Abergavenny Chronicle

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Crickhowell Board of Guardians. I Mr. W. G. James was appointed chairman in the absence of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman I at the fortnightly meeting on Monday. There were also present Rev. W. Arvon Davies and Messrs. T. Ll. Jones, Wm. Rosser, A. J. Thomas, W. G. Watkins, J. C. Joues, S. Devnallt, R. J. Hayward, David Thomas, John Thomas, W. Rosser and Thomas Jones. CHRISTMAS FARE. I The Guardians decided to give Christmas extras to the indoor poor, and on the motion of Mr. W. G. Watkins to pay their outdoor poor during Christmas and the following week extra Christmas relief as follows Adults 2s., and children under 14 is. each. BRING THE EX-KAISER TO TRI-KL. I A letter was read from the Lewisham* Board of Guardians asking the Guardians to support their request to the Government to take im- mediate steps to effect the handing over of the ex-Kaiser for trial, his presence in Holland, in their opinion, being a grave menace to the cause of the Allies. Mr. Wm. Rosser I think we ought to support the resolution. The Kaiser should certainly be brought to justice. Mr. T. U. Jones I agree he should be tried. Beyond expressions of opinion nothing was done. DRAINAGE SCHUME. I A letter was read from the Local Government Board stating that they were prepared to sanction the immediate carrying out of the part of the drainage scheme providing for lavatory accommodation ou the men's side, providedan estimate was submitted of the cost. Mr. Hurley, the Board's Engineer, who attended, said that in days like the present he could not got an estimate for work such as it was necessary to carry out. The best thing to do was to prepare specifications and invite tenders. This was unanimously agreed to on the motion of Mr. W. G. Watkins. APPOINTMENT. I £ jjAj £ cominuiiication was read intimating that I Mr. Wm. Powell, Clarence Villas, Crickhovrell,, hadlt,b,eenpappointed assistant overseer for the I parish of IIanbedr.

Abergavenny Town Council. I Housing: Room for 220 Houses. Payment of Members' Expenses. I APPROVAL OF ATTRACTIONS ASSOCIATION. I The monthly meeting of the Abergaveniiy Town Council wasf held I on Monday night, the Mayor (Aid. Z. Wheatlev) presiding. There were also present Councillors P. Telford, T. A. Delafield, W. Horsington, G. R. Plowman, F. J. Mansfield, W. j. Meale, W. J. Tong and F. Sadler. Votes of Sympathy. I The Mayor moved votes of sympathy be sent to Councillors Iball.and Beckwith, who viore unable to be present owing to illness, and hoped they would soon be restored to health. On the proposition of the Mayor, votes of condolence were also passed with the relatives of the following :-Lieut., C. C. Heywood, officially reported dead Lieut. Matthew Morgan, I S.W.B., North-street Donald Morgan, son of Mr. Lewis Morgan, who had only just received news of the death, which took place in June Mrs. Gwatkin, wife of the caretaker of the New Cemetery and Mr. Stanton, an old employee, who had passed away. I Councillor Tong and Members' Expenses. I In reply to a request by Councillor long at the last meeting, the Town Clerk read a list of expenses incurred by members and officials in attending conferences on behalf of the Council. Councillor Tong said he was quite satisfied with this. Councillor Horsington What about the hours Councillor Graham has given to the service of the public in. attending these conferences ? It is a great credit that we have a man who is capable of handling the town's business on the housing and town planning scheme, and that he has so much interest in this business that he has devoted so many hours to it. Councillor Tong I should like to ask whether he implies that in asking for the information I had Councillor Graham in my mind. Councillor Horsington said that he implied nothing at all. The information had been given and would go to the public, and he thought it right to say it was a credit that they had such a. man as Councillor Graham who had devoted so much of his time, because he got nothing for going. Councillor Tong Is it necessary for me to say that I am not attacking Councillor Graham ? I asked for the information in order to reply to insinuations, and I shall use it. Councillor Delafield said he had attended a conference at Cardiff and had made no charge. Councillor Telford said that several members of the Council had been appointed to attend conferences, and whether they made a charge or not/ there should be a report that they had attended, in order to show' whether they were doing their duty or not. Councillor Tong said he was prepared to go further and submit to the Finance*Committee a resolution that they should pay the expenses of members who attended meetings out of town on official business. They ought to be paid their expenses. Members of Councils in industrial districts were paid their expenses. I Lighting Complaints. I Councillor Telford asked when they were going to have a little better public lighting. The previous night there was only one light from the Town Hall, to the Belmont. All the 'others had no mantles on them. He thought Cross-street was the worst-lighted street in town. The other morning there was practically no gas and when he got up he had to use a candle. The Gas Manager said the reason was that the governor at the works was not working quite satisfactorily. He had adopted measures which