TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 230, 19 June 1915, Page 4

TAIHAPE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

—————— ; ; ] TOUTi 'TIGHTLY MEETING. The ordina. "7 fortnightly meeting of the Taihape B v trough Council was held in the Council . Chambers last evening. Present.' The Ma;, vor (Mr. A. L. Arrowsmith), and Crs. B. r - D - Bennett, W. McLennan, Gt Wright 30n > F - w - Somcrville, and A, J. Jofo;' in - Minutes of the prn ious meeting were read and confirmed, an. a correspondence outwards was verified. Health Officer's . Report. The' report of the He& Inspector was read for the month '« of May. No cases of diptheTia were recorded in Taihape —The report was . received. A letter was received from J * r - T - T - Martin, secretary of the Mun ieipal Association of New Zealand, wi, tn reference to concessions to be given . *° cos " tractors who are affected by i"* crease in prices of materials ow. m S *9 the war. Concessions to Contractors. •

The Mayor said' he thought this , was a matter that did not much affect i * he Taihape Borough, and the letter w. 1S therefore received'. - Two letters from residents were submitted to the Council, and it was ex- V plained that they had only just been i received. I

The Mayor drew attention to the fact that a motion had been passed some time ago, which decreed' that letters for consideration by the Council mast bo received two days prior to the meeting.

Cr. Bennett said' some letters might reasonably require, immediate' attention, and should be considered on their merits. He certainly favoured tlie rule, however, that' letters for' Consideration should be received some time" before 1 the Council meeting:' Cr. Joblin thought' the' Cbimcir might deal with the letters. He aslce'd" whether the Council was under any obligation in the matt'er."

The first letter was from Wv: Gibbs, who was building"on the BbrcfHgh' rcserve, and he was in difficulty with respect to his boundaries, which were being questioned by Mr. Nathair; who said he was encroaching on his T property to an extent of "sis inches. His Worship said there had : beerr no standard survey made "of fhVtfrwn, anr 1 the Council could not" very weiT let land without it) it" needed serious consideration; If they gave a man land they should give him his-pro-per area. & Cr. Wrightscn said'he thought that authority should be given for that ■"portion to be in order to arrive at a satisfactory decision.

It was eventually de'eided' that:* this should be done. A letter was received 'from Mr. A' J. Norman, who wrote complaining that the poundkeeper was -not carrying-out his duties in impounding straying-ani-mals.

Cr. Wrightson said there was- ire doubt there was some truth in plaint for he was personally aware of others who had experienced similar trouble.

Cr. Bennett moved that' keeper should be informed "of thfe-com-plaint, and asked to impound-?" straying horses and cattle> The motion was carried. . National Highways...

His Worship- referred to- a-letter:-which had been-held over f ram-the previous meeting, with regard to a national highway from Auckland to Welling---ton and asking the Council to appoint a delegate tos -attend a coiaieTence' a-t* Wellington. Cr. Benne'cfr proposed tlsfct'- Cr.-. MfeLennan should be asked tt> represent the Taihape Borough Council: 5 Cr. McLennan explained"that'as the meeting was* to be held oxt> a- Saturday it would be* impossible fcK-him-. to>attend. Cr. Bennett then moved 7 that-Oh JPoblin should asked to aefc-a.?-delegate. His Werahip seconded the motion. Cr. Job Tin said he Sad' previi>nsly stated that his time was- always -at the service of the ratepayers,- a-nd : he> would be. pleased to act in sre> capacity .>f delegates He took it that - - t?om:cil was in»>favour of the prepo<sak. The- motion appointing ©rs. Joblin ■delegate to the conference; wti&h is to be held on July 17th> was- th-e** carried. Conciliation Board" Agreement.

A letter was received" Stum the secretary of the Conciliation Board with respect to the agreemeafr recently drawn up, and asking' thafr the seal of the- Council be appended" to the document.

The Mayor said t&ey had been through the draft, but they had nothad an opportunity- of comparing the draft with the docume-nt submitted ftor signature, but no doubt" they were identical.

Or. Benaefcfc proposed and Or. Wrightson seconded, that the seal of the Borough be appended to the. agreement, and that Or. "Wrightson be authorised to- sign on behalf of tW Council The official seal was then appended. Finance Committee Report. Tit Finance Committee"* report r«> commended the adoption of the Treasurer report, which gave the statement ot various accounts aa follows:—District Fund Aecount (dr.) £2,837 12/-, as agniajst. £2,744 15/10 at last meeting; Interest Account; <©*.); AcfioaatNo. i.<aro Aaotnat MTo," 3 (dr.) £l9l S/Sj %dxk Acaount (cr.) £52 S/7 y Ae'souats aawvating to. S2QQ 8/1 wts

