Foxton Borough Council.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 April 1890, Page 2

Foxton Borough Council.

Monday, 81st Mabch. The Borough Council held tlieip uaual monthly meeting at thn Library buildiugs on Monday evening at 7,p.m Present -The Mayor, Cra McMiLan, Furrie, J<»nson, Coe and Jenks. Tlie minutes of the prcvi us meet' ing were read and Correspondence -Inwards fronvP. (Juerin, #oUeet>r of dog Jtax Asking {be Council to pass gome act to have unowned dogs, destroyed. < Property Tax Departmont advising tjie torwarding of a youcher for £1 4s 7d for Crown Land rates. Beport from Banger and Pound* keeper.

The following resolutions werr assed. That the Banger be instructed to istie summons againtt all home* lolders, who harbour unregistered ioga under Dog Registration Act 880. The Mayor stated that he went iver the Recreation Beserve last reek, and met Mr Walter Robinson here. He produced a sketch of the iterations he suggested. He pro' sosed that a. portion of the fencing should be moved ■on to the Messrs Robinson's property to keep the sand h'll behind the target from blowing away. Ale© that the Reserve oe divided in half, by that portion which was partially fenced and planted, and only the^iorthern half leased. As an outcome of the discus* sion the following resolution waa passed . That teuder*'' he called for fencing work on the Recreation Reserve at Borough Council Office- Tender* to be in by Monday Apiil 14th instant. The Council went into Committee to consider the tenders for the Wirokino ferry, [and on resuming the or* dinary. sitting resplved, that the Under of John H|llaryaßfevjymaa for Wirokino for STdlSHraiuonthi ending Si March 18§{ j# [Accepted. The other tenders received for ths |erryj|u one from T.Bpwe for £52. 'iXjm&JB for Ranging were opened. bs 6i||^^^pjD^Ao a deposit ol Tho ,U^»: U^^eria was ac The Mayiw e^^tdeaired to bring before the CottappHP matter which they wou'd pnitiijsfefolrave noticed had been mentioned bjtjthe Editor in the . Munawttu Herald? and that waa about the proposal of tbe : B t orough of Palmerston to discharge ttiefrpewage into th» river. He . h^rtlfy knew whether it was worth' while U go in* to the question -jtva^sajnetime before : the water yas jtfojj to be affected, but he also thought tbfe flax was,doing as much harm. Hf would like to hear the qpinfpii; of . sifr $pun« eillors, „. i ,']\;-f'' li^. The representative of tfo Herald requested, U be^flJUM&d to lay his view of the question before th»m, ai his papee had lx*m ittieaiiftimfyJ»nd the Council very courteously per mitred .him Lie desired that the fact of i its teing the intention of a town to discharge its sewage into a river, the waters of which '.war* at present the ouly4rii&in^rtfpply for the towns situated below it, to be the reason for a strong protect to be urgnd by the public feodiei|loilntrolling a'l parts -of the river likely to bt affected* It waa fairer t<V Warn the Palmerston people, beforft ifeey sp«nt money, that their action would be objected to, than to wait untillarger sums had been spent, and which, if the objection was sustained, would be so much money lost. He had been given to understand that if this Borough moved in the matte* the other local bodies would gladly lend assistance. The Councillors then disousied the question, and the Mayor } «x* pressed his opinion that the view just laid be ore them liuii not struck him previously inthesauje ligbtqand he would move, and :Or seconded — "That .this Gauncil having leaint, ttyut ifcis,sie iliterr tention of the Palmerston, Borough Council to' create a. system di sewers by which the sewerage of that --.town will be discharged into the.- Mafia* watu riyer, £ deaii^iWMayor to ednr muni^ai© wftliJ^B^(g|qr of Palmers* ton and inform him that this Council protests most strongly against such' an acr. . ■ ::• •■'•* . Cr MoMi'lun ptQppaed, 4it;IBil»«e secouded— That this Council most strongly objects to iho propWdM the Borough of Palmer6tpn to. e mntv vita sewage into the Manawwtf mar, and desire] the eo operation.ofth|tocal bodies whbse' districts xjofma on-me river to join with it, in a strong pro* test against such action. -. ■ ■■■■ It was resolved— That teaders.be called for getting, hauling., and •-■delivering 100 yards ot gravel irom Messrs Robinson's pit (royaltT^Jxiid by Council) t6 Borough GQune>l yaw* The following accounts were.passed for payment : —J. Sullivan, >£6s&! T. F- Gibson, £5 ; Hi m^M* 8» P. Guei-iu, JC4 16s 2d ; do £7 Bs4dr do M«» 4d ; *. Millti, •h\Wf Sv Blake^ L8 ; do LI ; Hprowhenua Goiinti Council, Lb ; T. Bowe 1 LlO '