SPECIAL MEETING.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3115, 11 February 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL MEETING.

! -T;So>r:-'A ; TM Bl<* PFKP. j ;S!o , : :,. J ; 7 gr ; Immediately at the eloseof theabW*!£ meeting another wai held to eons*ierli letter received from the Secretary of'tte<"-' United Pumping Association ©KiiJ£ Tothill), informing, the Council Ait 7* meetinß "of directors of the JfrßlAi lo^ KetherwithrepreseritatiresoFiheßotdtiiHi, and County Councils would be heldlil Auckland on Thur»day, the 13th, fo^ the ;- purpose of considering the prepen* itate, f of affairs as regarda the Fanip, wlv infiting the Council; to scud meiabersjio represent them on that ocoasion. : : hv tkl ; The Mayor said the Council hod to eon* aider whether it was necessary for then tif J be represented at the meeting; if n«Mt» ?\ sarv, the number of delegates to brseatpo and the instructibns to be given to stieh" delegates. On the notion of Cr Ehren- 1 fried, seconded by Cr Wilson; the ddii*»-_ bility of being repreaented at the meetiot 7 was affirmed, and 'the; Mayor and (S'r Speight .^ere, on the motion 1)of t:"G£/ Ehrenfried, appointed delegates. ; *':??'-{'%*, A. short discussion then ensued|s to* the instructions to be giren them, katr, it was eventually decided to leave the matter in their hands, it .being understood that the Council would not be committed to any decided course of action until they had an opportunity of considering the proposals fully. *™

TU/ltfS 9im i A letter was read from Mr Glasson, of the£araka Boad, stating that av|k«4te fire his house was pulled down in drosT that the surrounding property might be saved, and, therefore, tteingTOw in a vary indigent state, he prayed the Council for some assistance. outside the r iimu« of tjUe Jporough, and ithat therefore the Council could not be i compelled to rebuild it. : A motion was ma&eTthat the matter b* referred tq (he Charitable Aid Comnut(ee t but on the motion! of Cr McGowS? seoonded by Cr Speight, it was retired ; that Mr Gla«son be informed, tba* ihe Council, while deeply sjmpathising witli him in his distress, do not /eel justified in expending the ratepayers' money in assisting him. . , , •_ This was the whole of the busineli. -R