BOROUGH COUNCIL,

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1815, 30 May 1874, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL,

A meeting of the Borough Council was held Mat 'the Town Hall last night. 1 oW^rit4-CJotiricillors Kerr (in the chairj, Aqti%^» :r Hamilton, ; (^lenn, Moore, Dupre, l^uie, following letters were referred to the i Wbrks> Committee for consi:—A proposal from Edward Butler and:-Go; with, regard to the use of 'the4rainway from the qtiarry, in conjunciioiiwibl^ the (Council for wharfage works; '& letter^frpni 'Mr< James Taylor, calling attWfiafata ihii^ stafe of Afney street near jfliß%riage ; ; and ftoiri M'Gowan and Co;. w|Si|^o b.e recotApbnsed' for extra work 1 46n,e ; in', .i^heir .Maqkay street' contract. " Mr'HAMiLTON, on behalf of the Finance Committee, drew attention to the fact that a- wharfinger was still in the employ bf the Council, in opposition to a previous resolution ;' but no order was made. following report- from the Public '•vas read :— ■:■•■■) me your' "Committee tecommend the Council to 'grant permission to MrGoard to oTjiain gratrel for making footpatnts j from Herbert street gravel pit, bur cannot; ; recommend ; the Council to. allow a fence to bejplaced across Ohapel street. ■•; "i'/.-Xpur Gomniittee recommend the Council to have that portion of the riceleton wharf along Richmond Quay decked for the immediate accommodation of shipping, and that the coal and timber ;dep6U ? pe not interfered with at the present tithe." ■•■:-•" -:■: ■■■■::■■:.:■. I On the second clause of this j report there was considerable discussion, some of the Councillors wishuig to know where the Itibii^y^was to come from. It was stated work would no* cost over L3OO, and &ers. was a sum of L 376 set down out of /me. loan for works on Richmond Quay, which could be applied to this purpose ; that (the, old wharf was so insecure for ahipping purposes that a portion of it might at any time fall into the river ; and it would take more than L3OO to p&tctt it np and make it safe. Ultimately the readopted. f :: The.Town Surveyor reported as fol- ' 106 :—"'"' " '■' . "I have the honor to state that I have prepared specifications for the cemetery improvements, tenders for which will be laiibef ore you to-night. ■ " The specifications for Hospital stree t

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culvert was also ready for calling tenders. 1 " Thompson street specification has now been ready eight days, for which tenders may be called to-morrow. "X beg to lay on jthe table the plan of subdivisions of reaerveu for your spproyal, but the auction sale cannot be advertised fora.few days yet, until I get some information from the Chief Surveyor which I have written' for about the railway 'curve. •' '' ••'• '■ ■ ■•■'■■• ■ ' ■' ■ : ; - ; "The cemetery plan 1 have not been able to touch yet, and Blackmore'a drain levels are. not quite finished to report on. The report was adopted. ! The consideration of a nnmber of appeals against thevaluation was adjourned till next meeting. .... The formal motion for confirming the striking of a general rate of Is in the pound for the year 1874, was carried. The following tenders were opened for the repairs required, according to the specifications, to the fence of the Greymouth Cemetery :—R. Keown and Co., L1571256d; John Lightfoot and Co., L 130; George Rowley, Lllß. No tender was accepted, as it was found that the contract, being over LI 00, had not been sufficiently advertised in accordance with the Act ; but the Cemetery Committee was empowered to get the fence repaired. The Council then adjourned.

very little annoyance from the water. Notwithstanding „the; tfisadvanta^ea; the company is laboring ; under rin i the. present difficulty of working the ground, very -fair dividends are obtained. There is a special iuterest attaching to the work of this company, for this claim is a test of the future value of ttfie 4eafi at the upper. or.Cainadian end. If it "can be shown tha,t the gutter is worth following, there will be employment to be found for a good many meti,; between the Just-in-Time leasehold and Canadian Creek, which, is supposed to be the mainjßpurce of, the /gold on the Half6urice Ee'acl.' ' ' At tKe lower end of the lead there seems to be a certainty of its continuance, and this was only what might have been expected by those who took the trouble to notice the run of the gold as it was traced from the township downwards. .The idea was at one time held that Mabille and party were on the true gutter, but even when they were working it was supposed that they were not on the right lead.