Feilding Borough Council

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 2, 4 July 1891, Page 4

Feilding Borough Council

§fe; The ordinary monthly taeeting of th© ™ above wis held in the Council chambers , ion Thursday, the 2nd instant. Present— , , The Mayor (Mr W. G. Hajbittle), Crs T. 11. Chauaberl?.tn, Rutherford,-* Sandilands, "IS. Goodbehere, VV. E. Chamberlain, and -J. C. Thompson. ' " , The minutes of the last meeting were ■read and confirmed. > x~",.i. BEBOBT OF THE CLERK OV WORKS. I ha\ c the~honor to report that the,stop btiuk, which was,, constructed along the northern boundary, on suburban sections ~fc 47 a £d 18« North street, some years ago, ' is now in urgent need of repair. The' | ~, , temporary \vixe fence, which the Council < greeted al(*jjg§ide the bank to protect it from dattle, *has been remoyed by the t Lessee, of the propeity, who states, as his ' '" reason for doing so, that a portion of the fence lying on the ground* and that - his norse^became" entangled in it. The „ 'section boundary fence on the other side *of the bank' has also been thrown down.in places, and the cattle" in' consequence . .made several gaps in the'stop bank. °n the occasion of the last February flood nearly the whole" flood*; water came through tbis gap and across North streec.' T>he lessee' of the property • has "promised to make good the boundary ience at once ; if> done, this will probably > be suthcient to prevent further 1 damage. Theßtop bank should, 'however, be 'made gooct and the Hitch cleaned out, otherwise it would silt up. ■ The MaMno stream is -encroaching on Hobson .and , Gray streets, '-and also on tfie eastern approach to Beatlie street bridge,' ~I ie,cqniinend^hat *bout«t's be spent' in planting' willows and 1 I *!Missructirig some inexpensive protective work at tbeee places. * v ,■* v "' * " ' FINANCE COMMITTEE. The .Finance Committee recommended . accounts to the amount -of .£45 10s 7d for ' » *"" From >r. H. Blackmore, drawing attenlion to the destruction of pounding notices, Tplaced on the notice board at the paddock. 4 < " * From ~Wra.- i >Triinble,'offering, on behalf -of-a Wanganui gentleman, enough trees^ end shrubs to plant one of the four-plats in Manchester Square. " i ¥ , From yt. Eeading, W, W. Corpe and "0. H. Hosking, requesting construction of 1 footpaths in front of their* properties in .Manchester street. Nq t From Borough'^of New Plymouth, a statement of accounts for the year ending ■31st MaTch;iß9JL. ' • w l \ F*om Dr Johnston, re change of name ■v ion 1 burgess- roll 'for se^jgejajlseetions in place ' <of &H. Burnett and ®Eu SherwilL, ' : From Property Tax Department, orefercing to payment^ of subsidy uuder " The '.^ocal .-Bodies' 'Finance and P6wers Act, U "1885;H', -* ' ''*> ' * -' ' - ' K From Cl Bull, re gazetting pound pad- * -*dock. *."../ • )• < "'^EIfERAI.. - ' Trop'osed by Or -Sandilands, seconded -4>y Cr T. 3J. Chamberlain, That the recomanendations m the report of the Clerk -of ' "Works be adopted, also that the report of "468 Finance Committee oe adopted. — Car•zxieiL. ' "-' ' '• * ; Proposed i by Cr Sandilands, seconded • -by.CrjT. R. Chamberlain, That the appli- 1 Messrs JHosking and others for •construction 'faf iootpath in Manchester % .street he agreed to on the Council's usual Carried, ' " ' Proposed ibyCr Sandilands, seconded - ' l>y Cr Eutherford, That the applicatioq of iDr. Johnston for change of names on bur v 3jess roll be agreed to. — Carried. - The Mayor stated that printed reports jof. this conference wonld'shortlyTje issued such being the case he deemed it to' provide a written report, "iutibrtheTiseof Crs. he had brought a of the whole proceedings wi% ' -^v*ibl6n^cofßnH9latS^nfade oy-bjunself. Wfr zblgo "^spCßTowd his treatment* by" the" Mayor of . WeTiingtdn attending the conference. In re- , ference to J the question, of voting by -agents," he had -spoken to Mr Phillips, Jthe Town Clerk of Auckland, and several others, and in reply they said the practice was not ' exercised in their various dis- ""' sfcricts, in the manner in which we had - "dgne.' - ' .Proposed by Cr Sandilands, seconded /ty cV Euthertordj That this ' Council ten*s <dere its, thanks to His Worship the Mayor <as chairman ;of the Munir ' ! Qonference lately held in Wellmg'f ton, for the hospitable manner in which its delegate to sucii conference was treated, * -and that a copy of this 'resolution be for-'-w'arded'to His Worship t — Carried. • A discussion took place" in reference to 'this questioiii jtf being^ge'nerally thought - 'desirable^ to h^ve this scheme carried out. - The' Mayor considered the statfe of the % iborough's £nat»ceß would allow of this '' leing done, thus taking advantage of •offers which have been made to assist. *' ' T}ie followicg resolution was , " "Proposed by'Cr Thompson, seconded Iby Cr T, B. -Chamberlain, Th' t the folflowing be a committee to recommend a fence fqr^hejenelosore ,of_£he portions of Manchester'Sqnare, to "be planted, and ■ , -that & special 'meeting of the Council be 'called ior this day week to decide on 4b.J safties 'the commiSt3e to consist of the Mayor, 'Cr Goorlbenere," T. E. Chamber jlair, and the movsr, carried, — Carried. Proposed by -Cr J, 5 C Thompson; seconded by Cr T. R. Chamberlain, That the -offer of Mr Trimble to supply trees for one of the vacant plats in Man•chv te« Square, oe accepted^ith thanks.— Carried. ' ' -^ Proposed by Cr Goodbehere, seconded by, Cr W. E. Chamberlain, That the Mayor -be empowered to apply to the 3ank of Australasia fo* a limit of advance of £400 for the year ending 31st March, 1892, and that this Council agrees to pay on such overdraft at -usual rates, '.to he retrospective and to apply to future V -accommodation^ ako,v that' *he Jifayor r ibrward a y copy-of jtbis tnjnute' and specifi- _. fcitionsof items comprising the borough's Jegal borrowing power as asJcepifor. — Carried.,, r r i - by -Cr Sandilands, seconded byjCr, J, C.' Thompson, That with respect , 4o the ,'complaint oi the poundkeeeper 'concerning the destruction' of the notices to the pound by tba^oundkeeper, ' that this. <Jo<unciL offer a^^vard of >£l to ;tany person furnishing information which toII lead to the -conviction of the person *or persons destroying any notice. — Caryied. Tbis closed the business and the meeting the adjourned.