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BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting of the Borough Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present: Ilia Worship the Mayor, Crs. Somervell, Townley, Brown, Lewis, Clayton, Whinray, and Tucker. The usual formal business having been disposed of, the business was proceeded with. Mr. McConnichie, the contractor for the erection of the Union Bank, applied to be permitted to erect a hoarding in front of the site of the work. This was granted. From the Colonial Secretary, notifying that the Government had passed a vote of £lOO towards the Borough in the matter of the money expended in the erection of the Fever Hospital. Amongst other letters was one from Mr. G. ;L. Greenwood, asking for certain particulars as to tho elections of the Licensing Committee of 1881. It was stated that there were 289 persons entitled to vote, the cost of the election was £6 ss, and tho cost of the poll, &c., £4. The Engineer’s report was a lengthy and particularly full one, touching upon the extension of the wharf, the Borough Endowments, Nesbitt Road, Footpath rates, Oxenham’s contract, and the Grey street bridge. It was decided, after some conversation, that the exodus of witnesses, &c., in order to attend to the present sittings of the Supreme Court in Napier should brought before Mr. A. McDonald, M.H.R., in order that he might advocate the necessity of having a Supreme Court sitting here, and thus saving not only time and trouble, but also money.

A telegram from Hong Kong reports the departure of the steamship Bowen for Wellington, N.Z., with a cargo of teas. Carey, of Opera troupe celebrity, has obtained his discharge in bankruptcy from His Honor the Chief Justice, who said there was no reason to believe that Mr Carey had acted improperly in any of the charges brought against him. The tenders called for by Mr S. M. Wilson for tho erection ot a cottage were opened to-day, and were—J. Forbes, £279 ; Harries and Lincoln, £269; Thos. Willshire, £246. Mr Wilson will not decide until to-day as to who is to have the work. How is it that the big gun does not now give notice of the hour of noon on Saturdays ? It was a boon very many were grateful for, as it enabled housekeepers to rectify erratic clocks, and gentlemen to give their watches a fresh start from week to week. Mr. L. Hart, the agent for the U.S.S. Co., whilst kindly showing our reporter through tho Manapouri, partook of an involuntary shower bath. There were two bath-rooms being inspected, and Mr. Hart was explaining how the water was obtained. “ This, you see,” said the agent, “ is the tap which opens the valve, so that a shower bath is obtainable,” and on manipulating it, the rose rained down what would have proved to a bather a most delicious shower of pure fresh water. So far, so good ; but then a similar experiment was tried in the bath-room adjoining, and Mr. Hart forgot to look to the position of the rose overhead, and in stooping when turning the tap, received a thorough good ducking. He is perfectly satisfied with the arrangements.

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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1090, 22 June 1882, Page 2

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524

BOROUGH COUNCIL. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1090, 22 June 1882, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1090, 22 June 1882, Page 2

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