CITY COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 582, 21 November 1871, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

A SPF.CIAT, MBiSTiJG; of tbo City Council was held VtMttrday ■afternoon, at tliu, oiliee of bin Corporation, Canada Buildings, liiere were preaeut-Vlte Mayor, P. A. Philips, Esq. (in tilt; chaii);, anUtC<jfonoUlor» George,.All-,in Bugdcn, Stuart, .Isaac*;, Hobba, ; jlaiuptOn, Macready, ftud To.uks.—Papers with repaid to the utility of aaplnlte p.aying (received from Mr. Thomas Kaguell),' wore laid »upon;' the table by the Mayor.—TJio minutes of llio last meeting warp road jmkl confirmed.--The Mayor abated that tlio Assembly having .passed the iJLumeipiil Corporations Act,, the atyle of the Council would in iuturo be tho.City.Couneil, and iiot tile iiovoug.il Council.. lie had uleo received a letter from the Ooloniu Secretary, wlncii sjfcate.l that on and after the Ist of December nexb the voting ,ul the aluiiieipal elections would be by ballot; also, that! a1 .special rate of a shilling might be levied for! tile purpose of obtaining a water supply.—"A petition was read- from tho inhabitants of the Alten Road ;^ith regard to the want of Bcweruge in that locality. The petition was receive^, and will be talien into consideration at tho next riieotirtg.--»-A letlwi j;wa9 read from the Chairman "of 'the "Harbour Board, stating what had been dmie-by that lioard with rcg..rd to tlie! erection ofi froo baths.—Coiuicillpr (Smart moved, " Th«.t the inatlor bi» referred ito ia^seleeb .coiumittee, to report upon fit the! next.- meeting." ~.Jt;. was. "seconded by Councillor Macreatiy, and agreed to.*— The by:iitwß wi,th : rafereHce. totUo paving Jof .iSliutUaud, W.eat Queen, Victoria, and vVynd-l,hij;ui!-SUdfet^wt;rifl)lJi;ci,.glit up aiid.fOufiruieii.^ The resolution -passed in reference to. the

i.20,000 'oaivwrts brought up uud.-ojii.'iViiH'U. —Th<vneport-.of the ytroots:G'oinmittol' was brought up arid read.,J.ttnd savtMid works 'therain.ii'eoiJnimoiHU-d agreed to,...:Aiter soibc tho-Jreport was adapted. .*- Til.-' loaiJerg i,'it' tlie<city loan were Lhttu o'penua. ; Micro tenders, i'he Uauucil weal into coininitiee., thf proteedings ol which were .<;ptivaU>, WiejiiJuiir.l adjuuriiiug to i ho iti!.w»''a room. T&fotpi1 thivo luiuutc? after foui'ja young man, lv -a--BLute of much liasto and 'sxcitejn^ntj. rushed, in .with ft'nytbfeil tendwr,' which «wa earvitd.:.(o.;.ho' 4£aynr Im, M?< Vooiji.' T.his,, ; ho}yv^t.'i'j vm.[\Qi a^°iimM E> %>M tJ'I.QBi m'n o!' tho meiuGui'd io fclie pubair.roiat), tin. Mayor , tf.lii(tc^.,tlA«,4e.M.4sJ SlftrWl^-fKwiIJLiwWP C*' i'Vo' debonturos of ,CSO had l>uH,u,,aeeo|>ted, at one-eighth \>ev i:mityi i: '£h<i\ j.yjuniijdcv.'of tljef' loan {k'l o,7v»f|) had— htmn taken up by Measrp.' Wliitaker unjl'/ljus^ell .at par. —This was all the bnw.oes», qnd\ tha- ppHucn adjourned.-i-Herald. .. ' „ ~~,