WAITARA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 209, 8 October 1909, Page 1

WAITARA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of Hip Waitara Borough Council was held on Wednes-day-evening. Present: ||i s Worship l!i • Mayor, Councillors .Spurdlc. Tale, Bine's-, Brabant, Birdling, Kattcnbury, and •Klenner. The Waitara Harbor Hoard wrote as follows:—"That this Hoard agrees to pay to the Waitara Borouiiii council in perpetuity one-half Hie net" revenue drived from the -liridge and river endowments provided the Council take oy.-r all responsibility of rehuilding and the upkeep of the bridge across the Waitaia river in future." It was inoved by his Worship the Mayor, and seconded bv Cr. Brabant. "That the Council of the Borough of Waitara accept from the Waitara Harbor Board on the conditions set forth in their letter, but subject to ratification by legislation, the control of the bridge over the Waitara river, provided that the cost of administration of revenues concerned docs not exceed 5 per centum per annum; such acceptance to be conditional on the Council of the County of Clifton paying to the Council of the Borough of Waitara as the for-

mer's apportionment of the cost the sum of two thousand pounds (£2000) to be paid in equal half-yearly payments of fifty pounds ( £SO), for twenty year's and the Council of the County of Taranaki paying to this borough the sum cf twenty-five pounds (£25) per annum for a period of forty years. Failiii" tin latter body accepting the terms off ere 1, that they be cited before a Commission to determine the annual payment they shall make; and that all expedition be made by the Harbor Board and this Council to accomplish the necessary legislation to bring the resolution into effect.

the Health Officer's report was real drawing the Council's attention to the very unsatisfactory arrangements at present existing as to the removal of rubbish within the borough. At present the duty of removal devolves upon each individual occupier of premises, with tii° result that rubbish i s stored until theie is sufficient to make a load and employ a carter to remove the same. He recommended the Council to consider the advisableness of instituting a service for t/ie collection and removal of rubbish on contract, and on the same lines as the present nightsoil removal contract It I would be found that such would Very much improve the sanitary conditions ot tli- town, and would be cheaper fo,each individual occupier than the present system. 'The system outlined in vogue m every borough within my district with the exception of Waitara and I trust your Council will see the advisableness of adopting some such method also.'

I The Clerk of the Inglewood' BoroiHi Council wrote stating that the Council intended to nominate Mr. D. II Macdonahlas its representative on the Tnranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, and asking the Council to also nominate him.

Mr. KB. Maunder wrote asking the Council to open up the two fences crossing Carey-street and two fences crossing Harris-street, to enable him to have access to section 11 of block 32, which he now occupies. The foreman's report for the month was read. Resolved, That Mr. D. H. Macdoiia'ld he nominated as a representative on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board In reference to the Health Officer's report, it was decided to leave the matter m the hands of the AVorka Committee to (leal with. A petition from a number of ratepayers asking that a road be opened up on Gorman-street pointed out that the road at present was quite impassable.— The councillors said that it would be quite useless to do anything at present and it was decided to leave the matter m t lie hands of the Works Committee to attend to the work when the weather is suitable. It was decided to draw the Coveinment Department's attention to the dram in Broadwav, the present drain being far too small to carry the water Accounts amounting to £l2B 2s 2o were passed for pnvment. J}n~ c '?l mcil '« overdraft stands at tIOG is Id.