HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 25 February 1914, Page 4

HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Lower liiit;t Borough Counril met on .Monday evening, tho jlayor (Mr, 15. P. JluiVn.y) presiding. Councillors Hobbs, I'urdy, Parsonage, Ueudoii, Mcldruir v Dawson, and liod»ms iwere also present. '• A letter Was received from tho Education Department notifying that £Qo Mid from tlio borough funds to tho library account could hot. bo taken into ecrnsideratiou in compiling the ' basis "pa" which subsidy is payable.—Rcceived. ■ . " . . ■ ; Co.ratnnnientions tyer© received from tho City and , 1 iult County . Councils shtifilii't.in.g that all possible would be taken to prevent the duplication; of mastered numbers -of motcr-ear*.— Received, The council granted the use of a , room .in the tiavilinn oi> tho rotroatiori ground without anv ftharge to the newly-formed. IltiH Valley Athletic Club. Instructions wep® given to the en* K)ijeer 1 to clear the streets on tiro AVillowby Kiijght Estate of noxious weeds at a,.cost not exceeding £20.The report of the borough engineer [ (Mr. W. J. Roche) < which ivas adopted, state:! that the formation of footbath and denosit of tarred material [had been completed in Knight's Road !as for as it; was iniewlod to do this season, It was found necessary, to reiiew the whole of the evele t.racfc betwee.ii Koke Street and \ai Xoi Lane, and about 400 yards of footnavli .also rcftuircd renewing, Thb total expertditure to February 21 amoume;} to £701. and it was estimated that it would 'rtqiiTi-e further expenditure of £23 to fomnlete the work. The clcnnina of creeks in the boroiHi hnd ; cost £164., being £36 Jess than tlio estimated cost. A- commencement had been made with the footpath at. White's Line east. ■ '