BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 14

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

BANGIOBA. ' The monthly meeting- of the " Riugiara Borough Council was held last night. > Present—Tho Mayor (Mr C. L. Jennings), Crs. F. B. I>ane, W. A. Rowae, - W- Allison, H. Boyd,'. C. '.S. Ayers, W. h. Murray, and A. H. Tyler, , , • Tihe, town manager eubmitted tbt> 'statement of accounts for ths year- ending March 31st, 1821. , The . total v/erb i 11,032 88 7d, and payments- £10,528 Is 2d, leaving a- balance- of _£s(M' 2s 6d. The general occouht opened* with a debit of J2s 4d, payments for the year:amounted to £3812 6s; sd, and receipts £4482 17s sd, the debitt being reduced to £E22 os* 4d. The- sanitation acoount receipts . were' 4315 -109 : 9d,. and - payments; £385.5s lid. The rubhifih removal, receipts Bs. The receipts from .thei Municipal Mthß were £4 13d 9d, and payments £6o Is Id; The manager stated- that tie benefit'.derived by tho junior popmlfttion : of th«-borough pensated' for- the- expenditure.- The gas-, works account showed -'a •. balancfl 'to profit of . £l4B' N Ifo • 7d. • Site r rates levied amounted to -£2592 ;9s -4d, the; whole] ,of wkWh had been .paid with tho eieeption; of £l. 6s fid. T5» position of - the Council, briefly, .'was-as foJlowß:—General • account;, debit, 9av 7d; "eJectrio account,-debit, £977 oa. 10d lotal, debit,'>£32Bl 10s 9d. j; The Prime Minister: acknowledged lieceipt; of a letter a»kinf .f<jr, ; e!ectrio warning bells to .'ho. inst-aJfed art tha Ranpiora High street railway crossing, -and', etailed,; that:Venquiries woro boing macle xrito' th-e matter. , .. The, application .of-the'Norfh '.Canterbuiy, Football 'Club.for 1 tfe uae of Viciolia Park on nijphts for piacttise granted.; ' Tlo' secretary .of the Leagne asked ,tho ewppolrt'of.'th&,Council- in urging the Government .to airthorise tho PahWorks Department to carry oiit iwrmanent works on ths Harper river, So as not ■ to ciraae shy-unnecessary delay in Btretogthaning the' -andertaking.' -It was.resolyed.to support tho League. - : Tho resignatioh of Mr James Smith; horougi foreman • for 25 years.'was received, and acoepted. aiid ;it was decided to place on record appreciation of his long and faithful services^.-' ' x Tho Eileetricalf- Engineer, Public Works Deipaftment, advised that owing to the Lake 'Coleridge' works being overloaded, tho. supply to users of power, would be cat off aa from April. 15th. : . ... Ijt was agreed to accedo to the County .Council's reqTiest for three electrio lights to be erected on Ashley street/ and to comWith the request to; erect/ two 'lights on the Town belt. The application of,Mr J. Banfield/ for.the extemeibn of. tho. electric light to his place was': not granted, as the oost was prohibitive.' It was rosblved. to x">t a* street light in Cone street, v k The. foreman presented a repon on . ,trees and hedges obstructmg the view and causing danger to traffic. .' . After some discussion consideration of tho matter was referred to. the incoming Council to deal'swith.; The Mayor brought •under' the notioe.of the Council that the doctor and; the ooroner had repeatedly -stressed th» need, of a morirue .in Rangiora. - -It, was resolved to. obtain an estimate of the oost of a building to servo as a mcrguo. ' - The Mayor olbo drew-. aHention to , tne ■urgent necessity, of a rest 1 building for visitors to tha borough The' inaitter was referred to the: incoming Building Committee of tho Council to deal with. ~ (f 'As &s was the meeting of the' present Council several councillors made appreciative reference , to' th« Mayors services during his tflrm of. office; arid expressed regret that j hb was uhabfe to. accede to thei.request to agaui offer.his services.. The-Mayor replied thanking the Councillors: for; the remarks passed, and the meeting fKijounwd.