PROGRESS OF WESTOWN

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1931, Page 8

PROGRESS OF WESTOWN

REQUIREMENTS OF SUBURB. THE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION. A special general meeting of the Weetown Progressive Association was held last night; when Mr. L. T. Aylward (chairman) presided over an. attendance of about 20 members. " A comprehensive set of, rules was adopted, the chairman stating that , the rules would, allow ample scope for activity. , In reply to various .requests by the executive Mr.' F. ’T. Bellringer, town clerk, notified that , the Borough Council had passed resolutions authorising the borough engineer to lay a 2-iricii water main, in Eliot Road upon completion of the loan works in hand; that the council could not see its way to authorise the following works: Entrance and footpath in front of the Westown hall, Ornate Road, from ; hall to Mr. Marfell’s; extension of the.. culvert at the junction of Clawton and Tukapa Streets; road improvement in front of Mr. .Birmingham’s .shop. The engineer had been authorised to attend to the fire plu<r at the. junction of Welch and Ornate Roads. The Wallath Road will be placed on the list of roads to .be widened under the. town-planning scheme, but it. is n.pt intended to .do any road widening construction. In regard to the complaint that a previous request in connection with water lying in the hollows in Wallath Road not being attended to, the town clerk stated that the matter was referred to the borough .engineer, but he did not. consider the work absolutely necessary, the street being in a fair state of repair. Mr. Shepherd thought that the Borough Council should. be asked, to extend the water supply op Wallath Road. There Were 11 houses which were servejd by a three-quarter inch pipe. It should also be asked to improve the road. The borough plant would be in the vicinity in the future to provide water for people outside the borough, and he suggested that the larger main ■ should be. extended along Wallath'Road while the work at Eliot Road was being done. Tlie matter was referred to the executive. It was resolved to ask. the Borough Council to place a light in Belt Road at the Westown school and to apply for a light on -the Ornate Road at the Westown hall. .. ; ■ In reply to a question the chairman stated that it was proposed to divide the district into blocks with a member of the executive to look after each block. Mr. Seldon suggested that the executive should make a tour of inspection of the suburb with a view to ascertaining its requirements. He also suggested that before representations were made to the council the executive should satisfy itself as to the merits of the claims.

A suggestion was made that members of the association should endeavour to see that every resident' was enrolled on the district electors’ roll. Reference was made to the fact that £l2OO had been voted for unemployment relief work at Westown and the chairman remarked that the town and district were very fortunate in having such a strong unemployment relief committee to deal with the matter. At a subsequent meeting of the executive it was decided to make a tour of the suburb on .Tuesday evening. The district was subdivided with the members of the executive in charge, as follows: Eliot Road, Cowling Road and Wallath Road, Mr. V. C. Davies; Seaview Road and Ornate Road, Mr. Shepherd; remainder ot the district from David Street up, Mr. ■R. Grcdig; from David Street along . Tukapa Street to Belt Road, Mr. W. J; Ewart; Dartmoor Avenue, including ; Webster and Massey Streets, Belt Road from the school, and Dorset Avenue, including Seddon Street, . Messrs. Seldon -and Brown; Tukapa Street from Belt Road to Standish Hill, Mr. J. W. Darby; Outfield Road, Lower Belt Road, Gladstone and Bracken Streets, Mr. L. T, Aylward; Morley Street, including Barrett and Stoke Streets, Mr. T. Deacon. It was decided to express appreciation of the work now. being done by th’> borough in channelling and kerbing Tukapa Street and in cleaning some of the side streets.