BUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1915, 25 November 1913, Page 2

BUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tlio Lowor Ifuto iSarough Ceuiicil mot last evening, tlio Mayor (Mr. E. P. Bunny) presiding. Councillors llobbs, Ball, Parsonage. Clendon, Moldrum, and Dawson wore also present. . A deputation consisting of four members of tlvo Western Hutt'Ratepayers' Association waited on tho council to discuss t'he advisability of widening Vic- ■ toria Street (Alicetown). and collecting and disposing of rubbish in that district. M'-'i J- W. M'Dougall (spokesman) said that .at the presont time the fcnc.es in Victoria Straet elicroaehed upon the road,' and if thoy- wero moved bauk tho st*r<;<st would bo *jn\ich in-preved. Tho residents in Jiig< district also desired tlio footpaths impro/ed. In regard to ilio collection of rubbish, tlio speaker said that ti:t>- pro.sortV conditious under wliioli residents had to dispose of refuse were insanitary. Ho suggested that tho council. should send a rubbish oart round tho district on'ce-a-fortniglit. . . In reply,.the Mayor Stated ;that tho: council wonld give the matters 'mentioned wery ciinsidoration. The question' of widoniiiK Victoria Street- had been con-! sidored by the council, but, owing to tlio fact that portion of tjio land was owned by Natives, tlwy could not give effect to the deputation's request just jet. The only way in which the council could deal wiin tho Natives was .to take the land under the Piiblio Works Act. In regard to the removal of rubbish, the Mayor stated 'that this matter would bo con.'siderexl by the council. Later the Mayor moved: "That tho] engineer prepare an estimate of tlio 'cost j ef widening Victoria Street, with a view to taking tho laud under t'ho Public l Works Act."

Tho motion was carried. Tho engineer was also instructed to r*o into the question qf removing the rubbish. A easo of uluckonpox in the borough was reported by the Wellington Hospital -and Charitable Aid Board. The report mentioned tiiat the usual precautions had been taken.—Received.. . The -engineer (Mr. W. T. Boclie), in his fo-rtnlghtly report, dealt generally with works in tQie borough. In a supplementary report lie recommended the sanding and tarring of the foot-paths along Bollevuo Road, and th& cycle tracks aloiig the maii-i thorongWa-fes in the borough, fha report svas adopted. It was 'dccided to grant the Waterside Workers' Band permission to use the Hutt recreation ground for tlie purposo of comlucting an open-air meeting oh Wednesday night,