GOLD RETURNS

Gisborne Times, 4 January 1905, Page 3

GOLD RETURNS

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'oo tho V been rough, .aotory i) need n look,r horse taco him, e present esnary to - jiving in. with the i on their iltoira was toner. )RT. -, reported: as been of a . and repairjnt. are how gravel,. but I sruoks at the <t rather .far to qnay'. ;If your ivel delivered at id b\ . ! lrsy slrsst.’' Or Whinray ask d why \no report had i‘ bean given of thVlata school .fire.;;- After I the'brigade: hi»d ' suppressed the. fire it broke out again some time afterprards, and those left in oharga took no steps 'do put it oat, and ignored the commands of . tha officers of the brigade, threatening to throw them ovor the eohool. It was only , by the merest ohanco that a serious con- , flagration had been averted. He had t great trouble in getting some volunteers to put oat tho. fire by a. bucket brigade. He could.not understand why there was no report on the matter. He thought the connoil Bhocld pass a' vote of thanks to J those.who worked so hard -in suppressing : the fire. ■

The Mayor said ,ha hoped that the .brigade did their best in ■! patting bat the; £re. - It was the anatom for those to whom building belonged to put someone in charge and see that the fire did not break out again. He understood that Mr. Lewie, of ths fire police, bad put the men in eharge, A mistake'had evidently bearti made in the 'man pat in charge. • a Cr Millar said that after ths statements made by Cr Whinray,they should ask the brigade for a report oc the day.' If this Was allowed to'pass they would lose confidence in their brigade, which shonld not be allowed. He moved to that effect.

-Cr Harding seconded the motion. He spoke’highly of the services of'the brigade and said ! that, a report by the officer in charge could satisfactorily explain matters. .-, It waa deoided to write fora report, ' i STREET'WATERING.

Cr. Harding' said that the watering o the streets [had not been a auooess for some time past. The dost had been blinding and shopkeepers had much to complain about. He suggested that- the streets be satnrafed twice a week as.far as the mains went. • . • . . o * * .*

Cr Miller said that -some better system .might bo. adopted. He thought that a repoxl should be obtained. Cr Morrison thought elevated tanks might be adopted. It was deoided to obtain a report as to an . improved method of . watering tho street. ' ’■

LOWE STREET FOOTBRIDGE. >'

Cr Harding drew attention to the condition o£. the.tfootbridge at ;the 'end' of Lowe'street,'whioh was in a very bad condition. He : thonght the road shonld be established, to the beach, and moved that the Public Works Committee report on the subject. •: They had been given authority by the natives to take a road through to the beach, and- the right shonld be eatabliehed. Or Miller seoonded the motion, which was .carried. ’ %■ BOROUGH BY-LAWS.

. Or Momsohsaid the borongh by-laws shonlu sc revised. If a notice, of motion was not necessary, he would move that a committee be. appointed to go . into the matter.'.. The Clerk pointed ont that by the time the committee had gathered the information, the Council would go out of offioo. It was decided that the revision of ins by-laws be a recommendation to the new Council. -

WEE ELY HALF HOLIDAY. Ii VHtiiolvtd, that a special meeting bi held os Tuesday, 171 b inst., to appoint the weekly naif-holiday as required by fha Aot. ' '