Fcxton Borough Council

Manawatu Herald, 19 September 1899, Page 3

Fcxton Borough Council

A special meeting of. the Council was held, at th? Library Buildings last night at 7 80 o'clock. Present— The Mayor (Cr A, Fraeer). and Cr W. Purcell. The newly elected Councillors (Messrs Austin, Jenks and Baker) having made the usual declara Men. took their seats. Tba Mayor, in a few remark.', Welcomed the new Councillors, and said he felt sure the best men had been elected. He trusted they would all work amicably together. The Mayor said that the meeting bad been called for the purpose of considering the advisability of making a special order relating to tyres, and also the appointment of a Fire Inspector. He thought it would be wise to postpone these matters until the next monthly meeting, and the members just elected, with the councillor to be elected could then in the meantime become con persant in these questions and vote accordingly. He thought they were of such importance that it would be as well to have a full meeting. Crs Jenks and Austin both thought the matters mentioned should be considered at a full meeting. Cr Baker also said they should not deal with it haphazardly. Proposed by the Mayor, seconded by Or Purcell, That the business for which this meeting wa3 called stand in abeyance until ordinary monthly meeting. Carried. The Mayor read a letter from the Borough Inspector of Nuisances, complaining of a nuisance oh the rivtr bank. '-. Cr Austin said he believed tbe nuisance complained of was now the only exception, and said it was now compulsory under the Factories Act to have these matters attended to. The Council decided to leave the qaestion in abeyance, as* it was in tbe hands of the Government Inspector. The Council then adjourned.