Notes from Newport Town Council Minutes
These are not full transcripts of the Minutes. They are my own notes.
1935-36 (November 1935 - November 1936) Source: Newport-on-Tay Council Minutes, B79-1-35
| Election of Town Councillors: Ward 1: Arthur Cram, 3 Prospect Terrace, no poll. Ward 2: George Peattie, Rockville, Beechwood Terrace, no poll. Ward 3: John Wilkie, Balgonie Cottage, Bay Road, no poll. |
| Council: Ward 1: Frank Howard Fairweather, elected 1933; Charles M Hunter, elected 1934; Arthur S Cram, elected 1935. Ward 2: George Scrymgeour, elected 1932, Provost; Thomas Mitchell, elected 1934, Junior Bailie; George Peattie, elected 1935. Ward 3: George R Little, elected 1934, Senior Bailie; William Ramsay, elected 1934; John Wilkie, elected 1935. |
| 17 December 1935. Graham Place declared unfit for human habitation, also appeal against rating amount from John Clark, Graham Place, roll no. 978. |
| Rubbish dump at Canons: exhausted. Need to change over - refer to farmer. |
| 7 January 1936. Graham Place: resolved to demolish. |
| Rubbish dump: Northfield Farm - an extension of the dump. |
| Building sites (from Mr Berry): suggested (1) adjoining gas works - out of the burgh; (2) north-east of Prospect Terrace - means building a new road, so no good. ?What about next to the tennis courts in Cupar Road? |
| ? Golf course? - refer to recreation committee. |
| Queen Street housing: built by local tradesmen. |
| Open spaces: desirable to retain as open space the subjects at Pluck-the-Craw & Kempstane, which really formed parts of the banks of the river. ? What price to obtain them? |
| Allocation of houses at Mars Gardens and Queen Street. |
| 31 March 1936. Demolition order for Graham Place, Newburgh Road; owner Charles Graham, Ashcliffe, West Newport. Ground floor - 2-apt. house, James Will; first floor - 3-apt. house, William Leith; 2nd floor - 4-apt. house, Mrs John Clark; 3rd floor - 1-apt. house Miss Nellie Haynes; at street level - 1-apt. house, Mrs Jane E Coupar; at street level - 4-apt. house, Robert Miller; 2nd & 3rd floors - 5-apt. house, John Dippie; 2nd floor - painter's workshop, Joseph D Keay. (map). |
| High Street: plant 4 x prunus, 4 x fern-leaf beech trees, with railings, after removal of old trees. |
| Numbering of houses proposed. |
| List of rights-of-way. |
| Letter from Hugh Moncur, Woodhaven Terrace: house required for agricultural worker as one of the houses to be demolished is occupied by an agricultural worker. Worker to be rehoused at Mars Gardens. |
| Value of Pluck-the-Craw 4/4d. and Kempstane 4/- per pole. |
| Housing sites: at Woodhaven adjacent to Mars Gardens scheme. |
| Occupiers at Woodhaven requiring to vacate their properties at 28 May 1936 - Mr Rae, Peter Nicoll, Mrs McIntyre, Andrew Duff, David Dowie, Mrs Margaret Bissett. |
| Purchase of property at King Street from ex-Provost Young for erection of non-subsidy housing. |
| Some houses at Mars Gardens built 1931, newer ones in 1935. |
| Areas for housing: Woodhaven - ground on opposite side of main road from Wormit School where 2 houses had already been condemned. |
| Pluck-the-Craw & Kempstane: consider the area of ground useless for building purposes. |
| Building ground, Woodhaven: considered site opposite the school but agreed to feu area adjoining Mars Gardens scheme. |
| Riverside Cottage demolition: use for levelling up the ground. |
| Telephone exchange to be built in Union Street - proposed building to be kept in line with north gable wall of St Fillans Church Hall. |
| Houses unfit and not improvable: (1) Duncan's property, William Street; owner Charles C Duncan; 8 houses, tenants Stewart, Russell, Duncan, Mitchell, Watson, Shearer, Nicoll, Lawson. (2) Seacraig Cottages, James Street; owner Rhind; 2 houses, tenants Fleming, Fearn. |
| Houses unfit but improvable: (1) Union Cottages, Robert Street, 2 x semi-detached, roll nos. 555, 556; owner Kidd; tenants D Easton, J Smith. (2) Craighead Farm Cottar houses, adjacent to farm buildings, roll no. 523; owner Berry; tenant Mudie. (3) Holly Cottages, Queen Street, 2 x semi-detached cottages, roll 477,478; owner Berry; tenants W Edgar, W Bain. (4) Wormit Farm Cottages, Newburgh Road, 2 x cottar houses, roll 1523, 1524; owner Scrymgeour-Wedderburn; tenants W Brown, J Watson. (5) Riverside Cottages, Riverside Lane, 2 x semi-detached cottages, roll 1066, 1067; owner Miss Jane Just; tenants Misses Millar, Daniel Smith. (6) Den Cottages; owner Berry. |
| Retiring: Fairweather, Mitchell, Ramsay. |
| Buildings erected by ex-Provost Young at Boat Road (hall above showrooms). |
| Albert Crescent: road passed in 1895 but only half was formed. Now intended to form the other half. |
| Pluck-the-Craw: residents Mason & Gray to be decanted. |
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