BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 9 June 1914, Page 5

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTHLY aiEETIXG." ' At the monthly meeting of the New , , Plymouth Borough Council last .v there wei\> prp-ent line Dqimy-JLayor -i (Gr. W. A. I'ouis) and t'rv. A. 11. John- , stone, J, KiUby, W. lleaiy, W. Ambury, : G. Tabor, and •!. J\ Muu'nix. BATJI.S AND BAND. - . I 'The BaMis an.l Hand Committee re- •/' commended that a payment W £2O be made to the XI. Regiment I!iin<l upon - " the condition (hat twenty-four concerts • ■> he given (luring the year at dates and ' in places to ibe arranged to the approval ' " !: of the Council; that three r;*presenta- ' tives of t'liis committee bj appointed to tihe Citizens' Committer of the Band; that the re.sigiuit iun of Mr Morris, pug- '* todSaii of the bath«, be. accepted and ho >i* be granted a lnoirt- s leave »t abseneoag from' June 30; .fnat applications be called to fill the vacancy, at a salary o! £lO4 per annum, sulbjec.t to conditions to '"f-si be arranged j t-i;U the engineer bo in- ■ strutted to call for tenders for painting the baths bunuing. Cr. JohnstJane drew attention to tho * ' fact that the baths were.never satis.- ..««&$ factorily cleared, and that rubbish which acuitnyulated in the. pipe was washed •back into the bath. He therefore mow- "'.'i'J ed that the report be referred back "to '.13 tlie committee. •$ The engineer explained that nca.w*ed sometimes accumulated in tuie pipes. j| It was decideu to recommend the committee to immediately consider the mat- • POWDERHAM STREET WALL. \ The engineer (Mr 0. Skitrop) report- * jjed that the work of uedcrpipning the retaining wall in Fowderliam street has been successfully carried out. The outer V* point of the wall was now resting on ft solid founusition, whidW wa« found) ten . ( | feet below the bottonv of the wail, the -J intervening space being filled with con* - 2 cete., ' 'a WAIWAKAIHO BRIDGE. The engineer reported that with the (members of the Taranaki CountyCCou- t "l oil -and their overseer (Mr Bond) lift "I had visited the Waiwakaiho bridge, the eastern portion of which was uwdbri ',>il scoured considerably, there being danger of the foundation scouring away.-'II and letting the eastenn end of the r £g bridge down. H. approved of Mr Bondfr' jaj scheme of repairs, provided the used were not too large;. The work wo# ilsj It was decided to urge the Tawmild aM County Council to take immediate tion to repair the bridge!, ' j«IB