CIVIC AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1288, 17 November 1911, Page 3

CIVIC AFFAIRS

MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

Tlio ft.rlhiKliily Hireling i.f Hip Wii liiiKlim lily Council was held la>l. nielli TliPiv wpiv pivsriil tin , May.ir (Mr. T M. Willtuil), and Councilknv .1. Smilh 1 , . (.'olipii, (!. Iro-I. A. i;. AlkiliM I Kiillor. inn.. .1. i; i'ilzp'nilil. J. (iodber \V. 11. 1 , . HarbiT. A. 11. Ilinilmar.Oi, 1! I'lclcher. Dr. Ciiinmin, .1. Trcvm , , and 1, M'Kniur.

Tho AVi-lliiißloii Hospital and Clinnll;il'li- Aid Drard applied for ii- n-diurtinn in I In; prico nf water uspd at Hipir iu-.-■tilMli-His. The Council \ra.s unable In :icc.:-di) to Hie i-riur-~1. The us,; of Hip TiNWi Hall couiiuitti'Pni.>m H.-hs urniilfil 11> the Sucir-ly for Iho Preli-pliiin of Health i>l , Women :md Children for (heir annual nireliiif,'. and tn t.lii> St. ,I.o>ii Anibiilanc." Asocial inn for Amlnilaiira Saturday. The Cliapnr.inAlcsfiiulrv mi.-fion wos al;o granted the samo terms as were jjraufol tn 'he Ilcnry--I'ol.ls mission.

! Tlio City Solicitor was instructed If draft a bv-law to compel owne.rs of .stables to "have tJieir manure pits provided with fly-proof cover?. In connection with the iustalla-tinn of ' a camera obsenra at Lyall Bay ljcach the i-oiiiicil fixof) Ibe following terms and conditions:—Prices: of admission, children, Id.; adults, Sd.: rental, .Ki per annum; file-to b.- selected by the city engineer; tenancy, 12 months, and thereafter during the. pleasure of tho council. The superintendent of reserves was instructed to report to the next meeting of the I'cstrvps Commitfeo as to tlio condition of Duppa Street parks, together with his recommendations for the improvement of the grounds. It was agreed that tho request of tho Island Hay Volunteer Fire Brigade- for tho extension of ils recreation room fihould be considered when next year's estimates wero framed.

It was resolved that a cab stand for two cabs bo established in Cuba Stxect I&itcnsion ii few yards sou Hi of Manners Street on tho western side, and also that the stand bo wood-blecked.

The request of the Hataifcai Municipal Electors' Association for the alteration of tho fi.ro alarm system of Hatailui to direct commuMeatioii to tho central station instead of to Kilbirnie, and for firo appliances in the district was not acceded to.