ELTHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1931, Page 8

ELTHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL

WORK DONE DURING MONTH, - DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK WANES. The Eltham Borough Council met last night, when the overseer reported: — Widening of the tawed surface on Mountain Road, a distance of about five chains, was carried out. Tar patching was done on the tarred surface in York and London Streets. Loose chip metal was swept off Stanners Street and used on the footpaths in London, York and West Streets. A water-table was dug for a distance of four chains in Glcntworth Street to drain the water from the bend. Water-tabling is being done throughout the borough. forming of paths is being done on Kegworth, Mills and iting Edward Streets and Mountain Road. . Unemployment relief work is being done in various parts of the borough. The number to date on the books is 36 and they are engaged cleaning the reserves, water-tabling and forming footpaths. The traffic inspector reported that one information for breaches of the motor regulations was laid. Drivers’ licenses issued numbered 161. Building permits to the value of £5OO were issued. The places had been inspected and they complied with the by-laws. The sanitary inspector stated that three cases of diphtheria and one of scarlet fever were notified. Since February 8 thirteen cases of diphtheria had been reported. Ten were in lower Castle Street. Since the last council meeting a number of swabs had been taken by.Dr; Mecredy, and subsequently by the writer. The last case occurred on May .15. The disease seemed to have spent itself. The caretaker recommended the following works: —Taumata Bark: Attention to the grandstand in the .way of. repairing woodwork and painting, painting outbuildings and renewing spoutilig, and the painting of gates and renewing of old gates. Soldiers’ Memorial Park: To consider planting a barberry hedge on the west side of the plantation, and the planting of more gum or other trees to fill up vacant ground, about 1500. plants being necessary. Children’s park: About 601 b of lawn grass seed will be required for sowing the new portion of i this reserve. Other material required will be wire for fencing around the boundary. The reserves committee recommended that the caretakers report be amended to provide for 2000 macracarpa trees instead of gum trees; that the barberry hed"e suggested by the caretaker be continued along Conway Road frontage from the borough cottage to the railway reserve; that the purchase of material and grass seed had been referred to the chairman with power to act; that. the shifting of the cottage from the Soldiers Memorial Park to Taumata Park had been held over till next meeting; that repairs to gates in Taumata Park had been left in the hands of the chairman with power to act; that trees in the children’s park be removed; that the necessary fencing at the children’s park had been referred to the chairman with power to het; that the matter of removal and repairs to the sexton’s shed at the cemetery be referred to the chairman with power to act. The works committee recommended that the arrangements made with the directors of the Eltham Dairy Co. for a supply of water to Mountain Road dairy factory be approved; that in connection with the complaint from Mr. C. R. Johnson regarding a reply be forwarded statinw the council cannot undertake liability as he has his own legal redress; that the matter of boundary roads had been further considered, but the council had no recommendations to make. The town hall and pictures committee recommended that in view of all circumstances an application for reduction of hall hire by the tennis club could not be granted; that a benefit picture night had been granted the Red Cross Society in connection with unemployment relief; that representatives frbm Kemball Theatres Ltd. waited on the committee regarding leasing of the town hall and their representations were being considered. The finance committee recommended that the purchase of a sprayer and horse mower be left in the hands of the chairman and foreman. The Red Cross Society has been granted use of a room on the library floor. It was also reported that an arrangement for metal for the ensuing year had been made with Maslin and Son. The treasurer stated that £1124 had been received during the month. The district fund account had a debit balance of £1602. STRATFORD MOTORISTS MEET Advice was received by the Stratford branch of the South Taranaki Automobile Association, which met last night, that the’ conference of the North and South Island Motor Unions had approved the proposal that blind persons when crossing a road should raise the right arm vertically to indicate to motorists their disability. The secretary, Mr. G. A. Carter, reported that he expected the altitude signs for the Stratford mountain road to arrive at Stratford to-day. KING’S THEATRE PROGRAMME. THRILLING AIR DRAMA. The art of camouflage has been revived in all its multi-coloured weirdness in Hollywood. The fantastic patterns, so familiar during the war, were used on the settings and equipment for “Young Eagles,” Charles (Buddy) Rogers’ picture for Paramount. “Young Eagles” is a dramatic spectacle of combat in the air, and every effort was expended to reproduce accurately the equipment used in the Great War. A fleet of Spad and Fokker planes, similar to those used at the time, were specially constructed for tht picture. The planes, a block of hangars and the many motor-lorries used in the production were all painted in war-time fashion. “Young Eagles’’ will be shown at the King's Theatre for two days, commencing this afternoon. It was filmed at the Hollywood studios under the direction of William Wellman, the maker of Paramount’s “Wings.” Jean Arthur is cast in the feminine lead.