LOWER HUTT AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2117, 7 April 1914, Page 6

LOWER HUTT AFFAIRS

The fortniglitly meeting at the Hutt Boraiigti Council held tost evening, 'those present were: ilie Mayor (Mr. E. P. Bunny) > G°» tt - Giilors Hobbs, Ball, Parsonage, doft, MeWrum, HocJgins, Dawson,.. artd Dr. Purdy. Tcaders w-oi'o roceived for tJie'reere.atloii ground for tlio comfag sepson. The Rugby U'ldpn tendered at £25 .ana ■luidertfliik to play four senior matches "duriug tlio season, all gate tstags for the same- to go to the- council. The Xtagby League offered £21 aiid 50 pop cent, "of tho taldngs. The offer of tbe Knfiiiy Uawa was accepted. , ~. iV lutter TvasreceifCQ from the simister of Raihvaj-s making formal demand, for the'payment o-f £8400, tie aimamt allocated as the council's proportion of tlae cost of construction and maintenance of the Hutt Ilcmd. The letter was JSIr, T. M. Wflford forwarded a «dj»r of a letter which he liad forwarded to' tho Prime. Minister protesting against gazetting tho vesting of tlio wtrd c£ tbe H«tt HoarJ in tlie Wellington City Conndl.—^Received. itL refereued to tlio ■extension of tho lease of tho municipal offices a letter was received from Mr, J. T, Htttftlidrn pointing out tliafc 10 , was propn.red to. discuss the question of providing ai room dsxnistairs o» Ills return -to iko k»tt-.—Received. Tlse Finaiwo Coinmitteo was inetrueto<3 to repert on « letter received from tho Royal Assufaiwo Company, LM., qnotinir a rate for asi -empkyers Ifabiiity poiiey. . , 'Mr. T. YfiMigli wrote expressing ms wiiliftgiiess to act (in tho eMnm.itteo Bet up in reaard te imptovonveiit -of tlio Marten Estate Bosds and the Rccreiition Groinid. A cmnrouuioatron w.is received froni tlitj secretary of the Suit Cricket Club risking the council to ecmsidor tlio question of reducing tfio rent for ground and pavilion. It was decided to reduc.o tho rent t>y 95 per etttt. GouiiciHoi' Ball moved: "Tliat- the oftgincer bo instttißtcd to prcpnr« » re» jkrtr on tlio condition of Black -Creek.' , ' •—Carried. The Inspector for tins Hospital niid ChariUiMo AM Board .rei*ortefl a caso of scarlet fens , »« iho hoi'oftglt. Tho borotiijli (Sir. W. J. RocJm) stilwii+tecl liis report in tlic oaurse of wliteli Iw skied -i-!,mt the hying of the -6-iiwirgfls main liad boon completed and connected wp nfc tlio Wd-Jnii-n Road c-nd and at all the intoi-mo-(liats cftss strPCits, All liwvse coiinccttoiis had been i:»koii from the old main and put on to tlio new ones, and nearly the whole of the 6ld mams had new been taken wu. The cftst «f tlio work to date hail fert iSSSu 15s. lOd. Hd« ft-rrinj; to tlio nuostioH -of fraisliifte tho pvdo track attil footpath en tlio alaiii Ttoail, iho ojißinGWSflW that ho ha-3 ii-ts-pctfted tho ejmo ji.tid was of tho opinion llmfc the Work Cot-ild • onjy bo propirrl.v tjoiie by witiroly ronc-wfeß it, IPIm cost would iie 'Jus. It woriid Im livitter tft wait till next summer to do this work. The gas and water vo-i-vnefc- . tions to diite vfpre 494 niri OGS resiMctivcly. The tlriiiiinao niid sanitary coiiiiecifens totalled 848.

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