to be drafted under a new agreement. The board had formerly raised a loan for reticulation purposes, but owing to the impossibility of the two local bodies agreeing on the terms of the supply the money was placed in the bank on fixed deposit. Provided that the permission of the Railway Department is first obtained, and that the building complies with the borough builidng by-laws, the Taumarunui Borough Council has granted the Hospital Board permission to erect garage for the new motor-ambulance m a central position near the Fire Brigade Station. * * * A suggestion from the Chamber of Commerce that recent burglaries in iuumarumii were possibly due to the absence of light after certain hours is not supported by the Borough Coimcii, as it has been resolved to reply uiat one of the most daring of the burglaries was committed at a parleularly well-lighted corner, and that only alternative lights were cut out after midnight.