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ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Phe rdinary meeting of the Aeh'iU'fon R»ri'U:b Council was held J»B' »veni>pr Present -Tho Ma or, »nd Or Thorn >c Harrisi n, Bird, Williamson, Tucker Friedlaoder, R«id and Oraighead. An apology was re.eived for the absence nf Or hoberts MAYOB'H BTATBM2NT. The Mavr s<'i f.ie ri* b ; balance at vio Ban* was £i 6599« 8d The. amountih'oh b-id bt'oi't r oivod sirsco '*« meatf.'y ff*p :— Library account, Js' ; dog I cense*, 10b ; H •riUih Heal, £1 Is ; ■xone liceuf.B £2: r»rfa -f rtae'v *. Ul 6 -, rat s, 1886. £7 4?; <to(»i. £22 Isi l'hf< am nut of rften nraaining ui<o illeocod wae £26 10< 6i. LIOBTINO The Mayor repo; ted that the Lighting Committee had tnstitu'ed enquiries as to the beat means of lighting the streets of the town. They had communicated with | the Gas Company asking for a price for one year and for three years, and an offer fr m that Company had been received, The bad olio unterei into commnnicfiti m with the ngent for Booker's iocano'oaoent light, btr no reply had yet come i-o han>l. If; wonld probably, however, arrive m time to beoousiderei at :ho next, meitir.g vt theM/emmi'tee Inquiries fcftd a'so hfeon made respecting he practicability of lighri;^ the town ty Mleqtricny. It was thought m some quarters that this method would be too expen-ive, but, at any rate, no harm would bo done In Instituting enquiries. BINDS XUSSBBY*. The Mayor reported that tha Hinds reeerve had been let at a satisfactory figure to Mr Grigg SUBSIDY. A letter was rcoeivbd from the Trea sury, advising the payment to the Councils credit of the tarn of £281 sa, being 75 per cent of subsidy due to Oconcll under the provisions of the Loc»! B>d es Finance and Powers A.eta. — Keoeipi of letter was acknowledged. engineers' report. The Ensineflrs' report was read ai follows: — Pointing walla of Library : The Works Committee accepted Mr John Crum's tender for pointing the south* west wall for £9 7 6d, and also the s uth east wall, if appr >ved by the Council, at £14 for both. - Rubbish *nd night soil : As instructed by the Council, we have examined the river bod for a place for depositing rubbinh and night soil, and wonld suggest that on the N. W. s'de of the railway, the island opposite the Old Men's Home o»n he utilised f>r trenching In night soil and deposi iut> rnbbish. On the *.B. side the hollow behiud the Pound o>uld still be used for 'he recep*ijnof mbbish, but we cannot find any suitable ot accessible place for tha uight soil except one of the piddocks iv the re;erve ' (*»y the f^r htst from the bridge) on i which it could be deposi'ed m trenches, , and oovered -up, as specified ia the original contract -Traffic Bridge repair i : Some of the planks ou 'he traffio bridge having started anH become dangerous for 1 vehicles, and the County Engineer being , tecuporarilv absent, we had f>o-jae iieceni Brtry repairs made on New V jar'a Day, ; bein^ auth riaed by the May r, nt tht? J Mquest of the 'eoretary to the County Oouno 1. — The labor g*ug hai been em- j ployed, m addition to ordinary routinu I work, m re-forming the riv-r end of t Wi^'er street.. There is not sufficient , sMiff m the knjjth that has b e< lowero-' r between Burnett and Sho t at vets for . he fillin/ m of the r^raai -mi 1-ngha, and we an gest that sufficient bo 1 be got } from Wa-.anut rrai west, behind ;ht: J Fire Brtg»de Station, from whence also t shingle may ba obtained for inetallir.g, . We put on an extra man for a week to oat * oha".n«! 1m the upper part of the gu'ly m tha Domain, near the Hospital boundary, as we f<und that owing to fh j - larger qutntity and higher level of the r waer, a sw^mp was bbirg formed aud i wafer loat, t.nd the fo .tp»»h througt the j Datnaia was beins oba racted . POINHKG. i I* was dooided that bth south-9<»Bt and Bou;h-westi walla of Library should be 1 pointed. PXBBISII. i ACter Bone diecu?aion, the question of i choosing a place for d^p siting rabbinh and uight soil waa rpfet ed to the Work* Committeo, to report at next meeting. BRIEOt.3 ' It was decided .o draw the attention of the Oouuty Counoil (being the body m 0 tntrol) to th < st&ps the Borough CouuI oil had taken m repairing the bridge. 1 biseevoir After some discussion, it was resolved, ' on the motion « f the Mayor, eeo nd»d by ' Cr Harrison— "That the Works Oom- : mittee take into consideration the pro- . priety of obtaining a few loads of day for piddling the reservoir m the Domain In i order to prevent the water escaping." JJBW COUNOILIOR. The R. turning Offio r, Mr C. Braddell, | reported the return of Mr R, Friedlander 1 as a councillor The Mayor made a few congratulatory ; remarks, to whioh Or Friedlander responded. 1 11RARIE8. Cr Harrison ask-d if any application had been made to Government for partioipation m the grant of £4000 for pubic libraries— The Clerk replied that thla had been done.

OLD LiBRARY BITS. It was decided, on tho motion of O Harrison, that applications should be called for the lease of the old library site DOMAIN F-SNCE. Or Keid asked if any aoiioa hid been ' taktin with regard to the *ncroaohment; of the Domain fence on the road. It was explained thai thare hai been no meeting of the Domain B <ard since t*.e resolution on the subject was passed by tho (Jonnotl. — The Clerk was iastrac»ed to ooramuoic\te w|»h the Domain Board, informing them of the desl c of a deputation from the Oounoil to wait upon them OHANfiBLLINa. Or Tucker **»id th*t he had been asked by the manufacturer of a hydraulio lime, o' aimed to be eqntl to the bent imported cement, to ascormiu if the Oounoil wern willing to lay " length of ehmuelling on conaiton th.t be pvovl ed the cement, tae object of <hn mannfao urer b ing to | give a prrc ical demonstrAlion of he vilue of his pr< duct. — Consicterable die* oaasion took placa. A mod< n -was pro )iosed t.y Or Fnedlander, and stoonded by Mr danianti, to the effect that th-< O^nooil lay a chnin of channelling, the cemeut to be supplied free by the manufacturer — An amendment was movod by Or Wiltiamso , and seounded by Or Thomas— That_ the Council afford the manufacturer every facility for Inyink the Channelling.— The original motion was carried. COMMITTEES. Or Frledlander f»rs appointed to the vioanoiea on the varioua o>mmittees.

PAYMENTS. A«oonnt»« Bmouotng to £101 16s 9d were paasbd for payment, and the Counoi" adjourned.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1453, 11 January 1887, Page 2

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ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1453, 11 January 1887, Page 2

ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1453, 11 January 1887, Page 2

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