HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 546, 29 June 1909, Page 3

HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Ai the, Hutt. -Borough Council; meeting last nighti ithe, Mayor,.(Mr, Bunny) presiding, an application, was leceived.. from Messrs.; Chapman and. Tripp for the alteration of the'line 1 of open drain through tho Willoughby , Knight Estate..-.: The' question, had been.-heldiin abeyance pending:negotiations with Mr.: Riddiford for the right ,of dxainago. through his MidtHemarsh property. The'application was now granted. ; ~ Mr. A...M. Smith lyrote complaining that his" section in Laerv Street is being uoodcd with[ water from the road overflowing and. running.' The; engineer' reported/that there was no remedy except, for "Mr , . Smith's land .to! be levelled ,upj and it was decided to reply accordingly.;',.' .•'■'■ ' ■: v A proposal from Messrs.'Pitcaithly and Co. • for the. transfer/ to .them- of 'the ' leaso of No. 4-shingle area, : ; on;condition that they would pay .tho rent agreed on by tho council and' allow, the coil ricil,. to'tako .shingle from any of ;the beaches at. 2d..per-yardand.'al-low, ratepayers to.tako it., at- id. :,per yard, was deforred.' ."•■(',. j ;■■-.' : . . A.cla.im 'wasirecoived from Messrs..Bolton and Organ'oh -behalf of -IMcesrßi-'.Gosso' and Bnrt, for, £700.f0;r ' alloged' damagos sus-, tained in connection with the erection : of the Mellihg Bridge. :It. v was resolved to reply that , the council did not admit thedaim.

I." A letter was received, from the Lands and Survey Department stating that the ranger had been instructed to report on trie necessity of providing the steps asked for. 1, by settlers, at v tho Normandalo' settlement. 'V .■.'A question, of i considerable importance to owners; of property ; in River ]3ank'- Street was raised in.- a letter f ram. Messrs! Chapman, Skerrett.-and Co..^,Tho .letter reported tl?at; Mrs.'Duff's solicitor had raised a point concerning■'■ tho. conveyance, by William "Abbott to the superintendent of tho '-Provinceof .Wellington;: and that ho. contends that the conveyance executed in /March, , 1873,: is void, because it was: riot- registered until .May, 1882;' The' borough solicitor, however, was of opinion, that' the Statute of Limitations, does not ; apply, and ■ therefore he suggested .that the application should bo. rnado to the Attorney-General for'leave to use. his name in; a suit .against .Mrs. ?;Duff. '- The Mayor ..moved that the borough solicitor be asked to apply for leave to join , the Attorney-General in tho meantime, and that a copy of this resolution be sent-to. tho I Rivet. Board.- This was. carried! : ; An amended offer: f rorn Air. Jenness'.'. to wind, and ' maintain tho post office clock for a' : 'year. for .£ls was accepted. .'Ac-counts showed that: the. gas bill for,., the;..' 'clock amounted to£l 2s.' 6d.;-a 'inonth-v-a'-. fact' which caused Councillor Cloro to suggest that the council.should give the clock away, as it.was an expensivo'-luxury. , '. : '■. :■'. - \ In a discussion ;as to the, advisability of 'connecting King's Road'' with tho main sower; (which'was deferred)," the Mayor;;femarked that tho question of whether the whole 'scheme - would be .finished in little more, than twelve months,, as some expected,, would .depend-, on ;whether, Ithe■■' ratoapyera sanctioned a further large loan and whether the money, could be obtained. ', : : .'.