ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1550, 20 September 1912, Page 7

ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

■ The monthly mertinjr oi' Hip Onslow Rorongk Council was heldlast evening, the Mayor, Mr. F. Holdsworth, presiding. Thcro Vera also present: Councillors Lynnaborg, Rowden. Gardner, Ibrvfill, Aplin, and Dingwall. It was decided that the matter of tnkiilt; tollies of traffic on the borough portion of the Hutt Ifoad, and generally preparing for the iiU[uirv, 15® left in the hands of the Jla.yor am) the clerk. The council decided flipt the dangerous portion of the Kaiwarra School [fond near the bridge should ,l)e fenced. It was resolved (lint Mr. liounthnnite should be instructed to examine the catchment creek ami report upon the feasibility of head works with a view lo future water supply. The contract for the erection of tho Kaiwarra Post OHice is to bo called upon to clear away tins, etc., deposited by his workmen on" the bank of the stream. The draft, electric lighting agreement was referred to the Lighting Committee, with instructions that it should be treated as a matter of urgency. The committee will meet, nil Tuesday next. It nil. decided lo co-operate with the City Council in a rwnio-t lo Ihe (.lovernment to repeal Seel ion 2:1 uf th :' Local llodies' Loan- Amendment Acl, MUX, which provide" that no person other than the Public Tru-lee shall be api'Sinled aa eomiui.--ini:er of Ihe >inking limcl- 01 any loan rai-ed under the principal Act. Tbe C.:iy Council pointed out I hot they con-idered that the Lmal ( loveriiing Kodie- -hould, a- heretofore, leotrnl. Ilu oueh I heir eoniiiti--ioner.-. Hie sinking fund- attached to their lean-, and lint the power of appointment of er- -hould be rc-tored to them. They al'o considered tliat Ihc coninii-sioner- should he free io i|tve-t. Ihe moneys in their charge in approved rccurity oflerinc Hie be-t :tr| vjitil;i l.'lMrict fund ntco'jiitj totalling £201 Its. Id, were jasied for pymcaW