WOODVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 3

WOODVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The 'Woodville Borough •; CouhciFTuef; 1 on Thursday evening, Councillors E. i lHarding, M'CaiTery, and Hartstone being 1 absent. The-Mayor was inthe. chair;•-■;. j The ;dryness of the season came-much ■*' into "evidence. : ;'oneof the^settlers,' | through whose ground the pipes from the j intake to the reservoir pass,- • applied to 1 be' allowed" to "draw" water - : fr6niMt Uor ' house purposes, and this.was agreed to.■".; An'inquiry, was'made, on tehaif of the'■vi settlers on the Masterton Road, as to 1 whether, the council would, be willing to' - J ;supplythe ! settlers in that''locality. with ? ":l - water. "It was decided-that there would! s be no objectionto "doing, so, provided tho T i settlers bore the cost of laying the mains j from the borough boundary, and paid. ] for tho supply oh the .basis of a five-aero ; i section for each house; with' £1 extra for '■> each drinking trough for cattle. It.was j stated that the project would probably :'■'] be 'taken' up by the Masterton" Road -! peoplo.for.a.mile.and.a half-down tho ii Toad. ■'-."• •" ■', ' .-'■'•'■;.':;.' r --- : .'' ■'';'■•' ■'■- ■/;'' !/-': : ->j The Railway Department wrote -stating -:j that the -roads alongside "the—railway. ~j shown, on maps and plans, had been- an- :.! tomatically .closed"'under the' 'j?hblic ■:] AVorks Act on the opening of. the., line, : as they had never been in' use, so that is there was nothing in the coun- .J cil's contention' .-•that - there ' never:":'j had- •' been- : any . "-.closing: , nbti- . v l fied. The Department would; have ho i objection to a road being laid off oi the- : : south side of the railway line,-provided. } it was fenced at once! The-formation. J could wait till later on, v but ho 'expense "J could be barne by "the ".Department". - i Councillor Burnett said that the Depart-, jj ment's contention would not hold water ,yi as the road in question was only laid oil when the line was laid out. The j \ council- should "accept/.the? - offer of the : Department without prejudice to - its' . rights,: and should '-■ strive • its very best, to secure the : Tay .Street; crossing; as ; v it was ; the only one'in the.borough'be- : side the one on the Masterton Road,' and,"-.";-", might become a very.; important ori in :;' the future. The "matter,;was referred" to •; L the.borough solicitor. '.-■■"■' V.',?r.' : - : :''-~".':S* The Bowling Club' applied to-have ther.'; green cut and rolled every day "instead;;, of every other day. This was'not agreed \; to. The money to credit of the account•>'. is to be kept for improvements.~-;';;.\ .'-..:',;; The._bathkeepe-r2.was_ allowed close;;;' the baths on the afternoons offacbTdays,"/: and the Swimming Club -'was .granted-V-. the use of them for its, carnival, with' /' permission to. make a charge.,;.";" -"' ■';-'■' '.;" Tho footpath oh- the south side '-.'-.of : ..'-*j Vogel Street lis to have: some, necessary ,;/ ' repairs done, and is to be- inspected, and ■■-'•• watched to see what more cd, the 'inspector reporting-.-that he.// .thought it would soon need; considerable;"V S " attention.-."'-'• ■ . '.'-'--V"■"■.-'."''-"- ':.'■"' : /V' : : Th-s State Coal Department notified'a' : . ; rise of Is. a ton in coal, and wondered why'ithad'done so,, as'no coal ' ! is bought by the council from tho DeV-• partment. ..' '_--~ :'v. ;;".'■;. ; ' .iV";"-"..: Mr. Metcalfe, "the .drainago:" engineer, .";; reported that the supply of pipes by the :: contractor was not ; satisfactory, ...aud-'as;.;; the season was being; wasted, ; ho ; would"' ;i liko .:authority^;to,.ge.t;_theni ; and this-was given; to. him..'■'.»■ i.,:.--.; ..;.', )':f Six new water - serviess had' been -laid ■;; during January, alsoa ; , new .gas'.one.'.;/: The '. consumption, of gas was 12,000 "-feet ; jl above that of January -last.year.!;. •';'";;' The AVorks Committee -is to-report'ori", the:sta2ing of the office, W'ith : a new .to :, perniauent. arrangements. ':',. -.-- ;v. 'V:" :' The Railway Department;has agreed-to' j; tho shifting of" the new- crossing for-vVj Kelson Road Extension as desired by the.; Vji council.: '"..' ..'. -.'.'""'.-. ":•.-/■'.'. '■:-.';"'"-:' r -iS--''i People have' the':dog : tax -?j collector"unnecessary,^trouble,'and ha isu-;1 to be instructed', to "'notify them" th'af "if .>• '".i they do. not, pay : him. on -application, "ij they must go to the council's office and'-'-.\j pay there,,or they: will be; sued 'without;':,yl further,.noticc.. : , .;\ :; ;.-'; '■:"■.■'■ : . ,\ V'i^il The Government is - ; fo : be asked to -'.; ;| vest five acres of the' Native Reserve-inJ.-s the borough council as a!-gravel reserve.' i when, cutting it up. The rent of the :c| cookery schoolroom for ithe last half-;-, j year is to .be paid. : ,The, pay-.heet; '-"-4 amounted to ,£2l7' and" the 'overdraft .to- ; :>j _c 2038. - :■ :-:"-:-":". -n-'-:.■<■■ ;. ; ; ;-^:< }rm%