he thought would prevent a repetition of the complaint. As he received reports as to the lamps he sent a man out to attend to them. Councillor Tong urged that every place of worship should have a lamp lit at the entrance on Sunday nights. He brought this matter forward some years ago. He had heard of three people having accidents at Holy Trinity on Sunday night. The Mayor said they had no light at the Wesley an Church. Councillor Meale complained of the gas stoves blowing back when people tried to light them. The Gas Manager said this was due chiefly to the quality of the gas. They had been working with the retorts in a poor condition, and he was in hopes that the quality would be better now that they had the new retorts working. I Councillor Tong and Cost of Housing. I The Housing and Town Planning Committee reported the receipt of a letter from the Local Government Board impressing the urgency of proceeding with housing schemes at the earliest possible moment. Several questions had also been asked by Sir Auckland Geddes, and in reply to these it was proposed to say that the Council proposed to proceed with the provision of 220 houses early next year. In reply to a question as to \vhether there was work of construction of roads, sewers, etc. -,vliich could be put in hand immediately demobilisation began, it was pro- posed to return an affirmative answer. Councillor Tong said they should insert the words if necessary after 220 houses. He was told at the committee that they were not pledged to any number of 'houses, but this distinctly pledged them to 220 houses at a cost of 'about £ 75,000. He should oppose 220 houses until the burgesses had had a public meeting and had sanctioned that number. If they inserted the words" if necessary" he admitted that the ground was cut from under his feet. He was in favour of the Housing and Town Planning-Act, but he wanted to go a step further. He wanted it put into force in such a way that it would not stop builders or private investors from building. If this land was laid out for 220 houses and some philanthropic individual came along and wanted to invest £ 10,000 in building, he wanted to en- courage him and get the money spent instead of getting it spent out of the pockets of the burgesses. ILThey wanted to encourage the building trade td go on building, and it was suggested that the Government should be asked to repeal the Finance Act of 1910 to give builders a chance. He did not want mud thrown at him, because he was not against the building of houses for the working classes, but he was against mortgaging the burgesses of Abergavenny to build houses at a cost of £ 75,000. » Counciilor Plowman said the original applica- tion was to build 100 houses. He should like to know when it was decided that 220 houses were necessary. They were a long way from being in a position to start road-making. If they sent that reply and had a body of men sent there to go on with the road-making they would be in the cart. Councillor Horsington said that the original agreement was that they should build 100 houses. Now that the ground had been planned out the committee found that it would carry 220 houses if necessary. Assuming that the Council adopted the plans and divided the ground up, he saw no reason why 100 men should not be employed on the 1st of January. Not Acqaired The Land. I Councillor Plowman Oh We have not half acquired the land. Even the preliminaries have not been arranged yet for acquiring the land. The rate of demobilisation is about 8,000 a day. If we get a few hundred men sent here on the strength of this reply, where are we ? Coanciflor Tong I should like to know if this Council is pledged to the number of-houses. If so, when the pledge was taken and for "how many houses ? The Town Clerk said that thfi 220 houses would be subject to the Local Government Board passing the plans and approving the scheme. The Government would not send any men to make the roads. It would be for the Council to engage them. Councillor Tong said that notice' of motion should be given. They were not going to pledge themselves to build 220 houses at a cost of 175,000. Councillor Telford said that Councillor Tong seemed very keen on Ke did not know where he got that idea from. It was throwing cold water on the scheme. Councillor Tong I deny that. Councillor Telford said it was simply throwing .out the idea that the Council were going to pledge themselves to provide' that number of houses at that particular cost. He did not think the committee had in thei'r minds any particular number of houses. Since it was proposed. to build 100 houses the Council had taken more land,, and he hoped they were not going back on the work they had done. If the words if necessary were added he did not see why the- Council should not be pleased to pass it. The site was an ideal one and they could not get a better in the town, and they had every prospect of being able to develop it on economical lines. If the Council did not want to go on with the scheme, let them have a resolution. and have done with it. It was simply a waste of time, and he was not going to have his time wasted. To test the feeling of the Council lie would pro- ppsearesolution. Councillor Mansfield said he did not think there was the slightest idea of anyone throwing I cold water on the scheme. He quite agreed that the reply should be amplified. It was quite right to say that the site would provide for 220 houses, but they should add that it was proposed to erect only 100 houses. Councillor Tong said that if the words lie first suggested, if necessary," were added it would meet the position. He was informed that the, official estimate of the cost was 1-320 per house, so that 220 houses would come to f70,400, while another £ 4,600 would certainly be required for the purchase of the land and laying it out. Councillor Horsington Your official informa- tion is incorrect. The report was adopted with the addition of the words if necessary." Councillor Horsington said that the road- making should be commenced as early as possible so that they could provide work for discharged soldiers. i Town Attractions Association. 