SHANNON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Shannon News, 9 February 1923, Page 3

SHANNON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

■' The usual fortnightly meeting 01, the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present; The Mayor (Mr Murdoch), and; Crs. Spencer,-. Butt, Murray, Fargher, Hyde and Richardson. CORRESPONDENCE.,

From the Audit Department granting. permission to the Council to refund rates in a case mentioned- at last meeting where the ratepayer had paid twice 4or the one year. ,

H. Newport wrote complaining of his treatment bV Council re sale of sections in Vance Street. He stated his application to purchase had been approved of, and that afterwards the Council had decided to take a ballot, which he considered not right.—Received. '

.Mrs Vaughan and Messrs. Hardie and J. V. Burns applying for loans to erect, houses, Their applications were 1 favourably entertained, providing they comply with the Council’s terms and conditions.

.D. M. O’Connor, Greytown, wrote stating he was in communication with the Horowhenua Hydro Electric Power Board and the Public Works Department to sell to each , body an acre of land, belonging to him in Grey Street. The Hydro Board, wished him to put a road in- between the School, reserve, Retter’s property and their proposed site. He stated •he had written to Mr Osborne,- his agent, to find out what distance there,

would be between a house' occupied by Mr McCulloch and the School boundary. Mr Osborne had informed ■him the distance from the school fence lo the out-built chimney of the house is ,57ft. 6irg so a road could not be made 66ft wide. He says a road of three-quarters of a chain would leave a passage of* Bft, which, would be wide enough to convey goods of all classes to the hack door,otherwise the size of . the-house would have to be reduced to secure a road a chain wide. We wished to know' if the Council would entertain a proposal for him to put a road in of thred-.quarters of a chain 1 along that boundary. He stated the hydro people wished to get their building erected shortly. The. Mayor said the Council had no'power to prevent the applicant putting in a road, but if he wished fo erect buildings lacing the road it. must be a chain , wide.

-After consideration it was moved by Cr. Murray and seconded by Cr. Spencer that Mr O’Connor he written to informing him that the-Coun-cil cannot see its way clear to takeover the proposed road as suggested by him, but there was nothing to hinder him making the road himself, but the Council would point out that it would he to his advantage for future use to comply with, the Municipal Corporations Act and Shannon 1 Borough by-laws, as otherwise a dwelling-house could not be built facing the road, she chain width' beJng .essentia/1. J .- ,

The Mayor arid Cr. Gardner -reported having collected the sum of £2O. in the Buckley, district towards the Soldiers’ Memorial Fund. So far they had met with no- refusals. They Mill canvass the other parts of the district within the next few days. The Finance Committee reported they had a credit of £65 in hand.—ft was decided that £ls be allot led for work at the cemetery, to be car ried out at once, Mr 11. Butts to be put on to do the work. - Also to sand and re-ta.r the main footpaths in the borough'. .

Complaints were received * that some persons had refused to register their dogs.—lt was decided the matter be left in the hands of the Mayor to institute legal proceedings. Accounts were passed for payment totalling £94 16/1.