PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 8

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

;.; , The Potono Borough..Council,met last night , those present , being:: the-'Mayor^Mrir , J. -W. ■ M'Ewan),' and Councillors' ■; Sh'ort - ; :Harding; > Southgate, Piper, Young, Jones,-Tniomanj and '. List.: , - ■'.■■\r': t "';;.'. ■■■■■ :•.- ..'•:-: '.'!':■•;,■ •'■ : :.'- : ':; . .'..The Town Clerk of .Lower Hutt wrote ask- ' ing the: cbuneil' to .give ■ f avourablq., consideration'to the; proposal of'the' Taita cemetery ; trustees that the cemetery should' be. jointly : controlled, by" the "\ three ;lbcaT bodies ■concerned,' , the-Lower; Hutt.Borough Council to;carry'out : the; ■;m.anagement; ■ duties -subject -to; arrange- : ments as';to 'contribntiohs, ;etc.j being agreed ■ .upon.•'■■"'l'be-vmatter' was:referred to thbeoun--1 cil's the Board of Trustees, to ; roport.. . ;.-.; ~:-;:..,■ •'.•''., -•;';■.,■ , ■...-' ■ , ,-. - ; ■.. jiln regard to .the dispute-between tho conn- ; cil and ■■Mr.-.-;W.;;H'.:.Ballinger, of Wellington, i; concerning.; the-formation of :King.Street, Mr. .' Balliriger.. wrote.-: suggesting that -tho' council \ would be well-advised.- to '.let the matter drop.' ■ A.reply■ had- been: 6ent by the Town Clerk 1 stating thatMinless. Mr. "Ballingbr's cheque; was . received before the expiration of the conncil's 1 notice, "a* summons would be taken out 'To \ . this; ; Mr.Vßallinger „ replied, pointing' put that ariy.iactioii .by ;the .council might, lay -them I opqn ; to an -action' for damages. !The corres- . pondence ;-;was';-.referred to the. xouncil's ' solicitor. ;j" ■■;■■;,',■.;.'■/.;;■" ~../';■■ : ~■■'" ; :; : accede. ;to'the Rugby- request for a conference as ■ to <future: matches, 1 until' all outstanding mat- ! ters betwpen'the" council and : the union had ;' been , 'cleared .upi '"} ■■ . - .. :. : •■. -, •■'.... ;. Secretary to. the Treasury .wrote that i the. council's .application for a loan of ; for-completion.. of ■ water' supply conld not at ; preseni-Tje -as tne maximum. l an- ■ nual amount: that could be advanced.for loans' ; to- local/bodies'had already been' promised. I Thp'Mayor..said the : -only thing to:do-was'.'to i, wait: "until, the'proposed new legislation came !; into;force;'and,:th'e'n apply again. "This;course ' was, agrebd to; 1 . Before leaving the qiestiori,' ; the Mayor ob'seryed that :the matter had been • before -the: Treasury• for • a'cbhsidbi-able, time, i and it.was-bnly 'after: , a good;deal of woirrying , that the; letter .had been received. . ;' : -Councillor :Short:, It is strange that , the :: Hutt Borough should step in and get a loan ■ : 6f::jeio,ooo. ! -.,•■■-i , ; , ..-" "...-•'. ■',■.. . : ■ : The Town; Clerk, of. Lower Hntt wrote, sug. I 'Besting the [ appointment of a joint committee ) to : go into the-.suggestion of the amalgamation i of, the boroughs of Petone andi Lower Hutt. . 1t. , , was .resolved not to agree to the'. setting i up of ! a'''committee,. but to. hear- a deputation > if': the.. Lower Hutt Borough Countil widied ■: .to. send: brie. ; ;:; -;• - -', ;. . ... , [. ..,-, The-District ; Health- Officer/ writing' of ■ 'a ! casb./pf diphtheria in Pitzherbert. Street stated ■ that-a'newly-built kitchen was placed over a drain- gully.- "The. Sanitary; Inspector -was .'ini structed to: report to tie 'council ■'. on tho . 'matter/.;■:>'•■ ; ".'. : ''.-.■'... \ : :',,..:;■:-"- . " ■:'-. -. Corfesp'pndence was recei-red' from the Com- )' missioneT. f of"Crown.Lands aid the Minister , for.: Labour; :in regard to. rates on workers' ■'■ dwellings. i:c,The -Mayor- Baid...that last' . representatives:,of;the council 'interviewed the . Under-Secretary; for. Lands' and obtained from mm:a promise that the rates would bo,paid ;: out; of : the-.imprest account 'of. the cpmmiE- ,- fioner., ;He thought' the same, course would ' havo'.toljo.. followed, this year. Councillors .: acquiesced :in-;this -viDw.- , The' Town Clerk ; mentioned; that Mr. Wilford, M.P., had stated .-''that'.'.there iwis;. a, majority of ..members of f Parliament ■ Who. : woJd bo .'ready, when the ■ question ;carae; iip, to vote for. the: Oovtrii- , mont paying'rates on all krids resumed for • eettleaiOßt./i-.'.v:'. .- ' -' ■ ■' •■■..- ■■"".-