INGLEWOOD BOROUGH

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1932, Page 5

INGLEWOOD BOROUGH

REPORTS FOR OCTOBER RE-METALLING OF THE STREETS. CONTROL OF THE DOMAINS. The monthly meeting of the Inglewood Borough Council was held lust night., Present, the Mayor (Mr. J. Gibbs), Crs. F. Spurdie, E. Crossman, E. H. Braybrooke, G. C. Tait and R. B. Young. When the councillors sat as a domain board the reserves committee reported that all the reserves were in good condition. Mr. C. Crozier’s offer of £5 for the grazing of Trimble Park with sheep only from November 1 to March 1, 1933, was accepted. The Mayor remarked the amount might seem small, but generally the domain board had not received more, and. very often nothing at all. In the, past the park had been a mass of horse tracks, but had-, now been ploughed, and he thought that within two years it would be one of the prettiest parks at Inglewood. Permission was granted a Bible class to use Jubilee'Park for sports at Easternprovided that neither the football nor cricket clubs required the grounds at ' that time.

.The Borough .Council decided to donate £2 2s towards the cost of the Stratford railway celebrations. The Inglewood Plunket Society - was given permission to conduct a copper trail on November . 19.

The Inglewood Municipal Band extended an invitation to councillors to attend its. annual meeting on November 18.

The Inglewood Amateur Swimming Club was given permission to hold an opening splash on November 17. The baths committee reported repairs had been carried out, mainly to the western wall, which had been lifted three feet. Barbed wire had been placed along the top of the other walls. It was recommended that spectators should be charged admission. The baths committee was deputed l to ■ arrange a, time-table. . , The electric light committee recommended that meters be installed at. the - town hall, baths and other places to register the amount used, in order to gauge wastage. ,The librarian reported, that five new subscriptions had been opened during the month and 16 cancelled, leaving a total of 196 subscribers. Twenty-seven new books had been purchased, two being replacements and one a non-fiction work. . . The electrical engineer (Mr. H. Win-; ter) reported that the number of units registered at the sub-station for the month was 49,370; for the corresponding month of last year 41,800 units, were registered. This showed.an increase,of 7570 units as compared with October, 1931. During the month 15 additional lights, four heating points and two motors were connected to the system and three installations had ben reconrditioned. A number of repairs was attended to. The pole on the corner of Richmond Street and Rata Street had been replaced. ■ , . . The finance committee’s report stated that' the matter of reduction of interest oh sinking funds administered by the public trustee had been carefully considered and the committee had. come .tq the conclusion that, the attitude-of; the ~ Government and the Public Trust Office was collect. The public trustee had lent u money out of the funds at his disposal on mortgages, debentures and other securities and this was subject to. th® same interest reduction and restrictions as private investments under the National Expenditure Adjustment Act. Th® committee was thoroughly satisfied that the Public Trust Office, With the Government behind it, was the soundest guardian of local body sinking funds. “The committee appeals to all ratepayers who can pay their rates to do so before the end of .December/* continue® the report. “Au amount of approximately £l3OO has to be paid in respect of interest and sinking funds on December 1, and ratepayers by making efforts to meet their liabilities during th® next four or five weeks will certainly ease the’ financial position of th® borough.” i The regular routine work of. the. borough had been regularly attended to, both the water and drainage systems operating satisfactorily, stated the works committee report. The following streets had received attention: Cutfield Street South was remetalled, Brown Street was remetalled and the portion between Kelly Street and Brookes Street was ploughed to enable a watertable to be formed. The spoil from that street would be carted to Chard’s paddock. Metal taken from the quarry amounted to 397 yards, screenings being 152 yards. The hockey ground had been ploughed and levelled and sown m grass. The fences in Jubilee Park and Trimble Park had received attention, and the trees planted in the quarry paddock were making good . progress. The new grass on, the cemetery hill had been rolled. The irpn fence on the west side of the baths had been raised to three feet and barbed wire had been placed on the north and east sides to prevent, anyone climbing over. Now stranded wire had also been placed around the in side of the baths.