TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 57, 16 June 1910, Page 8

TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB

APPLICATION OR ANTED BY PARK BOARD. A special meeting of the Pukekura Park Board was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering the implication by the promoters of a tennis ami croquet club for a lease of portion of the park npav Vowel town. Tn the absence of Mr. 11. Cock, Mr. R. 0. Hughes was voted to the chair. Other members present were Messrs. C. W. Govett, 0. Tisch. F. C. .T. TMlnnger. A. E. Watkins. and E. H. Tribe (secretary). The application was for a seven years' lease with right of renewal for a further term. The letter set out, inter alia, that the club asked for enough ground for four tennis courts and a croquet lawn; that the public be admitted to the club's enclosure, hut that the courts he entirely under the control of the club; that none of the present footpaths or gateways would he obstructed. The Board decided to grant a lease of about an acre of ground, as pegged out, for seven years, for the first two years at a shilling a year, the third year £4 a year, W t&e I'Miiithliilg fouf years '£s, 'payable half-yearly iu advance, upon the following conditions: That the club pay the Board for custodian's time occupied in supervising replanting, etc.; that the land be fenced off hy the club and at least two gates provided; .that the land be cleared of fern, weeds, and rubbish, and tennis and croquet courts laid down at the earliest possible date; 'that the club <have a_ notice-board painted stating that . the public iire to have free access at all times during the daytime, hut such notice may contain provisions protecting ■ the courts •from trespass; that no charge be made for admission except on the occasion of some tournament of more than local interest, and then only with the consent of the Board; no planting, felling, etc., to be done without the Board's approval; and the usual clauses compelling the cluib to care for the property; that the rules of the club contain an express provision that anv person blackballed or refused membership to the clu'b shall have a n'aht of appeal to the Board, whose decision shall he final; that any provisions in the rules which in the opinion of the Board are inconsistent with the rights of the .public or the terms of the lease rihall 'be altered to meet the approval of the Board, on penalty of termination of the lease; that there shall toe three trustees of- the club; that the road frontage be cleared and kept clear of weeds; and that if at the end of five years the Board is of opinion that the terms of the lease have been adhered to, the Board may grant a lease for a further term of seven years.

The terms are understood to 'be satis.factorv to the promoters, and the formation of the club will be gone, on with. There is already a fairly large promised membership, owing, probably, to the very convenient situation of the club's proposed courts. A committee will meet a lawn expert on the around in the course of a fewdavs, with a view of obtaining an estimate of the cost of laying down the nocessarv courts.