passed for payment, >-.~"^,_,^ On the motion of theJKayor and McLennan, the report was adopted. Electric Light and Water. The report of the Electric Light s Water Committee was read as folio j The Committee met on the 14th lv I, and has to report as follows: | At a previous meeting, an appl was received, through Cr. Wrh I son, from a numbe of resents of K; 1 Road, to have the electric light sup extended to such road, residents be agreable to pay the cost of the w and to pay 1/- per unit for lighting Before considering the application was decided to obtain an estimate the cost of the work from the Electr Engineer; the estimate (copy herev submitted) was laid before the 0 • mittee, and the Committee recommc I as follows: \ (1) That the application of the i j dents of Kaka Eoad be acceded to ) | the following conditions: (a) That the total estimated cos paid before the work is commence- . (b) That, in the event of a short Jin the supply, all connections on yroad to be the first to be cut off. (c) That the Borough Sol-cltor be strueted to prepare the necessary ag ment to be signed by the interej parties. | The report was adopted, i Borough Foreman's Eenort. I have the honour to report j on WL >rk' carried out during the "fortn JUB\ '" ended. 0 wing to the rains daring this iod, various of the roadways have i ken ■« trough in places, and in C o i quenei ' the major portion of the t has be. 3n spent in effecting rep j where : necessary. Mataroa Road, kao StJ eet > pi Pi Stret, and Kv Street, 1 ' av e been repaired where traffic ha. 3 broken through the m< The frrai bridge at the south en< the Taihaj *e railway station has been revta©. tailed; this, however, not he s&ifa factory to pedestrians ■ing thfsf brfi Ige, and I would sug that! the Bai. Department be .preached fro> a if they wotrlc lowa planfe i 'ootpath to be former one- side of t\ >e bridge, say 2ft iwide. ThV gnsa rd rails are already-" ifroßr tsie v sidV, n >n d the moving of s : l'Sin nearer tfte centre would not, I jsure, rht-erfere' m ith the passage of ! hides."

Oval" Domain: * The trees on thfe' main' over a-, distance of four chains etc;side;

I Four-meir sere at . present employ i Cr. Jobllh sard hi fore adopting;'report ttrersr waa ont ' matter whfcli iwould Hirer to refer tc • and that wa reference to- the sug£ 'estion that* Railway Ufepa-rtment 1 'e appflgacliet •ascertain if* they woul i allow" a pi footpath' to- Be- erecteo ' on>»he 31c Railway bridge:

| Gf. Bennett said he t hought tLfeiter to the Department st ould point* ,the necessity for a safe* footbridge '.this point:. ' i The Mayo-r said he col isidered* Railway Department was 1 "emiss in.making provision for a foot bridged 'erecting ttte*two- bridges which?, i ;;ojposs the railway line. > Cr. WrighHrson: said it woul d n«t*b ijdimeult matter to.erect a fooffiir* :*on the outside- edge of th< ) ]p*s bridge. Cr. Bennett said he thoug] it anax ■mation that 1 a footbridge was; v necessary woul'd meet the ei ise. The Mayor drew attenti on to*fact that he had seen a Single t graph pole- on- a corner nea r Mr.: "V son's. He considered it ■** -as a sou of danger and it had on} ly reeei been placed" there. Cr. Bennett said he thou! »ht it'wo be well if" they gave the B orough* F( man instructions to inspef ;t the»woi The Mayor moved that the Postm ter be written to stating, that when Postal Departmen put In telegn posts, they might con fer with Borough Foreman first, as they-did know where our pipes. and' th< fore might damage tfi em. r Cr.-. Bennett seconds d. The- Borough Foren lan reported t he had interviewed Mr. Dunbar, telegraph linesman, and he had sta that* it was a rule -that the Postal partment and Elejetri'eftl" Departm eaeh- took one side; of a- street. He < taiuly considered the pest- in quest vms a source of dangs% The resolution was--then adopted. I; Cr. Bennett proposed 1 that JBorough Foreman prepare, a report [the subject of telegraph pole ereeti i This was seconded} by- Cr. McLem ;and adopted. The Mayor refewed to> the matter , letting a room at the Town Hall to Health Officer for- the nominal I of 10/- a week. Mr. Batgnall, reptes* ing the Hospital* Board, had intervi ed him on the- matter, with the ob; of securing the room at 7/6 per wee] possible. If- the Council worild not it for that amount, they wouH 1 another office in the town, Cr. Somerville proposed that t should come to" terma and that they du'ee the rent to 7/6 per wok. Cr. Bennett said he wijia rathe?,, flavour of letting them <taKftut for reducod rent. ;-•"•.- ; ~.. Cr. Jpblin eonftena&d that, if they v held the. rent of " aUy'got : it. v'; V'T.; >■.*■* :-'.■'':."' : "* V; On the n\i>tioa of : -.<3ra\- Bennett;; McLennan; rent wm ff*e3 at 7/9