Naseby Borough Council.
SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the council was held on Monday evening. Present— His Worship the mayor (Mr Fraser), Crs Hore, Strong, Marslin and Parker. The business was to consider the annual balance-sheet. Moved by Cr Marslin, seconded by Cr Strong, and carried—That the balance-sheet of the borough for the year ended 31st March, 1917, as submitted by the treasurer, and certified to by the Government Audit Department &s being correct, be approved, and that Hia Worship the Mayor be authorised to sign the same. ORDINARY MEETING. The ordinary meeting was afterwards held, the same councillors being present. The minutes of last ordinary and special meetings were read and confirmed. The correspondence was largely formal and unimportant. The County Clerk, Mount Herbert County Council, forwarded copy of a resolution asking the Government to amend the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act to enable Boards to borrow money for the erection and equipment of buildings. On the motion of Crs Marslin and Parker, the inward correspondence was received and the outward approved. Accounts amounting to £24 lis 3d were passed for payment on the motion of Cr Marslin, seconded by Cr Parker. The annual balance-sheet of the Fire Brigade was laid on the table, and it was approved on the motion of Crs Horn and Parker. A couple of small gravelling jobs in Derwent strest were mentioned, and it was agreed that the dayman carry them out when the weather is suitable.
Cr Strong said it had been suggested to him that one or two of the seats in the Recreation Reserve should be taken out of the ground, where they are too shaded by trees for use at present, and placed in convenient spots where they could be made use of.—The council were not' favourable to the suggestion. His Worship asked •if the cattle about the town had been, behaving themselves lately. The vegetables in his garden had been eaten since last meeting. The council were unsympathetic; no one seamed to think that a cow should be punished for eating a few v.sgntables at this time of the year.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 20 July 1917, Page 3
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352Naseby Borough Council. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 20 July 1917, Page 3
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