THAMES NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10347, 21 April 1911, Page 4

THAMES NEWS.

THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

- LAST NIGHT'S. MEETING. Ualst night's metetting of tho Thames Borough Council was attended by His Worship the Mayor (jMr Lowe) and Clrs W. if Lucias, F. H. Claxton, J. (Rlolwte, B. Deeble, and Wm. Taylor. Apologies w'enei mteived from the absent Councillors. —Minutes, Eta.—■ Thle minutes of the last'meeting! ■wetfe readl and adopted:, and the corre'spoudlence read and confirmed. —Gold Purchases'.—■ The manager 1 of the Bank of New iStouth rWjnlels wrote informing the Council that the gold) pon'chasea for the month of Marcli wore as under: Thames County 3020z lOdwtsi, Ohinemttri County 141ozs I7dwfe; Thames Borough, 92ozs 9dwts. —Ferry Service.—> Tha Aissistant Uhder-S'ectrctary of tha Public Works Department wirote sta-ting that the District Engineer had been insitruciedl to* submit a report as to the best sitei for the ferry service, and until his report was received no further action will lie taken in tha matter 1. —Gold Duty.—. The Collector of Customs wrote etaiting that the g|nld duty collected during tho qularter ended Maich 31 •was as under: Prodkic© of Thames County .£25 19s Bd, Thames Borough £31 5s lOd. —Thel Refuse Contract,—Messrs Taslker and Flynn wrote intimating that they had sold the "balance of tha ctomtract toi Mr Ma-1-aohi Deelbllei for the removal of refuse and! supplying and delivering of s,«wdus* from 30th April, and asked the Council to 1 accept him as the tenderer I.—Agreed to. —'Foreman of Works Rleiport.— Mr T. Jackson, foreman of works, reported :—"Owing to' the/ rails which weir© affixed ta the gum tree ut the South-West corner of the western boundary fence on the abattoir site, having become split alnd thereby insecure, caased 'by the growth of tho ti'ele, it Was found) necessary to erect a post and secure the rails thereto. The screens around the various trees in front of tha a batter 1 were also repaired and put in order. "Gobd progress has ibclen made in thel performance of riepairing the Moanataiari tunnel and aqueduct. About 100 roof slate and many side slahis in tho tunnel have been replaced with new timber. iSfeveral of the daps found! in pioor condition Were renewed, and also intermediate sets placed between the main sots. So far 150 ft of the tunned has liieen put in order, f.nd further ahead a mumber of slate will Require replacting. "The: work of reclaiming: the Waste portions of the Beach road is 'being pushed ahead. A| further seven chains of the railway boundary fenctei. between Qoohnane .and) Amy srtrteets, has been remiovcd 1 and re-ercted 12ft from the centre of the railway lines. "The contractor foa' the removal of mining debris from, the Karaka Creek commenced operations on the 10th inst., andl is malking i-apid progress. Pmlly 50 loads are being removed daily, and the gravel is ibbing* utilised fp'r formiujx tho following 1 parts to drrriMet levels: TJie eastern side of Rblleston stii-ot, between the Karaka Road and iMiary street; the we&tei'ii sddo of Clump-boll street, tetween Pollen, Martha, and Coohryiie. streets. "Tho contractor for repairing* the Shellbsick. Road made a start oii^ the Bth ins*., and the excavation work has been toraploted 1. Tho metal spatvls ara being carted to- the side ' of the Tartiru Road) in j-eadiness for ibreaking. "The Kb. 2 water meter has been received and connected with the mains at the Shortland Wharf. Tin's

was carried out oil the 12th insti. In •terms of your instructions duplicate keys in connection with thd twiO water meters have >faeen handed to the haifuourmaster. "Regarding the enforcement of section 148, by-laW 20. The proprietors of vehicles are gijvfing attention to matter of having 1 painted cfti their respective darriiagjes the irumbeir of passengers licensed to bo carried. "In accordance with your instructions I have caused tat poison t<j be laid in the crevices and holes for the full length of the for'eiastworik in the Karaikia and Nofoo Nolke Greeks, and; under the Gi'eiy street -bridge. I have also inspected those parts of the town mostly troubled with rats 1, and: abmut 60 places of taiiteiness have befen supplied with poison. I am quite convinced that the work carried out has teen the means 1 of dertroying a groat number. I would point out that 'special attention should be given to the foreshore aiea, and if'the Railway Department would. lay poison thetve it Would materially assist the Cbunfiil in its efforts to protect the Thames against the chief earner of plague. The practice of throwing 1 doadl rats on the footpaths and streets of the Borough 'being frequently in evidence. I rfpork'd the matter to the town clerk, who at once inserted a notice in tlia local newspaper to the effect that any person found' responsible for the act, would be immediately prosJecuted. "I would respeetfclly .suggest that the Worongh carpenter be appointed as an assistant inspector of nuisandes Thia womkl niot entail any extra expense, and wtould g|ive him piowfev to act immediately on any nuisance that he might detect without the delay of first of all reporting to me. "Since Avriting my report 'several e/omplairtts have been modfe to me that th'a 'Common iSiensJe' poison, a& refctommendeidl by the Health Department, Is killing the rat but not burning the earciass as was anticipated, and thereby creating a nuisancle. After 1 leoraminingl the dead' rats pointed out to me T considered it judicious to cease laying 1 any more poison until I hadl placed the matter tbfore the Health' Department." The report was adopted. It was decided to appoint the borough carpenter as assistant inspector of nuisances.