MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1259, 20 December 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Council wob held last,eveniijg;at the Oounoil chambers. Pl-esent :#Hii Worship the Mayor, and Ors Price,'Herbn'.McCardle, ohamb9rlairi,' ; Feist', anil jGapper, ■■ The-minutes of. meeting and.special meetingi.were read" and confirmed, and correspondence read. : ; TOWNOLEEK'SItIKESSrI r The : Town; Clerltjwroteiapplyingfor leave to absent himselfirom that evening's meeting as he'waß.unable ;tbrough illness to attend, fie:also stated --that Mr Redman would'act for hinrby oousertt of .the Council,'. '.„■""',"," ;, ": t : Leave was, |rfmted and Mi'' Redraan : 'actedsiiOlerk..' [ .'' v ; : : lW .;. ;.;; Tlie reported haymg.-met', and:''arranged,the' terms of the Renall.ti widen Chapel and Benall-streets; The repbrtrwM ftgreed; to.- ■>~ j'r /!: : ; - ; ' '■;;:;}-. r -UUm-ioki.'l ....' . V^S. 'The Finance committee reported having metanddecidedt'op&ftthe) total amount of, the;l4oO an'djdeduot, the|xpense(f torn i theXibrary rmfts ftey;' cjijnji inJ'.'-Tiie report jwas adop|ed. ;. :^-; Court, wrote re.appointment of above for Bppbihtni«ntrlay*with: wOoun&PM ;;, ; ; ?-lt waßdeoided thatthe, Town Clerk be appomted; Returning > the I

i jjieiit Mi some ratepayers; ' Ejected to tKe;T§fOjrk being Return: JingOffloei'; and|hlsi|waß'bad 'in prinbipie to clerk of the body ifilflreated; ; iii::ihe feesi Or ItoOardle ;moyed ■ :ari/;ainejndmerit " That the matter j stand:- overfill next mee'tingi"whidh■.ffaß:loßf^l^s * Or Oaselberg sfibkaihin favotpnile' appointment of the Town Clork;,ph the ebori6my','and' theiaith''oßlie.'Oounoil in his integntyj; there/vas; no ! 'doubt whoever was appointed t some,! iperson would raiso objeotions..;'. ■ ; The Maydi'inppoHed/the fft'ppointmenl 'of.tho Town Clerk as it; was. evident the Acf was intondod Ho Bavo;expenß9 to' local bodies. ' '/■.-:'.>!,/!' ,-r ; ;."./-;.il : | After the motion was earned appointing the Town Clerk, Or MoOardle said he thought notice required to appoint any jneV; ofhW j jbut Jno 'action was taken on his statement","'"./,; ' : ; .RAILWAY ROAD, '•' ;, - i " ■'■'"'.'.i.;',;",!l >'• ; /'(!-{■#''', :_ The settlers uaing this toad wrote: stating that they would reform and stump it if the Oounoil would metar itCaftefwards?;

; Or Chamberlain said the work would cnst'abbut;M i\. It ..was :true;it was not im the Schedule, but he did np.Cthiiik all small works should,be sholve'd' 1 because Jhey were riot included- the list? He weuld move that the work be done, , : Or Gasolberg seoonded, and agreed with Or Chamberlain' that smalt' works should not be shelved when it was possible to do them, ■Vy'...<

; Or McCardle moved as an 'amendment —That the matter be referred to.Jho Works Committee, to report to .next meeting, :'

■ Or Heron seoonded, He thought where works not on the sobednle were.required, those benefited should offer n substantial subsidy-say, one-third—to aasjat; tha Oounoil to do them.' :-, ::' :t y : i j Or Gnpper pointed out that .the oppli-' cation stated metal' could bo obtaino'd from the pit Bentlby Bros, wove working in Short-street, but he understood from" the overseer that there would not bo more than sufficient for that' work, and if the metal had to be taken from Rennll's pit it would mean a very largo' expense.-Left to Works Committee to report upon, ;

