MANAIA TOWN BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1929, Page 6

MANAIA TOWN BOARD

- - -TREE-CUTTING PROPOSAL. OBJECTION-.BY- CHAIRMAN. The monthly meeting of the Manaia Town Board was held on Thursday. Present- Commissioners H. Mead (chairman), E. C. Hansen, H.. Symmans, W. H. Robinson, A. H. Yarrow, A. H. Christie and V. F. Winter. Messrs. C. W. Abbott and W. J. Cryer, on behalf of the Anglican Church, waited on the board in reference to the purchase of a' town board section. It was resolved to look into the legal position in regard to the sale of the section. Messrs. R. Franklin and L. Callander wrote urging that the trees be cut down in Hassard Street as they were keeping the sun out. The chairman: I would be very sorry to see 'them cut down. The trees near my place are just in the same position and shade my place even more, but I would not- have them cut down for all the tea in China. Mr. Winter; It would be a pity to cut them down. . ■ ’ Mr. Yarrow: They would have to be trimmed over the road. The chairman: I am agreeable to that. It was resolved to top.the limbs overhanging the roadway where necessary. The Rev. R. Miller was granted the' right to hold a picnic on the domain on Labour Day. It was decided to write to taxi-owners pointing out that license fees for the current year had not been paid. Mr. J. S. McKay was granted permission to join the town water supply. The question of revising the rates for extraordinary water supply was defer- ■ red. Several residents of Sutherland Road wfote asking permission to join the town sewerage scheme. Action was deferred pending a further report and formal application. The Manaia Plunket Society were granted permission to hold a shop day on October 22. In regard to an application to have a sewerage' connection it was. decided; to reply that the board had no funds to make these at present. . , The board regretted that it could not’ accede to the request' of the Waimate Horticultural Society'for a reduction of hall rent. PATEA BOXING ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Patea Boxing Association committee was held on Wednesday. Present: Messrs. F. Ramsbottom (chairman), Rook, Hodge, Hunt, Paterson, McKenna, Hemingway and Gardiner (secretary). The secretary reported that he and. the chairman had waited on Hawera boxing enthusiasts, who had decided to accept the Patea association’s offer of assistance for a tournament at Hawera. Subsequently, however, an association had been formed at Hawera and complications had arisen. A letter was read from the Hawera association stating that a boxing association had been formed and thanking the Patea association for its assistance. The chairman said the least the Hawera association could have done was to inform Patea of their intention, seeing that-the local association had made arrangements to -run a ’tournament in Hawera. ; • The secretary of the New Zealand Boxing Council wrote thanking the Patea association for the assistance rendered the Hawera association. Mr. McKenna said the best way to clear things up would be to hold a tournament in Patea, but the secretary pointed out that, boxers available for a local tournament had now signed up to fight in Hawera. Arrangements could have, bean made for a Donovan-Leckie fight in Patea but for the formation or revival of the Hawera association. It was decided to. fully explain the position to the Hawera association, and inform them that the president, secretary and two members of the committee would be prepared to wait on the Hawera .association and discuss the position with them. It was also decided that the new set of rules be submitted to a general meeting of members for adoption. CYCLING. A committee meeting of the Carlyle Cycling Club was held on Tuesday, when various details in connection with today’s Wanganui-Patea road race were discussed. Riders, with their cycles, will proceed to Wanganui by the morning train from Patea and assemble at the Y.W.C.A;, Wanganui, at 1.30 pirn, for the start. Mr. C. Goodwin’s arid Mr j l . Dwyer’S .cars will. be the official cars .and will be equipped with refreshments. All riders are tb strictly observe the. rules of the road. - The race will be the last road race of the season, after which track racing will commence. Weather prospects are favourable and a following wind is forecasted. Last week-end a number of entrants went over the course with R. Crutchley as pacer. Jack Julian and Clarkson showed great speed on long climbs while Gunn, though slow on the hills, proved very speedy on the flat stretches. Signal with his handicap should have a fair chance. Maule, on scratch, will need to make a merry pace to close with the middle-distance handicap men, but if he succeeds in reaching them the rest should be within his compass. Public opinion favours Jack Julian, with Gunn as runner-up. Beer, however, is in the? pink and may be relied upon to give the favourites a good fight for the winning position. Handicaps have been declared as follow:—T. Maule, scr; W. Beer, R. Clarkson, 3min; J. Julian, W. Quayle, N. Percival, Gjmin; A. Clarkson, A. Featonby, 9min; W. Gordon, H. Gunn, W. Forsyth, 12niin; M. Dixon, O. Close, D. Ainsley, 14min; C. Signal, W. Old, D. Poingdcstre, 20min.