BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15872, 11 April 1917, Page 4

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

KAIAPOI

Tho fortnightly meeting of tho Kaiapoi Borough Council was hcia lust night, i-rc-sont—'.L'iio Mayor (Mj: J. H. Blackwell) and Crs. 11. (J. Kevell, It. It, Croft, R. Dunn, S. liinaldi, \V. Doubieday, L. B. Evans, P. H. -boithead, H. Mclntosn, and J. Bryden. A letter was received, trow tho eccrctary of tho Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard advising that the Council's request to have an inspection made of the borough would be given effect to at the earliest opportunity. Carreep6nde>zioo was received from the AVaipara County Council' enclosing copics of resolutions pulsed ut a meeting iieid on March Slat, urging o.vncra oz land to increase the of their holdings. to assist'ill winning the war. The matter of obtaining' the annual supply of shingle for road repairs we a referred io the \VorJ:a Comipitt'ec ;o make enquiries aud report. t It was decided that the question of taking proceedings against tho owiumj of stray cat Ho bo left in tho h.indj of the town clerk, and also thai tl» town clerk give seven days' notice to pardons depositing rub. bish on the roadsido t-o remove 6ame.° It was decided that the Lighting Committee oo empowered to have the town clock lighted by dlcctricity. The Lighting Committee reported leaving pcrurod tnc revised agreement "received from the Public Works Department on the inst&llation of clectriciiy for tho boiough, and recommended that it bo adopted cubject to a ~c , :a U3? 10 . inserted providing for the settling by arDilration oi any dispute arisin" from a possible omission in tho agreement! The committee also recommended that the Public Works Department be asked to furnish thfl Council with a achcdulc of the matcna], <abocr. etc., 6bowing hjDw tho estimate o, £3300 for reticulating tue borough wco arrived at, this fcr the purpose of bein'» kept for future reference, 'it further recoa't £ al a <:ircul " be printed arul distributed ehowmg consumers the actual cost of the ljght for a given number of points. The Work* Committee reported httv ; i"» receded correspondence from the Post °an-J x clcgraph Department, intimating that all damage done to the asp.biilt footpaths in lavJ3g cab.c for the telegraph wires would be made good- It also recommended that the national tSttency Board be informed that the Council nad only two permanent cmployct® and would endeavour to us 3 as little eaaual labour a* possible. It stated that on account of the increased cost of living labour for ihe annual cleaning of drains at the uraal daily w*ge of 10s, 4d was not arguable. The committee recommended that the matter be left to the town cleik to ZS2.X& tho beat terms possible. The financial statement showed: Receipts £109 13s lid and lis overdraft at the bank £761 16s sd, |