BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 97, 18 July 1902, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Motueka Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening. Presont: II s Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. 8. Wratt), Crs .Knapp, Satherlev, Moffatt, .Trewavas, Groobv, Edwards and Ryder. Minutes of previous meeting, and also ot special meeting, read and confirmed. A letter of apology for absence owing to indisposition. Was read from Cr Simpson. The following accounts were passed

for payment :—P. Quayle- 6s 6d, F. Hawkins LI 16s, W. Simmonds L2 9s, Star LI 17sf 6df G. Chapman L 4 8s 6d, F. Starnes L 8 Bs, Loyal; Motueka Lodge 355, R. Trewavas L 4 8s 6d, OF-Boyesjfj6 9s 3d, W, King L 8 8s 6id, •Tl Hewetsoh li2 14s, H. Wratten 29s 3d, G. Lu n 13s, Town • Clerk L 5. Government Auditor 26s Bd, Mriuicipal Association L2 ' 2s.

Trie : yearly balance sh ee t Was read and adopted. ;

A gazette was handed in, containing thfe' Borough Council’s appointment to the charge of the Motueka cemetery. Cr Moffatt thought the council should recognise the past services of the cemetery trustees, particularly those rendered by Messrs Tarrant and Jordan, and he moved seconded by Cr Trewavas, That a hearty vote of thanks be Accorded to the trustees.

This was carried unanimously', Mr Tarrarit remarking that the Board was first constituted in February, 1871. The speaker also mentioned that the cemetery paths, etc, required' repairs etc. ; a work the trustees Would have attended to had the council not agreed to take charge. > '

On the motion of Cr Edwards, seconded by Cr Ryder it was resolved, That a committee consisting of Grs Trewavas, Ryder and Knapp, be appointed to look after cemetery affairs.

Cr Trewavas said a number of the trees on the enclosure should be removed, as tht> roots were spreading, which would make grave digging difficult.

Mr P. Quayle was appointed sexton on the motion of Cr Moffatt, seconded by Cr Trewavas.

Cr Moffatt thought that the fact of the Town clerk being also secretary to the cemetery should be publicly notified. He also considered that as it entailed extra work his services should be paid for, and he moved, That the sum of £2 2s per year be paid; carried.

A letter was received from the Secretary of the School Committee with refer ence to the decision to plant trees at the beach on Arbor Day and asking the Council to protect same when planted. Resolved on the motion of Cr El wards, That tae Mayor supervise the planting of the trees and make arrangements for the protection of the same.

Letter from the Secretary tor the Home for Veterans, giving particulars of the scheme and asking for subscriptions. After considerable discussion, it was resolved, on the motion Or Moffatt, seconded by Cr Edwards, That this Council heartily endorses the proposal to establish a Veteran’s Home, but would respectfully suggest to the Committee, who have the matter in hand, that as the institution is to be a national one, that the maintenance of such home be an annual charge on the Colony-.

With the permission of the Council, Mr J. G. Bryant asked for permission to supply stones for the crusher, in order to work out his indebtedness to the Council.

Cr Moffatt considered it would establish a precedent if they agreed to Mr. Bryant’s request, which would mean that other ratepayers would want to work out their rates.

His Worship the Mayor agreed with the previous speaker arid after discussi n it was decided to leave the question of pui,-chasing road material from Mr Bryant and others in the hands of the overseer.

With reference, to Mr Bryant’s com - plaint that the Council had trespassed upon the gravel reserve without authority it was decided to hold the matter over till the next meeting, the Town Clerk in the meantime to look up the minutes of the defunct Road Board re the agreement alleged to be entered into.

1 Messrs , Rankin and Boris I wrote stating that they had been requested by tie Health Officer to abate a n uisa rice on th eir property, which they alleged was caused by the Council draining Into the hollow on their* land. They asked the Council to abate it or •find an outlet, as they intended filling in the hollow, :

*A’ long discussion ensued during which Cr Moffatt said' he thought Rankin and 80ns would-be quite within their rights in blocking up the pipes leading into the hollow. Or Trewavas said that in the near future the whole question of drainage would have to be fought out. .His-Worship the Mayor, Crs Ryder, Grooby and Edwards also spoke and it was ultimately proposed 'by Cr Ryder, seconded by Or Edwards, That the cannot see its way to do anything in the -matter recognising that it is a natural watercourse.

