UPPER HUTT TOWN BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1975, 4 February 1914, Page 4

UPPER HUTT TOWN BOARD.

The fortnightly .meeting of the tipper : Hdtt Town Hoard Was held on Mondy eyeijing, Present t Gomniissibiiers Webb (chairman).,. Bongo, Bcmiiiig.tcm, Edwnrd.B, Kcuip, M'Curdy, and ilabertn ■sat}. .'•'.•'. Pursuant ta notice frorn the- Public ■ Trust Office, it was decided to. strike, ail additional water rate of soveiWfdrty ■ eighths of ft penny in' the '£ to caver .tho' loan of fiilQO, making li total rate of a penny and three-eighths of a penny in t.li* £ oil the £13.000 odd advanced by the Public Trust Office. After eoHsidorablo dis'cus.sioi'i, it wjis decided to rescind a former resolution not to supply Water to any persons oiiti aside the Town Board af ; ca, h\ this connection several siu'tsido fos.tcleiita, anil the Wellington jlacing Club, ted Written, asking if they could bo .supplied, and upon what terms. Tho board further decided tt> obtain the required information its tt pressure, ffqiii Mr. T/aing-ltea-sbn (its waterworks engineer) before' replying to tho' Racing Club. -'•'■■ ft was decided to procure a bfeyclo for tho boards 1 foreman at a cost 'not oxfeedin.g t£l2i Tho resolution of a .previous ■nioetiji.e to secure atf ciiglivebf's estimate for'all no* works w\is\ adhered to on a s'losq division -of 4 votes to 3. A" fflotfoii to increase tho Ttisvii Clerk's salary to £3 .per week, and bis hours accordingly., whs withdrawn, to pojinit of nil inquiry into certain points raised by Commissioner j\f ! Ciirdy, «s su<*s;e's;>Kl by the'Tiiover of tho motion. The new pwindkeepet, Mr. Onkslmtf is to bo allowed to keep alt it'npoUndin.g fees, to envor loss by way of fowling \it\claimed end often valueless aniiiinls, as required by Statute.