BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 72, 13 April 1901, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tun meeting of the Borough Ceuw wan bold on Friday evening. Pr J ont,: 11 is Worship the Mayor (Mr.! Dockrill), Councillor* Ward, Bt#k Oattley, Avery, Colli*, Brooking, Be ringer, and Clow. • The Council first resolved itself in \ special fitting, and the amended ra °or the borough were adopted. Ti number (f name* on the roll now is follows :- E-st Ward, 586; Oeati Ward, 491; West ward, 400: totl 1477. The secretary of the Star Faoth Club wrote asking permission to ha control aid make a sports ground < Poverty Flat,—Referred to tbo R *W Committee to ascertain tbo Counci powers in th>) matter. The Taranaki Club wrote asking I a lamp in front of the Glub house Egmont-street, and inquiring ra ft phalting foetpath.—Referred to ti Works Committee.' *■* A letter from the bowugh solid! re abbitoirs was held over, The Ratepayers' Associativa wri forwarding a report ef ite list meetin and urging the Council to consider ti recommendations made thereat, aa that all actioa in osnnection witk th new loan proposals should be hell f abeyance until the sew Council elected.—letter hid on the table. $ The Department of Agrieultat wrote notifying that the new laws re Uting te slaughtering places came into operatien on Ist April, and stating tb fees to he paid to inspectors under tb Act.—The Mayor auid the incone I New Plymouth under the previsions < the Act would be about £l4 per WMkj and the expenditure £l2 sj. A hawker's license was granted tefl Harlew. ' A letter frow Mr. £. Jamieson it reference to electricity and sea powH and offering to submit particulaiJ of a scheme for obtaining power froiM the actioa of tidul mrrents was over. The Sanitary Inspector reported tkal

I condition of the town was geuraUy good.—Cr. Bellringer aiked what til* position of the Council was in to the Board of Health.—Cr Oattitjreplied that acceding to Dr. the Council was a Boird of Health. The Mayor siid he understood froak! Dr. Muson that ait amending Act «u required to make the Council a proper Board of Health; but be thought the 1 Council could continue to carry out tho tiii'ies as it hid i- ia the past.—'Th* report waa adoped. Tho acting Turncock's report mi read and adopted. The Waterworks Engineer's report was re id. The Reserves ('•<uiinittee reported That the resolution an drafted by the Borough solicitor i\i gaol reserve ba a'opted approving rr-pD.s.'d transfer of xub lttt9e fiom \V. Courtney to J. Monteith ; that Foh. Niger, the racocauise, hedges ai'J feiu-es be attended to and cleaned up.—Report adopted.Cr. Bellringer asked if the "««t " (Jaol Reserve " could sot be altered. The Clet k explained that in the nffi«i«f records of the Borough it appeared as " S'orohome Reserve,"—The Clerk m- ' ferred ta a reserve known as tho "Stratford Reserve" which wai really " Block iii., Ngaire.' I —On, tho motion of Cr. Bellringer, the matter was roferrud to the Reserves Committee with an instruction to h>vn proper naneo placed in futaro records. Thft Finance Committee's reptrfe (already publishoJ) waa read and adopted.

Tha Works Committee's repart was read. In addition to tbe recommendations Already published, tha committee repsrted: That the gutter oa the loft Bids of Elliot-atreet, from Devo* to Gill-streatu, be paved and tarred ; that a letter bo s?nt to the gaol authorities ro gravel at tha quarry; that the foremau place nil the etenebreakers afe work breaking mot-d for Gover-street, and employ as many fresh mon at can bs obtained j that the water pipes be laid aleng Hin»-srreet, from Morleysticet to Outfield Road, and that tbe lirmigh foreman nipsrvise tha digging n' ! torches; that, iniquities ba made at Napiir and Nelson re purchasing .meters. —Report adopted, f . A <> ixcutisioii t jok place on the quea* t.iou if clearing out the Maogotuka | stream. Cr. Billringer moved that the matter be nferrtd to the Works Oommitti e. Seconded by tbe Miyor, uj. carried.

'1 ho Cemetrry Committee g I hat tke commit'* e, hav.ug inspected the fite at tbo cemetery, cannot allow tfce fonee around th« grave i n q U ««6ioil> to be plac.d below tbe fevel of tbe path ho an to make it dangerous to pweer* by, buttbat tJie concrete at tbe bottom ba made high enough to allow the bottom of the fence to bo pl»c d on a lew! with the path. After oonsidenbl* di#cushion tub report was adopted. Accounts . iunou&tuig\to £664 14$ rj were passed. Or. Crocking brought up thei. [ol , v (; ...s s carrying light* and. filling on footpaths.— On 'o. [nngei-'M motion, socon<t e J by Or l.i iJey.it iv.is fro diaw the r r\ of l ie r lice tathumattar, ■. f r0 J tb« fa ,t tliht people rode awldrove qrcc I\,wderi,,!n-streot •■tvitge Ut,a rapid p #ufi| rtn ,J to tlle pri)C . tioe of dt Iwi-s-i s loo.se through tbe 1 - \vu* oocidtd fcuat the present iow-a Clock's „; Ulls placed on all public notice b im . s. | tr. Ward r fi rr d to a lamp at tke ui eytui".tu mid Hine streets, promiwd twelys utonthi &go, and iug«

that tbe Works Committee be Histructed to get tbe lamp placed in | Or. Brooking said this lamp would probably be dose shortly.—After some desnltory discussion the matter dropped. Cr. Bellriager said that as some of tha Councillors (Crs. Ward, Cattley and Avery), were not going to seek ree ection, it would be proper to accord them a vote of thanks. He moved accordingly? These member* he said bad served several years and had given a good deal of time to the work.—Toe Mayor seconded, and tpeke of tha good work done by the ret ; ring eouncilloi s, and rf tha tearless manner in which they hid carried out the dutiei of their Olli'iP. The retiring Councillors returced thanks, and the Council adjourned.