SOUTH TARANAKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1930, Page 5

SOUTH TARANAKI NEWS

STREETS OF NOLANTOWN. A request that the Hawera Borough Council should make provision on the estimates for the gradual improvement of Nolantown streets was made by a deputation from the Nolantown Ratepayers’ Association which waited on the council last night. The spokesman, Mr. W. Page, stated that while the association appreciated what had been done already, it considered it in the interests of the borough to tar-seal the few Nolantown roads that liad been permanently laid. This applied mainly to Glasgow, Perth, Galt and Clive Streets, which would rapidly deteriorate as the winter approached. It was suggested by Mr. McDonald that the works committee should make an inspection of the site. The town clerk quoted figures which showed more money was being spent in Nolantown than the council was strictly bound to spend. It was decided that the council should make an inspection of the streets under the direction of the association.

FOWLHOUSES IN BUSINESS AREA.

Owina to the fact that the Hawera borough inspector considers fowlhouses and yards as possibly the / worst breeding around for flies, the keeping of poultry in the area of Hawera between Victoria and Albion Streets and extending 300 feet from each side of High Street is to be prohibited. The inspector reported that under the Health Act all shops w'hich prepared food for human consumption must provide, fly proof windows and doors in addition to other arrangements to cope with the fly m' l9 ' ance, yet fowlhouses were situated within 60 feet of such places.. It was a recommendation of the general committee that a by-law be drafted to deal with the nuisance. An objection was lodged by Mr. J. M. Townsend, who moved that all people with fowlhouses in the business area bo requested to comply with, the bylaws to the satisfaction of the inspector. He considered it otherwise would be a hardship on hotel-keepers who had often to cope with a holiday rush and who had not sufficient provisions to deal with such a rush. There were , fewer than half a dozen such places in the area, and surely the inspector was able to see that the houses were kept in ord<?The motion was lost and the original clause adopted.