LOWER HUTT COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 2

LOWER HUTT COUNCIL.

The- ordinary -meeting of t)re Hutt. Boreugh Council was hold last night. ■ There wei-fe present: Tho Mayor (Mr.' K. V. Bunny) awl Councillors lio);bs, I'nrsiinage, tjlendon, Keinptlioruc, Meldrtim, Hodgifts, and Dati'son. Mr. C ( frevethick wrote, asking that a reduction be'ma.do iu tlie price (6s. per 1000 ft.) of gas supplied for power purposes.' The- general opinion , , of councillors was tirat tjie-prices for Rtts, were t«o high all round. At length jt was decided, on .the motioH of- . C,o-.uncillo.r Olcndoii,- ibat tlio prices cfiatgcd be reviewed when tho estimates ere next being prepared. Councillor Hobbs and .Mr. A. Roats Were appointed to be the! 'representatives., of ths council oii the Board of Managers of the P-etond Techiiical School.' Licenses were riuewed on applications mado for the St. Peter's' and St. Paul's Churches, a«d for tlio ClUitch of Christ vbui'ldiugs, Tlxreo moiHlis' extension of time ' was granted"in which to mafee the .drainage connections to the late J. T. Adams's, property on tho STiuii Road. The opinioa of tho Borous-b Solicitor regarding &ii applioiiti6.n far a remission of rates <cjn the coii-vent property was received. The opinion wa is the ef- " feet that the convent authorities wort> applying only for their legal riglits—to have exempted from rating an area of four acres surrounding the school. Tho acttoß of the Towti Ckfk in tak-. ing the solicitor's opinion was approved, and he was 'instructed to Wply te the application in 'terns of >t. The reniissiaiv will entail a loss of revenue- of about £20 a year in rates to the borQftgh. Tlie eiiginoer was instructed to prosecute in respect of the erection'of a building in Brunswick Street, for whichno plans bad been deposited, aiid jio permit issued.