HUTT BOROUGH AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3175, 28 August 1917, Page 9

HUTT BOROUGH AFFAIRS

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. ■ A. meotinp of Iho LoW Mutt Boroußh Council was .lield last fivehing, tho Mayor (Mr. H. Baldwin) presiding. There wore nlso present Councillors J. W. P. M'Doupall, AV. O. Mpldrnra, H. Carver, J. Brassol. S. O. Clendon, W. Cotton, W. Kbit, A/ Hobbs, and H. A. "Ward. There was some discussion as to the removal of household refuse, wlilclv eevcral councillors* thought should bo undertaken T>y the council and the householders charged, and it was Sccided In iuotnict No. I Committee to consider tho matter.

Tho Wellington City Council wrote that tho actual expenditure on Hutt Road maintenance* totalled J3890, of which' amount the Hutt borough was liable for XlB2 lfc. The estimates for tho current. year were J35f10, and tho borongh's proportion of this, would bo £iSO, thus the Hntt boroneh was under an obligation to find Ml 2 fis. in connection with the innintDnnnce of the rnad. The Commissioner of Crown Lands wrote advising, that the Minister of Lands had , approved of the w.ork of roadins, etc.,' of the Hall-Jones settlement hein? carried out in' accordance with the drawing, schedule, and estimates, (submitted hy the Iroroiigh eneinp»r. and desired that the work he executedbv'the council, and tlint'full soeniJicatione .of thfi work he submitted liefore the work' is commenced. The settlement, it was stated, was heiri? reserved for returned soldiers. 'Tt was decided to lenve the matter in the linnds of the Mayor, Councillor .T. AV. F. JfDousall. and the engineer to iirrnnpe with the Government for the 0 work beins carried on.: , A'leW«r'wtis rereived from Hie Miniitev of Finance'(Sir .Tosenh Wnvd) nskiriEr for the co-operation and nssisfnnce of thei, council ;.in maki'i? the neir War Loan a success. The Mnyor stated .that ho proposed calling a public mectiu? for Holiday next with tho object of etiniulatin? public, interest'in the mattoi , '. The Mayor of Hokitika w.roto'.forwarding copy of a resolution passed at a public meeting asking that' Parliament set apart a day of national prayer in connection with tho war. On the motion of tho Mayor, tho resolution (is submitted was apnrored. The borough ranger wrote''suggesting that he bo given assistance to copq with the, .difficulty of straying stock, and it was decided to refer the matter to No. 1 Committee for consideration.. . ' The proposed Hutt Road Bill was sub-mitted-by. .tho Mayor,':.to?ether with tho suggestions." of'the borough solicitor, pnd after a disjointed discussion on' the value of concrete roads and.macadamised roads it was decided to submit the solicitor's suggestions to the Mayor of Wellington.