MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 473, 26 May 1880, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

An ordinary meeting hofjhe above took , place last evening at theuaual hour. $ Present—His Worship* the Mayor, and Councillors Perry, McOirdle, Gapper, Vile, Bish, and Renall. MINUTES. ■ The minutes. of previous ordinary and special meetings, were,:;read- and'.confirmed. " ' !: CORRESPONDENCE. ' Outwards :—To Secretary Volunteer ' , Fire Brigade re appointment of committee i to wait upon them.re grant in'aid; to i North Wairarapa Benevolent Society, en ■ I closing copy of resolutions passed by the ) Thames Borough Council re charitable ■ aid; to Chief Postmaster.re postal de- ' livery; to Mr Mason, engineer, re Wai- • poua protective works; to ohairman 1 Underwriter's Association re Fire Brigade, t asking for a new engine and pointing out the Brigade's want of fundi; to Colonial Secretary, asking for copies of Aqt*. Inwardsf.rrFrom Collector of Customs, advising the reoeipt of £5 for wholesale' 1 license from'Sellar & Hales; from Mr Mason re protective works; from Chief n Surveyor, re concrete blocks required for „ protective works; from J. Payton & Co.',g on behalf of Messrs Robert Gardner & g Co., Wellington, in reference to a'new ~ patent lamp suitable for lighting the Borough streets. FINANCE. COMMITTEE. 9 . The Finance Committee recommended [ t the following accounts for payment; they also laid before the Council a list of sub- ([ soriptions received by Masterton and ; B Wairarapa Hospitals.

The Mayor said they were liable for subsidies to hospitals up to 31st Maroh last, and the amounts were accordingly passed with the others* for payment.

.•ovekseer's'^ort.' I beg to report that Messrs Tinsley and Lahcely have completed their contraction . metalling ,20, chains of Renall-streety :to .the satisfaction of the Works .Committee. Messrs Hopkins 'and Dundee have coriiv menced their contract for forming and metalling 22 chains of railway road, but. owing, to the bad stat9 of the Weather very little can be done, Two horses and carts are now ; employed repairing- High-street, Kuripuhi. :Hmi] complaints haveconw to Mr Brown about Mr Gates been employed breaking stones on Highstreet) idling awsy his time, for. whioh I discharged him on Saturday last. Ihave.&c,

G; Hutton, Overseer. A letter was read from Mr S. Gates having reference to the above and stated that he had been doing the work of two men, also that he had; been. discharged through an old grievance with the overseer. .

The Mayor aik'edVwhether .Gates was engaged by the Chairman of the Works Committee, ■ "Or Renall replied.thai Gates had been sent to him by Cr Russell, and hi had sent him to work. Cr Renall stated that it was usual in other bodies to have men engaged by the Chairmen of Works Committees. > :■

Or Vile moved,;, secdnded by Or Rehall —"That itt.future,all Jmen required'for labor by the Oouricil^be:engaged and discharged by the Overseer on instruction from the Works Coramit'tee, Or Renall was-Ttoffj opinion that this" should not debar -per'stms: from laying a complaint before the Council. ■• He in-' atauced the case of'Mr Jackson the Chief Surveyor, who, on enquiry being made into the cause of his being discharged by Government, was found to have been wrongfully discharged, - They should give every one a chance to explain, be he high or.low;.; The motion was then.put and oarried,

' WORKS COMMUTES. The Works Committee laid the following report before'the Council • Since last meeting your'Cdmmittee have graded Albert-street and prepared plans and specifications Pennington's line formation will be ready; for'metalling shortly. Your Coramittee'have'been informed that it is the intention of;? the contractors to avail themselves, of 'the gravel- pit on Renail's estate, ■'Thisfis rauoh to. b'e regretted, as muoh will be done at this season'of the year to the roads upon whioh this extra traffic will fall. ... -■'- /:::..'! A. W. RenlU, ;' ; < . Chairman. : ■ ;jDv2Reuall ppihted.out that the contracwould out up the to go on with drawing the; metal at Vjthis Beasou of .the year. If would be better to arrange- with the parties to suspend their contract for a time. ' '" ( >i Or Gapper said that in his opinion an; r works required, should be' gone'with.a; once or deferred until spring, ftanced the state of High-street, KurS| which, in his opinion, had not been dom in the best manner. } (.?"' Or Renall explained that the difficulty with High-street had arisen through having- to- metal it-in-wet weather. Cr Gapper should have given them abetter plan to work upon,, instead of objecting to it when finished. It was 100 bad to it .could'hot be jemedieat-! J '; : r'p, ■/' ''\ '■' X Jpr.Glapporwigliedtocorreot Crßenall. -Atjihejtime/.q^compencement' he (the speaker) digging a drain at th?.«delpwfr|'pi-ko'fm water, Ifthis ,|;ad. JJ beW s dbnV'it r ;\v'oQld have made the : road'Qry? 7 '" : ' « «S 1 > •■ " : \ :; ■Cr 5 to reply, when ithe'Mayor.-aajdih'euWafcout of order,- and Jiei therefore isaM-Pffifiisgain. . <.,rj^e/matter o v«as. |ejer/red.:to the Works ,C.qmraitteelo.prbcpeaVith the work..

£ i. d. Salaries .• ;..,. ',.. , 713 8 Labor/.... J;;. •■;'.., ,.1212 4 Cartage ,. 12 0 0 Stone-breaking .. 317 1 Printing .. 110 0 Advertising ... ,. 3 4 3 Caaelberg, supplies . .. 1.611 Hales, do .. 0 19 6 Greytown Hospital. ■;. 7 ll.io Maatertou J.'; do . .. 2 9 4