BOROUGH AFFAIRS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2575, 22 July 1922, Page 7

BOROUGH AFFAIRS

'COUNCIL IN COMMITTEE LENGTHY EEPOET At its •meeting on" Monday evenwg; a lengthy report was presented of -the ihusincss conducted by the Couiiciil, in committee, on July I.lth. Following .are the principal items of the report, which was adopted as read: — We received from the Cambridge .branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union a request that a storage shed be erected at the landing wharf; that a part time caretaker be employed and a small charge made for all cargo landed or stored. The opinion was expressed that the provision of a shed would encourage the carriage of goods by river, and that the charges levied for wharf and .storage would cover the outlay for carctakership and allow for interest and sinking fund on, sa_y, £2OO. We resolved to refer the matter back to the Farmers' Union, asking them to prepare a definite proposal to Jay before their next meeting, when the Council would be prepared to send a deputation to discuss the matter.

We received from the Cambridge branch of the X.Z. Farmers' Union a request that a horse rail might be erected near the Post Office,, as the metal dump had now been removed. — We resolved to accede to the request, and left .the matter of erection in the hands of Crs. Bell and James. We received from the Gasworks engineer and manager, Masterton, a request for information re the gas lamp pests and lamps the Council have for disposal. Also an enquiry as to the effect of electrical competition on the gasworks undertaking. —Suggested that the engineer should visit Cambridge to inspect the lamps, and to state that the Council's .terms of purchase would be low.

We have received from Mr A. Pearce the sum of £5 as a deposit on the transfer by the .Council to him of a strip of land fronting his property in Thornton Eoad. The trough will be removed to a suitable* position in due course. We received from Messrs Edgecum.be and White a statement re the electric lighting of the Ladies' .Rest Room, from which we find that the original arrangement was for three lights, the cost of which is a charge on the contractor. Subsequently an extra, light was authorised, this being a Council liability. We are ascertaining from the contractors, Messrs A. and T. Burt,

their contract price as originally arranged and amended. We received from Mr John Ferguson an enquiry as to the Council's wishes with regard to the fence to be erected between Sections 504 and 505. We are asking, Mr Ferguson to proceed with the erection of the. fence and to charge the Council .with half the cost thereof.

In connection with the Poppy Day collection, which amounted to £GO 19/, 25 per cent of this amount has been sent to the Auckland headquarters in accordance with the tonus laid down in the letter of appeal. We arc now advised that certain expenses in connection with the transit of the poppies, etc., will have to be met by the Centra! Committee, and we have directed that the local proportion of these expenses shall be paid. We have directed that 50 per cent. (£3O 9/6) shall be paid to the account of the Arboreal Committee, to be used to provide employment exclusively for returned soldiers.

The Town Clerk reported having received from the Cambridge Rugby Football Union a request to be informed as to how many days the Union would be entitled to charge for admission to football matches in Victoria Square. In h's reply the Town Clerk stated that, subject, to the confirmation of the Council, four dates would be allocated, to the Union, out of the ten allowed by Statute. It was also suggested that the football and athletic organisations should jointly ask "that the Council apply for permission under the Warrant of the Governor-General to charge for admission on fifteen days, as now possible by Statute. Wc approved the Town Clerk's reply.

The Town Clerk submitted a. schedule of certain sections of which the leases had expired, and which require revaluation for sale purposes. We authorised the payment of the sum of .£25. from the Parks and (Jardens allocation to the account of the Arboreal Committee.

We had under consideration the salary paid to the typistc (Miss E. Dick). Miss Dick was appointed on March 21, 1922. at a salary of £7B -per annum. The Town.. Clerk reports that she has carried out her duties, which, on account of the 'revision of by-laws, have" been largely in excess of the usual requirements, with eiliciency and promptitude. We recommend that the salary of Miss Dick be increased from £7S to £lO4 as from July I, 1922. S UPEIJVLSO ft 7 S REPORT. The Supervisor reported on works as follows:—

Uouud house painted and fence?, repaired. Several loads of ashes carted from. Gasworks. Ninty tons of coal carted to Gas-

works during month. Victoria Street (upper), metal laid and gravelled; also Thornton Road. Both thoroughfares rolled. The pipes for the storm, water drain in the Domain have been coated with bituco, and repaired where necessary. Footpath from Wilson Street to laundry cleared and a coat of sand put on. New sumph at the junction of Dick and Fort Streets. ' Twelve loads of H-inch metal carted to the school culvert. Footpath in Bryce Street nearly finished. - One water service installed during month. ' Exhaust engine cleaned, and new liner put in. Ketorts cleaned and overhauled. Recommendations. from Victoria Street to Vogel Street. Grey Street —Side requires ploughing and grading from Queen Street to Al-, pha Street. ' Williams Street—Grass needs to be ploughed off the sides and to be carried away. ' j Hamilton Road —A footpath is needed on the north Hide from Hall Street to Vogel Street. The cost of ploughing and carting the grass is estimated from £5 to £t>. We authorised the foregoing works. The Borough Supervisor reported the necessity of water tronghing at the Gasworks and pumping house; galvanised "iron sheets for renewals; -gashold-1 ers and roofs being painted. He also reported that the septic tanks required washing out, but that a fresh was required in the river before this could be done with safety.