CITY COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 4179, 19 July 1876, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

vn™« Sr he WM absent tfa e Councilthrough t£ 0 * ? reply to the complaints concerning to? Sete?' H^ffi* cSarKe 10s for * Bt * fjf"£obbed since the Gasworks a** been handed to the Corporation—robbed through the mis manasrement of the Council, through the tod quality .f the gas. He had to expressthVopinion before leaving the Council. opinion hi£«!if T « Wn + », Clerk J ai : i 9 n the teble a memo, by SSSL 011 v 0 5r Üb3eot °1 tbe Wharvwi and Quays SSSESw* 1 * Maßße y states .—"By thoDunedin ttf ft W^ar? I = nag^ent In§ «£W % d 9 Uayß Beßer ™ »s transferred to aid vested in the Corporation of the City of DunST' 1 ? ?^ eser r e for wharves and quays. By the fWn^f 4th ■. 0 $P OM a . of the Bam e Ordinance, the £m£^or° n tw o^ ttnedin has P° wer *o lease the re! and r n u y '° ne y^enrß at suoh rents, issues, obeanS^t 1 " by the Corporation aw thJMM b I« f oS«euer«l municipal purposes. In the future of the Province it will, no doubt, be for of D P n U n«rn nter r'i t^t^ e Corporation of the Oty workuunfe d » ? tag ° xbor Board > " b ouia at th« ? &' w jthout grasping, either of them, mJLif t8 d P* lvlle S eß of the other 5 and it may well be matter of enquiry whether it is for the farv A PC ?? e £ f b £ h Corponwdons that the secre. tary of the Harbor Board should, under any official motion or authority, venture to suggest an attempt to interfere on behalf of the oJhSS JtoWh*£ZF*%£ the Corporation of tne Wharves and Quays Beserves." the 2? bil! - B ticking be allowed in moved. ? the present hoardings herenw d ' in accordance with the request of Mr Thomas, the contractor-" That Mr fc£ 8 J^ requeSt ! d to Mr M'Kenziefor Inspector Barnes during the term of the uresent contract with the Corporation™ The motion ThSLSS T^ffa™ loßfc by Bil "tea to four.' l«te reSo^ ed T Thata me eting of the Oounci iti? 14 on the 31st inst., there heme a great f many things for the old Council to Teat The following were elected presiding officers f«r Town Clerk'B office (muriotoalffiSS? 'i?°. n the compilation of theJUSSSffil ttW^Sjl lo the each the bonus re**"-'- - Gmcerß be paid The To—- "• ._-««iively opposite his name:— «• Bb Greagh, L 7 10s t Mr Goodman, L 7 10s 5 Younirtflan, L 5; Mr Valpy, L2los. It has been decided to pay the amount of stamp duty on the purchase money of the Gasworks property and plant., and to apply to the General Government for a rerand 01 so much thereof as is in respect of the loose plunt, mains, meter, and stock acquired by the purchase. Mr Moss Moss's claim for an allowance of portion of the rent paid by him in respect of his late leasehold upon tbe Manse Beserve is referred for the Council 8 decision. 1