BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17571, 23 June 1925, Page 12

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

ASHBURTON. The Ashburton Borough Council m©t last even in?; present Th© Ma.vor (Mr R. Gal brail h), Councillors V. t>. T-©r- \\\ 1 it! W oo<ls. c,. \V. ;7i I li’-r. V. IT. nobS. V/. Seldon arid J. I »onvj. The financial statement, showed receipts totalling f 153 4a lid. The Advance Association the planting of trees in the south-east belt. Permission was granted, the borough foreman to approve of th© work. , ; Referring to n letter received from j th© War Memorial Committee at. the j last, meeting regarding site®, the Mayor ! naked that th© matter should I>© re- ■ ferred to line Resents Committee for ! This was agreed to. ford Forest, road, about which th© | County Council had entered n protest. ! the borough inspector stated that Dr Telford had Inspected th© rac© and was of opinion that, it showed no sign of I being offensive or dangerous to health. ! Councillor Woods moved that a reply j should he sent to th© County Council I asking that its health inspector should i use greater discretion in reporting on i these matters, and pointing out that as I the ra.©© was not a menace there was no need for any action. SUMNER. The Sumner Borough Council met. last evening. In. the absence of the Mayor i Councillor t’. M. Roswell presided. Those 1 present were: Councillors ft. V\ . Harris, C. r. Denhqm. A. Holden, E. A. Johnson, F. C. Cooper and B. .1. Ager. An apology for absence was received from Councillor Tuiin. Th© Standing Committee submitted the following report : —Gas—For the month of May gas manufactured 1,066.160 cubic, feet., an increase of 273.360 cubic feet on th© corresponding month of 1324. Two new connections had been made. Electric---Six new consumers had been attached to th© reticulation. Th© new switchboard for Shag Rock station had been completed. Water— The quantity pumped was 3,800.000 gallons. of which 4 26.000 had been repumped to Clifton reservoir for high-pres-eur©. Th© lighting manager reported that, during th© recent storm on June 13 a tree at the foot, of Lyttelton TTil! had been blown down, carrying away two poles and shipping 4he wires back i to the bridge on Wakefield Avenue. The motor at the gasworks had he c n burned out. Thirty-five street lamps had to be j replaced. The manager recommended i that a new motor and overload relay ! b© purchased at a cost of £23. This was | referred to Mr Cheshir©, the lighting ; manager, to report. Owing to the in- ! created demand for cooking and heat- j ing and the necessity for the pumping of water at night, th© committee could not. recommend any reduction on power for water heating, as there was no current. to ppor©. The financial statement for May showed a debit bank balance of £743 ,'"s 3d, end accounts amounting to £1421 17s 5d were recommended for payJt was decided to request Messrs Montgomerie. Neilson. Edmunds and Co. to put. in hand at one© th© new ; sewerage tank nt Clifton, with a view j to relieve -the tank at Grafton Street i It was recommended that, the arrange- , merits with the motor inspector I>© t©m | porarily discontinued from Sunday j June 21, and that vigorous step.® be j taken to put a. stop to motor speeding \ through the borough. Th© report was received and adopted Regarding th© extension of gas mains , to Estuary Road, it was decided that i provided th© residents guaranteed t- j take tlie gas the mains would be laid. ’ A letter was received from Mr A. 21. J Walter consenting to a drain being laid through his property. Mr H. ,T. Marriner wrote regarding j the condition of the roads in the southCouncilior Johnson, seconded by Councillor. Holden, moved that the foreman he instructed to submit a report showing cost o‘f grading Queen and Whitfield Streets. Councillor Harris, seconded by Councillor Denfiam v moved that, the work of grading on© street- he commenced at, cn©e. The amendment was defeated, the motion being carriedThe chairman of tb© District Highway No. i-i wrote regarding th© Lyttelton Road. Th© Town Clerk was instructed to inform the chairman that work had already been commenced to a certain- extent. Correspondence