HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 482, 15 April 1909, Page 3

HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

™, ee , tin g o f the Hutt Borough Council was held last evening, and attended t? Conncillors Peterkin '(Mayor), Baldwin an" Jufd S ' °' Sulli,,an > Wildsmith, Hughes! Permission to the Petone Citizens* Band to n« y t was H coltT atl ° n Gr ° Und ° tt Suiday Quarterly calls for <£157 Bs, 6d. for. the "WelChS?HW OS ?'- t f I p ßo^ d and ls ' 6d - for the Onaiitable Aid Board were received. # -A letter was received from, Dr. Frenglev askl"r,rJ,ah t" c lm - ato of the population of the borough: for use m apportioning the bi rough's ■} u eost of ., th ? hospital for infectious diseases to be provided at Wellington. q 5 °P e nmg ° f ?orptu Street Into Epuni btreet ,by the acquisition ■ of, an intervening piece of Crown leasehold sections was the sub°ject of :a -letter from the Chief Surveyor of the Department of Lands and Survey, who asked the Mayor to signify formally the consent of the council and to- obtain the consent of the owners, .lessees, and mortgagees of a section adjoining. It was decided to comply. «,if t i* h ? <l ,; ! Mn summoned on acf \ u orse s ' r . a y m Si. wrote asking the council to take a lenient view of the matter as it was his first offence, and he had been under the impression, that the paddock fence was secure. ; He had since had the fence repaired. The council declined to comply with the request.-) ' 3 Committee recommended that the Waiwetu Cricket Club be allowed to lay down (under the supervision of the engineer) a Draff tico pitch on the Recreation Ground, to the east of the,pavilion. This'was agreed to. i, Committee report that the fire hydrants hdvo been tested, and recommended v council have the overhanging trees cut back where they cover the fire plates along the fences, And that the incoming council be recommended.: to make provision for boxes and equipment at: three places, mentioned. The recommendations were agreed to. The engineer reported that the .concreting work to the eastern septic tanks is well in hand. The sewage drainage on the western side is progressing as favourably as can be expected considering the amount of subsoil wate. to be dealt with. <117 house connections have been' made with th«; water mains to date. Two new gas connections have been made during the past fortnight.' The erection of lamp at junction of Gamp. Road and Brunswick Street and the lighting of Melling Bridge is now completed.—Adopted.