KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 648, 27 October 1909, Page 5

KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Karori -Borough Council. < ; was .held last evcniirj, Councillor Cathie , occn->-; f pying the cb:ir..' -Vherfei• wove .also presentc;;'; Councillors Wedde, Spio)ri>, luuue; Wiilmsley, :; Welling, Burn, and Stancleri. .Ijcavo of ab-i ;• eence was granted to the Itlayov.(Mr. C, Ii:•. Uaseut). ■..-. .', ■/•: V ':'■■:■ ■■i.'.;,..>..." •■■■.•■'■■^v Thu City Kugiraer dlr, V. H. liortcu) wrote h: stating that certain leveHing-up works on the :>•: tramline would have to be taken in liaud=and K charged to the' borough,. The chairman Bug- ; ; gested that tho council, should point out to tlio.-i;; City. Engineer ttat a'case of a similar; kind wae at present awaiting-the decision of'the 5; arbitrator,, and that the present cose-.'would,:';' presumably, be .decided by that decision.. This'.;■-.•' suggestion was'dropped in favour of 'a.motion '■& that tho borough write to tho Ciir; Council',' % stating that they consider 'the work part ol'-:; that which the city undertook to do ■ under the :,■■ S Deed of Agreement. ■ ; ■■, ''■'■;•'''.'V^;,-;-V^ Tho District Hospital Board wrote asking the:',< borough for its portion' of the levy; ; for. the:X Infecflbuf Hospital.;■■';lt was decided:to consider tlio , matter in next year's estimates. A: The Chrisfchurah City Council forn;ardod> a ij resolntion , it had. passed in nupport 'of 'cbnti' Cf pulsory- military training, and asked the ■6np^.:« of the- borongh in the' 6ame conoection,'' 1 f was decifed . that' th« council ehonld herp:,: the movemeat forward to tile best of it* '- ability.- ;■•'■■ '■ ■ ', . ..,: '.. ■. ~''.■.'.'.'.'.-.:•;■;.;,,:> iV The Engineer reported that / men % were snll ejnployod,stripping theinew.qnarry.'v The prospiKis so far were favourable,-'.and the'-* quarry wua quite justifying: the expenditure... Another viwjk of stripping should leave enoogoV;; metal clear to enable.the council to. proceed; ■' to get stone out when it ie wanted. The VorK, '■ of forming thetram track conld be gone: on: '; with, and also the excavation for the Bite ol' ■ the-storage . bitt.■■- Thi- engineer also pointed' 'fi out. that; aw money) allocated for •'oonpr'ete.! nearly exhausted,; and. when- the , '! materjal on band' was used Tip he porpoced V ceasinß.the maanfacttipe uiffl next sear, less, council.' ordered 'otherwise. ; . .'v- ? . Boning tha' past fortnight the engineer nil - occn engaged m proparing trarinray exfesnsiiia "■'■''■' plans. ..■ ,y , ...'i .■;.'.,. ■'/■ vi\ •-'■>.■!'».■'■.'■''.■'■■