ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 584, 12 August 1909, Page 8

ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

THB MATTER 'OF WANDERING STOCK. A; meeting . of- the . Onslow Borough Council was held , last evening...' ' There;.''.wero' present; Councillors, Lynneberg (in tlie; chaiiO, Carver, Plimmer,: Stafford, Aplin,; Darvall, and Fergu.son.. ,'-/;!'.;; ; //'. '';;/ ; .■;/■ ' /. /.'.' ■ :-It; was .decided '.to ivrito, off certain. outstand- : ing rat6s\fpr the. years ,1905-6, ahdl'l9oS-7.' --The chairman/remarked that,: the loss ;in.'.this .connection ' for two' years was lis'. 3d], which, on' a sum of was very .sdtisfactory. ;■■' ''" '/ 1 ' Mr. T. de : May/ ivas' appointed /to fill tho position'/of borough;ranger;:at..'a'6alary ofilOs.' por week. \ , ./ /! ■' ",\Vhy ; * should we pay. rates and yet not have our property protected?" tvAs; a query put to the council' by ; an' .irate/ratepayer, '"who •;has - suffered by the depredations of wandering stock. Tlie;iwriter pointed, out that lie .was; recently rushed by 'a wandering cov,-, when lie was between Kaiwarra oiid Khandallah./'and had to take to his.heels to 'A;- further complaint was that; a flock <of sheep forced, thoir ivay into his garden, and ate all tho young plants that had just been put in.; Councillor.Plirhmer Te-' marked that there was real ground for-the complaint ii this respect,; It \7afs -decided to lirgo thc-. rnnger to bring owners of, wandering stock before ;the: Court/and make an example of them. •' -/. />> : / './•: .'•../

' Oh the motion of .Councillor Stafford, .the engineer was .' instructed/ to ; fumsh.;to4he next meeting of the , council; a return;', of all 'occ'npieis 'of, houses who are allowing their, houso drainage: or sewage to escapG on-to any'public street in the borough. ■ Councillor A'plin urged that, a report should also include tue, persons whose drains, run into the /streams,: and, consequently, pollute them. This addition was agreed to. , /. z." 1 '"-/ -; : '- ; A: license for. a billiard-room in the building fbrmerly! known, as, the/All Nations. Hotel "was granted; Mr./J. Innes.