CITY AFFAIRS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 161, 27 March 1918, Page 4

CITY AFFAIRS

MEETING OP THE COUNCIL : The Wellington City_ Council met last, evenmg. xuere weru. preseiiu: 'ino Mayor (.Mr.,J. P. jjuke;,"Co'uncmoTo o. &.■ iitzgerald,. \v.'. T. Jiildretn, li. A. Vvngut,' J. (Jastle, (J. li. i\artvobu, J. u. iSnorlann, k. Luckie, L. M'Kenzie,..A. Veltch, A..K. AtJiuison,, \\f. J. Uoaoer, U. l'rost, and W. Jl. r. jiarber..

It was .resolved,, that •, a claim for £76 for damage caused'-by tlib Mooting of .premises in Adeiaiae ltoad, due ■to the collapse of the storm-water drain be denied, as the officers, adyiso ihat tho drain referred to was not, constructed, by the,corporation. Tenders, received for tho annual supplies 'for the ..year :' 1918-19, were dealD with as under j-rCement,' Golden Bay Cement Company-; firewood, Westport Coal Company; gravel, i'.' LamDerg; sand, Tonks^and'Andrews; saddlery, S. J. Manning; drain pipes: the City Engineer be empowered to obtain. pipes for sewerage work from Messrs. Hutson and Company, and for storm-water drainage work ' from Messrs. Herbert Hill and Company, as far as tho requirements of. the - city will permit, and- also provided the •prides_ aie (reasonable; timber:-itiho quotation system similar to • that employed in the purchase of general stores 'be. adopted for the timber requirements.

It was decided that application be made v to the Government to extend, by a.clause in Tlie Reserves and Other. Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Bill, the period within which the council may complete the Evans Bay Eeclaniation for a further term of sevon years. .'.,..

:■',- Consent was granted for the erection of a dairy on- part Sections 11 and 12, Onepu Road, Lyall. Bay, in front <>f an existing dwellings although , the amount ,of frontage for the rear building will be insufficient to comply, with Section 229, Sub-Clauses 1. 2, and 3 of By-law No, 1, 1908, subject to tho following conditions:— (1) The owner shall let,the two premißcslto oiiei 'i«iia'ht.' '(2)-In"tbe feveht-of'-the-dw'ellihg-at the rear being burnt' down, destroyed, or demolished, no permit shall be issued for its re-erection ■ ..'.

An. application by the manager of the Empress Theatre to exhibit a series, of miniature-motion nic'ture films in the vestibule of the Empress Theatre was not agreed to , i The City Solicitor was authorised to submit to tlie Minister of Internal .Affairs; draft legislation amending the provisions of Section 140. of.. The Reserve's and-Other Lands Disposal an'd Public■ Bodies Empowering:. Act. 1915,, in the direction of authorising the postponement of valuations, of/corporation rer-liimntion land leases, ' granted under The Municipal Corporation 'Act, ilflW, The Public Bodies' -Powers-Act, 1887, and The-PuMic'Bodies''-Powers Act -(1887) Amendment, 1801. ■;';• | Consent to' encroach on a portion! of the unformed road reserve at a niain Wanestown Road, near the junction of Orchard Street, is to be granted to a property owner, in ■ consideration of such owner transferring to the corpora-' tion, as an addition to the Queen's Park, a piece of her land, measuring thirty-seven feet by fifty-seven . feetthree inches irregular, and also subject, tu the ÜBual encroachment conditions, "except that the annual'rental shall.he ,a nominal rental. ' ;■'.•■• An application for permission- to erect a motor shed on a portion of uniformed road reservation already held under- license by the applicant in Matai Road, Hataitai, was'granted. It was resolved: "Thai as. tho result of a sub-eomuifcfceo's visit of inspection to the Karori Cemetery,.the Church of England Clerical Association and others be informed . Wat .instructions have been given to have the matter of the approaches, paths, and general appearance to the Church of England portion of the Karori Cemetery attended to immediately." It was reported that Mr. John M'Glashan, of the Trentham race5 0Ur ,;°.' jtad presented six black swans to Williams Park and the Zoological Gardens.