MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 507, 14 May 1909, Page 8

MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The first ordinary meeting..of the recently, elected- Miramax Borough Council was held last night, Jhero, being .present:—Tho Mayor (Mr. i j S raw . fard )» an< * Councillors Bell,. M'Clelland, Brodie, Cooper, M'Leod, .and ; Petersen. Mr. James-Muir> wrote regarding the collection of refuse, and suggested-that it bo attended to weekly. Councillors agreed that there was no proper system' in operation at Jm. €Se ' and improvement should bo made. The matter was referred to' the' Works Committee.' ....... Mr. D. M'Donald complained that, owing to the bad state of Park Road, a cart of - his has sustained damage, and he a6ked for compensation. it .was stated that the road was closed »ior .traffic,. and it was decided to reply that the council could not recognise the claim. Tho .Wellington Football Association asked tho;council to roll Seatouu Park. The council, decided' that it could only do , so at tho expense of the association. • ' The council decided to spend .£l5O on treeplanting and on existing pliantations in the borough. • .Accounts. amounting to £945 12s. 2d. weTe passed for payment, ' Wr.\C. J. Crawford) moved:— \ notice be given of this council's in-tention-to levy a general'Tate of lsd. in the £? and a special rate of l}d. in the X on tho .basis'ofj the unimproved value, at the meeting of the council on May 27.-" '• • Speaking v to thejnotion,- the Mayor explained that he moved, with extreme regret, that the rates be increased' from to 3d., but after, reviewing the whole financial position of the borough, he -did not see how it could ]be avoided: V The council had important tramway i matters to deal with, and he certainly was of, opinion- that," although ' the council ,inight be able^to .organise the system better, and they 1 nijght-alterthe fares,' still the. alterations would i not', make very much difference in tho council's financial position, tfs the total amount of the loss was nearly .£BOOO. - ■Councillor, M'Leod moved, as an amendment, that the rates'be' ljd., as hitherto, and Id. io meet;necessary expenditure.. Petersen supported the motion'. He took it that the council was not pledged to a;recurring'3d. rate. , . The»Mayor .remarked, that, in spite, of the fact, of. a special Tate ;beine struck in connection'with, the; tramways,' the council was, dig.ggagintti.ihe general'account to. the extent of The motion was carried, Councillors Bell, Petersen, ; Brodie and the Mayor voting- for it, and Councillors'M'Leod, Cooper, and M'Clelland against.