1 n I Messrs. Alfred. Williams, w. Kosser and J. -ti. Redwood attended as a deputation from a public meeting the previous Tuesday in regard to the formation of a Town Attractions and Develop- ment Association. Mr. Rosser said it was felt very strongly that if the Association was to be a thoroughly repre- sentative one those who represented the bur- gesses in their- civic capacity should form the nucleus of the- Association. Some thought that the Council should take the initiative in forlning, the Association. It was not clear whether the Council could do that, but they asked that every member of the Council should join the move- ment, either in their corporate capacity or as individuals. There was a strong feeling in the town that they should revive the Easter Eistedd- fod, but that was only one suggestion. They asked for the support, ,good-will, co-operation and active membership of the Council. Mr. Alfred Williams supported and said it would add very much to the influence of the movement if the Council could see their way to help them. They were doing what they could help them. They NV as burgesses to improve the attractions, of #he town, and they desired the assistance and advice of the Council to make their efforts a success. Councillor Sadler said that there was an oppor- tunity to them to do something outside their duties as, Councillors. There was a large field for work. They should identify themselves with this movement and do all they could to foster itv If the Mayor were to confine himself to his Council duties the burgesses would think he was a very poor Mayor, and they were entitled to a very poor call them very poor Councillors if they did not take an interest in things outside that Council Chamber. They ought to do all they could for the benefit of the town. Various ideas had been suggested, such as a lake in the Swan meadow and a light railway to the Sugar Loaf. The town was beautifully situated and there was an immense population within reach,, and they would come to spend, their days or weeks there if they did what they could to make the town more attractive. Councillor Meale said he could speak of the majority of the working men when he said that they were in entire sympathy with this move- ment, and he thought the Town Council should take it up and give it their whole-hearted assistance. Councillor Horsington said that they could count on success, and he thought the Council should do anything they could in this way for thfr benefit of the borough, I Individual Support. I Councillor Telford said that if it was legally possible for the Council to form a Town Attrac- tion and Development Association he should be very pleased to propose that they do so. If that was not possible he would propose that they, join the Association and that the Mayor for the" I time being be the chairman. It would show that the Town Council was behind whatever was beinc done. The Mayor said he did not think the Council could legally form an Association, but there was nothing to prevent them as individuals from forming themselves into an organisation. He should be pleased, as a tradesman, to see any association formed for the purpose of developing the town and bringing visitors, and to give it what support he coald. He was afraid he could only be a figure head, as he did not want any more work put on his shoulders, bat he hoped it, would be a great success. The Town Clerk said that many towns had power under their local Act to spend money on advertising. They could adopt certain clauses of an 'Act recently passed to meet the case and enable them to pay any expenses which might be incurred out of the rates, but Councillor Tel- ford had said that it was improbable that there would be anything devolving on the rates. Councillor Plowman said that the movement would have the support of most people. The only thing was whether they were right in adopting it as a Town Council, more p'articularly seeing that the Association would require the use of nearly all their public buildings. In- dividually he would support it. Councillor Tong said that this thing was sprung upon him and he knew nothing about it. In the general title of a Town Attractions a&d Develop- ment Association he could see an excellent idea and one which could be developed to the benefit of the town, but at present the only thing which had been put forward was the Easter Eisteddfod, which appealed only to sections. On the suggestion of the Mayor it was decided that the members should meet those interested in the formation of the Association at a meeting at the Council Chamber at 6 o'clock on Thursday. ♦ t

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