MORRINSVILLE BOROUGH

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 9

MORRINSVILLE BOROUGH

MEETING OF COUNCIL.

A COMPLAINT RECEIVED. The Morrinsville Borough Council met last evening, His Worship the Mayor, Mr W. McPherson, presiding. There'were also present Crs. B. Chapman T. Martin, W. T. Osborne, W. Donald, W. Morrice and W. Reason. The Thames Valley Power Board advised that 92 street lamps had been credited to the borough. This was the result of representations made to the Thames Valley Power Board by the Morrinsville Borough Council through the failure of numerous street lamps in the borough during the year. The communication was received. Permission to show motion pictures on Christmas night was sought from the manager of the Morrinsville Strand Theatre. The Mayor pointed out that it would be necessarv before granting permission to have" the programme submitted to a sub-committee for approval. 11 was decided to act on these lines. A request to open the baths from 7.15 p.m. to 9 p.m. on one nght during the week was refused by the council. A complaint was received from Mr J. A. J. McLachlan concerning the objectionable smell of the piggeries on the far side of the railway line. A similar complaint was received from Mr E. L. Osborne. The Mayor advised that he had been given to understand that the Health Department were investigating the nuisance.

The finance committee recommended that accounts totalling £1127 Is lOd be passed for payment. The outstanding items were £447 6s 3d, interest on sewerage loan, £l5O interest on old loan, and £123 16s lOd hospital levy. The recommendation was adopted. Various building permits were approved, as also specifications for the reconstruction of the Royal Private Hotel verandah.

His Worship gave notice of motion to move at the next meeting that the previous motion on the minutes prohibiting the erection of petrol pumps on the kerbside be rescinded.

The question of noisy motor-cycles in the main street at night was left in the hands of the engineer.

Congested parking of buses in the main street was again discussed, and it was moved as a recommendation to the works committee to have a bus stop established.

The motion was carried unanimously. The need of a sanitary dump in the borough was stressed by Cr. Chapman and. referred to the works committee for consideration. Engineer's Report. The borough engineer, Mr Branch, in his report on work for the month, stated that the hot weather had caus-i ed considerable bleeding-of the bitumen roads, necessitating constant topdressing. General maintenance work on roads and footpaths had been carried out in the borough. The waterintake had been attended to and two blowouts mended during the month. The shed to house the chlorinator, which was expected to arrive shortly, was now under construction. The pressure reducing valve had been repaired and would be placed at* the school bridge, where it could be controlled by a separate valve. There was abundant evidence that garden hoses had been used extensively during the month. He thought that it would be advisable to restrict this practice during the daytime, in order to give the factories supplied by the borough an efficient service. He recommended that the hours for watering of gardens be restricted to between 5 to 8.30 p.m. and 5 to 7 a.m. It would be necessary to stipulate at the same time that in the event of fire all garden hoses would have to be cut off. Repairs had been made to several fire-plugs in the borough. The rest ground had been attended to, also the parks in the borough. A No. 0 auto air compressor was essential in the event of a breakdown of the bitumen sprayer, and he would recommend the purchase of one.