BOROUGH BYE-LAWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 124, 27 May 1903, Page 2

BOROUGH BYE-LAWS.

DEPUTATION FrtOM BUILDERS. | C ONfTERENOE ARRANGED. | At the Borough Council meeting on' Mocdiy ivghfc a deputation from the Taranaki Master Builders and Architects waited oa the Council with suggestions for amend'ng the bye-laws. The deputation consis'ed of Messrs F. Messenger, Piket l -, Ewlng and F. Bellringer.

Mr Ewiog thanked the Council for inviting sugges'ions as to the bye-laws A committee of the Atifocktion had drawn up sugges'ions which had bsen approved by tl>, architects. He asked whether hj shou'd read the suggestions.

The M<*yor s'ated 'hat if they were! at all lengthy they would have to be considered by t v ;e Bye laws Comuiitte<* and it would be bet'er to hand the suggestions in. Mr E wing thought it wou'd be batter to s'ate the views of the Association which ha proceeded to d>. He added that it was generall/ thought that the surges ions might be adopted, al-to that elaatic'ty s'oulil be given to reading the bye-lawa. II>) also drew attention to the ha'.ddhip oo practical but non-certiSeaUd working plumbers urJer the bye-laws and he suggrstei that the master plumbers should b3 responsible.

In reply to tho Mayor, Mr Ewing they did not wish to bricg up the question of the Engineer being the sole arbitrator.

The Miyor sugg sfced that it wtmlJ be better to consider all matters in connection with the question at the same tine.

(Jr. B.l!ri?ger moved that the deputa'ion meat th 9 Bye-Laws Committee and go into the question. Seconded by Or. Edmunds and cirrie^.

Or. Wood sjgg'stod the d- putaiion should furnish the Council with a copy of their proposed amendments as soon as and this Mr Effing undertook should be done,

ANOTHER OVBE OF HiRD-HIP. Mr J. 0. George w tit.el oa the Council rela'ive to alteration* to a bakehouse in Cun ia Lane, 110 did not want bis build.ng Lung up aid atked that something migh 1 -. be don \

Or. Collis said it was another cise of misunderstanding enl he suggested it should be tr.ated the same ps Tmperial Hotel, and le'; the mutter drop. Cr. Alexander moved to refer the matter to tha Works Committee Oir.ied.

Subequeotly fte Engine r prod'ic>d the p'an and poin-e J out that the back wall should be brick.

Mr George said he submitted his plan and got a permit to gi on with the building and he conteLdjd thit a brick wall at the back was nob nec.ssiry.

The matter w,is p wtponed for con tilera ion in committer

IMPERIAL HjTftL 04.9 E. PROCEEDINGS TO BE DROPPED. Mr Roy advised, on the Imperial Hotel cas?, thit the Borough losp'ctor had no power to make the riquisitions of March 23rd. He W..8 of opinion that as regirds the brick wall to Currie Lone and the iron doow ar.d shutters in the existing brick wall, tint the O-uocil hid no remedy against the owner under the bye-laws, and that any compliance with subaeq sent requisitions had not bro jght Mr K lynr-s under the bye-laws. Tie Borough Engineer was right in requiring the extonaion of the oross-wall, but, unfortunately, this requisition was not insisted upon until the notice of Decembir 21 b, aid nothing furthsr had done. He was sitipfi jd if proceelingi were taken they would ba met with the defence that the Council is debarred by reus mot its pneti al acquis cance in the non-exten-sioa wall. iJe regretted t,h -re wus no prospect of tha Cojticil succeeling, and hid, therefore, not taken ac-ion. It ti him that Mr S taiu-d, when writing on Decembtr 19 oh and May 6ih las", coali not have bien fully iosiructei.

Tae Mayor considered that, af er a conversation he had had Mr R >y, th :-re was littli chance of the Oounc l succeeding. He thought it would be just as well to let the whole m itter drop. Or. Smith inquired if there was any latter from Mr Samuel changing hit views,

The Mayor siid there was no further lette-, but be understood there wa9 new evidence Mr Samuel had not seen. Oi\ Col'is inquired what new evidence th-re was.

Cr. Aluan er said that thi late Mayor and some of the C .uncillors had weakened the Council's case by giving permission to go on with the wo<ks.

j Or, Oonnatt repudiated any rfflec ion |on the Oouncil. Tha solicitor had conit inuiliy advised the Oouncil had a case, land he was responsible. I Or. Edmunds was satisfied that the Oouncil oull not succeed, and he moved, ae he had done at the last meeting, that the m itler bo dro^pei, Cr. Col'is protested against the Oouncil making itself a laughing s'ock of th 3 town. If there was any further evidence it shou'd be brought out in open Court.

Cr, B .11 ing r said the late Mayor flatly denied giving any pjrmis'ion, Or. Oonnett considered that if this case was dropped Me-srs Bellcinger Bros, hid be.n harshly treated. He again repudiated any reflection on tho Oouncil.

The Mayor said it; was evident the solicitor was rf sponsible, He had ad. vised the,- Oouaoil bad a claim on Mr liaynes, but Mr Roy took the opposite course,

Oa a division the motion wis oirried on the Mayor's casting vote. O'S. Suaith, Tis;h, Edmunds, Alexindcr, and the Mayor vo'ing with the Aye?, and Ors. Wood, BalJringer, Brooking, Oollis, and Oonnett votiug with the Noes.