The'motion was carried, Cr- Moffatt being the only dissentient*. lt vtras resolved; on the motion of Cr- Knapp, seconded by Cr Ryder, That the tool shed at Glover’s overflow be shifted to the stonebreaker. site and that all the Corporation tools be kept iiLthe shed.

Cr Ed wards brought up the question of the repairs to the encroachment lately made bv the river. The temp >rary work would be completed in about a week’s time, when the men would have to be paid, He would like to know to what extent the Council was likely to contribute. Cr Moffatt said that before committing themselves in the matter they should call a meeting of the ratepayers and place the question fairly and squarely before them. They would thus get an expression of opinion as t» the Council’s attitude, re contributing t >wards river conservation.

L)v Edwards thought the question of dealing with the whole affair should be in the hands of a properly csnstituted River Board.

The question was discussed at some length, and it was decided to fix the Council’s contribution to the temporary work after replies had been received from the Native Trust. The Town Clerk was authorised to sign the plans of North wood estate as requested by Messrs Fell and Atkinson.

A letter from W. Goodman asking for a contract to break stones was left with the Overseer to deal with.

Cr Ryder referred to necessity of removing the willows which had fallen into the v -iver near the bridge. The Overseer was instructed to see to their removal.

Cr Moffatt, speaking with reference to the stonebreaker, said he was of opinion some appliances should be procured for the of the stones broken by the machine. The present process entailed-too much labor.

Cr Knapp said that Cr Thorp was in favor of a hopper, but he did not think it was necessary ; all that was required was a travelling floor connected with the machine, to carry away the stone. After discussion, it was resolved, on the motion of Cr Moffatt, seconded by Cr Ryder, That the Mayor and Crs Knapp and Grooby m?et on the ground and confer as to what should be done. This concluded the business.

The Couucil balance sheet duly certified to, as correct, appears in this issue. Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, in his book on “physical culture,” lays down six rules for the young athlete : Do not drink, do not smoke, do not chew, get all the sleep you can, get all the pure fresh air you can, eat plain wholesome food, and plenty of it. The Representation Commissioners will reassemble in Wellington on the Bth August for the purpose of hearing objections to the new electoral boundaries.

.A PPLES A NLON^ : t.i • pm? i:hi> r.JI !■' j . --.'■'goo' ti l‘3C ! i;fi it 1. By fa’st )par£ictfla*'s received- of vtlj@rArrival.. and :Bafe, j in. Rondure of UHO. experime total shipment; of fruit per 5.« 4 ! from Lyttelr: ton, Mtli’ch §.> i About fa month" ago it! Was reported that the shipment, which; Consisted of 1003 eases of apples, and ; 50 eases of pears,' all from the Styx Orchard, had ,ajrrive:d in; bad .•-condition., and wei e u isutta ble ; for thie. Hi on don [ market. The latter part of the report was übt warranted, by the .cable message, a mutilated oxie certainly, -rsr ceived by the.'department ..of Agriculb tur-e, wlnch pisclaamsauy.vasponsibiMty for the reflection-bn the jqxrality ,b£ the; fruit. The mail reports state; -that: .on . discharge from the. steamship, Jnxxiry of , the cases were , encrusted with, SribW,; . and in same cases part, and in Others;, all of t.he contents- were frosted-, A ; reference to the stCamei Si* log: showed that no temperature low. enough tp freeze the fruit was recorded, an.d. the ■. engineer and captain stated That the . best was done to maintain 'iv tempera>. ; t.ure of not less than 38 dbg, and as nearly as possible 40 -deg .throughout the voyage. Although’the fruit was ; damaged it was not a total loss, its safe, lealising an average of over 5s per case, Cox’s Orange arid Ribs tone Pip- , pin's, and Beurre Olairgeau and,Easter Beurre fetching up t> lOs per case, while other sorts of apples than these . t,w.:» kinds sold even better in proportion. Of cnuse the prices depended chiefly on the degree of damage,and to quote all might be misleading. The . apples are reported to have been “well packed in good cases, and neatly stencilled with name of apple and 'orchard, where grown . ... . . much better graded than an\ former shipment,” though it was still considered there was room for improvement in grading (in what particular ft; n t indicated). The results were considered promising . for future consignments-: Of the pears, the majority were frozen and spoiled, nevertheless those which were not much injured realised good prices. Home of the fruit was sold in the city, and some at Covent Garden, and there were great .variations .in- the - prices obtained at the two. marts. It may be mentioned that before the despatch of the shipment some doubt was expressed of the suitability of the Waikato’s c >ld chamber for the carriage of fruit, tie difficulty being in the regulation of t! e temperature, and it w mid appear that this doubt was c mfirmed by the results. Probably later reports will give the sound value of the various descriptions of fruit, but even the present information, is held, by those interested in the shipment, here and in Lmdon, to warrant the conclusion that a pr ifitable trade is to be done in certain kinds at the proper season.