was received from the same source regarding the purchase of tar and bitumen. Tt was moved that tlie council procure '2OOO gallons. Mrs Mquidey wrote on behalf of the T’lunket Society asking for permission to erect, a cak© stall in the Town Hail vestibule on July 11, to procure funds for the Society. The application was XE W B RIG HT6 X. The New Brighton Borough Council met last night; present—The Mayor (Mr J. Gamble) and Councillors J. If. Shaw, H. A. M. Leaver, W. R. Gall aga n, IT. A. Glasson, F. Ward. U. A. Langford, J. C. Scott and R. Snell. In response to a request from the South Brighton Progress League, it was decided to inspect th© sand bank opposite th© Pleasant Point jetty. A letter was received from residents asking that the Estuary Road footpath should be continued on the south side of tli© road from Jelllcoe Street, and also asking for the lupin to be cut back. The council decided to have the lupins cut back, and tlie overseer was asked to prepare an estimate of tho I cost of forming the footpath and kerb. 1 It was decided to notify owners of property abutting on to the church right-of-way to have their fences cut back to th© level of the boundary withThe overseer was instructed t<*» have the hollow in front of the Peace Memorial building at. North R©a©h filled in. Jt. was decided to ask the council’s solicitor to furnish full particulars so as to enable the council to call a conference of local bodies concerned, in regard to the New Brighton V.ridge. .V committee consisting of Councillors Galiagan, Shaw and Ward was set up to .go into tlie question of purchasing a road roller. The committee was empowered to employ expert advice in regard to th© matter. A. letter was received from th© Pensions Department acknowledging receipt of tlie council's letter urging the necessity for the provision of pensions for the victims of infantile paralysis, and stating that the matter would n©of amending tb© Pensions Act was next under review. stating that they v©r© agreeable to contribute one-third of the cost of the formation of Reach Road from Racecourse Road to the Esplanade. provided such proportion did not exceed £1.7 r©r chain; also that ihey could not se© their way reconstruction of Ra-ecourse Road at Committee. The Municipal Electricity Department wrote stating ihat th© site for a sub-station in Jervois Street. offered bv the council was not suitable, and asking if th© council would be willing to pg.v a share <-f tiro cost of purchasing It w«s decided to reply that the conn- ! oil considered that th© Jervois Str©’t sit© was quit© suitable, and that tin; counoi! would net- b© prepared to pay towards th© cost of purchasing another section. Councillors Scott and Gahagan w©r© appointed t© wait on the. department's officers with regard to tho mat ter. A request, from . th© Flunket. Society for a, contribution towards tlie funds <«J th© society was referred to tb© Finance • -omm.lt te©, as also was a. similar r©qu©st from th© New Brighton Library South Seas Exhibition, 1 a. ]©t t or' wa s received stating that arrangements had been mad© for i Canterbury to be ad© quately represented at the Exhibition and that, it was proposed to ask iocs! bodies tq contribute on the basis of l: for every fioort of capital value. Till , would make tb© New Brighton < dun*'il’s contribution £3« 6©. Th© letter was referred to the Financ« • ommittee. The council decided to plant S<y> Firm tr©©*. j n a plot cleared in tlxIt. was arranged that members of th council should inspect, the borough nex Saturday. Councillor Leaver said thal there wa.*a tramway pole Jn th© vicinity of th F©ace Memorial at North Brighton ■which spoilt tho appearance of thbuilding. Th© matter was l©ft to th© chairman of the V.'orke Committee to approach the Tramway Board with a request *ha’ the pole should be shifted a. little t the south. It was agreed that the south side of Beresford Street from Georg© Str©eto Mafeking Street should be declarer a parking place for motor-cars. On th© motion of Councillor Gahaga - it was decided to ask the chairman ol the Works Committee to report on thlighting of George Street and to obtain, an estimate of the cost of improving the lighting.