BOROUGH MANAGEMENT

Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1931, Page 10

BOROUGH MANAGEMENT

WORK IN STRATFORD FOR MONTH. MEETING OF .TILE COUNCIL. The monthly meeting of the Stratford Borough Council was held last night, those present being the Mayor (Mr. P. Thomson) and Crs. R. F.-Harkness, A. Nelson, C. H. Speck, A, 11. Trotter, C. R. Finnerty, J. W. Crowe, N. B. Fletcher and C. Moore. The engineer, Mr. L. B. Davis, reported that in Pembroke Road east a considerable amount of work had been done, 35 yards of river shingle, 101 yards of crushed metal and 30 yards of pit gravelhaving been used to put the road in order. Miranda Street, between Regan Street and Seyton Street, had .been metalled with crushed metal, 120 yards being used for the work. Also 64 yards of rough river shingle and 20 yards of • pit gravel were used. The street was now open for traffic and should give no more trouble. Rosalind Street, which had been cut up badly during the wet weather, had been put in order with seven yards of crushed metal and 42 yards of river shingle. Other streets that had received attention were Swansea Road and Cordelia Street, where repairs had been done. Practically every street in the borough had received some attention by way of patching. In Hamlet Street south the work of metalling was in hand and should be completed within the next few days. The stone crusher had been worked for two days during the month and the motor was very satisfactory. It had plenty of power for the ■work. The footpath in Miranda Street between Regan Street and Fenton Street had been regravelled, but owing to the wet weather very little other footpath work could be done. The metal, shingle, and pit gravel used during the month of August was: Crushed metal, 260 yards, river shingle, 197 yards, pit gravel, 100 yards. About 45 yards of old concrete from the foundation of the Diesel station in Cloton Road had been carted to the I the crusher and crushed and would be used for metal patching, for which it was very suitable. A‘ the abattoir the fencing for the i plantation in the holding paddocks had been done and had been planted with pinus insignis and macrocarpa, all or i which had been selected plants. There I had been a few plants more than had ; been required for the paddocks and those j had been used along the river bank to replace plants that had died. 1., A few repairs had been done to the J Town Hall but the roofing iron over the stage was in a very bad state and would ' have to be renewed. The estimated cost I of the work for materials etc was about ’ £26 and with a few other repairs the ’ total would be about £3O. The fire station bell-tower had been overhauled and parts renewed where required to ' make it safe before the new attachments were fitted to the. bell. A small ’ house had been erected at the bottom of ( 1 the motor which would operate the bell. ’ A good deal of work had been done in the parks. A new footpath had been formed along the river bank from the ford to the swing bridge. A small gate had been fixed in the fence on Brecon Road where the new path had been made some time ago. In Victoria Park the storm water drains were being improved so that the water would not stay on the paths. All the logs from King Edward Park had been delivered to £ Eltham and tallied. The total measure- < ment was 53,370 super feet. . « Fair progress had been made with re- t lief works. The men had been shifted i about a good deal to suit the weather I conditions. Work had been done in £ Brecon Road south, Page Street, Cloton c Road, Cordelia Street, in the gravel pit I and at the cattle ford in Portia Street, e The engineer was authorised to re- 1 pair the Town Hall. One death from diphtheria had oc- c curred during the month, reported the i inspector, Mr. A. E. Sayers. Two cases j of dangerous driving had been heard at s the Court and both offenders had been c convicted, the fines totalling £3. I Twelve motorists, asked to produce 1 driving licenses, had been able to do so. c Four children had been warned for riding a cycles on footpaths, and 10 motorists had been warned to have faulty lights s attended to. License fees collected r were: Heavy traffic, £77 4s 3d; under health, £2 12s Gd; dangerous goods, £4; c kerbside pumps (2), £l5; and itinerant t trader, £5; total, £lO3 IGs 9d. The librarian, Mr. A. S. Martin, reported that the number of books for the month had been 2311, new books added, 34; new subscribers, 8; total number of subscribers, 236; total subscriptions received, £23 10s 3d. j

INTER CLUB GOLF. STRATFORD DEFEAT ELTHAM. Ladies of the Eltham Golf Club played at Stratford, yesterday, and were beaten by 5 games to 3. Details, Eltham players mentioned first, are:— Miss Wilson and Mrs. Casey lost to Mrs. Curtis and Mrs. Green. Mrs. Wills and Miss Wanklyn beat Mrs. Boon and Mrs. C Williams. Mrs. De Launay and Mrs. Morton beat Miss North and Mrs. Fryday. ’ Mrs. McGarry and Mrs. J. Quinn lost to Mrs. Seyb and Miss Penn. Miss Stewart and Mrs. Leo Quinn lost to Miss Walker and Mrs. W. Williams. Airs. Fisher and Mrs. Abbott lost to Mrs. Burmester and Mrs. Ryan. Miss Fannin and Miss Wylds beat Airs. Knewstubb and Airs. Alark. Airs. Luxton and Miss. Robertson lost ft© Miss Alolone and Mrs. Bowler.