The T-e -K.‘apUj *-vessel -with accoiri•ij'spdatam for 37 passengers, has been T>ureV'«<ed by the bwnei*s/of the Nautili? for, "the. Westport-Kara mea- trade.The vcofel is eminently mi’fed for- the Westport*K,ew-s,> - ■■; h wd r. -

-MR 1 H M- ; -ft 'go- >i ffiL ?.)i(it£ in-< .'// .-i;( L i .J)ijembbi - « n 4 KayJ.ip #iie , a Irepsy.' JnstitUitipg comparisons, *jo-.-sephj-Wfard’s; a,sk,yVjhyi th# .former, ..cyn ; submit §9, tiujppr^nCpqatt^i^■s, -at §pch. ,a;n 'eayly) stager., oftold'it/\vas simply impossible bring themdown till. The; Welsh ugt m correspondent of the- . Hawke’s Bay. ,|d f ep ( aV) ,ijKj|e^ } t^ ( tl;ie reasqm is ..prqjbably. jto ; btj „ f 91.1 nd. jq ~t tye>. fact(that M i nsistfi i.ojy “i?un,nipg The show;”, himself, ayd punsp- ■ quently bas not ti nip. to look iptn IqigP . questions of policy f s.U|C ( ty asAyypßf Z Budget,,etc. i that lie the, ease ; t;he jAbtiugT' Bfeutier is put, [to , ei-r, in: . that, diieetio.n;,.but is. .ci-editerl \vith a clpsirp to allow each responsible Mjn'is r - Tet; t;o feok his.,p\yn,.iiepartmpqt.. The .reports of last r . .^essjon. .respecting, differences of- opinio.n, } -be,tjybjen.jt^se. t>ya, leaders; are again tfhn.. .ua aafly well -i n for m e^. ;cor respond ent is. told-.- ou oyhat should be ; good,aittho.rity ,- that; Mr Sed,don does not at all approve df . his colleague’s popularity. On#., hehrs; (he adds) ; further that; the Premier is astute enough to. osee 'that, the p.eo.ple think he has • had his day and he must make rcpbyfor other men, • but he cannot vpiuch part .nf.; the story. If it. shmvld be collect it ( .may' account for, the, notion which, is. pi-etty -generally accepted in Wellingo ton tthe effect that ,if .something good is offered him in England Mr . Seddori: is not 1 ikely to again take,,: an active, part in New politics. And even the strhugest opponents, of the Prem er admit thnt he t is entitled to special consideration fio n the Home authorities.

