UPPER HUTT TOWN BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 3

UPPER HUTT TOWN BOARD.

At the first meeting of newly-elected Town - Board -Commissioners- :of- the Upper lluci Town Board this week there was l a full attendance. Mr. Job Harrison, who was chairman during the preceding five months, was • re-elected to that position. In regard to a claim by Mr. Jacob •Geange a sub-committee was appointed to interview Mr. Geange, without prejudice, with , a view to an'amicable settlement. ! Regarding a- letter from tbo Inspector General of Hospitals it was resolved that the matter he reported on at next meeting;: by a snb'-conimittee •. consisting of the chairman and Mr. Webb. - . An application from Mr; James Kearney that certain trees, should be lopped w<! s'acceded to. It was 'revived to notifyi owners of wandering stock .that -legal proceedings would-be takeir for any violation of tile by-law after the' parties rhad: been- noti-: fied of the. boards, . Complaints of misuse of sanitary, service by "householders/were referred vto the Sanitation and Public. Health Committee ■;for "report; ' ■ ..' .; matter'of connecting the Moonshine.; roadway,- with the- main :'road;.was: referred to the .Works Committee with power, to act. 'v. '. : The: clerks'..report ionlworks' was'.;received. and; referred to the . Works Committee with an ; 'indication;' that'.'; 'the' matter' of \ widening. streets of less thana.chain; in width-.should not -be 'lost, Sight Of. ' - V l ': An application l from Sir.' W. W. ! Clif-: ford, that :.' water : be.-.itakeri-; from' Ms: allotments oh' the .'main,' road was'.-.re-ferred to" the Works Committee. ::. j/Y . An: applicationrfrorh -Mrs.'; Jane ,E. Clark,- , of. Petone; that -the old; NewZealand 'Company's'' r6a!dline; traversing : her.! property . diagonally,' might be exchanged for-a strip-ofiland in ;a straight' direction,, was granted'subject,,to the .applicant ' paying' .'■ 'legal' and survey charges in connection with the . exchange. 0.

A request from the • Under-Secretary for Lands .thatpthe . board;', should pay for the. standards and' concrete • caps and covers' in'.connection .with'the standard survey, line through , the town district was negatived on'the'casting; vote of the chairman, in-order.to;,permit:of, the board giving the matter.' consideration at •a ' future. date.-' '. . • ' . It. was. resolved that, in future, the •board imeet'.'on'.th'e ;second Thursday in each • month—the.-. next meeting . to; bo held. on October 13, and that .110 ordinary ' business be' taken* unless • not-i- • I Tied •to .the;' clerk before Yon the second : day; ..preceding;,.boardsmeetings.-; • Tho .report was received; and showed that, after pro-, viding ..for all outstandingcheques, _ the . board's overdraft ' would .'amount :td 1 £147; .16s; 3d- Out of ; £1175 : ;19s.' .9d., gen-, 'eral and sanitary; rates ;only,;; 10d., had been paid in to date', leaving £772 4s'.. lid.. still to be collected., 'Two hundred. and thirty-four persons had: paid) their 'rates - for. the: half-year lending-: September 30, and; of {liese, 99 bad also;, paid r the {secondinstalment. ; which becomes-duo on- January 13. As ieglect to! pay,, rates'; promptly", -resulte; in the . board .losing'9a.' ! in' the , £ collected in the way of Government subsidy,,. it was unanimously resolved -that. 'the;.;resolution . of , February;. 2 >berre-;; 1 scinded, land- that it bo a standing instruction to tho rate collecter to take. • proceedings in •/ all ' cases' where rates are Joney.month beyond'the days of grace allowed by the board,' except' ■in, such, cases , in; which.;;.a, satisfactory explanation -for : non-payment, shall have, .been,furnished in writing . to,.the".boards Tho. resojutiou of February 2. - which .was rescinded 'Was ;6ne; in v.which : ' ;the clerk was. directed to prepare lists, of defaulters from ...which the., board i might select',, the ;nahies .of perMhstorbe'.'pjb..secuted.,:, The board:; wished to binpha-; siso the-fact; that,matter-'orihe {instruction; to collector,-vilie' •baard -was absolutely unanimous. . f The following nbticds; ! of : mitibn, were ;giveh.:; it/.beVan; instruction' to -the clerk that, in all cases where, legal proceedings; are'; instituted against ; tho board; ho. shall forthwith "file notice of defence unless previously in- . striicted otherwise by. tHe'board.! 1 ,.',' i,-: ' *:(2) ,"Xhat.. the board .'notify owners of. adjoining . rithe--;.Wakatike ,Road. ;to "remove..l .qbstruotions '/U;!withi ji. 'sixty days." £V. | .-'-The clerk';reported r the'reoeipt-.of £234' 18s. 9d. 'from i Hutt County Council/ in. full settlement of claimsias'between tho Town Board • and,the council. • Members;. complimented the clerk- on the; sa'tisfae-J ■ tory result. ;of,'.'his [..efforts'; without"Txtigationff■.'f;'"'''f^ ;'vTlie' following committees were &t.;uj)| on ..th'e • ;motion. of'.'.the ; 1 chairman Finance,; Messrs. G.: Bongo and H. C. Gibbons;; sanitation, and: public/healthj Messrs.- W., Burrell and H.;, C. Gib-. • bons^wbrks ; .', Messrs. W,-j Burrell and P. Davisriver.:protection,--Messrs;, : -C. 'Benge .-and P. D. -Davis; .'buildings,Messrs. J. T. Benge and R. H. 'Webb: lighting, Messrs. J. T. "Benge arid- R. ll.Wonb. It., wa^, also j; decided, .that 1 , ■the Works and Fiiiancd JCommittee., should be a'joint committee in tho matter of drainage' and \vatei;' supply-pi'o- • 1 pbsals.. . ;