COUNCIL MEETING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1110, 17 June 1913, Page 2

COUNCIL MEETING.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Foxton Borough Council was held last night. There were present: His Worship the Mayor (G. H. Stiles Esq.), and Crs Coley, Speirs, Whibley, Chrystall, Green, Freeman, Barber, Henderson and Read.

Accounts amounting to £gis nsgd were passed for payment, allocated as follows General account .£l6O 12s 6d, Town Hall account .£296 9s, gas works account ,£lll 6s, sanitation account £27 14s 3d, library account, 16s, reserves account £1 14s, and interest account

A letter was read from the Methodist Church Committee asking that a footpath be formed along the Avenue from Park Street to the new Methodist Church. —It was decided, on the motion of Cr Speirs, seconded by Cr Chrystall, that a footpath be formed on the north side of the Avenue between Main Street and the windmill, with a concrete kerbing, and thefootpath be made 12 feet wide. Mr Witten applied for permission to remove sand from the side of Russell street for the purpose of filling up a hollow on his section in the same street. If permission were granted, he would agree to place the turf and top soil back ; again.-—lt was decided on the motion of Cr Chrystall, seconded by Cr Barber, that permission asked for be given, provided he again covers with top-soil as agreed upon. Application was made by the Arthur Hopwood Hardware Company, Limited, for a five years’ lease of a section between the Awahou stream and the New Zealand Shipping Company’s store as a site for an iron shed, and for which a rental of 10s per annum was offered.—Decided on the motion ot Cr Green, seconded by Cr Freeman, that the lease • asked for be granted, the lease to be drawn up by the Borough |

r ; ■ >■" ■. . * . ; , f Solicitor at the lessors' expense. - : | On the motion of Cr Henderson, • j seconded by Cr Freeman, it was J decided that a small building ,be erected to cover weighbridge, with i a desk inside for the convenience of persons signing papers and receipts. /rApplications for the positions of ' Town Clerk’s assistant, assistant caretaker, and for the supply of an orchestra were dealt with in committee. There were four applications for the first-namedposition, - and Miss K. Berthold was ap- -4 pointed. For the position of * assistant caretaker at the hall there were also four.; applications, and that of Mr W. Ebbett was - \ accepted. For the supply of an orchestra for the picture entertainments, Mr W. Ebbett’s application s . was accepted.. Thevsuccessful applicant has agreed -to provide tour instruments, piano, violin, cornet and violin-cello.

Only one tender was received. for the purchase of fhe. old safe in . the Town Clerk’s office, that of 1 Mr R. Hoar, at and this was accepted.

The matter of noxious growing in the borough was cussed, Councillors voicing the opinion that the inspector of Noxious Weeds was not carrying out his duties. It was decided that the Town Clerk ring up the Inspector and ask him to pay a visit of inspection to the - borough r at the very earliest opportunity. Cr Freeman moved, and Cr r Barber seconded, that the owner - of the property between Healey’s and Bullard’s -be written to and asked to put up a fence on the pro- _ ' perty facing Maid. Street. Cr Whibley pointed out ■ that there

were other unfenced sections in

Main Street, and it was not fair to pick out one property owner and make him put up a fence and leave the others alone. They should all be treated alike. The Mayor agreed that if one were to be made to put up a fence. ! hey should make them all do it. Cr Freeman said the section in question was in the centre of -the :tpwn, and

certainly should be fenced. It did

not matter so much about sections

that were not in such prominent positions. Cr Speirs said that sometimes a 'particular unfenced

section would become a nuisance on account of it being a dumping ground for rubbish. It did not~ always apply’that because one section required to be fenced the whole lot should. The motion,

on being put, was earned, the voting being: For, Cra Freeman, Barber, Henderson, Speirs, Read and Coley, against: The Mayor and Crs WhihUy, Green and Chrystall. It was decided that a lamp be placed at the corner of Main and

Whyte Streets. The drain in Reeve Street is to be cleaned out from the concrete culvert to the upper end as soon as the gorse is grubbed out. Cr Read complained that some < persons were re-lighting the lamps after same had been put out at night. If this practice is not stopped some action will have to be taken to deal with offenders.

The Mayor (Mr G. H. Stiles) was appointed, to represent the Borough Council on the deputation to the Government in connec-

tion with the acquisition of the local wharf by the Foxton Harbour Board. V

A motion by Cr Freeman, seconded by Cr Chrystall,' that ~ the i recommendation, ofe tbo- late 1 Conncil fe the -report of Mr Soggate for a water and drainage scheme for the. Borough be acceeded to, Mr Suggate to furnish a full report for £25 was lost on the voices.

A suggestion was made that a special meeting should be held next Monday evening but one Councillor asked that some other

night should be decided upon as the “ The Dandies ” yrere to ap-

pear in Foxton that night and he wanted to hear them. The Town Clerk’s salary was apportioned as follows: Library £to, cemetery gas works £ 4O, Town Hall

and general £l2O. Cr Green complained of the amount of stock strayitsg on the

roads, and Cr Barber mentioned that horses-not under control- were being driven along .the streets, which was a breach of —lt was decided, bn the. motion

of Cr Barber, seconded by Cr Green, that - Constable- Woods 4

attentionbe drawnto tba factjthat the ptactfoe of driving horses not under control.is. being - c«rpe4;onj also that stock ate straying about

the borough roads,, and he be asked to take notion. A meeting of the Public Works Committee will be held on Thurs-

day of next week, at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of making an inspection of the borough roads, etc. It was decided that the Town Clerk be;pald ;two. Wfeks’ salary on account of - work which is behindhand. 'The Council rose at 11 p.m.