MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held last night at seven o'clock, to consider the propriety of borrowing money for the prosecution of town improvements. The Mayor and all the Councillors were present. After discussion, it was resolved that debentures, bearing 5£ per cent, interest . per annum, redeemable in twenty years, should be issued to the amount of £3500, and that tenders should be invited by advertisement for the purchase of the same. The Council, after a short adjournment, proceeded to hold the ordinary weekly meeting. The following tenders were accepted : — Bain an.l Co., printing conditions of contract, £6 53 ; Alexander Brown, lease of jetty and charge of powder magazine, £100 ; P. Brown, formation of Spey-street, £195; W. Cruickshank, drain iv Spey-street, £553. The balance sheet and auditors'' report for 1872 was affirmed and ordered to be published. The Council then adjourned.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18730110.2.10
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Southland Times, Issue 1687, 10 January 1873, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
146MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. Southland Times, Issue 1687, 10 January 1873, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in