HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1269, 26 October 1911, Page 3

HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

'Hie Mayor (Mr. E. P. Bunny) presided over a meeting of tho Hult Council \vh\ on Tuesday. Other metnber.of'the rnune.il present were Couneillnrs Roots, Cle-ndon. Ilodgir.s, Knight, Hawthorn. , . , -,i \ lady landowner complained oi the high rates charged her (.£2O 25.). the complaint set out that the property was lea<ed for J22'i per annum. Oovertiment tax River Beerd. and borough rates simply swanipsd the land, and the writer stated she wa* net in a position to meet the demand. It was resolved that a ren y bf sent Hint rales were only struck to covt fctual exnenses, and, while Uie council regretted lliat the rales were co high, vet, under ( die circumstances, thov could' not suggest any way out of the'difiiculi.v. On behalf of Mie-s Chapped. Messrs. Barlow .ind Co., plumbers, wrote stating that certain levels had been given for a drain which were found to be unsuitable. Miss Chappcl now desired certain alterations to be made by the council. It was decided to reply that the levels had been -.implied for surface drainage, and not to connect with the sewer. ■V letter is to be sent in the Railway Department stating that the council intend holding over the work of widening of the road at Belmont Crosdng until the estimates for the year have been considered. , Mo==rs. Pi. C Kirk and .1. Murphy, members of the Hutt Golf Club, waited upon the envLacil and asked then;i In coii-dder the remission of rates. Mr. Jur* stated that, under the Act of 1010, power was »ivcn to a council to remit or reduce "the rates chergeablo to a sports body where the pvoncrty was used totsport solely, and not for individual prone Thtf Golf Club had acquired a trtthold of nominally ICO acres, 30 acres: o which is river bed. Upwards o, £im had been spent on improvements. Hie rates claimed by the berough amounted to .£3l, which, together with those ol the River Board, and Hutt county, brought the total amount up to i; 0. The Mayor said that, at present, he did not see liow the council could agree to the demand on account of tho state ot the finances of the borough. Rates pressed very hard on individuals, and more so than on sports' bodies. The council would look into tho matter, and furnish tho club with their decision. The engineer's Teport stated that the drainage worts were being proceedec with, No. 2 section having now been completed. __^ , —