PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 2

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

At. the fortnightly myelins of (he Petene Bnrmigh Council, hold last evening, the following wore profonl :-'l ho Mayor (Mr .1 W. Al'Kivnn)). Councillors J.odder, Triuman, Urt, lSrocklebauk, niul Cox. The rnsinoov's report was road and adopted, nml. as tin , sonsmi was riithir advanced for inrriiiß foolpii'>< it was clociilnl to discontinue wuin>. J lie portion silrenily complctiMl hail roft ,£,Vt -is., or iicnrlv .Cil P'-'i' fliinn. tinapproftcli to tin- Unit Ilridui-, tho nror ropnrtwl Unit ho was mnkiiiß inquiries, and work would ]jv cotuiiK-ncrd shortly. As far as l'ctono was con-;pnipd, the necessary fllliti" could Iw pot from flip sandhills on the Gvar Conipnny'.s property. Throe ptrmitp, representing a total amount of £320, lind boon issued under the building by-laws during tho last mouth. Tho fees for the Inst year amounted to JMt 195., representing work to tin- value of .£11,239 ss. Sixty-five water-services had been installed during the year. . It was dcciilwl to purchase ft collection of bii'd.« from Mr. M'Cartlie for .£:>, This, it is hoped, will form tV nucleus of a mu.-eum in I'elonn.'. Mr. Xorfhover wrote to the. council, stating that ho whs prepared to look aftor them until tlu council was ready to take them over. Tho rori'p»pniulencn wns read, and oilier mntters i'f purely local interest dealt with.