MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1177, 13 September 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

AiiddM" . jo■'■■ l ' \ The ordinary fortnightly meeting.of the %V ut F h Ql"npiljwa9 ih'eld last . i eUfvw^-PfeVeirt tlia Mayor, and Ore Perry, Chamberlain, tapper, Heron, and Price. The minutes of the previous meeting' : vyere repiand copfirraed. ' ■ /.(' ,r i c 1 i"l ' i \n applioatiop.v^w»B ( read,i■from; Mr J. 5 | Wvetb; '{or permission to ereot a |in JJ«.4,di4triot.*fith wonden f ;Wails_ : add■ ; Motion 'of i Gi- ! PricVit! ' was resolved that the requeßt: could not; ofi ttie building J Mr Bentlfty applied- for an increase of ■alary, on the ground: thai the .High way Board ■Or ! Gapper J'Does,.. the - Board get the poahdfek »■ a 'The Clerk':"Yes. ' , ; Cr Gapper: What t do" the general receiptor,the ppund.amouottp. ; T&Ciw*? «t« t

Gr Gapper: Just enough to pay expenses. rOn4he motion of Or Feist it waa de« cidedthe.application could u«t be enterthe Council were not in a poaitiontoigranlj an increase. 1 ! : KinUPONI Hill. An>.application for a license to hold pnbl'e meotings was read from the Sue 0 tary. The Clerk reported thatlhe .borough "surveyor was prepared to certify to the hall being 6t for a license, The Mayor said the.building was a safe one - Or Heron moved that the license be granted, Bub|eot to the approval of the' surveyor. . |' Or Gap jier would not oppose ,1 lie motion, 1 hut-he blamed Mr Russell, wh<> knew the forms of the Council, for not complying with them. Motion carried,, reports The Works Committee reported 1. That Mr,Parker had' satisfactorily com- ■ ple'ied the Upper Plain footpath- 2 Mr J. Sinclair had completed the Renall-st culverts satisfactory. 3. A grating was require l ! in : tHe new ctilvert in Chapel-st, and it few loads of metal laid there., .The t overseer Aborted';th'at!part>6f Qiieen-8t near the Scotch Oburoh,required inetall-. ing, and the Committee Ta'oihorised the work. That notice be given to Mr Perry tofenceforj theprotection of thefontpath in Periy-st,.and,: that; an Abyssinian pipe suitable for the iibb of; the Fire Brigade be sunk near Mr Bell's store at ia' cost not exceeding £3. That notion be given to owners of property on the- Kuripuni stream to clear it Of ohstruntioos. : >? ; The report; was'iidopted.The Inspector of Nuisances reported that there was a stagnant pool on a section owned by the Bank of Auatralasia in Dixon-street. Also that he did not con sider ttje.£uripuiii'credk,a nuisance in its present state He found settlers were willing to remove obstructions in the * stream 'ojiposite their" properties, and added "If so why'don't they set at it 'and 1 do it ?". l( He,promised', ■tu''report to next meeting 011 other creeks mid iir»ins • • The Finance Committee reported the 'overdraft to be ;G735' 19s Bd, and recommended the payment, iif the fol owing accounts :-J. Pybus, '2s 6d; Smith and Host;, 48 6d.\ McGregor Bros, £23 2s 3d ; Rap(j and Hare, £213.;, McEweq, 15s!6d/; (wages,- £23756 d. - ■'' 1 / With respect to the-nuisance in Dixom street, Cr Perry mdved that notice', be aiven to the owner of the lund to abate the same. . Or Gapper objected, the storm water had been dammed by the formation of the street, and it-would c ist £2O or £25 to remedy the cause of the coiuphim. He augmented that i» should he referred to the engineer for his ropnri. .. , . ... Cr Price accepted the auction, -and it was agreed toby ihe Co'utrcil: l ' """* WIDENIVfi DIXON-BT, . Cr Gapper suguested that if the Counoil : applied tp the Town Trustees for 10 feet i frnntage'to the sch-.ioLac're for widening Dixon at,, the Trust would probably give the land. The-Mayor moved that an application be sent' to tlie. n Trust. ... "The ...widening would be a great improvement, and would form a nice entrance to the Park. ; ; The motion was seconded by Cr Herpn (land carried. •( : ■ ' - ( * ' After it had been reported that Ihe Street Lamps Committee, in the unavoid : able absence of Cr.Oaselbert!, its chairman, could not report,'and that the Dangerous Goods Committee had nevor sat, the Council adjourned,