THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2152, 26 November 1875, Page 2

THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

■ The usual fortnightly meeting of the Thames Borough Council was .held yesterday evening in the. new iC.Qunqilf Chambers. Present—His "Worship the ;&iaydr,!' v'Councillors. Eowe;' Eeistiavr/:Gibbons, Ehrenfried, Wilson, and Macjhab.- -.--■ ' - ■ •■• . : ':<■■'■■>,'??-■■-■ ■.iriNU'TES. the' minutes of the last meeting Arejre| read and confirmed; and the Mayor said* that as he bad informed; them a,t the last meeting, the minutes of the' meeting would have to be taken at the meeting itself., „ ,',-.' ; WATER SUPPLY/TO I'ABAWAI GABDENS.'- ---; The Mayor said that concerning the demand made by Mr Spencer to have the jwater laid on to the Parawai Gardens he hadseen Mr Spencer, and that gentleman, at his'request, had consented to allow wie imatter to stand over until .theyj'wl had an opportunity of conferring the Superintendent, who had been requested to furnish any information whidn '-niighfr"l * tend to throw light on the position in which they were placed with'regard to ■these water works. — „-...■...» ■ BUBBISH AT PABAWAI. , A letter-was. read from Mr Cribb-icom--plaining of the worthle'ssness 'of tli^? irubbish sent to his land at Parawai; alid A that some of the boxes placed'for rubbish contained night soil* which the men reiused to move, Eeferred to the Works Committee to inquire into the case. . EOAD IN PUKEHINAU CHEEK. A letter was tend fjpfm. Mr Reed reminding the Council of a petition fprwarcjM by the residents at Pukehinau Creek to have a road made' there. ; : Eeferred to the Works Committee tb: report on the cost. hull's battery. : A letter was read from Mi 1 Wickham complaining of a.nuisance arising from the smoke of the chimney of Bull's battery. ' ' ' -■.■"• f ithe Town Clerk to request Mr Wick-. ham to comply with the Act by de- ' positing ss. r '. , WATER SUPPLY IN MACKAT. STBEBT. • ■ A letter was read from the residents in Mackay street requesting .that the water supply, be.laid through that'street. ' ' i JJeferred to the Works'Committee 1 to,, enquire and report" on the cost. tara.ru cemetery. The report of the committee appointed to enquire into Mr Macfarland's charges for laying out the cemetery, and to ascer-

tain whether ttie Cemetery 1 Committee had teen authorised by the Council" to incur the expenses, was received. The items were £68 for laying off Tararu Cemetery, with plans, and £30 for laying off the proposed new cemetery. The special committee found that the Cemetery Committee had the requisite authority, but thought that Mr Macfarland's charges were excessive, and were" further of opinion that in all future cases when the expense of a work exceeded £25 it should be first submitted to the Council. Cr Rowe thought that Mr Macfarland ought at least to strike of£>£2o of his account. Cr Renshaw said it would be as well to-,refer, the r^att^r p£ charges 7'tp^tbiT OAmetery'CbmmiiteeT 1 The Mayor thought that as the account had been already standing for over two months it ought riot in fairness to Mr Macfarland to be referred back to any committee.,...' ,:,.,- ■>■,-.--.,•■■-• gO jr.ri.l;---.: *' Cr. Bow?" said,thdt the graves. Jia*cos.t----25,4<l each,..whereas ;l;s 6d per^grave-was= quite sufficient. ■. .\ V.*-u •-,.■.•,■,•.—.•.. V.. 1-.'■/";. The Mayorthought thaVlftfor©' they, said there was an >6ve Trcharge>the'y ought' to be satisfied that such was the eg.se. jj'Cr'Ehrenfried saia;he rdid not S(qe how anyone could say therFhad been an overcharge .unless they, had. actually visi|ed ihe'^'round/which 'haHno't'-bileh dbh'e...',.'..-. Cr Wilson said that a great deal of work had been dqne,, much-^moro, than tn^ supposed. „_' V!'■.*..... „..,,., . : ,t-' -, 'jror €. Gibbbns'.said; that 'he for. one was} quite ■jFiJling.to go and .visit >he grjsUAd' .. „'Cr^Khrenfr'ied... sai(l \ that the ; ,c9mmitte.e s appqinteijtp inquire into #ie items^ctf £fi#and £30, according ; to>} a resolution oEHhe' last meeting of the Council, had performed theif jworjfy/ which ...work ~wasositting an ' judgm,ent ,up,on»ithe..services of-aprofes- - jifc-abbufchalf ;;an. hour: "i This: X thoughtr^vasi insufficient. thought' they ■'> ought <» td -haye seen" the 1 •r ground | themselves (:"ilr '■ /": ;! '; v a':-'";;-'V^ ' Cr- 'Bens'haw :said' thktr'the 1 committee lfa# beeir appointed' for r4wo , (1). To see whether the committee who authorised the cemetery o being.^lwd.^ut• b"ad:?;sufficient v authority.iliq, do;^qi,wbitsh , was found to be thecaseT" (2)'. To report whether-the charge .w^s ,an overcharge. Oh this point 'they" had had no answer,! and he would move that the matter be referred jt>ack to the; .committee!" rt'o -visit the ground and report upon it. .y ': Cr Ehrehfried seconded the motion. "' Gr Rowe said he Was quite-satisfied' xthat the matter- was ail overcharge^ that; the money had never been earned, and be, was quite willing' togo into the whbie 1; matter from the first. " :Cr Eenshaw's motion was then put and carried.,' ".. .' ■'„;-. ;..■'■; .. ■■:■> [ ■'■'■'■' ' tfINAKCIAI,. -■Therpay sheet for the fortnight, amount--ing.tq,£96 8s Bd,.was read and passed for payment. ■•;■:■••■■■-.'■ ■■■■•■ -.—!</; -■'■■■■■•'■ '■ ■•';• ■ «■::■■:■ -: r:n'.W>ATEB SUEPIiTi" '-:--;' r \!\"'':) Cr''Macnab brought before 'th'lT notice' of the Council the fact thaA .there, ought tb'beHn"his opinion somS .prqpo'rtiqnEite, charge 'fixed for' those taking, in the .water SU'p'plyi"^' I';':,.'" C „ ■:"■■•• ■.:■'•} ':■■.'!; ;'i"'. ' C.p.^enshajW^said that; tt\e),present: ar-i rangement,.wasthakevery;quarter broken into should be paid for.-whether corn--plated .or not, and proposed; "that the; matter be referred to the water commitr'' tee. Carried. r r . „_ ■-■' iv-pIic&TIONS FOB BUIEDING'SITES.' ' *'.

