PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1451, 28 May 1912, Page 8

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

•Vt the fortnightly meeting of the Petone Boroiish Council, the following were present-The Mayor (Mr. J. W. M'Ewan) and Coimcillol-s Short, Wakcham, Cox, Brocklebank, Trueman, Loader, Jiur"itNvas decided to impose a 10 per cent, penalty on all outstanding rates. •Iγ rc'ily *o o letter from the Lands' Department" re the purchase of tho Xorlnandnle fMHoment, it was rewived to state that the council had at present no intention of purchasing. The chairman of tho I\orthcrn League wro*e accepting the council's ofl'er ol two grounds north of the stop-baalc at a '"nie Lower Hutt Town Clerk wrote asfcifo- the Petone Borough Council to confer" with them in protesting against allowing Messrs. D. A. Fay and Co to carrv on n noxious trnoc. It was decided to consider the matter fully when the. siwuificalions of Messrs. loy and Company's building are presented to the C °Th"'Gisborne Town Clerk wrote for-wa-ding a resolution with a view to pctiticninc Parliament, on Hip subject of insufficiency of hotel license fees. A moMo- moVed by Councillor Brockk-bank, "Tliat the fee be .CIO," was carried, ?.ud is to be forwarded to .Gisborne. The Mayoi - was appointed the council s delicate to" the Municipal Conference, which is to be held in July next. Councillor Short put a renewed motion that the council should reconsider the svrdicate's proposal to instnl trams in the borou?h." Councillor Short explained that his motion was simply to save I delav and that the council should reconsider the syndicate's proposal now thev knew the will of the rntppnycrs on the matter.