PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 20 December 1879, Page 2

PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wednesday, December 17," 1879. ; ' Eredent — X^ia Worship, and CpuneiJlQrei Feijgudon, Jensseu', -Marsh,. ColemaniJ'Kuig. '• anil ''■.■*"' :;:;,' ■'"! '"' ' " ' ' BESTGIfATIONSi ' ' r .■' Letters were r-oadirom- Councillors Lint on and Walton t&udbring-'^lieir'i^signations >ia coiihcillow for the BjmugK' 'of . tTpon the motion .of Councillor &BN6"SE^ bofcii pg3i'g|iatibn« -\vorerScce"pte3.. ' ' ' ."' ': '-.'?, '■■"'"•-'■ : CciIBBSPOJnDENbI!!. ' -'■\ JL co"mrpunioati6iv was received from lli_e ColonihlvSrecretiiry'B. pifiee, ncknowlodgiugthe" reoeipj; of a leftw'nofcifyina: fclio election of ?Mr. ' .Tahio3 Jjioton, t\i . iltijov. ;b_f, the | Paimerston Kpi'fcli.':; '- * > , ' ■ * i B.'SEOM OF/T?I7BT4IC -^OK^B :OP^MiraE^ . We/your Public WorkisCpinaiil tee, )i>iTe the honor to vepbrfc;that woHoto consideited) fchq Towons matters referred to us at tho l.wt tnefetin^ of fclie Council : — Ac?c>ynfcxptJbusUfalliiig oivrjad" lines "from H. S. PaltnerVori.. E^q.^— lt waa agreed:, ißat. this acobnnt be . parsed, Bub'jeafc,;iio.V!fe7j}r i /to an enquiiy . hijr-j tlib'CJia'irman as to tria^j)p,rJQcJ of v the woVi; being*dorie :— Letter o"f'coinpjaint from%lr H4o.lw"j ■■Telit-ive- ; .tp drain at Terrace End.— - It vvas agreed that the work previously laid out hy '^hfl Engineer be v esecutedj by/' the rci^driien^ and extra asdistaiWe if needful : — Applicatiog for footpath from Mr: Ferguson, —tit .was agreed that the" 'application be gxunted jffovided that the property owjiars on the satu«t v ßide oTthe^TSij'udVe find the money jrgq.iiii'e.l streetsj <3pl'lihsand^'GiiVthy^: fi-aim'.-^An.enquiry i^io '.this case, shevveil.that bh^> work had b^en: stopped iii accordance with a re3olui.i6n."pf the Council, but further enquiry elicited t he ftivt* that, the Yioxk. iiiovi ciiai-ged U'acl boea

1 completed previous to the stoppage, SXtd all that iia§ since^been-'Ctdite-is si few chains in Broad^Strfegt-r Your OouiaiUtee would - f uifthec recommenfll that tcuderl be called for completing, the footpath in Main Street — rprovidtiid ithatyall ovrnera of :^roporty» fronting sainey-ag^ee t6 p'ay the coat proportionately/ and that a clause, be inserted in all conditions of contract making the con* tractor liabVfOrall accidents, &c. ■ r ; The report wa£ re>eived and adopted. ' k; > THBDISTBICT COVRV; Councillor .Tejtsseit brought under- th^ notice of the -Gouucil the fact that in ths proposed Appropriations there was no sun^ set> down for the erection of a ; Bist?ict Court; and suggested thai as the Judge was " :in town, it would bo well to appoint u depu- . tation to , interview him, in order to .obtain his assistance in securing a grant. . ; , ]; . ; . It was stated in the course of the ditfcui- ; , si9n that,! on Tuesday, Mr. Staite, acting bn' behalf of the leSalyprpfession', had brought '■'.- the matter prominently before his Sonbr, >,■'. who ; fully acknowiedged the ; pressing ne^ T cessity for somo Vccommodaiiion| and pro-" pmed to make a stKqijg pppresentation t? thie Q-qvernment upou the matter^/. ' ■'' ' -^ deputat ipjii qonsisting^ .of ■■. hjs.iW'orship^..; the Mayor and Councillor i Jen'ssen/ wa» ' : tJion appointed to wait upon^ iTudge^ardcaitie, .and back,, up) the renresentatioa of ■ ■.the.Bar. •;•"'; l^X-'P:"-' ";'* *■ v-/^-^ ■■; - :^^j.---ACCOidrODATIOirVI'OB T^BVBUBi|O. Councillor Ffißausojr •as b'na at Mq subcommittee appointed to report upon t^MB proposed alterations' to the Council C^||P^ be 5 stafß<3 that th« mqeting femg'a. sp^i^ and not the usual monthly onq, rip iepoj?fc bad been: prap%d;wKieh;how^ would ;be;torthcomingat the propefc|in}e: -" - . -This 9ohcluded:the v ßpeci^'bußinesß,;and the Council adiourned. after, ?fc isEort-sitting 1 .