LAWRENCE TOWN COUNCIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 351, 29 April 1874, Page 2

LAWRENCE TOWN COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers, on Thursday evening last. There were present — The Mayor, and Ors. Armstrong, Hay, Arthui, and Ferguson. The minutes of the previous meeting and special meetings were read and confirmed. The following letter "was received from Dr. Halley. with thanks :—: — " Lawrence, April 27, 1874. . " Gentlemen, — Having had my attention ' arrested lately by the accounts of a recent outbreak of typhoid fever at Cromwell, and the great mortality following its invasion, it has occurred to me this would be the proper time to take such steps as might tend to check its ravages, should it unfortunately attack our district. " From the various reports of the fever at Cromwell, it WQuld appear to have been of a low type, and of such a type as especially finds its home in an ill-drained or ill-ventibfced town. "Now, I can not call our town»nip very deficient in either of these rcßp* c ts- Still, I think that as we have «n Inspector of Nuisances, he should bo specially charged at this time to make a rigorous survey of all back premises, and rigorously enforce clenli- . ness. "In walking through Lawrence on a still night, I "can recognise, if not with the traveller in Cologne, ' two and seventy,' yet a few — 'Stenches all well-defined, and several stinks,' each area from which such effluvia proceed, being a neat from which ferer may be hatched. " Trusting that I may have directed your attention to a very important »übject, " I beg to remain, " Very respectfully,^. " Ebbnbzeb HAtiSsis" f " To the Mayor and Councillors of " Lawrence." A letter was received from Mr. Harris, complaining of water lodging in front of ivs v store, and leaking into his premises. Ho at* . tributed tho cause of complaint to the recently formed footpath. The Public Works Committee were instructed to direct the surfaceman , to cut & drain to carry off the water. The following accounts were received and referred to the Public Works and "Finance Committees :— Thomas Buckley, eight weeks work, £16 ; W. H. Smith, inspector, £10. On the motion of Cr. Hay, it was decided to" plant the 100 gum trees, kindly offered to tho Council by Mr. Tuckey, in tho new | cemetery. The Town Clerk was directed, to instruct the Nuisance Inspector to take proceedings- 1 against offending parties. On the motion of Cr. Ferguson, seconded ; by Cr. Armstrong, the Public Works Committee we're appointed to wait upon Mr. J. C. Brown to ask him, if possible, to negotiate • an arrangement between the Government and Mr. S. Wootton regarding the Channel which - runs through his property. Cr. Hay moved, and Cr. Armstrong seconded, "That Mr. J. C. Brown be requested to; endeavor! to get the. sum of £200 "* placed upon the estimates for the construction ■ of a bridge over the Creek at the mouth of Gabriels Gully." Carried. Cr. Ferguson moved, and Cr, Hay seconded, " That the Mayor be requested to convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and district to consider the matter of work* ing the Blue Spur tailings, to be held on Monday next, at 3 p.m." Carried. The Finance reports, Nos. 12 and 13, were received and adopted. The meeting then adjourned.