BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 16037, 20 October 1917, Page 6

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

RANGIORA

The tiior'Uiiy meeting of the Rangiora Borough Council was lie:d last evening, sent—Tlic Jlayor (Mr C. S. Jennings), and Uys. H. Boyd, L''. IS. Bane, V. G. \Yright, A. i!. Tyi«T," *»'• J- Kowbo, and "W. A. liovvse. .Leave oi ausencc was granted to Crs. W". A. Banks and C. t>. Avers. . A circular was received from tho Kaiapot Borough Council forwarding cony of resolution. suggesting that no cnarg'- should b© made by the Hospital Boards lor tue maintenance of patients suffering from infectious diseases. It was dccided to support tho ieeolution. . „ • r> i. The headmaster of the Rangiora. Borough School wrote applying for the use of tho bath on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 8.30 to 5. The Swimming Ciub asked fo.< tho use of the bath on the samo terms as last year. It was decided to grant the applications. ' . , Air W. G. Whiteside, of Ayers street, forwarded a petition signed by thirteen ratepaverft asking that tho street be kerbed and channeled, ani stating that -they wer» willing to way half the' cost. It was decided to give the petition consideration when tho finances permit of further expondituvc on works of the kind. ... , , . A motion vras parsed acc.ering # hemiocK and ox-eyo daisy noxious weeds within the borough. . Tho Fnar.ce Committee reported that in view of tho prtsant state of the , finances, and of the proposal to do a certain amount of kerbing and channelling at the .end of tho financial year, no extra work be done at preEsnt.—Adopted. _i Gasworks Committee roconnnctiaeci .that Mr H. Lander be appointed to the position in the ga3Work3 lately vacated by Mr Woodisse; that a 2in service pipe be put ; through hom the Ashley street gas mam | (he houses fronting on Good street, on certain conditions. —Adopted. The financial statement showed receipts oii s ge-.icral aexount £254 gas account £324 63 3d, and expenditure on general account £285 13s 2d, gas account £136 8s 3d, leaving n debit balance on the gna account of tl'3 Sd, and on the general account of £343 19s-9d, making a total debit of £1113 la lid. Tho foreman reported that the bath had been v.-hitew&slied and cleaned out ready for tho opening day. m . It v.-ns decided that owners of unregistered dogs after November Ist be prosecuted.