HAYLE COUNCIL AND URBAN STATUS

THE ROAD AT ANGARRACK.

The opinion that Hayle might be advised to defer for some time their request for urban status was expressed at a meeting of the Parish Council on Tuesday night.

Mr. J. H. Woolcock questioned whether would be wise at the present stage to press for urban status. Perhaps it would be wise to approach the question after twelve or eighteen months. They should see the parish put into a proper state, and then they would be in a far better position to obtain urban status than they were at present.

Mr. R. G. Smart said he had hoped all along that the matter would be deferred, as it would be a mistake to proceed with it at the present time when they were so involved in water matters and on.

Mr. Woolcock: For the last four years we have shown that we can govern the town. We have shown that we can face up to our responsibilities.

Mr. T. H. Hodge: We are suffering now from what happened in 1928 on the old Phillack Council.

No action was taken.

FOOTPATHS.

Mr. Hodge mentioned that the footpaths were in a dreadful state.

The Chairman (Mr. W. R. Trevithick) agreed with Mr. Hodge and said that, except for the Causeway, there was not a decent footpath in the district.

It was decided that the County Council should be approached on the matter.

Mr. R. A. Kevern made a strong protest against the state of Back Road, Angarrack.

"You will want knee-boots to walk round Angarrack," he said. "The children are catching cold. They have miserably wet feet. Something should be done for these people at Angarrack. We may shake our heads, but it is a disgrace to England and the Ministry of Health that people should live in such conditions as they are living in at Angarrack.

"If I were living in Angarrack I would organise the Angarrack people and we would not pay a penny rates until we could get to our homes without going through pools of water.

"I am going to Angarrack and I am going to get the people to pledge themselves never to pay a 1d. rate until they have got a decent road. It is a disgrace that people—women and children —should go with their feet wet and suffer from colds."

Mr. J. B. James moved that the road be put in order.

The Chairman said that the clerk had sent all the details to the Ministry, and until they heard from the Ministry the matter would remain as it was.

The Clerk (Mr. J. A. Harvey) observed that Back Road was a County Council road and the Parish Council, as such, could not spend any money there.

Mr. Kevern moved that they write to the County Council calling attention to the serious state of the higher road at Angarrack, and asking them to give it their immediate attention, as it was the forerunner of many sicknesses which might possibly attributed to some other source. It was impossible for any child attending Connor Downs school to use the road and arrive at school with dry feet. The matter was urgent.

Mr. W. L. Barnes seconded.

Mr. Woolcock remarked the road was one of the filthiest roads in the district.

Mr. W. J. Drew said that it was no worse than Tremeadow Terrace.

Mr. Kevern: Angarrack is a quagmire. You have a bad school attendance at Angarrack. The children, through getting wet feet, are catching colds all the time and are looking rather delicate.

It was decided that attention should also be called to Tremeadow Terrace.

HARBOUR VIEW ROAD.

A letter was received from the G.W.R. with regard to the road improvement at Harbour View, and stating that they were prepared to accept £3 for the purchase of the corner there.

Mr. Kevern moved, and Mr. Hodge seconded, that the letter be allowed to remain on the table.

Mr. Smart moved amendment that the offer accepted, and the amendment was carried on the chairman's casting vote.

THE PLAYING FIELD.

It was stated that the offer from King George's Fields Foundation stating that the Foundation were prepared to make grant in aid of £200 to the playing-field scheme, and setting out the terms of the offer, had been turned down, as the terms were impossible to accept. The Council had decided to proceed on their own.

The Clerk read a letter from Gwinear- Gwithian Council stating that it had been resolved to ask for tenders with regard to the bridge at Mellanoweth Farm. It had been agreed that Gwinear-Gwithian Council should do the work and Hayle Council would pay their share.