MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 115, 23 January 1872, Page 5

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

— o ' The ordinary monthly meeting of the above body was held in the Council Chamber on the 15th inst. The Mayor and all the Councillors were present. The minutes of the previous general meeting, and of two intermediate special meet- ( ings, were read and confirmed. 1 Letters written by the Town Clerk to four- 1 teen different parties were read, and approved ( of by the Council ; and six inward letters ( were read, and received. i An account from the proprietor of the I Lake Wakatip Mail was passed for payment. ■ Cr Fraer proposed, “That Mr John Marsh i be requested to act as the Council’s arbitrator , in the case between the Council and Mr G. ] Jenour.” Cr Shanly seconded this, and it was carried.—The Town Clerk, further on in 1 the meeting, was instructed to write to Mr Jenour, informing him of this resolution, 1 and requesting him to appoint another arbi- ’ trotor to act with Mr Marsh. • On the motion of Cr Fraer, seconded by i Cr Brown, the Town Clerk was instructed to 1 write to Mr T. L. Shepherd, M.P.C., M.H. R., j thanking him for a letter (and enclosure) , which had been received from him, and ask- , ing for information as to the locality of the j land which would be given in payment fothe construction of the road between Crom- 1 well and Quartz Reef Point; and also to write to Mr Hickey, M.P.C., for information on the same subject. It was resolved that Messrs C. Colclough and Matthews and Fenwick be written to, and informed that unless they submitted to the Council before the 18th inst. drafts of leases for the ground held by them, Mr Brough would be at once instructed to draw out the leases. The Public Works Committee reported that the late extreme scarcity of water in the Town-race was owing to the fact that the race had been repeatedly choked up by the sand blown into it during the recent exceptionally high winds. Cr Brown proposed, Cr Shanly seconded, and it was carried, “That Mr Smyth ies bo instructed to take levels for the proposed now I race, &c., under the direction of the Public! Works Committee ; and that, so soon as the Committee have prepared a report, a special ! meeting of the Council be convened to con- ! sider the same.” The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the Mayor.