INGLEWOOD GENERAL NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1933, Page 7

INGLEWOOD GENERAL NEWS

BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS. The monthly meeting of the Inglewood Borough Council was' held last night, when the Mayor, Mr. J. Gibson, and Councillors F. Spurdie, R. B. Sutton, E. .Crossman, E. H. Braybrooke, W. G. Ladbrook and L. Butler were present _ The application of Mr. C. Seabright •to hold a ten-a-side Schneider Cup Rugby tournament at Jubilee Park on July 15 was granted. Mrs. H. Trass, secretary of the Inglewood Ladies’ Hockey Club, applied for permission to hold the Kowhai Shield hockey tournament on Jubilee Park on July 27. This was granted. The Inglewood Cycle Club applied for permission to hold a series of cycle races over the borough roads on the understanding that in the case of an accident there should be no claim on the council. This was granted. The New Plymouth Cycle Club wrote thanking the Inglewood Borough Council for the assistance given in its recent cycle race. Mr. K. Dan was granted permission to erect a bakehouse in Rata Street, the plans having been approved. Mr. Winter, overseer, mentioned that it was proposed that a valve -in the water main should be taken out and tested to endeavour to find what was the cause of leakage when the valves were closed. In a recent burst the water had to be shut off at the intake and all the mains drained before a pipe could be replaced. Certain divisions of the town should be shut pff separately if the valves were acting correctly. The’ overseer in his report for June stated that the 8-inch water main in Rata Street burst on June 14 and it was necessary to replace 24ft. with spiral pipe. Difficulty was experienced in shutting off the water on this section and the main supply had to be .shut down at tile intake. A block occurred in the ■sewer in Standish Street, and 'owing to Insufficient man-holes the. sewer had to be opened in two places. As this was a periodical occurrence he recommended that two man-holes be placed in this section and that a hew set of rods be procured. The Quarry Road was given a coat of screenings and Elliot Street was re-metalled and coated with screenings. The work of re-coating Standish Street was commenced and would be completed during the next, few days. The Trimble Park wall had been started, the boulders were being procured from Ngatoro River at the intake, 40 yards being deliveerd at the Rata Street- site. The work of cutting the trees in the.septic tank paddock was being proceeded with and suitable logs, will be delivered at Standing’s mill. The cutting of the hedges would be completed during the next few days.. In the electrical report the engineer, Mr. H. Winter, reported that the number of units registered at the sub-station for the month was 48,890, against 47,358 units for the corresponding month of last year. This showed .an increase of 1532 units. The maximum demand for the quarter ended June 30 was 145 k.w., against 150 k.w. for the period ended June 30,' 1932. During the month two additional light points, four heating points, one 2 h.p. motor and one I h.p. motor were installed. A number of repairs had been attended to.

The librarian, Mrs. M. A. T. Evans, in her report mentioned that 22 new books were purchased. These were all fiction and included two replacements. Twelve new subscriptions were opened and four were cancelled, leaving a total of 203 aubscribers. Twenty-four books have been repaired. To relieve the congestion on the shelves members of the committee had started to discard old and little-used books and so far have taken out over 250 books. By the time this work was finished and the books rearranged there should be plenty of room on the shelves.