Borough Council.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7795, 11 April 1905, Page 2

Borough Council.

Hie New Plymouth Borough CetMn cil mot" on MoaiHy evening, Then wcifl promt tbe Mayor <M* & Cock), and Crs. Medley, Browse, Ahier, Fraser, Collin, Burgee ClUt« Wilson, and Wood. —Stables,— Mr 11. Jones aoti&od that he ioIcndcd erocMuf (our loose boxes at the back of bis new stublos In King Street. Ho would deem it, -a favour If tbe «it« oould be lat an early date. It was agreed that the Wot** Committee shoul® view the site mA re|K>rt. —Bacon Company,— Tbe committee appolutod totonfar with Mr I'rico, chairman ol thf Tw ranaki Cooperative Bacon Cn., r»fcommended : (1) That provuljd Uw company undertake not to sailor to kill for any butcher or porfcbiitahsr carrying on business within tfr)U>r» ough, and pay the Council far Um year ending March glut, IW>9, a fei of. £lO, tbey be given permiMioft to retail pork within Uie borough, and that an agreement Indrawn up «o»bodying the above term*." The locommcndation ttnal to. . —Museum Management.— Mr W. Hpencer, secretary oJ the Mukcuiu Committer, walU<| uo (),, Council with the request front the committee that the Council sltculd taEo over the sole manage uMQt'm control of the museum, :~h» CiWMtt •ha<> tbe space at their •ligposalkad a caretaker to take care of the habits, The Museum O'omiuittM wow constantly getting exhjWts 3 hioro or, let« value, but the pullfe dra not know whom to consign Hh tended exhibit* to. They wore va* riously sent to Mmr* Bayly, Ml* ner and himself. II ifo Council take over the muiwum the exWWU could be sent to the borough office, and an increased number of nkh bin* should toe received under mink dpal control, A number of nib* wriptions had beon received, and alter paying an outstanding icmwh of £lB Os Id there would be a do, hit tm.anco of £ll 7s, (n «*n«— to a liubiUty of £3 10s -or £4 »is connection with some coin* taoC had been lent to the museum tar a resident now in South Africa* Tha Museum Committee wens wtltiieife* assist the Council by dwUJulMtflHA arranging the exhibit*, and UmmM the latter were not insuKdtM' Council got .very good value •*-■*« j small outlay. The town M not J yet b&su cunvaseed for -■»-•—lrfiniM M i Jor exhibits, Alter some discussion it w«a m|H solved on the motion of Cr.' i tb'ut the Council should " tho control of the tnnwum committee to assist In the cationv Liability for the . was specially restricted to —Drainage,— The engineer was 1 proceed with drainage, after pital section w#s completed, la PosH derhtto Blreet from Dawson gtiJPP ! to Brougham Street, and in QUI Street from Cover Street to the sea* tic tank* """W

-HealthIt was reported by the Inspector that only one caws of infectious disease had been nollllcd in the borough during the first three moaUa of the present year, this being the case of scarlet fever In Cowtenay. Street, previously reported. During the. corresponding period of last year eleven easts had been reported. Thero had unfortunately been a can* of enteric fever this month, 11m Odse probably originated i n a visit by the patient to a locality adjacent to the Walmate Wains', from wh'ch place eevcrul other ciik.-m bad formerly originated. With regard t« other diseases the inaptetor legre*. ted to report that—while not beinga notifiable infectious disease—met* sles bad lately been. introduced into, the borough, and had occurred itt two scrupulously clean house* is St. Aubyn Street. Upon intyiirn he found thai it was almost tayaNt doubt that the disease had Imn brought to the town by the retuoval of a family from lfcumavlrke t* Sew Plymouth, this epidemic being Just now particularly prevalent <n Dannevirke. The parent* of boUl famines had promised that tool would take all possible care with a, view to preventing the spread of tha disease. —Licence Fees.— The Inspector reported that k.-neo last report he had been busy collecting license foos which (ell dot on April Ist. and hod to data eoW lected fees as follows :—Circus fi&» vehicle licenses, £4«: driven' ul ceases £» o»; billiard room Ht»u--ee\C} s' £9. a total of £B4 ss, * —lnapccUoon. inP*vi. i 1 i .^, Uh ln * ect <* report**!**. iug visited several premise* wild ra. foronco to water supply. He taek espeeial ao> of the sanitary ooadt. Uon of all premises which ne~k«* terauona to be eflected where Best*. sary. In several instances he hat ordered tlio waste of wat«r to te immediately stopped, and leaks tote repaired.. At his request wveral poaple had had \arde deaasd' and refuse removed, and he had -*— Inspected three fowl rum, the necessary refiutaiUoiu.< Vr*£ In course of construction had ZZ tested, and at one plape he b«4«a». odl Uie drain to betakaa On the suggostloß of the mas-on Ujo inspector waa instructed ton* port t 0 p, "J municipal properties affaWed «rit3 noxious wc-ods, ana a(tcj . <>een attended to. to wUfyVwnew sar^psr 1 ■"-»-- as -Sweoplng Footpaths.— Several offenders had been waracfc, reported Mr Kendall, to *se^S2£ during prohi«t«l hours. He stJtute prosacuUoni, ag-lns several —Drainage,— Mr Wm, Webber wafted r - t h« Council with refcrence to il?. TZ truest that the Council X JS "J recognise *** docl<ta » *« to Con^t r tee*" refcrW,ta -Teodera.— the e^u" o **? 1 l 0 MU <*««•« tor e.e olKDed „, ««■ lultteo consisiiog of the Crs. Cliff OW | fi TO wne7 "^