BOROUGH COCNCIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 153, 7 June 1883, Page 3

BOROUGH COCNCIL.

LAST NIGHT'S MEETING.

Present— The Mayor, Crs McNeil, Walker, Mowlem, Linton, Marriner, Fnelsonj and Ferguson. CORRESPONDENCE, From U> ,I^. BLussell, applying for a license for the Foresters' Hall as a place of public amusement. . f * Application granted. <J. J , Milve^tbnjfr. protesting against cphstructioji of a drain on footpath m front of section ,954) , Ferguson aiid Alexander streets. „ . ; ' The Engineer said pertain alterations • bad been made, , which he belie ved satisfied Mt Milverton. ;, ; v fetter received. [„/,, Town Clerk, i Wellington, asking for certain information m connection with adoption of Rating Act, 1882, ; m jefeVence to rating tof Crqwn and Natite Lands withir^the Borough. -'.Ci* • " v Mr Keeling stated Jtjkat the Patmerston Borough Council hVd not adopted the Rating.. .Act :; 188fka «ndj was therefore m the same position as Wellington m thTat respect, . .'. • ■'lire letter asked the Palmers ton Borough Council to join m asking the GoVern'nierit to .pass .the vote for 'rate's. : ' .' h '[.."' /'■ ' _ .-.■.■■■..•.'•• ■ . ■■ Resolved that the Member /or the district bo communicated with oh the matter, and that the receipt of the letter be acknowledged. From- Town Clerk, Wanganui, en* -n clpsing,copy;Yof 'reso!uHpn m /irefeierce J to~ the hospital endowments. Letter received. '"' From. Mr Brown, giving certain ii*formation as'tbv^iyef Boards. - ./^ Letterreceiyedi '''/' '".','". '".,,," •'" = Froui ; Ci i; r Tricklebank, protesting. against his cows beiDg impounded, when < his neighbour Smith had been .warned to - take m. his 1 cattle off tho street as be <^was out on a pounding 'expedition. ! The writer said iSilTmare had been" kept on \-j tb6icblaiV^ s *air fI MW and had only been "kt loose" durine- the last cold day, or .Twol - While. his cows were pounded, -father' person's stock were allowed to run on the road close to the pound. ,-T ,'■ i,.-. ■ .\ r vc ;:i Resol^'d that tlie letter lie on the table..; ■■ „;'-, 7 ; ;f r ;-' Fjom^Wi L %l Butter, protesting against the sale Jofia property of his m ,defanlt of^ipayment of rates; land threatening recourse -to- the • Supreme' Court should a Bale be attempted, as he held that tHe whole procedure I was irregular.f^>^ -f^ t . ! From the Borough Solicitor giving legal opinion m reference to the foreg<WMl:;; ; J:; ; . •>"!■•. I--' \ ; * The Mayor first tried to read! the , 4etter^andlhen.the Town :Cl&fcj ibut neitfrer, was able to decipher the whole content&i- • Tne Town Clerk gave his idea ..or.thef r . the contents -swbich. relate ed to the properties held by Dr Bul- . ler,. ..,. ..j „r / : --^'«\ „;-••■•. :■;;;■ . ■;/ J suggested that Dr Buller fee allpwea to pay his, ratesvas he how o^eredtp,dp. v „.v . -,.,.»> . j * : "lhe Town Clerk' said the rates amounted to .only, 5s 6d, but the con» tingent costs,were 6omeE4 or L 5. - CrMntbn proposed and Cr McNeil seconded, that before any [steps be taken Dr Buller be .again written to, stating .the particulars, of amount of rates due , With Coßtß &C. j -Carried. - ; . From fl. Graff, offering to look after the Publio|*Wll;. supply oil, proyide lamp glasses, wicks, &c, for the sum of £12 pcr v year . Resolved that the matter be left m the hands of the Hall Committee^ / • From the Returning Officer intimating the a^pointmentof Messrs Hoe and Walton as3orough Auditors. ■ From J._Riug, suggesting, the removal of dead tiees at. the. back of jthe - race-course, which were damaging the river bank, and were both, unsightly and dangerous; Resolved that this matter be left m the hands of the Reserves Committee with power to deal. , •; '; From (Secretary of the Post Office Department, stating that application !for increase of post office staff m Palmstcn had been granted, and tbat the matter had been under coDeideratjcn prior to Receipt* of' tne appiicatlon. JPDBLIO WORKS COMMITTEE. i We, 1 our Public Wbrkb Committee, have the honour to report thajt. we have 'Guilder-' our Consideration the Engineer's monthly statement. 'The estima'e for the outlet drain m, Pittstreet has <b en supplied, and will nq doijb^eyenjtually prpye -,of value; but: we cannofc recommend. r the Council ! to '"entertain" "it Tat present owicg to the large pu^ay, reqnired. Permissioni has been granted by the Government for Jhe^cgnjstrjictioa of^a culvert under railway at Kairanga Road, at the expense df tKe Borbu^h.^ We have ac-_ cepted tenders for footpaths as under :'— s iKangitikei-street, E. F. Charles, £4 2s per- • chain-;— FitKheibertßtreet, !c, Rosenthal,- £52, inclusive m both conHracts of ■ the making up of tt the troad•/A <■ - NUISANCES REPORT^ " " ' ' " I have; the/honour, to -report for your information that the, state of all back prepiises is' generally eatiifaptory. Abexceptibhs Imay mention a cesa-pool on the premises of the firm oi Flyger, Malcolm, & ;Oo.^ ;ii.and also" one m the back yaid of the building known as the Boa rMarche, both m the Squaie. Notices have been given on more thin one occasion m both cases, and I think it will be necessary to give instructions to remove the nuisance at the expense 6i the owner without delay. I must alio draw attention "f to' the very filthy condition of the water tables round the Square, andit will be very necessary to* get thep sooh cleaned out. I have inspected the hotels, breweries, and butchei b' : .yards, and find them all clean and tidy. There is a rather dirty en-i : trance at Mr Manson's jbuther's shop, but it cannot be improved unless a small drain pipe is put down under the footpath m order to carry, off the , surface ' M - : watfer from %' low place m; tho entrance. Gavelling this .lowrplace -would remedy the evil, but it would also throw tHe water on to the premises of the Bank of Australasia irhioh has been objected to.

