CITY COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 18, 20 January 1877, Page 2

CITY COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the City 'Council; was held last night. Present all the members except Crs. T. and J. Harley. It was resolved tfeat notice should be given ■'ito .remove the fences across Tekuka and Murphy- streets. . . : ■ : : A letter was received from the Secretary of the Friendly Societies Sports Committee for a contribution from the Council.

Resolved, that the Council regrets it has ■^"fuuda- ,^^ilal|le^£ois aach a-pajeposei''; |4 lette|&ohi residenta in Wellington 'an^; ExSmineptre4|si askinglthat i^erosi!at this jfjhction iM tt©| streets [mighlCibe Jfowered, ym referfgd tfMe Public WorgCo|smittee. "'iWH#'l^*^BN h^i?t^ig «l BfhaTf oir the^harlestofi 13$gVej_ Odd--* fellows to take up four debentures at £95, T waa>ref erred to the Public Works Committee, f A letter was received from Messrj Bethwaite and Robertson, contractors for the to the Post Office, asking per- ' I *%§ onr f-% ex ec , 3e certain works, among thenar hstrig thsilinkfipg o_Un iEo'4- cesspool witffi overflow pipe into the Waimea-street sewefc" Referred to the Public Worka Committee. ■*-»^e^ity^Su^eyflr!a.,.r^p9E.t_. hayine beea read, it was resolved, Thnt the" CS^Survepsr™ be instructed to prepare plana and specifications for work in Vanguard-street, including culvert in Victory Square. "■^^A^loagdiscti33ioireiisucd6verth_accouatS" on the question whether the day labor men should be aliosfed Wagßs f<sr the regatta daysr when they W£^able_& wMthe permissioif of the Mayo|gi)pd^vjmtiHd& it was agreed]* to pass the daTlabSr^eet^wlth the exception of the two myf' w«ges,^fSch were to be withheld until somefQgpla&afion was given. On the mojapi of GrjiWfeftra, seSbnSted by Cr Gray, it wjss _esolved, S'Tfiafc thisCodncitviews with &n^rehrK^fc^§a6 ihejeT & n<| report of the^Kss opjas by leaks^orb^uerf 5 wise daring |h> month of December, and¥hat the general manage^shoald^he hilltotdfed to fhrnish such^porfr fa the^Gas mi ! Waterworks Commi!|ee at once^h ;££%%&. \ The City Sufveyot was^tractcd to-carryj? out the autlfo^ed^pairiba' the'Seacbtvillftc Road a<: oncfe?4 *"'••' A* k'r-"*.A. \ It was roaiolyed d_C%he fnotion <k Cc. Gray" tbat the Ci^pveyo*; hfe4ostracte£f 'to report on the .best method ana probkble east of enclosing that porHoiP ojSjiKe Rocks known as the basin? for abathingf hole. A h | The^Jotmcil thep^adjoumed. r •C?':;s D . A