WOOLSTON BOROUGH.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 456, 27 July 1915, Page 9

WOOLSTON BOROUGH.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. A meeting, of the Wo.olsLon Borough Council was held hist evening, there being present: The Mayor (Mr ,f. J. (Jraham) and Crs I". Newton, "\V. Fuller, J. Hobson, (1. Liltey, J. Richardson, L. Hart, and C. lILII. The Electricity Committee recommended that the tender of the Jarrah Timber Co., for the supply of poles, be accepted; that a reply had been received from the Public Works Department agreeing to make the charge 2d per unit from (5 p.m. to !) p.m. for eight months, September to 'April; and from 1 p.m. to !) p.m., May to August, four months, giving a concession of two summer months at summer rates. The committee recommended that the Traimvays

Board be asked if a more advantageous offer than lid per unit can be made. The report was adopted. The Electrical Engineer reported that two sub-stations for the borough would be sufficient. He recommended that one be placed on the northern side of Regent Street, near Princess Street, on land to be purchased for the purpose, and the other near Smith Street, and that 112 lamps be erected. The report was endorsed The City Council wrote inviting the council to be represented at conference of local bodies, to be held at the City Council Chambers on Friday, July 30, to consider and, ifpossible, arrive at some unanimous decision regarding the payments to be made to the Belgium Relief Fund, and the best basis upon which such payments should be allocated.

j The Mayor was appointed to rep--1 resent' the council, and it was decidjed, on the motion of Cr Hart, that | he be given a free hand on the ques- | tion. | The City Council also wrote reporting the result of the conference held to consider the deviation of the Sumner-Lyttelton Road, and urging the Woolston Council to make a,further contribution to the work, with the object of improving the grade, provided the money is spent on the Sumner side and is subsidised by the Government. II was decided that the letter be 1 laid ou the table. J The Mayor's statement outlined ithe decisions arrived at at the con- | ferencc of representatives of local j bodies held last week, and urged the council and the borough to co-oper- ! ate with him in making the fund (successful in Woolston, with a view

to helping the wounded soldiers and J their dependents. , I The Mayor's action was endorsed, j The financial statement showed rei ceipts since the previous meeting £145 8/1. The debit balance on the j general account was £265 1/-, on the | temporary loans account £ll2O 15/5. Accounts amounting to £9O 1/9 were •passed for payment.

Last Thursday evening, in the fSehvyn Street Hall, the Aldington Burgesses' Association held a very successful euchre party and dance, 30 tables being occupied. After supper dancing was indulged in until i rum. The following were the prize-winners:—Ladies, Mrs .Davenport 1, Mrs R. Wood 2, arid Mrs Parlane the ' 1 booby "; gents, Mr Sdiugre 1, Mr JR. French 2, and Mr Allpress the " booby." The best cork conies' from Algeria. There are two and a-half million acres of cork forests in that country."