CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4047, 15 February 1876, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the City Council was. held .today; present* the Mayor (in the chafr, CrS. Gibson, Grant, Reeves, Woodland, 1 Campbell. Mollison, Isaacs, Brown, Quick; Leary, Robprtvand Chapman. j 'correspqa ence was reid. The Town Clerk (Mr Etonian) wrote on behalf of the South Dunedm Town Council complaining of the .tardiness or. apparent neglect the. Corpo-r -ration ■ had: manifested 'in ‘ not, having taken ‘‘StepsKtb remove the nuisance of the rpahme dep6t before now, and ’ again to .‘ urge upon.:; them the ; necessity of ’ doing sej r withOat delay ; also, for making pi*o i ; for the disinfection of the same. He was authorised to state , that the local dical officer of; heath had said that in all probability the-- two cases of sckrlet fever now in their midst must have arisen or been co_mmm.irated.by this.intolerable nuisance,! the residence.'of ..the patients being in the immediate neighborhood of-the depdt. The Jetted -wbs-referred to the Sanitary Committee. " ' ? The Medical Officer of Health reported that sinceitKe opening of the schools’ six Cases of fever have occurred in one school—the childrenalluded to being all girls; and suggesting that the School Board;be immediately communi--cated with. Tbe school referred to was stated! by some of tho Gouccillors to be the Catholic; School.; This matter was also referred to the; iSanitary Committee. Messrs Soanlan, Mars-: den,- : j£ rinedf, and Marlin stated their wfl.i iipgEcss to,have ther prenrses taken down and! rOrerected after the widening of Princes s'reet for ajointsuin of L 3.250. p.ovided.the work is done. finfiiCdiate y. Referred to the Reserves Com--riiitte'v ' R,piles, were received from the dailypapers re the charge for municipal adveitisenients;-‘- The ‘Evening News*’’ alone made; an offer, but the amount was - rotmade public.. The ‘ Daily Times * did suit tie Corpora 1 Won bn a different footing to other advertisers; the * Guardian ’ did not see its way to tender, owing to a probable change in the management; £nd: the Stab forwarded its list of prices to ordinary advertisers. The m .tter was referred to the Finance Committee. ; The fol owing- reports were brought np The Finance Committee recommended that the saJaiy of the watchman (John Knock) be increased tothe rate of Ll2O per annum. That, as regards ; jjw: municipal expenditure for advertising, the Town Clerk inquire from the proprietors of the, Dunedin daily and evening papers their charge per annum for a quarter of a column of advertising space immediately' over the leader, the accounts Jeuiapaid monthly. Cheques have been handed to the City Solicitors for payment to Messrs Moss, Ilsh, and Spedding of tbe second instalment of compensation in respect of the widening of Princes street, the money to be paid so soon as - the solicitors are satisfied that the terms of the deed nave been complied with in each case. LTbe_Qaa Committee reported infer alia that Mr b application for. gas to the centre sunlight in the Arcade, the lamp formerly standing there nanng been removed, he declined. That an inbee ? to the Gas Inspector to «ake the register of the various meters as nearly as possible on a fixed day in each month. -TheWaterSupply Committee recommended that inasmuch as it is highly desirable to carry on the •ngmeenngas well as the clerical work of the Water Department at the Council Chambers, the engagement of Mr M’Gregor, waterworks engineer, he terminated by one month’s notice, the Owgmit.ee hemg of opinion that the city surveyor’s BtaS is competent to undertake the ordinary engineering business of the .Waterworks ’Department. coHSTunersfor domestic purposes outside the city not having signed fresh applications for water ■apply subject to a seven days’ notice, it has been resolved to notify them by advertisement that failthe necessary application being signed forthvrith thdr supply will be out off. The inspector (Wallacej has been instructed to cut off the supply from any persons permitting non-ratepayers to obtain water from their premises. Ttte Beserves Committee recommended that that . portion of> Mr Moss Moss’s late holding, comer of Pnnces and Jetty streets (50ft by 17ft), be not sub- *? ltt y tmtil the extra width of the (to«et shall &st he filled up, and that then the land De let by auction on twenty-one years’ lease. [Lift sitting.]