WORKS COMMITTEE. : The Committee reported that the overseer's statement of works was as follows: .'—Bentley Bros, were progressing slowly, but satisfactorily, with Short-street. The Upper Plain road was in heed of repair. The, grating in Chapel-street had been: repaired. The culvert in King-street had been oovered in.' ; Fresh metal had been' placed on apart of Dixon-street. Anew oulvert had been placed in Boss' and .Queen-streets. •'The grass was -being removed from the footpaths,' Part of Ross-str9et had been re-metalled.—lt was decided by the Committee to recommend that the Upper Plain ro'ad'bo repaired where required. The specifications for kerbing in Hall-street were submitted ,' and it was recommended to do the work by day labor. '

: The report was adopted, ; THE WATERCRESS. NUISANCE,: i Or Gapper (who arrived just aS ordinary bußincß3WflßcallGdon)BßidtlieO'wseerhad reported to him that the cress had spread so much in Albert-st as to oause a' iii,isan'ce by choking up culverts. Ekmoyed that the owners of land in that neighborhood through which the creek ran receive notice to clear out tho cress forthwith.

Tho Mayor seconded' ! Or MoCardle said the Council should do tho work itself, not call on the people to doit. The creek was a bonefit to the town and the water, had been brought iitheroby the Oounoil. Ho moved as an amendment that the Works Committee be authorised to keep the oreek clean. j ; Cr Caaelberg seconded pro forma,- , though ho' did not agree with Cr Mc,'Cardie. If they cleaned this oreek they i could bo oalled upon to dean others and a bad precedent would thus be : estab: lished. , , , .. Cr Gapper explained how the creek originated (from natural 'springs), and hie motion was carried, the amendment being put and lost. : ;' : ; . : The Council adjourned at about 8,30, ; .

INSTALLATION.

The installation of Mr A, Bisk as Mayor of Masterton lor the ensuing yoar took place at noon to-day. Councillors Perry. Clapper, Feist, Prico, Eeron, McOardle, aud Chamberlain were in attendance. The 'Mayor iolect having made the statutory declaration, Bjid he had considerable pleasure in taking his seat for a second term. He had boen induced to come forward for another year inconsequence of an.expression of opinion from nearly every ;member of the Council .backod by a general desire oxpresffld by very many of the ratepayers. But for this he had not contemplated re-election. Ho trusted that he woul I meet with the same courto3y from the Conic'l that he had received dur- ■ ing the past year. He might fairly say thai he had endeavored to give satisfaction to the Oounciland the outsido public As far '"as he had been able he had fiilfilleievery duty which had devolved upon him, The Council had worked harmoniously with him in the past year and he trusted that it would do so in the coming one. He thanked both the ratepayers, and the Council for hia re-elec-" tion, and would feel it his' duty' to aofcdiiring :the coming twelve months as he had done :in the past (applause). -', ■■ • ';'; ■•" '■';'.' r [:' Mr Feist congratulated Mr Bish upon ocoupyirtg the chair for a second term; He believed that he had discharged his mayoral duties in a most Batiafactory manner, as welt. as those .which he had undertaken in his l 1 capacity as chief magistrate of the town. Now that Mr Bish had become a "whole" man" he expected him to be still more efficient with the assistance of his valued partner (applause). Mr Bish was.the: first: gentleman who had had' the courage to aoI cept the duties of the mayoral office for a second year. He admired his courage, becauao these duties were by no means light; and he might specially refer to the claims made upon his time by court duties as Mr Bish had given entire satisfaction in this respect by being neither too lenient nor too' strict';(applause), . .. ,; ' Cr McCardle, as the oldest member of the Council desired.to say.a word;;''' He-con-! sidered Mr Bish' had filled the office during the past year with honor both to .himself and to the Council. He approvedL' of a mayor being a married man and. expressed ' regret that the mayoress was not,' present to witness ihe installation,"" Mr Bish". wpuW have reason to look baok in future years with pleasure;to the period when .he was Mayor of Masterton-(applause), j \ ■';< ■' ? Cr Price ondorsedthe expressions mad? by the previous speaker's;!,^. 1 :'.;.; '.:';_'; The couuoillois then at the request of the Mayor took a little refreshment provided by, His Worship. One toast'! The Mayor and Mayoress," having ibee'n duly honored the ceremony of the day terminated. ; ,