BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 122, 25 May 1903, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

■ . 1 rHE following 0 maai'.tees' reports will be laid bifore the Council this iDß"--Works Committee: —That the assistant at the Waterworks (Atua) be' engaged ah £2 per week cf 48 hours; thit 250 feet of piping be purchised from the Harbour Board at 2s 6d per lojt; that Or. j . Tiscn, Alexander atd Wood be a Committed tj view and report on tta fillings in Vivian-street; that Ors. Bellring«r, Brooking aed Smit h ba a committee) to suggest names I for i>ll streeis in the borough a', presantl unnamed; that His Worship the' Mayc, oi'Bi Alexander, Oinnattand Wood be a ccmmitte-) to confer with' the Taranaki County Oou r cil and the Henui Koad B >ard regarding tho alleged excjesive trnffia on their respective roids anl a'si to confer with Iho

Qenui Road Board as to tha metalling of the road from Aroa's Store to the abattoir gate ; (hit tha Engineer be in his 0f&39 at 2 p.m. on Wtdnesdays and Saturdays, for the purpose of dealing with applications for building permits; thit a street crossing be made in Gill-street near the Pinss Estate; that the GiS Company be urg.id to hava the g*s oonn>ct-d with the fallowing lamp;: -Corner of Gill ani Biowa-streats, corner of Hobs in and Moleswortb-street, corner of Hiae and corner ot M :rloy and Youag-street?, and at tfce Rocrea'iou Grouods ga'e; that theateea'ion of the Gas Company be c ill d to thi condition of sonn of their lampj; thit Ors, Brooking, Bellringar and Wood, be a commit'ei to inspect the drains a*; the lower end of Gov -r-street and to hava power to act; tmt three pairs r.f gum boats ba procured ; 'ha*. tha Eigin'ser he initructei to repur asphalting and tarring in D .von st.tet whe e nec ss>ry;ihai Crs. Bellriogt'r, Saii h and Wood be a c»m nittes to report on the bathing sbed for the E :st End ; that His Worship the Mayor and tha Engineer in-pect the Mangotubu culvert under Brougham-street a&d report; that notice bo given to Mr VV, Courtney to fence in 'ha gully on his property in Vivian streot and tj trim fu z? on his proptrty in OoUit'naystreet; that the contractors carting stone for the Council be notified tha'. th y will be held responsible for any damige done by them to th 9 pwl g and guttering ; that the Engine rmika e* q'liries as to a secondhand boiler; that the Eaginger communicite with thedistiiet health officer through Mv Mestay* r as to the advisability of doing wi'hou l ; septic tanks and sending the ifflaent directly oil 1 ; to sea. Bye-Laws Committee:—That tin following clause be added to the byelaws : "If in the opinion of the Borough Oouccil a full compliance wi",Li these bye-laws or any provision thereof ivould needlessly affect wi.h i. jury the courses and operations of buaimss, or be attended with great loss and icconvenience to any person without a corresponding benefit to the eornmu'i y, tha Council may, on special applicitian, relax the str'ct observance of any provision, or m dify the same, provided that such other terms as th y m->j imposs be complied wi h by the ap plioant." Reserves Committee.—That Or, C-tSlie be chairman; that Mr Stanley Smitk bi gran'ei the g aaing rights of 1 h« piece of land between tl e tienui rivei and the Parsomge grcuad j , oa term! of his appl ; ca'ioo; that the Litrrarj and Dibi iog Society bs granted the ■ise of the Cou- cil Cnambers on ever) Tuesday evsnin/, wb n not rcqiirad foi Council meetings, until 9,30 p.m., hi 2s pir cijht; that Mrs Warren's appli ca'ion for removal of the boiies of tw< children to a different pisri.'n in th Cemetery be granted on condi'ion that the consent of thi Coloni 1 oe first obtiir.ed ; that tb que tioa v [ju.chasing the two grave pit) s offeree by Mrs Warren ba referred to th chiirman to deal with; that Mr Pur null be refunded 5s per square yard foi the grave plo's at the Cemetery to i-i quired by h : m ; that Mr P. Martii •6 informed that the Oouncil has n' ntention at preset of appo n'.ing t carotiker for th) Abattoir Reserve that te iders be called for grubbing act clearing furze and bramblei from thi ibitt ir Reserve, with the exc'ptioi of a bjlt one chain wide to tha lef-, oi he western side, as a protection agaios the diift sand ; that a notice board bi placed on Resetve E prohibiting thi deposit of rubbish on Reserve E or th removal of earth or sand thertfrom that tenders be called for the remova >f fuze on Reserve E; that the Scaner Prose; vati>n Society be atked to co operate with the Oouncil in plantinj Reserve E; that Crs. Alrxmiei' ant Tisch be a deputation to wait on tai Commissioner of Grown Lanls to urgi ihe rxpedi ion of the Wes'era Pail exclnDgs. Finance Committee. —That the T <wi Cierk's assistant be granted an increasi of £l3 per annum.

Or. Bellrioger has given notice to move that the Finance Committee Consist of seven instead of five memb.rs, and that Crs, Oonnstt and TUcb be added thereto.

Or. Tisch has given notice to move that tho Mayor be added to the Reserves Committee.