Town Board.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 377, 15 June 1889, Page 2

Town Board.

Tiitb ordinary monthly mepi.inqj o£ the Te ArolmTown Bof-d was held sit the Palace Hotel on Saturday evening last. Present: Corns. Gallagher (chapman), Lipsey, Eberi;, and Ileathcote. The minutes oC'tho previous monthly meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence : AppMfation for Slaughter House license : — From R. Mackie, making application for a slaughter house license for premises sicuaied at Te Aroha, and known a Mackies slaughter ya r ch, and stating lie had complied with all the requirements of the Act so far as he was aware. Mr Mack'e, who was present at the meeting, handed in a copy of the advertisement, which had appeared in the columns of the Te Aroiia and Oiunemurt News, giving pub'lc notice of hia application, as requi-ed. by law. Petition : Coin Ebort presented a pelitition signed by Messrs A. Downes, R. Blenooe,J. O'Shea, D. Onisr, J.M, Murray, F. McDovilt, Jas. Claik, R. Michael, andJT. Gavin, protesting against the granting of the slaughtering license applied for by Mr Mackie. Com Ebe<*t said he should support the petition and oppose the granting of the license, and read a portion of the Slaughter House Act, referring to the question, whe v ein he said it stated that no Town District or Road. B ard, had the power to giant a license within a mile of a Borough. Com Lipsey : Cut saiely Mr Mackie doea not want to slaughter cattle in the heart of the township. Com Ebert : It appears so. The application is for the promises known as the old slaughter house. Mr Mackie asked permission to address the Board, and said Com Kbert was putting a wrong construction on the matter, as Te Aroha was not a Borough, and h* could see no reason why his application should not be granted. Com Ebert : It i=t plainly shown in the JSlanghtpr House Act, Mr M'ickie, that we have not the power to grant the application, as it i<* inside the Borough. Mr Mackie • But this is not a Borrtugh Com Ebert replied that in this matter the Town Board had the same powers as a Borough Council would have Com Lipsey : It is no use, Mr Mackie, T shall strongly object to the granting of the application. Com Ileathcote : We have the same powers as a Borough, and cannot therefore grant a license. Com Ebert moved that the application be not granted. Com L'psey : I shall second the motion as I consider it would be a nuisance, Mr Mackie : It was a nuisance while in the bonds of others, but has it ever been a nuisance since it has been under my control ? lam willing to be governed by iho law. The license would only be granted for twblve months, and if at the end of that term the requirements of the Act have not been complied will), or if it could be then shown that the place was in any way a nuisance, I shall be quite will ing to forfeit the license. After some fnither discussion in this malter, in whv-h all the members took pait, the motion was put and ornci. Improvements : The attention of the Board was drawn to the noces iiy of h>iv ing some repiirs effcied in Rati Hired near Messrs W. Goody's and J. Robinson's residences, also in Kotuku street, fiomthe bridge in Kenrick-street to the Domain fence, some repairs it was atated were neceswyin Bridge and Whitaker-streets, and these matters were «1J left in the hands of the Work's Committee, Footpaths : The Clerk stated that the tender of Mr W. Hetherington had been accepted for carting 150 yards of gravel for the footpaths in Whit/iker-stre^t. Com Ebert stated that the footpaths in - Rolleston-^treet wanted about a dozen loads of gravel on them, as at present they were in a bad state. Left in the hands of the Work's Committee, Poundkeeper'a Report : The ponndkeeper'd reporfy accompanied by 4s 3d core mission, wa's ivad and received. Accounts : The following accounts were passed for payment : W Hetherington, £10 15s 91 ; It. Michael, £8 Is ; F. Pavitt, £3 7s 3d; Tb Aroha and Ohinemluri News, £5 3s 3d; This was all the business.