CROMWELL TOWN COUNCIL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 94, 29 August 1871, Page 5

CROMWELL TOWN COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above body was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening, August 21, all the members being present. ! _ The minutes of the previous meeting hav- ■ ing been read and confirmed, and the outward . correspondence read and approved of, the Town Clerk read the following i INWARD CORRESPONDENCE ; A letter from the Under-Secretary, ac- • knowledging the receipt of a Memorial from the (late) Council, complaining of the unsatis factory manner in which Mr Pyke conducted the business of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts in Cromwell; and stating that the Memorial had been referred to Mr Pyke for explanation, A telegram from Mr Pyke to the Mayor in reference to the above. A letter from Mr Pyke, enclosing a a copy of the Memorial (which we published in our last issue). A letter from Messrs Matthews & Fenwick, applying for leave to erect a stable at the rear of their premises, and asking for an extension of their lease for a term of ten years from the date of the expiry of their present one (in October next). A letter from Mr Kidd, asking for leave to fence in a portion of the footpath, for a period of three weeks, in front of the new stone building in course of erection on his premises. A letter from the Colonial Secretary, acknowledging the receipt of the Town Clerk’s letter informing the Government of the elec- : tion of Mr Taylor to the Mayoral Chair. CONSIDERATION' OF CORRESPONDENCE. j Cr Fraer proposed—“ That the receipt of Mr Pyke’s letter ho acknowledged ; but that, as the Memorial did not emanate from the present Council, Mr Pyke he referred to Mr Smitham.”—Seconded by Cr Brown, and! earned. Cr Slianly proposed, and Cr Fraer seconded —“ That Messrs Matthews and Fenwick bo granted a lease of their section for the term applied for (ten years), at the annual rental of £7 10.” Cr Dawkins moved as an amendment—- “ That the application be granted, the rent to be £lO per annum.”—Seconded by Cr Brown. Tho Mayor gave his casting vote in favour of the amendment. Permission was granted to Messrs Matthews and Fenwick to erect a stable, on the condition that they fence in their premises. ASSESSORS. There were three applications, viz., Messrs Duncan Mackellar, J. S. Burres, and J. J. Williams. The two former wore elected. ACCOUNTS. Accounts from Messrs Anthony Brough and Charles Hastings, the former £7 7s, for professional services, and the latter £GB 18s 5d,, balance of account for kerb ing and channelling Melmore Terrace, were submitted to the Council. It was proposed by Or Fraer, seconded by Cr Brown, and carried—“ That Mr Brough’s account be passed for payment, and that he be retained as solicitor to the Corporation for the current year.” It was proposed by Cr Fraer, seesnded by Cr Brown, and carried—“ That the balance of Mr Hastings’s account for kerbing (£lO 3s 4d) and “ extras” (£ls) be passed for payment, but that he be required to complete the channelling in accordance with specifications before it be passed.” MEMORIAL. The following Memorial was read to the Council, for approval and signature, by Cr Fraer:— “ To the Honorable the Postmaster General, Wellington. “The Memorial of the Cromwell Corporation humbly shewelh. “ 1. That the Mail Service to Cromwell, so far as regards the arrivals from Dunedin, and the departures to that city, is in a very unsatisfactory state, a continuance of the present arrangement being calculated to bo detrimental to the inhabitants of the town and district, especially the commercial portion of the community. “ 2. That Crom well is the natural terminus of the mail coach line, and by its increasing importance as a mining and commercial centre, deserves special consideration at your hands in making any new contract or modifying any existing arrangement. “3. That you, as Postmaster-General, have power to alter, as circumstances may render necessary, any existing mail contract, and we think that this may be done without detriment to any vested interests. “4. That the present mail terminus is Clyde, a distance of only thirteen miles from Cromwell. “ 5. That by the mail coach leaving Dunedin a little earlier in the morning, it could easily reach Naseby the same evening, and then as easily Cromwell on the following one. “ 6* That Cromwell is the proper depot and terminus for the North-Western mails ; and by complying with the prayer of this me morial, postal communication will bo improved and facilitated over a vast portion of the Province (without extra expense), a real public grievance would be removed, while other towns would share in the benefit Cromwell now asks for itself. Year memorialists therefore pray that you will cause such steps to be taken as will speedily effect tho object they have in view ; and your memorialists, as in duty bound, will over pray, &c.” Cr Fraer then That the Memorial now read be adopted, and forwarded to the Postmaster-General; also, that copies

be sent to his Honor the Superintendent, Mr T. L. Shepherd (M.H.R. for Dunstan), and the Other M.H.R;’s, asking for their support in the matter, and to the Municipal Councils of Queenstown and Alexandra, and the Improvement Committee of Nasehy, asking them to co-operate with the Cromwell Council, hy memorialising the Postmaster-General on the subject.” Seconded hy Cr Dawkins, and carried. QUARTZ ReEF POINT TRACK. On the motion of Cr Fraer, the Town Clerk was instructed to write to the Secretary of Lands and Works, requesting that immediate steps be taken to form the Quartz Reef Point track. report. The Public Works Comntittee were requested to ri3.it and report on various necessary improvements, CHANNELLING. In reply to a question from a ratepayer, as to whether the Council intended to channel the soutli side of Melmore Terrace, the Mayor stated that that portion was not included in the present contract.