CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 50, 22 November 1907, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL.

The City'Counbil met last evening;' sent! Tho May6r ; (the Hoii, T. • W." Hislop)/ CoiuicillbrsiJ.. P. iiike; J; Smith, P. Cohen,. T: Ballinger, W. H., Hales, -F r ,M. B. Fisher, M.H.R., R. Fletcher, T. 'Carmichael, A. H.. Hihdmarsh, W; H. Morrah; M; Murdoch, and , J;. God.ber. ~ . . • ..,:,■..,■ _• ~ ■.;,-■:■'■ Apologies "were read- from , Councillors ,;-D. M'Laren and G. W.-Shirtcliffe.'\ ; ... ; ■ •:' -' ' SPECIAL' ORDER; , '. \ : .;'. A' special ' order was' passed' accepting surrenders of the. loases'; of ■ sections :120,. 121, .parts 123 and. 124, .136 .and 135, Lambtpnreclaimed" land, held .by Messrs. Fuller and Sons, and granting'new leases'for th'o..balance of' the existing: term .with': perpetual right of renewal: for, isucccesive; periods of fourteen, years. . ■ j ,-.'•■■• .. • ..... ; ■ '■' . ' . 'reports..'. \" ' .. The Baths and...City" Reserves Committee recommended: — (1) ,That the ■ Wellington Cricket Association be granted 'tKe-uso of: tho Basin'lleservb on peceniber 27, 28.: and.3o, 1907, with permission 'to make ,a ohargo for admksion.- (2). That St.-,Patrick , *.College.bo granted tho ; uso of the .Basin! Reserve for their.annual sportei on ;Monday,next, November 25. (3), That accounts ..amounting ,tc £30 2s. 2<l. :be passed, for payment.'•, ..The committco"reported that they- had.givM Messrs. P. Hutson and Company one month t 'notice that .they intended, to resume po*' session, of Sections. 35, Town Belt,. at presenJ' leased totKcni; as; recommended by the. City Engmeer,' owing to : the lack of suitabl* grazing'land'for the Corporation- horses.' . Tho,report was, adopted without drscussionu The : By-laws'.and : Street" .Lighting Coriiniittce recommended: —'(1) That lamps be erceted at the following streets as. recommended by the Electrical Engineer: Kelburne Parado, Kelburne, one. lsynp; Upland Road, Kelb'urne, ono, lamp. (2) That the offer of Mrs. Hcaton to contribute: the sum of' £140, the estimated, cost of forming a street in continuation of. the west end of Hankey Street, bq. not entertained. Councillor Godber, in moving tile-adoption of.tho report;.explained that to form the continuation referred to in Clause % would involve cutting into the Town Belt. '' '. ■ Tho Mayor thought tjhat the proposed let would bo a,great convenience to resident! in tho vicinity. / .' ■. _ .. .. ■ Tho matter was hold over till next meet; ing, and Clause 1 ; of' : tho-'report was ap-' proved. ■■'■■• . . ... Tho Finance and- Property -Committee' recommended, that : accounts', amounting to £8532 7s. 3d., be pnssed' for payment. The report was'adopted." ; ■■ ■' ■■ ' ' - ; Oil tho recommendation of : tho Powoj Stations and Tramways: Committee, account amounting to £1408.1C3. 6d. were passed.

OTHER MATTERS. ■ . ' With the" approval' of the City Engineer, it was decided to sanction » small deviation being made of the boundary line between tho city and Onslow Borough, and to rectify, the boundaries of the Highbury road,' so as to bring it into the city'. .' . A proposal for' the* construction ol a , , chain road off Colombo Street.was , app'rovedj subject to tho usual 'conditions':.- . "'. . It was'decided to allow the Garrison Band to.'.tako up a collection n't tho Botanical Gardens next Sunday, in aid of the wife and family of. a deceased member of ,the Old Wellington.Navals Association. ' ..-• ! ' ••' ■; At. the instance of the Public Health , . D<w partment, it was decided to serve notices-of condemnation on. eight premises in the city. Other matters are reported elsewhere.■•■ •