MUNICIPAL MEETINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 4256, 17 October 1876, Page 2

MUNICIPAL MEETINGS .

At the ordinary meeting of the South Dunedin Council last night the Mayor: harideddn his xeei« nation o£-account* of private; business requiring* greater-share of hia' attention, »nd because excepr tipniayingr been.taken by > portion of the ratepayers to the mode or carrying out proposed inr- :: proyements, ho coul<t riot consistently edritiriue T W hold office. In the course of a speech he made Mr? Maloney repelled the charges made against him by pixtsider.,and went ion to, paythatjhahadheard]a. ;whio>,.if .correct, was simply djsgracefirt ft ™,Baid; ttat the' Caversham Edad BoaroV * whi&hMa opposed the the municipality; "and KiM ' been at -«war ■ with it ■' ever since; it was ' fbrmeoO' wjas.-nrging. the ratepayers itf the municipality te hinder its progress, and to, resist, the, payment of atwas their intention,to petition for theidisallowatooe of the South Dunedin Validation waW decided' thaVconsideAtidn l ©! the hitter of resignation should be' adjourned for a : wtakito the hdpe that the Mayor wouldreconsider h}B deterjaunation., The actfcra of the Mayor was. strongly defended, by Crs. Barrowman and Naumaun, particularly: by tho t Who- said he and ot the ratepayers.—Cr. .BaxrbwMtt Tuu>dea in his' resignatiouas'a member ofthePinanoe€ommittee —lwwas cresolred 10 write to?Dr Gillies, inOnirimf whether the report was true that afAmilyafflioted with feyer were leating the hospital &Bveln South Dunedin. ~"'." j ,-:••:• •••_ yo-HTC«i.aiBBSV ; • ••■ "f'T ;At the usual eVehin*; there were present the Mayor, Crs."M«Kinlay, Beii M'Grejtor, Menelaus, Asher, Graham, and Millar* i Among the correspondence read were letters ftomi jMr A. W. Jbhhßon, forwarding explanation in* ■wereace to his bavin? laid diwn a tramwayaorbss' -Beach street and requestiiigpermißsionto lay down ajtramway from his sections, '99 and dpo; across the reclamation ground to the raiway whan <referred t6 the Beserves Committee). From Mr Norris' J ' secretary to Fire Brigade, requesting the Counoii to vote the sum of LlO incidental expetises aha to provide a hose and reel, with uniforms (granted) • From the Secretary .of the ■ Port Chalmersl(ayal; Brigade, „ ,,n«e \ ,of a piece of ground .at t% end ot tte Penin.' aula for a rifle range. (Befused by thi casttnfr vote of the Mayor.) From Messrs Allen and Kingstreet,, informing the Counoii ef the temppxaiy stoppage of the road near Bawyers' t ßky ; thatadi- ' vergence had been made and barricades erected, and that a watchman would be 'stationed there to poiht outthenoWToad to persons inohsirge^f. vehiclel until the erection of the called the attention*? the Counoii to the state of the r6a!d near the bridge, and moved that the Clerk write to the District Emgfheer calling his attention to the matter, and requesting him to take immediate steps to retreat the fence.—From Mr Boaz, offering Li per .annum for lease of piece of ground on the Carey's Bay road. (Declined.) -•=• The Waterworks Committee recommended that' Messrs Thomson's; Cameron's,' ahd" M'Dermid's • claims for compensation should lie over until thai works were;otmpleted; that Mr Mackley*i'ela]mbs~ Jaid, subject tov_the solicitor's ; approval': and ih> reference to Mr Elmer's claiih for a new rbaoTSo his' Uaok sections, that it was under immediate oonside ration. Also, thpt the clerk had been instructed to ebmmunicate with'the Norfh-Bast Valley Sboa'd:' Board calling on them to complete the district road leading to the reservoir'. The Committee aned the . &unoU to instruct the clerk. to«dTon desirbui of being'supplied with water j and that the Insp-jotor of Works furnish a report as to the sises dnd lengths of all supply pipes where the same ink hud. After some 1 - disentaiou, the «p«* *ai adopted; i ; ; ..,■. ..-"■•. • ~ | The Finance Ck>nunlttee recommended thaSiMfci CnmpbeU's olaimof LlOOfor inspection ofwat#/ W te£d' m " tead °^. UttUl th^e^ta«S^ 1 9t .wiißiai «iled tte aiiin'tion Oavneii tothe amount fit rrfes 4>uUtahdta», asne hs& tZn several persons refused/tVrislj ttW*«Si ; until the members of tae CcmneU had f&jSct

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