CORPORATION OF ALEXANDRA.

Dunstan Times, Issue 630, 15 May 1874, Page 2

CORPORATION OF ALEXANDRA.

At 11)'! last ordinary* meeting of the Council the following business was tree-'-acted. There v,-eve present, W. P.'resbird, Ess . Mayor, in the Chair, an 1 Conriilors lii-ve’-s. M lionUd ami 'iaeber.ee. The mi.lutes of the last meeting were rea l ami eouiinna 1. Tlie inward correspondence was read and received, consisting nf a letter from the Telegraph department in reply to a letter from the Connell in vef ren ;c to’the extension of the line from Masehy to Clyde. From the Goldnlehls’ Of.ieo in reply, stating that the application i'rrm tlie Council for land for sett’ .meat on Mr Fraser’s Finn, h;vl been 'referred to Mr Simpson to leport upon. A letter from the Clyde Conned' re guesting (lie co-operation of this Council in .memorialising Hie Pro\iuehd GovermiiC it to liave the , Railway extended as far as Poxhun.h. Resolved that the Town' Clerk acknowledge the letter from the Civile Town Conn oil, and state that this Council ,\\ ill give a! the assistance in their powerA letter was received from a number of rate-payers in TarOcr!-street, reijucs! imr theConucil to have the gradient improved in the road from the ferrv. Resolved that the Work’s Committee wait upon Mr Fergus, Engineer, to ascertain the required work to he done, the probable cost, and to report to the Council at tlie next sitting. Air Mnctersie was elected a member of the Walk's Committee Resolved that a the hell he'prorlived, and erected next the Council Chambers. The following accounts were passed for payment—George, Brown, it. Ills ;M ; Cco. Facile, If. 11s Od. ; Ce.uge Padci'lt'c, SI. Is Id ; V.’i Ilium Thomson, 2 1. IG.s ; Henry Toliill, V. Cs Sd.. The meeting concluded with the usual vote of thanks to the Chair.