Th^'iTaybr said he begged to bring. under ; the. notice of the. Council two, a^piiQatiqns for building sites *on .the. beach. * As there were .so imany-.peopler out of work, and as the applicants, he belieted^vere. prepared; toMgoctoithe^xpense of putting up machinery,'he thought that if proper applications were made, and they appeared 'to-be of a bona fide character they ought to be granted. He would a lease of not less than seven years. Mr Benshaw thought they ought to be granted under somewhat similar terms to those already granted. „ .. .. ■ In answer to a question from Cr Ehren-' fried the.3kta.yor said the applications would- be -for, iand 200 feet 'by about 200 feet, and would be for tailings machinery; ) -* - ' '-• ' . Cr Ehrenfried thought ife was advisable to encourage anything of the sort for the good of the district. Cr Eenshaw thought it advisable to have more particulars, and that it would be best to refer the matter to a committee to report upon. _, ' :The"Mayor said the- matter- had been: standing now for over a fortnight, and as the men were strangers to the district they would perhaps'go away unless they got a favorable answer soon. , „ : , ; jCr &o!we thought that those who,occu^ pied land now had it on very favorable terms, more so in fact than they ought to grant to others. The Mayor thought that it was much better to have the land occupied than to have iit teiag idle for several years, and that as : ; :hey had men willing- to spend money there, it was in every way advisable to let them Have the land. , Or Ehrenfried "thought they ought to lef-the, people have the power to erect the bTfedingslgiving them clearly to unders^'nd that.they had no pow§r to grant the land. . , ■■-■•.., / .Cr. jGibbpns thought; .it-would be best' to refer the matter to a commitoe to enquire into; the business, i' . . ; Cr Ehrenfried said that as the Superintendant; "would be here next week he would move that a committee be formed of the Mayor,. Cr Eenshaw and the mover to .wait on the Superintendent about these applications. Cr Eowe said he had strpng objections to granting the land. If they were to go on in this way they would soon, have all. the land occupied. „ : ■ j The Mayor said this was just what they j ■wanted. '-;- ■ ■'' - ■' ■ .-: ''' t ,/■''-••• Cr Eenshaw,said he proposed';to ask the General (Sfevernmeht to grant the: land subject to term 3to be approved of by the Council. ' ■"' ■■"' • Cr Gibbons. seconded Cr Ehrenfried's motion. .'- ' ; :.; Cr Eowe moved as an amendment that the General Government be : ur'gecl to hand over the foreshore, as there were several applicants forallotmetits." ' Cr Eenshaw seconded the amendment. The Maypr thQught^it was. simply driving capital out of the district. ; Cr Erenfried. agreed, with the Mayor, and thought'it was a most suicidal, policy, as it was merely shirking the question. Cr Gibbons "thought that they ought to grve^thdsewho'wished td^ spend"capitar"a chance of doing so. - Cr Bowe said they^had no right to deal 'with the property in' question any more 'thart with any other private property. Cr Ehrenfried said that it would very likely be three months before they got an answer from the Government. The Mayor then put the amendment