INGLEWOOD BOROUGH

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1927, Page 5

INGLEWOOD BOROUGH

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL MONTHLY BUSINESS CONSIDERED VARIOUS WORKS DECIDED ON. The monthly meeting of the Inglewood Borough Council was held last night. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. W. Winfield), and Councillors B. Larson, F. Spurdie, W. H. Armstrong, J. Sutherland and I. Grant. An apology was received from Cr. R. B. Sutton. Sitting as a domain board the council considered a letter from the Inglewood Football Club suggesting the erection of a ticket box to cost probably £l2 or £l5. If the board did not have the money available at present the club would erect the box, the board to reimburse the club out of the percentages of the gate money received this season. Cr. Armstrong said the reserves committee recommended the proposal The board would have to pay only for material out of the Rugby Union subsidy. Cr. Sutherland said the box would be a great convenience, especially on a wet day. The club was prepared to find the money among its members. It was thought the union would give some consideration. Only the cost of the material was asked from the board. The board agreed to allow the club to erect the box, the board to refund the cost of the material when the union subsidy was received. The council agreed to meet Mr. R. B. Hammond, Director of Town-Planning, on Thursday afternoon. E. W. Robinson wrote objecting to being rated for electric light as he did not use it—The Mayor said the letter could lie on the table, and the council agreed. It was decided to grant the usual refunds of water rates to the State and Catholic schools. The Egmont Village branch of the Plunket Society was granted permission to hold a mart in Inglewood on Saturday. The Maketawa committee was also given permission to hold a “copper trail” on the same day. QUESTION OT SEWERAGE. G. Lamb wrote asking if his property in Rata Street eould be connected With the sewer In Standish Street, and offering to donate £25. Cr. Larson said there was a general feeling in the locality that there should be a fresh scheme. If the council waited a week or two something might- develop. Cr. Armstrong suggested the matter should be referred to the works committee to report to the next meeting. Cr. Sutherland described Mr. Lamb’s offer as a handsome donation to assist in the work in that locality. Cr. Larson said a new scheme involved the question of rating. The matter was left to the works committee, with power to act, Mrs. Evans, librarian for the past 12 years, asked for an increase in salary. She had seen the subscriptions grow from £47 to £127 a year, she said.— The matter was referred to the library committee.

An opinion that Roman Catholic and convent schools were exempt from rates whether music was taught there or not, wrote Mr. T. F. Martin, solicitor to the Municipal Association of New Zealand. jThis exemption applied to special rates. He quoted the Court of Appeal decision regarding the Cambridge Borough Council in support. It was decided not to levy any rates on the Catholic or convent schools. L. Butler, Windsor Road, wrote that during the past two years he had been P a yi?g £6 a year for extra water for power he had never used, as he had been working mostly outside.—lt was decided, not to collect the extra rate from Mr. Lamb for the present year. Cr. Larson mentioned the bad state of the footpaths in front of the public school, at the intersection of James and Rata Streets. Cr. Sutherland said the works committee had inspected the footpaths of the borough and would report to next meeting. It was recognised that there were paths that needed attention. The works committee was recommended to place the war memorial machine gun in a permanent position. Messrs Robinson and Pope, having inspected the town hall, reported that the roof leaked badly during heavy rain. The ventilators would have to be repaired at a eost of £3 apiece.—It was decided that councillors should make a further inspection and report to the next meeting. UNPAID RATES. The Mayor said the council should know where it stood regarding unpaid rates. Ho moved that all unpaid rates up to £1925-26 should be placed in the hands of the borough solicitor for collection. Cr. Armstrong seconded the motion, which was carried. The question of traffic control was mentioned by the Mayor, who made several suggestions for the consideration of the works committee. It was decided that the works committee should bring forward a scheme for the better control of traffic in the borough. Cr. Spurdle considered the service cars palled up too cl<ve to the Post Office corner in the mornings, and stayed there too long. There was a considerable risk of accident and the overseer should notify the drivers that they were breaking the by-laws. The Mayor said that during the life of the previous council the Mayor (Mr. Darlow) and Crs. Spurdie and himself had been appointed a committee to report regarding the adoption of new bylaws. Copies of the by-laws in certain other boroughs had been obtained, but nothing else had bean done. At his suggestion Crs. Spurdie, Armstrong and Larson were appointed a committee to deal with the matter and report progress to the council regularly. Cr. Sutherland mentioned that a former council had considered the matter, but the cost of printing, registration, etc., had been too great. It was decided, at the suggestion of the Mayor, that the library committee should report to the next meeting of the council. The council approved the arrangement with the county council regarding the allocation of 80 per eent. of the heavy traffic fees to the county and 20 per cent, to the borough. The Mayor mentioned that this would mean about £BO a year to the borough, added to which would be about £l5 a year, part of the 5 per cent, contribution from the Taranaki County to the Inglewood Borough and County. The electric light committee reported having inspected the lines requiring at-

tention, and it was recommended that the work should be carried out. Another recommendation was that a cooking demonstration with the ranges should be arranged. Wiring alterations at the town hall were under way. The works committee recommended that the drain in Janies Street should be filled in, provided the property owners supplied the pipes and junctions required for the work, that the extension of the sewer in James Street should be deferred until further extensions were under consideration; that five barrels of tar be procured from New Plymouth; that 400 yards of metal should be crushed for street repairs; that necessary stripping should he done at the quarry at an approximate cost of £■so, to put the quarry in a proper condition for working. The recommendations of both committees were adopted.