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FIRST The trend for sewer laying, after· a main trunk has been run up to the new subdivision, will be from the bottom of the vall�y southwards. Tui Glen area will be <lone before branches spread further up the yalley. . For health reasons the lower part of the valley will· have priority as drainage is deterio-rating and some septic tanks are ·· gi:vin� trouble.
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Magazines, Toys, Stationery. Alsn blood and bone, lupin, lime. Revolving Clothes Line Kit Sets.
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JULY, 1958
When thei valley's long-delayed licensing poll is held it will probably be just for a licence-yes or no. The option of voting f OF a trust licence will probably not be given.
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May Lose Trust Vote in Licensing Poll
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STO�ES VALLEY TRANSPORT. Phone 1360A
It is the trust question that has been holding up the poll since the decision of the Licens ing Commission in March to give the valley a vote on thE: licence with the alternative of a trust · licence. The 64-dollar question is this: If Stokes Valley voted for a trust licence who would operate it? The duly-elected Lower Hutt Trust has been unable to ouer ate for years through lack of finance. The same trui:;t would logic __ally control in Stokes Valley with the same lack of finance. To resolve this dilemma the whole question is to be reopened. The -Commission will conduct another hearing, probably on August 1, �o receive further evi dence on the trust position. ThE council, which is asking the Pro gressive Association for an esti mate of the -likely extent of trust licence support in the val ley, will make fresh representa tions at the hearing. to which all the principal representatives who appeared originally will be invited.
(J. H. KE,fl)
· If the 600-odd signature peti ··ion from the valley asking for )ither no licence or a poll is :my mdication a vote would turn Jown a hotel, but if opinions have· changed and a majority �avoured a trust hotel the re sult would still be no hotel be :ause trusts just can't get the money to build hotels. ' Even if Stokes Valley elected its own trust, ,vhich it could, there's little to- indicate trust support would be much · more than moral support. Give
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The Mayor must have been very pleased at the attendance at the Progressive Association general meeting this month. It was 38. He would be justified in as suming that the 700-odd rate payers who didn't come were satisfied with the first 21 months of his council's administration of the valley.
RUBBER
SAYS ENGINEER If you are laying seweragf pipes on your property to con nect to the n�w sewer this year use rubber ring flexible joints says the City Engineer, Mr. Bach. Earthenware pipes designec for rubber joints will soon bE: available and in view of their superiority over cement mortar· joint pipes are strongly recom mended to Stokes Valley resi dents by Mr. Bach. For many years rubber rinr joints have been standard f01 larger sewer pipes, including of course, all of Stokes Valley'� current installation, said Mr Bach, and they are now beinr produced for four-inch house hold drain pipes. They cost a little more but. in compensation, they can be laid faster and they never crack or le�k thrnugh subsidence of the pipe line.
Way To Eastern Hutt
Eastern Hutt Road_ traffic 3hould have the right-of-w.ay at 111 times at the High Street ·ntersection, it was pointed out at the Progressive_ Association general meeting, The council· is t� be requested to remove the sign "Main Route n fro·m High Street or erect signs indicating that Hig·h Street traf fic rnust give way to Eastern Hutt Road traffic. The junction, which has al ready been the scene of a num ber of serious accid!!nts, could become a constant danger spot as traffic increases, due to mis understanding of where the right-of-way lies.
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RATES INCREASE Average rate increase for Stokes Valley will be £3/12/6, said. the Mayor, Mr. Dowse, at · the Progressive Association general n'l.eeting. The . council had taken 10 houses in each of three representative streets in the valley and found that over the 30 houses rates will jncrease from £18/8/6 to £22/1/-.
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If the Stokes Valley. Cricket Club can get s��cient suppo:r1 two schoolboy cricket teams will be formed next season. There are so.me able cricketers in the valley who will be pre pared to _give their time to coaching the boys, who will also qualify for entry to the Hutt Valley Cricket Association coaching scheme. The schoolboy scheme is one I of the agenda items for the I club's annual meeting on August 20. .
DAY-OLD CHICKS
PERCHING PULLETS
BOOM IN VA[LEY BUILDING
Building figures for the last 18 months show a spectacular increase in private huilding in' the valley. For the first si."< months of iast year the value of permits issued for the valley was £90,000. For the first six· months this year the value has ieaped to £168,000. ':chat is for permits for all building -· houses, garages, sheds, alterations, extensions. six-month the same In periods the permits for ·houses were 24 and 46. The rate of houses a month has increased from four to seven and two-thirds. -- ----- �The value -of building ·for the whole of 1957 was £210,000. This year it will probably· top £400,000. For the first six months of 1957 a total of 63 permits was issued, for the second six months 67 and for the first six months this year 77. Over the same three six month periods new house per mits were 24, 31, 46. Total value was £90,000, £120,000, £168,000. Your.
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Lights The Progressive Association has received its specially com� missioned street map from the council and is preparing to have it erected near the mouth of the· valley in an illuminated glass case. As a community service the association is making provision in the case for cards from every non-commercial organisation in the valley giving its title, sec retary's name and address and phone number.• The secretary of the associa tion, Mr. ·R. G. Austin, Horoeka Road, will now accept the in.: formation for the cards from club and group secretaries.
- M. A. watts, SP�ST
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