Two hundred miles an hour on a mono-railway is the b edictioir of a Russian inventor, vvho- ! liiaihtai’ns ‘thathis system is simple, safe, ami ecou -mical. He fuj-ther states that; ‘ ;»f his train lea ves the track by any ch i nee it would be travelling so_ : fast, that 'it could not fall quickly to the ground, but will settle ‘down as gently as a feather. What 'would hapj/e \ when it reached the grotilid the «i'>es not state! ; ’ Intoi-matibn has reached the Waikato Argus of a very curious freak 01 nature at TaUpiri: A Maori child, wh-> is now four months old, was f»orn \Vith four legs, two on each side, arid all the same length. The little follow is said to be fully developed, strong' arid healthy. Householders in Melbourne are paying unprecedented prices'for.fried, e.g., rump steak is lOd per lb, eggs 2s per dozen, and butter Is Bd. per lb, while the 41b 1 >af of bread is 6d, with no probability of prices Vieirig lower this winter.

Speaking at the Vi,;'-p- : a H ill last week, Mr' George hisher, M.H.R:,;' urged the risirig genetatiori to take an interest in politics. “Every boy and girl who is twenty yea-s of age to-day,” he said, “will be twenty-one years of age this time'next year : --the p int of which statement is th t they will then have a v >te, and that is what we are after.”

THE AMERICAN INVASION

r { ol"Bratisbo wdus^ trjes prqpe|e^s,gpace f Theyiext inter-/ es^.threatened is tbe T'dndbn' t omnibus. AiecQrd.ingi to, t)ae- ; t of a. f cen,t. date, ~any9#e, ’proceeding’ along., qjb9|ai ,'vyo#l ( 4 / . hg.ve a ’mptoy-lbus' .gaps., - 5 It- contained the directors of - ooq qf n the dqadiqg . ’bps., r r E rpa ; kjpg. a trial trip on J the latest American Importation. s It is problematicaJ, | .wh.ethey: the dli-qctois ! felt ,qiiit,e qomfortable, cWspi‘te/ / the luxuripus, natpie of tip “conveyance, as it is understood that, unless the company .give a Hrge order the American syndicate \vill itself proceed “to place these ,niotor-s cm ; tl?e : Eondon streets. It •seems a pity ? says thq “Chronicle,”‘that, the Couiity Council has been so restrained in its operations, as no ‘ doubt \yhen the tipie 'cbVnes to .municipalise tliis branch .of Bondon traffic it will iraye td pay handsomely for the prividege; '" i . " ' ; s

! THE GREATEST BANGER from cold . and-influenza.is, their tendency to result in. pqeprnonia. If reasonable care is uped'and’ Chamberlain’s Cough Refnedy taken, all ddngdf vvill bc'dvoided. -It" will cure a cold ok* an httack of-influenza in ‘less time - .'than any other treatment. It always cures and , cures quickly. A, Manoy, Motueka’, sells

On a recent voyage of the steamer Oceanic from Li vet pool to Now York the ’ Vessel carried 357 first-class passengers, 38 maids and valets, 259 passengers, and 1300 thil-d-clasS. ' The total amount of passage, money reCeiyed was independent of course of the profiton vibes 1 , spirits, and digars, and the amount’paid for cargo. The immediate expense to the proprietors in making .the trip wa's :

Our horses are looking- well, and c uiipaye favoui*al)ly with the thousands of. i-eiiiounts now in Durban (says our c q-respondent with tbe South Island section of the Tenth Contingent,: writing'from Durban at the end -of May). I walked rourid the kraals and inspected the American (New Orleans) and Russian horses. The Russian hors.es, of which there are thousands, ire a uniform lot. '-With exception of col >ur, they are as much alike as two peas.’ They are wanting in pluck, and would soon lose heart. They give one the -idea that they are: from Clydesdale mares' by Shetland pony sires^—very hairy, ' had - hindquarters, showing a want- of propelling'power, good strong. legs 4 and ugly heads. The American horses are more uniform than ours, but of lighter build, and probably more breeding. I liked their appearance, and thought their long backs; promised speed arid easy paces. Our horses, are too mixed a lot to do us justice, and of course they are knocked about with the‘gales-we encountered. There are no Kaffirs at work in our kraal, and a good thing too, for they rush at the initnals like wild dogs, crack their whips, and 'frighten the life oqt of them. , While at Johiinnesbury Mr ; Seddon was entert.yxned at a banquet bv the Australasian Association, at which his old enemy, Mr G. Hutchison, formerly member for Patea, occupied the chair. Mr Hutchison, in proposing the health of the guest, made an eloquent speech, which was not restrained in its generosity by his old political antagonism to Mr Seddon. A process that has just been patented at Colombo promises to'revolutionis i the ieu t.iade m some degree. A; Ceylon firm claim's to have discovered d ‘method of making “ soluble tea,” without any chemical process and in a Way that preserves the aroma, while at the same time getting rid of some of ' the tanin which makes ordinary tea indigestible unless great care is displayed in the infusion of it. The

