CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3634, 15 October 1874, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

At last night’s meeting there were present the Mayor, Councillors Beck, Grant, Gibson, Carroll, Beeves, Mercer, Woodland, Walter, and Prosser. A good deal of business was transacted, the following being the principal. A letter was read from the'Under-Secre-tary relative to the correspondence which had passed between the Council and the Government in reference to the expenses of Re* vepue Officer Dumb. The letter stated that the Government did not wish to dispense with the services of Mr Lumb, but would have no objection to the Council appointing an officer of their own. Mr Payletich applied that a portion of the Corporation lease of ground at Green Island or the iaien might be given proposed Piggery Company. r r Mr *l'Pierson, secretary to the Turkish Baths Company (Limited), requested assistance with regard to the necessary water Bupp!y for the baths. The Company submitted that the Corporation would be justi- ■ 1Q g^ aQtin S them a considerable coneession. The project had been undertaken for the public benefit, though the shareholder*’ benefits were not overlooked. A swimming bath would be connected with the institu-tion.—-Refereed to the Works Committee. A discußßKjn took place on the letter forwarded by the Superintendent from Mr John Sibbald, who offered a fifty-aere site for and to erect a public sheep and cattle yards, uhe was accorded certain privileges. Gr Gibson thought the Council should erect the yards, which would be a handsome source of revenue; and Cr. Waltee was of opinion that the time had arrived when some action should be taken in this subject for the benefit of the butchers.—The letter was sent to the Works Committee. • The Surveyor’s recommendation against granting the request of the Corporation quarryrnenn was adopted. The quarryiuenseven of whom were receiving 8s 6d per day three, 8s ; and one 7s per day-had forwarded a memorial requesting an advance of t ( * t e y obtained an advance of Gd over the ushal wage paid to the Council s daymen.

The variotts committees reported infer alia that the number of daymen be reduced whe» the fine weather sets in, oa account of the large expenditure in that department, the various localities mentioned be metalled and repaired. That the new urinals having arrived, the old ones be sold for immediate removal, and the largest of the new ones be erected in their places, and others to be placed at the North Recreation Ground, corner of Loudon and George streets, St, Andrew street, Stuart street, and Princes street south. That the present charge df Sa 6d per foot for kerbiug bo adhered to, as it is only sufficimt to oover cost, Ac. That J. Knocb, who lost his finger by accident in the service of the Corporation, be paid Llfi, in tuU of all claims on the Corporation. That the conditions contained in the Provincial Secretary’s letter re Museum site—that the Government is willing to lay out the remainmg portions of the reserve, Block XXIX as ornamenta! grounds—be agreed to; and that the Town Clerk had been instructed to in. form the owners of properties abutting oa the land affected by the Castle street JDiver, sion Ominance, 1870, requesting them to name two arbitrators to act on their behalf m regard to compensation for the portions of the old street line fronting their premises. After some discussion the report of the committee appointed to investigate the complaint made against Joseph Hindle, a Corporation contractor, was handed to the reThe document was as follows That, having considered all available evidence, the following resolution was unanimously adopted by your committee in the opinion of this bominittee tbe chattel* made against Joseph Hindle of appropriating Corporation property to his own use, ape fully proved. This apparently being * first offence, your committee js unwilling to advise prosecuting Mr Hindle, bqt think it necsssaw! in order to mark the sense of the Coqneil upon such conduct, that Mr Hindle shill be bom. pelled to pay the sum ef L2O, the value of the stones, to the Corporation, and that he be debarred from tendering for any work under-the Corporation for twelve months from this date.’ Your committee has also remitted to .it" for consideration a complaint made by Messrs M‘Grath and King, contractors for carting metal, that Inspector Barnes had improperly interfered 1 with and 000*. smned delay to their workmen. Ydur borai mittee having heard the statements of the parties concerned, passed the following Pesolution ; That this committee having considered Messrs M'Grath and King’s complaipt against Mr Inspector Barnes, is of tQ l St°erf that ’ t^ er§ - i3no Counoi|

It was Stated by the Mavor that the sextons of both Cemeteries had waited upon mm, and asked for an increased rate of pay for Sunday funerals. They stated that large numbers of people attended the funerals when they took place on Sundays, and the grounds were consequently injured. Cr. merger, who thought Sunday funerals should not be allowed, moved that the increase be granted. Cr. Woodland argued that it would be unjust to charge poor people a higher rate to bury their friends on Suni a y- Jbe sextons would dig the graves on the Saturday, and there was no necessity for them to remain for any length of time on the following day it was beyond the duties of to stop an y funerals on the Sabbath. Crs Walter and Kkhves did not day t kan Sun <*ay for funerals, woui? < L latter Baid , h ® bought ministers would do more good m attending Sunday TK«m lß ff than by Poaching fifty sermons!, Ihe matter was referred to the Works Committee.