Signed H. Graff, for the Inspector of Nuisances. Application received from Montague offering to clear water-tables m the Square foi the sum of £12 per year. Decided to leave the matter m the hands of the Engineer, who would have the work done by the Borough employes. BIVER CONSERVATORS. The Borough Engineer's reparr on the above was read m he Committee, And it was resolved that the necessary steps be taken to form a River Con* cervatora' Board. Resolved that the Public Works Committee be a Committee to deal with the above matter. RESOLUTION. That'this Council considers the time has come when the Government should commence the construction ot the Bailway .Line between Palmersfcon and Woodville, as m its opinion much time will Be required m the construction of the connection with the Gorge portion, whilst that portion from Palmerston to lAshurst will be payable fo/thwith, and otthe greatest possible advantage to this portion of the district and the West Goast generally. That the Town Clerk again write to the Wellington Board of College Governor asking them whether they agree to •the request of this Council for the Government to transfer to us the sections we require for a hospital site, and m the event of no action having been taken by them that the Borough Solicitor be instructed to draft a Bill for instructions to Parliament to have the said sections conveyed to this Town Council. ,-...'.■ \ FINANCIAL. :.., ''The, estimate of Keceipts and Expenditure for the current year was read <y the Mayor m detail, who stated that the expenditure had been cut as fine as it was possible to be, and that the revenue had not be n over estimated. Cr Snelson moved and Or Mowlem seconded that the Estimates be adopted* and that at the, next meeting the usual steps be " taken" -to ' strike^a '*" General. Borough Bate of Is m the 4>, and a Library liate of Id m the £, — Carried.