- “solubfe tea” it A dakaed prod uc» a whqlespme bevemge merely by mixfing- hot or cold and milk 'yheing of course aooxSrditog to tastp—-tl| U s prov^y«g.a f essence’" thajt wljfoWWry (teuvfe 1 ** 4 ' ient for" ( use om board ships and by armies in’ thq ‘‘Qnly : leaf‘<Ap in 'tHe* rrihruYfacof l ‘s )1 ufeM LltiHil •\M pounds of leafArtb lequiKed TiA pOdnd ,t ■ of tbq>xti‘Hct:> ; iZM > )V. VV/.i - ) ’ - .•« . a \ ... A pathetic incident oc<mvred-daring the- proceedings of the Lunncy Court, /; delaide, a few days* ago. The crier - : announced that a-telegram had arrived for Mr A. J-. Dawkins, one <>f the' speo::d jury., It is the rule not to allow any comuxunivations to pass between the. outside public and a ju rvman , but Mr Ilaw.k ins assured; Vi is Honor that he expected a message from his brother. He was allowed to' fhe ! note, 1 which rap, “Mother is passing a wav.” At. the suggestionof the leadingebuft* sel in tHe <;ase' Ids the c "mrtf >r a n hour, and Mi* Dawkins was yelijeved from fOn resuming flecourt was further adjourrted f r three days. .. - Tbe Acting-Pre ni.er says that a year n usf elapse before coal would be available Irom a State coal mine for publkr or < .t.lu'T- u-i s . He added that very good progress : s being made towasds bringing'the State coal mines scheme to a wor k able stage. • A pitiab’e st >rv was told last week hr an Auckland delegate to the timber t .‘»des conference concerning a mill band who, hya horrible accident, had been cringle 1 for life, and prevented from ev.ii* ay-yin earning a living; He was a married man with a faraily---that was the most unhappy part-- - and he had nothing, to fight the tragedy with but T3OO due f-nin an toVu ranee company with which, acr »’ ding to statute, lie Was insured agaiiist accident. It is, however, required that notice t>f accident.shall be given to tbe insurers either by the injured employe or the employer, but in this cose that notice - was-not given until the statutory period had expired. When the company was applied to later on for the full amount it refused the application, but on further representations paid over ,£3O arid declared its liabilitv at an end*

When peace was declared there Were 202,000 troops under arms in Soiith Africa. Of these 70,000 embark before the irregulars. All the Yeomanry of 1901 and 18,000 Reservists -will embark before Auarust.

A battle thrown into a tributary of the Mississippi, in the State of Illinois in January 1900, has been recently picked up off the coast of California. The ocean currents are supposed to have taken the bottle around Gape Horn, a journey of 10,000 miles to t’ne p >int where it was picked up. A farmer in the Pambula district, New South Wales, last season burned a quantity of oyster shells and distributed the ashes over a small area of land whfeh he was cultivating, and in which he sowed a crop of maize. In order to test the efficacy of the ashes as manure he cropped an adjoining piece of land in • the ordinary way. The crop has just been gathered in, with the result that the land on which the shell ashes, had been placed yielded about twice as much as the other area. The experimenter has determined to repeat the experiment next season on a much larger scale.