BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 784, 26 December 1876, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

LYTTELTON.

Friday, December 22.

A meeting of this Council was held as above. Present—His Worship the Mayor, Ors McDonald, Holmes, Willcos, Allwright, and Cunningham. The clerk stated he had received £290 18s 7d since last meeting. Adjourned Annual Meeting—The Mayor stated that the annual meeting had been duly called by advertisement, but there being □o Councillor present the town clerk had adjourned the meeting. After discussion, the annual accounts were authorised to be signed by the Mayor, and published. The ordinary meeting then took place. Correspondence was read from Mr 0. Cuff, stating he would attend to survey as requested. From Mr H. R. Webb, acknowledging cheque for £5 from the Borough Council, grant towards prizes for Borough school. From the Secretary to the Treasury, enclosing cheque for £270 19s Id, being grant from General Government for quarter ending Doc. 31st. TheMayorsaid Sergeant-Major O'Grady had spoken to him respecting r.he sports proposed to be held in London street on regatta day, it appeared he had been told that throwing the hammer and putting the stone were included in the sports. The police ob jected to this as dangerous, and the Sergeantmajor had promised to attend later on so as to speak on the subject, so it would be better to let it stand over for the present. Accounts were passed amounting to £147 4s. Or Cunningham proposed that the Insurance Association be written to asking them for the annual grant of £4O for fire prevention purposes. Cr Allwright said that the manholes in Mr Thornton’s plans for Salt’s Gully sewer were too wide apart to be of service, and moved that an additional one be constructed at the corner of Jackson’s road. Agreed to. Or Allwright said he wished lor information regarding rate and burgess rolls, He would ask if the assessors had duly sat. Looking at the rate roll he saw the New Zealand Bank and New Zealand Shipping Company, and referring to the burgess roll, saw the name of Mr Boddington as acting for the Bank of New Zealand, and that of Mr Joshua Little, for the New Zealand Shipping Company; there were several others. He would grant that the assessors had held their sitting ; but he wanted to know if Mr J. C. Boddington or Mr Joshua Little had applied properly to be placed on the roll. Cr Cunningham said that, looking at the Act, he found that by the 54th clause that if no objections were made before July the 31st the roll became legal. He had no right to ask the question now ; if he had done so before July 31st something might have been done. Or Allwright said, as a representative of the ratepayers, he had always a right. Those names should not bo put on the list, and he wanted to know how they came there. He would ask the clerk if they had applied ip proper form? The Clerk —I believe not. Or Cunningham asked the Mayor to rule whether the discussion was Jnot irregular, seeing that no objection could be made after July 31st. The Mayor ruled the discussion could not take place. Or Cunningham said it was one of those things that showed how little attention councillors paid to their duty. He was quite willing to take his share of the blajpej but next year would take ca?o the burgess list should be properly inspected. The Mayor stated that John Thomas Rouse had been elected Mayor for the ensuing year. SergeantMajor O'Grady attended, and said he was afraid that if the sports were held in London street they would obstruct the thoroughfare, and might lead to disturbance. He understood the Council had granted the use of the street to the sports committee. Or Cunningham said that running and jumping were the sports the Council had said they would not prevent, not games of the sort objected to by the sergeant. Cr Holmes said that the programme was not yet prepared, and if there*wots any objectionable sports they would strike them o.ut. The programme was not yet finished, bpfe ihf* would not attempt tq have approved of by ' jp orts dis said that The Mayo: the orr*'" _ opinion that a copy o: .gramme should be forwarded to tb police for their approval. Resolved—“ Tha a copy of the letter sent to the sports com mittee be forwarded to the police with th intimation that no sports disapproved b them would be sanctioned by the Council.