Feilding Borough Council

Feilding Star, Issue 71, 27 May 1884, Page 3

Feilding Borough Council

. • — ; — r An' ordinary 'meeting of the Council _jra».. held, ijU.'the Council Chambers on Thursday-evening last. Present — 'he Mayor and Crs Goodbehere, Worsfold, . Rutherford, Higgin, Fowles, Carthew and Thompson '"' The minutes of the previous ordinary meeting were read and confirmed. This being the'tneeting for striking the rates. fpr_ the year, it was resolved, on the motion of Cr Rutherford, seconded by Cr Goodbehere, That an ordinary rate of 1« and a Library rate of ld in the £ <)n the rateable value of the property • -Within 'the borough for the year ending 31st March, 1885, be hereby made in accordance with the notice advertised in the FteiLDiKO tab, said rates tn be pay. able on the second day of June next. The following correspondence was read: — Crown Lands Office, with a copy of the New Zealand Gazette of May the Bth, containing the proclamation by His | Exce^MXldie) Governor, of thaippointr ment of the Feilding Borough Councd to have the cont^-of the Feilding Cemetery; Insurance Commissioner, re interest on the Sinking Fund of the Borough Loan; District Railway Office, Wan gat i pwv-»teii9g>iii< answer to; tho Mayor that; 'i&L_^beoa; 'decided > retain .the squnre " noVin possession of the I 'epartment and -%kn%liain* < -widc r tlii ; dugft'the whole' township; Bey. Father McManus, hoping the petition re the making of the road to the Catholic Chuieh was still under the consideration of tho Council. HesoKed.'on tlie motion of Cr Thompson, seconded by Cr Higgin, That a ,JCeme\evy Committee be appointed, con sii-ting uf the Mayer and Crs Thompson, Loudon and Fowles. •Cr Thqnip-fO-i uioved, ( and Cr Ruther- ... ford seconded, That the Mayor be emVfinetai te place the Sinking Fund money HaiUmf in the Bank of Australasia at . interest for the term of sis mo -ths. , _. Rewired, on the motion of Cr Worsfold. seconded by. Cr ..Fowlm, That the Mfljor be appointed to represent the C^a»«jl#t the next quarterly meeting of Wanganui Hospital Committee. The following tenders for diverting Kimbolton road drain were opened : — G. T. H. Lyhe £H9j t. Erans and LV Ward, £127 ; Z. Aitken £101 10s. t&^he^oeTe tenders were tor doing the Work with timber, which the Council' agreed should be used instead of drain pipes.. .. ,..-.._ „ •_ r - r „ , y '/.Vs.: The'teiid6r*oTMrXyne was accepted. Cr Carthew brought forward his motion ot which he had given an intimation jc^t boa t/owcai -notice mtcjhe last meetrife trhU^reference "to the"amalgamation of the offices of Ranger and Inspector of Nuisances. By consent of the Council, he moved, ' and Cr Higghvseconded, "Thb.- in view of the amalgamation ef offices, the Ranger and Inspector of Nuisances be informed that their services will not be required after t he 19th day of June, and that applications be called for the combined office of Inspector of Nuisances and Ranger at a ■" #*lary of:£4o sterling per year. ■* The Mayor spoke strongly in support of the motion. He .especially deprecated the Inspector of Nuisances having vented his grievahcesOiri ' tlie " newspapers, and attacking the Councillors "ersonally. Ci ,v '"Hi£gui "endorsed the; views of the M*J ol V' ■■ Cr Worsfold thought the Council had been at faaltin certain. matters -pertaining li; to the Inspteetor aa well, the Inspector :• himself-—- - r „ , .. The unsatiefactoij; way in which the Rangership--jiad' ; been conducted w:is again discussed conversationally;, and. the mo-ion- was tb en put.and.e.-irrted. Cr Higgin -mavedAnii d *Cr Good holier. seconded, That CrS-Gartljrw, Riilherfo d, 'hl-empson'laifd'thfe; mover^ieT apjibirtted » committee, to report on -the duties* .of £lus S«ttigeriO--j; -'LCr Thompson brought; -^forward his motion, of ; which he had given notice, That plahsai-d specifications be prepared for the fdrtnoljoh and. metalling of Derby street fromcl-Kirnbolton.road to Marlborough stredt_!iiiSiseoi-_Led..by Cr Worsfold After diseiistiibn ithe . motion . .was -• pul and carrß_de:!^;' -At ... ... ?^T Resolved ibaUftiaTncxt Council, meek ing be heldsqqUiufSlay, June sth:at:4h« usuabhouf- aii'dl place. ... Lr..:. ■ v •'< _ adjourned.- - -- -