BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16484, 25 February 1914, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

SUMNER. ' The Sumner. Borough Council me* last evening; present—The Mayor (Mr G. W. C.. Smithson) and Councillors Wood, Boulton. Brewer, Hill, Preston and Rankin and the Hon J. Barr.. •; The Works Committee recommended that the resignation of the bath carfei taker should be accepted, and that a testimonial should be given him for the manner in which he had earned cut his duties; that the Town Clerk be authorised- to engage temporary, assistance durinsr the foreman s ab-, scuce; that the Fire Brigade s superintendent should be given ten days : leave of absence to attend, the annual Fire Brigades’ Conference; and that the sum of £5 out of the annual grant should be advanced to the Fire Brigade. The report was adopted. The Water Works engineer’s report was adopted. , _ The actingrTown Clerk of Christy church wrote, inviting the .members of the Council to attend a lecture on town-planning, to be given on the.following evening at the lung-s Theatre bv Dr Barnett, of Melbourne. The invitation was accepted, . . . ' A copy of the resolution earned at the meeting of local bodies relative to the supply of electricity from Lake Coleridge was received from the City. Council. Mr A. J. Paterson, .'consult-i ing engineer, wrote offering liis services to the Council in connection with anyj construction works it might put_ in hand. Messrs -Baker Bros, wrote offer-; inn on behalf of Mr Newton a section of land overlooking Monck’s Bay jetty for £l2O. . „ 1 Mr J. C. Cleworth. manager for Mr R. E. Williams, wrote stating that Mr Williams bad decided to determine the lease cf the Town Hall as from If ebruary 19. owing to lack of support, and asking the Council to remit as muck as possible of. the rent legally due. The amount lost by the venture had been £2OO. It was decided that the lessee should he requested to pay- till .the end of March,' and should make good any damage done to the building. Mr g. Hurst-Senger wrote,'suggesting that the Council should approve of the following plan in connection with! “The Spur ”*sewerage system:—The' drain from Lot 6 to be taken, in con-; crete. and connected with drain from Lot 7. thence continuing to connect with the drain from Lot 8 to, Nayland | Street. Lots 4. 5 and 1 to remain’as| at present; Lots 2,3, 9, 10 and 11 to) he connected by a new drain to theClifton Terrace sewer: Lots 2 and • 3,j now ccnnocGng with Lot 1. would be cut cut and connected with the new] drain. After discussion, the matter’ was referred to the Works Committee.] The financial statement showed re-, ceipt.s to have, been £446 4s 8d and expenditure £l3O 8s 9d. Tliere was’ a debit balance on the general account of £2165 3s sd. The following accounts were passed for payment:—District fund account £405 10s, Creek' Out- ! let account £52 9s.