LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1868, 18 February 1880, Page 3

LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting of this Council was held on Monday night, the Mayor in the chair. The following were present —Councillors Reed, Hawkins, McClatchie, Wood, Grubb, Weyburn. The recoipts since the preceding meeting were £203 5s 2d. An application from Mr Strouts, architect for the Lyttelton Harbor Board's new offices, for permission to put in areas in front of tho new building for light and access, wa3 granted. A repprt was read and received from Mr C. Cuff, informing the Council of certain surveys made of the Hawkhurst road, the Voelas road and the Little Brenchly road, a tracing of which was enclosed. Messrs Brown and Thompson, licensed porters, presented a petition against J. Woolsey, a fellow-porter, objecting that the latter resided in Christehurch. The Council considered that there was no complaint made against tho character of the porter, and they would take no action. The fire inspector's report was read. It informed the Council of the work done by tho Lyttelton Fire Brigade during the past year, and that the plant was in good working order. Tho foreman of works reported that he had tested the water mains by shutting off the supply for eight hours, but had found no leak. He could not account for tho great waste of water otherwise than that it was caused by consumers' neglect. Leave of absence, on the motion of the Mayor, was granted to Cr. Macdonald. Accounts to the amount of £162 13s were passed for payment. The engineer at the pumping station reported that 17,800 gallons of water had been drawn from the reservoir between Friday, at 7 p.m., and Monday, at noon, rather an unusual consumption. Tho inspector of nuisances reported upon the nuisance caused by pig pens kept by Messrs Oldfield and Illingworth, and that he had taken action respecting them. That portion of the gully through the Albion property was in a bad state from the drainage of the properties above collecting there. This was left with the works committee to deal with, and the pig nuisance with the inspector. The committeo on abattoirs reported : —" We do not recommend a renewal of license to the slaughter yards at Corsair Bay unless the following improvements are made: pigs removed altogether from the enclosure ; the floor of tho slaughter house to be of concrete, and the offal to be removed each day from the premises." Tho Mayor dissented from the report. Ho thought the place was as well kept as places of the kind usually are, and, as to the pigs, they were rather a benefit than otherwise in their capacity as scavengers. Should the report be enforced it would result in closing the yards, which, in his opinion, would be a public inconvenience. The adoption of the report was put, Messrs Hawkins, Weyburn, McClatchie, and Grubb voting "aye," and Messrs Reed and the chairman against. It was then declared carried. The Council went into committee on tho high level water supply, and afterwards adjourned.