Feilding Borough Council

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 39, 8 September 1888, Page 3

Feilding Borough Council

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held on Thursday evening. Present-iThe Mayor (Mr Goodbehere), Ors Lethbridge,, Havbittle, P. Thomson, Dr Monekton,' J. 0, Thompson, ' Worsfold, Chamberlain, and Fowles. \ ' ' '. ; . Mr Fairfield Thompson, having made the usual declaration, took his seat at the Council table. _/, The minutes of the previous meeting W6re read and confirmed. r : . ...; CORRESPONDENCE. From Hospital and 'Charitable Aid Board, forwarding' cheque- for £20.-* ■' From E. Young, calling attention to the sewage that conies on bis section in Bu wen 'street. ' From "Treasury," advising payment of subsidy— £2i" -15as'-'-6d— due to the Counef L . • ' ! , ' "' '*' From- the Hon. ""-Secretary of 'the : Library Committee, re Alfred Hannett using the Reading Room without paying the Is siib'scripiioin. From' tfte Kavuiy authorising payv ment to Mrs Gafvin of ,5s per week from the : Sharitabte Aid Fiind. * j; ";'' From -"the" nightsoil contractor, , Reporting that certain pinions; had refused tt> allow him to carry out His contract' in accordance with resolution of the Council. Report of the Public Works Coihr tnittee, recommending accounts for £44 18s lid, be paid ; and report* of Finance Committee, recominending accounts of £15 1-SS; B'4 be paid/ were read and adopted. " .'" ' ]" Cr Fairfield Thompson made some remarks on* the bad "quality of' the road metal supplied. ' ~. Some- discussion took place on the powers -of- the. Library Committee to collect fees '"' ' " '""■' '. - Cr P. Thomson said if people did not subscribe to the Library it should be shut up. " . :""'■'"' ■ - •' ''■' Cr Lethbridge suggested that, as the public had not responded to tfie invitation to 'assist, a Commrljjtee = should be- appointed to confer with the Library Committee. '■' '^/"^ Cr F." Thompson' thought many x>f : the ratepayers considered if they subscribed to the Library and paid a Library rate also, they were paying twice.' v.- . ■ "'■'"'• '■".'. '"'.'i Cr Monekton soid it was a pit jr that one man had objected ;, tb -pay, as: others would follow suit ®6 Would suggest a commfttefer^bß appointed to put the Library on a different footing. Cr Fowles considered any man who used the Reading Boom, and objected io pay Is, was a mean man. ; '" The letter' from thY Hpn; Secretary of the Library was referred back to the Library Committee. '■'"'* Referring to Mr E. Ybung*B letter, the Inspector of Nuisances said, the ■complaint was justified by the facts of the case, and he had warned certain persons who- were the offenders. - ■-:- Cr J...-0- Thompson said the Engineer might be instructed to seewEat was toTbe dbner;. J ; :^- ' ' 7.-.-., Cr Fowles said, according tp law," all sewage should be; carted away irom the town. — -'•■' Cr P. Thomson desoribetfithe course taken by the drains and sewers across Bo wen street. Be reoemmended a <lrain beiftg-qutrtc*: take seffjtbe storm water, audthos-clettrrtheiwiitertables. Cr flay butle^ did; not*- think -the Council should'.waate tiidie'bn t^e-sub-' ject, as the Ittspector ?jjjt .had power to iej£' "■.*,' V.." r .s..r.''^''!." I ', • '*■ The matter th,en dropgedj. " '.''. ,. . .'. J . : . Cr Leth bridge s^ked^u v |^?» Ajrc^ier -was still in receipt of charitable aid. He had heard herjhu§band.waß;iii the habit of - risifeingibrfr -for a few days, and quieMy going awa^aygaim' He thought the poKce*g"houfd r be : put on £ to him. " ; V : '/S *",' .'"' Some discuMion^ ; toqk . piaipe on the 4juestion 'of. continuing the grant to the widoj? oivth§ lafe ilis Gray- : v -, Cr P. r Thomson -spokd in warm terms ©f Hi»e^tsbarity ■ of the public of Feilding, who had supplemented the assistance granted lbiy the Council. , It was determined to continue the - y ' ■ , Cr J^. 'Thompson;, represented the condition ofMrs Galviii, wbo was an applicant for assistance^.; '.','. .. „ It \flas ■re^piyjßd that' the ,ss a week be granl^d v'untii _ the .next meeting of the. T jb^u_4ci^ i; . 4 i i > •:...' ( „ •? ., 1-? ! ; The let*ec:of. the mghtsdil contractor was considered, and the Inspector of Nuisances-instructed ! td take pro-^ ceedingS against those Apjersons who decline^ r M^iratW'th'4'diitbority of the Cot&cil;^'. "' ''f ? 7. '^ . ' Cr Clham|^rlain Asked if the : Public Work^jQo^mittee had 4«ne any thing in conneclaont.withthe Kawitea^tream. CrjEowfeß,;- the chairman of the Public^Worfe €tmißrittee, replied that they httd decided noffifng^ should be done. T-fieyhad not received.permission to enter pn the priyijt^, land rer ferred to| apid : thejr : had "iib dfesiire to risk a law suit. Cr LethbHdge said the fetream atone was doing- th> alleged idamag©i and^ therefore ho-bne ;was liable,; out' the moment' the Council p^ a Hshoyel .. in the grbtttfd^W.wquld $h UableV . The Js(jro»ghl Enjgineer, .<Mr %»j;^ showed^ ihe cojurs^-tb^.,«fcre^m was taking. ' : -y.^.-. •'.:>••=.• .. v -^-- : : -A '■. ■ -■'* «' Cr Monekton asked H : the ford over the Nortfc rdad had /been made in accordance with the iresditition passed at the last meeting/of ;' ' The !^^nfeer;.r^i»ti^^n . tiie negative. were fully employed^duHag:; the month on works, preyiously, authorised, and, as the pay fsheet i iojr« the .• month was alreadyilarger than usual, he did not care to" employ extra labor. He : took that opportunity 6f stating that the Feildinp-AehurSt and Makino roads wanted looking tbr wb"ile .the Kimbol r ton road was \ b.^iij^; .cut up badly by the heavy loada on the timber wagons.. \<>n : »- 1 h-«'.' : Some eonversatib^ took place on poinljjimdsßyeriil speakers urged that -sfeps betalretf ;to compel j the owners of >ragpi|s Wj?any Spy^^c|i loads' ait ' v w;6]i<fi'^^^-'ifcM»-f|# niav. buft i&'deipai^wik amved at. *R«^M^iGr^| Thompsoo,

seconded" by Cr b Eayßittle, THafr: G Fairfield Thompson be placed on th ! Public Works Committee in place o j Cr Nicholas. — Carried. j Gr Haybittie hoped : die Counci ' would, before . separating,, arrive^ some conclusion' about the works oi the roads, but his protest was un heeded, and the meeting adjourned.