GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 352, 31 December 1879, Page 2

GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnightly meeting wag;held, on Monday last Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Councillors, Udy, Barnard, Gray, Smith, and Kempton. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, '.'■.• COMESPONDENCE—OUTWARDS. To Manager Bank New Zealand, re overdraft To T, W, Bragging, ro Inspector of Nuisances ,''.':''' ' To U. Wakelin, re by-laws. To Colonial Secretary,, re election of Mayor, ' ..." . fNWAIipS, From Manager. Bank, re late -Local Board overdraft, and requesting an immediate settlement, ■ l _ ; ' ■/' From Secretary Mnsterton Hospital/re subsidy of £2 2s due hospital."' ", / From ft. 'Wakelin, agreeing to piint by-laws. ' ■'/'/'' FromT. W. Braggins, rebfltye of Ip« '■V-

spector of Nuisances,' and °^riJ^B|Hßß Applications were received. of Ranger from Geo.. Sayor andffifflSgm man, that of the former being acoHB^HH seconded, That a deputation, cfIHHB of his Worship the Mayorand CfIjHHHH TTdy, be appointed to interview ager of the Bank respecting the,<3^^^HH That the amount, £2 2s, boforwaroM^HH - BE INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES, fljj||^ Or R.. V. Smith did not agree with Mgß principle of dividing fines, and'thought it bH would be more satisfactory to appoint an MB Councillor!.Udy.'concurred in the re- 98 Councillor Gray thought, dividing the HB fines would bo a better arrangement) as KM the person.;appointed /would, be moreHßfl His Worship agreed, with.CouncillorßH Smith, and thought it wouhLkbetter toHH had offered to cart the necessarSHH| Councillor Kempton moved, CoJBhHeB ! Barnard seconded, That the 'ovei ; 3fl9m| instructed to tee to the formation inWHH street at back of MrMcMaster's priJHwK i nibiif that the Overseer should cIjHhH be passed compelling owners of proJßfißH ing a seconder, Councillor' Kemp HMBH j saults on the men whtTwere tak^pwW [ in a procession, were brought before a full bench of magistrates. As the member* i i of the police force had beenon duty for ' ! i 1 about 24 hours, Superintendent Brohara I f applied for a remand until Monday, when I rhe proposed to go into all the cases. The I r application was granted. One of the 1 , prisoners applied for bail, which wa? al)': i solutely refused. The Court was densely ' crowded, and outside there was an m ' 1 mense gathering, jn consequence of which !, the men under arrest were • brought sepa- / i lately, from the depot, under, a strong / > escort. various persons who were j I charged with throwing stones at Barretti I t Hotel kit night were each fined 60s/>bift \ \ . in no .eke was an order made for payment :) I ;' of any proportion, of as.it &ulftjk I :. notbe proved that any particular' mlAjftj - had caused a breakage of glass. WHgHH , the remanded men were taken back to iflfflj > depot they were surrounded by constalilKßH i and the entire crowd followed as farBBH [ the gates. Perfect order, was, hoyevJHßß i _ At noon the special constables paraqflßß : in the barrack yard! They were nddre'siSHH i by his Worship the Mayor',' who, Ingram official capacity thanked them, for theH| loyalty they had displayed, and for tW« good services thoy had rendered on tMHfB previous evening. As it was possible their services might again be aHffl , did not at present purpose to dismflH| them. In consequence of representatiHSH and appeals which had been made toljjgHßa by the leading residents in >ChmtchurHß| and Sydenham, he had that morning iffi| ferred with the Chairman of theLicensimHS Commissioners as to the! desirability fin closing Barrett's Hotel for a time. TllggH Commissioners had concurred in theeißßl pression of opinion, and an order hJBw been sent down for the hotel to be closcHfl until after the new yoar; The annniincJßHß ment was H| Superintendent men ted the special constables effective service they had rendereWHM| time when the police force had bfIHHBB avoidably weakened, He then ifl«K&§£ the men that they would have-JHHBI at seven this evening in^' * "BBBHH might a'cain be JJUSSmm The three injured, men wHh|S[(Hhß| passed an excellent nightandr^HHßHß