MEETING OF TOWN COUNCIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 38, 31 October 1868, Page 3

MEETING OF TO WN COUNCIL.

A full meeting of Town Council was/held; on ■Wednes i day H eveningj his - "Worship the M^yor presided, rj : THE SCESTE AT IiAST MEETrN^G:, ~ \ "TKe 1 Clerk "having read' the minutes - of last ordinary meeting, - - Cf. Keen' objected to the portion which referred to the 1 /acting-mayo? ' leaving the^phav*. j t \ t. t \ . ' Cr. Hay said the minutes were - correct:;; "The acting-mayor^haTi ;left '■before Cr. Mears' motion was* sedonded. - -He-requested the- Mayor to- give the Council his-'rulirig bn^hatfinatter. .The, Mayor _said it would be .very iinvidions ion his /.part 'tol express- "an opinion either wayi All concerned ~ se^me'd* i^/hav^"-^p : vwi/'W'arinr on that occasion, a|^ perlraps their "ze^-1 for -the public- service had -led-thenvjbo ■ bVerOTep : the boiaids of- discretion.'.! ' Cr. Keen saicl'he should like to haVe "the" fpllpw^ig .^substituted j for ibhe Clerk's minutes: — " The CJb^irmanre| fused- ;tq- entertain- -the proposition, ranng he" cb^ld not d 6 so*, W it 7 wfrirld . _liaYe. the_effebt .bl attacking a ..resold passed in i3iis> municipal year, and as- Cr. Mears refused to icease speak-~ing,-}eft-the;qhair." - f; *"' *Cr.' Henderson moved the confirma._tion of the-minutes as they stood; t Or. Mear& seconded. The Mayor asked Cr. Keen whether "he wbilia, move his . alteration as an amendment. Cr.-' Keen-said -it was hardly worth iiis i 'while td'lioso, as; from the feeling displayed, Jtwas evident the majority "of the Council would prefer .incorrect minutes to'ficceptinghis correction. -Cr. Walk i er ; then ! moved Cr. Keen's alteration a^^in amendment ;. seconded byiCr.-E^een, '(. '...' i ..x. x • On being put.tothevote,.the:amerid-mentr.-vrats 1 ISstj/and. the minutes- confirmed.as" read. ; - , ; ; -' . il ; ( „ ', The minutes >f the spe'cial J tfseti#.g pf "Mbn'day.^wem then read" and .ap- 1 proved; \t I\l ' ' '«■.&;*'•.,+', , Seyeral^aecounts were then jrepeiyed and-r^erreditQ '[the. .I^naaxce Cojnini^ tßft/s;iaVf X-A i:I ; >.-i ( '-i | Tenders for printing -assessment forms : Tt&STQ&t ' ! opened: 2 '^Matthews; and 255.;. Fergnsonpßilrns,J and t Lndford, 125.. - 6di tfL Th^ latter,' being lowesi^-was accepted.; " J '- •■ \ Pr. Hay£gate notice" f thatMhe Tfouldl move_at next meetings "That tenders, »d!r%e : fotebn%fo?fath| o» ob® nflrthMde Q&fiofsatßhceil'fn , j 0 ? j Cr^ Meysep:cgave tooticefofi ■gnoffon, j ■« THa* tenders'ibe" fdt^lid l^-; rrjnatioh of-Lancaster-street'. ?>^ ;Jt °JJ.\ *dr~ Hay asked the Mayor wtien lie %jjqwa^v^ air fa. regard ty f a > 4m£L<« ' r^+>hQ vi".: 'it ,t ■;-'''«■■ "-:■ t "f'\,',

The Mbxoc*>bk& Jw«TCluld call fh (fc Walker gavcf not!ce^a|Qe'wVulJm^"T^^ three* -ehastffiftie or-lessVi. ; i ivl ,l ; Or Meaw ga\e'*notice of motioii, "That itjs\advisabie3q,exte^ae footpath pi™* +a +ji™w i! ftriara -^.«a/-.ttj the aSSons ' in^V^ai^wte the llttte^ftSpy , being apifdvft. Mr fla/s mo^pn'UatVWJCToiMGil should-^rmspeC^elJgfoun^iot finding a seco^fe,;;; '.', l',^ '. \ I Or. Hears -caUed>li&/atteiiljiAiL.of the "Council" to'&e. numbei .o!:loose lidfses^uiining abou&h^t^Tyn^ip io the.endang^gof life'alidlimß.^j , 'Cr. Keencoi^lainedof .tKe.d?auiage running acrosT the , footpad ." at the Bank of New, South: Wales! ; +•] ,T, T ! ■Cr.'Me;a>ssuggested,t%'some>teps shou^bltaken Si V^4.fr Municip4toer y es:. , ' / ;.'• ,,,- .]^ ' Cr Hay called the attention^bf the Council to. the coUection'.'of* sedimentattheiunctiono'fithetwo.creelfs. The water, Vas turning right round, and the consequences-might- -be:, serious-. in theeventofaflqo^-^ i '. • =•;," • ,Cr.jMeai-s asked : if, the agreement between "the 'Corporation ,^nd the Phoenix Water. Eace, Qo. > h^dj .been drawn up.. After' some/ conversation, the' Town Clerk was [in^icfed to write to Mr. Maddock,on the-matter.; Cr. Mears.,move^that the Town, Clerk snould 'write x to inquire when the-^overnment iriteVded-coin'pletrrig their works in- EtisVTlaW-V^^r Cr/Keen 'seconded; andHhemotit)?! was unanimously Mapfed. j The.} CQuncil.th.env adjourned, ito Wednesday." the 11th W. " i fLjx r.»-i x <v r - i