MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1584, 16 January 1884, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting of the Council was held last evening. Present—His Worship the Mjyor, and ,Crs Caselberg Iferon, "Hesspy Gapper, Pefry,' Price, and Chamberlain. ' : Thp minutes of tlfo previous meeting we •confirmed and correspondence read, .■■ -,,- ; '■■_ -'••■'' NEW COUNCILOR, Mi;. A;; Johnston made the usual declaration^and took his.seat as a -roembepflfe''Council; ■ VWE LATE POUND OABE, Sergeant McArdlc wrote in reference • toithe above stating that the persons aggrieved/'in-'the matter, and wjio ;thought..Gonstab!c Leahy bad beon in .colliisipiv v/ith the pourtdfceeper, should lay ; , a/chtoge' before .a : Magistrate, so that it could lie'dealt with in the usual way.

The Clerk,reported having replied to thel..effect•.that as the Council had already d&ilt with the matter by dis■Tnissiiig.ih&poundkecper and forwarding tjie .efideuco. to the Minister of hoy remained with the Police Departnjenji action'br njalfe-fijiiijjer investigation. -. It'mi decided tliaj tlie C,Qtmci| take 'no-further .acjiion in tho matter,

'.. {somoil CONTRACT. from the Oleits'-'df"'the' Paltuerstou Borough Council,'and.Wellington City Council re above. The former stated the contacji'iiysteffi.had been found to work ■imsatisfapWrify/'aiif tjjtyt ■ jug work was-operito all under license and w»p. latiolis', The City Clerk stated his Council still had the; work performed by contract under stringent conditions.

, : ..FIK.B. BRIGADE, •fiijie Maßter|b;rr;yolu)iteer Fire Brigade made application jfei,' a grant from I the/Cp'uhcflj.'and encjosedtjieirbafancc slfeet,' Tire letter pointed flut that thpy (jad-'not applipd fpr 18 months for'a'graittjjaiidrecjuested- {lip 'Council )o .award,,4.for4-on subscriptioiis '\vhich'amduntodtoJ4B..,., , ilio'sum of £25 begintM to tho-Brigade, ■ ■ Cr.Heroii seconded, • Cr Caselberg inquired what tho previous grant had been, ' •,, "TheClerk;;..£2o : •, .'Or we should terms'as : b'ojPore, and as i't'.is,lß.month's since a grant --has..been made,.l will move as an atuendmej)t;that::tliß. sum bo'£3o. ■ Cr Perry.seconded, The amendment vjas put and declared*.lost -mi''the voices, but on dlyJs'JQn' y{R,ca'rj;jed, qn'-itjje casting vqte'..of % ; "|fayoif Ayes—4, 'firs Price; 'Gaseiborg; . Perry, and the Mayor, 'Noes—4, Crs Heron Hes'sey, Johnston aiid'.Gapp'er, Tho Mayor said that,as!thequostion only involved a;'diffm;ence cfis, and it was erring on the..,side -.of'.if good object, he would give his''"/oice, with,tho ayes, and tjeclared : .|ijW'proposal, to give ,£3O carried. '!,-,. 1 '-".'-- .v;'

•. :•- ••; 'PftUJtD LEASE.. ' Ij'e.ofler pj the Town Laj*.ds Trust to lease to .'the Cpqncil t]|e piepe of landadjoiniiigithc' Fquii|| at a rental of 30s a year was accepted. gravel iut. The qfjfey of. },he Tqjvn Lands Trust to lease, qj> : tljo TJpper Plain as a gi'avdrpifc was/oonsideiiet), and as tlievo was a tlifFei'enoa of opinion as to aocopting.it; the matter .was referred p the Works Committee', "•• ■■,'.■■ 'WORKS COMMITTEE, Tho committee; 'reported, having received the .Overseer's report,. which did not.call for any special' comment. The' Overseer-, was authorised to 'obtain |'|'i|idsJone for grinding the Cdancil's , ~, ..THE MORGUE. . The committee, Crs Gappei* (Chairman), Perry;;; and,. tlie .Mayor, recommended (l);lhat.it is necessary for the sake of i publio,.health::jihat/a morgue be ejected [in Sfastoitfojfif(2)' That" the:

most suitable place foil a site would bo in the cemetery ;](3) That the building be 10 x 1-2,- rusticated weatherboard, with iron- roof, lined,.concrete floor; (4),Tha't the cost /should be borne in equal propor tipiis by the County Council,'Eoad Board, and'the Borough. - ['Cr Gjipper, in moyihg'the adoption oftho : i'eport;rß!ad MM\ no need to go into'the question'of the great necessity for'a building for the purposes of a morgue, With regard to the question, of cost, the Borough should not' be at the whole of the expense of such a building, but it should be borne equally by all the local. { bodies. With' regard to tho details of the; building, they recommendedtimber - because of its choapness; It,:had also; be mooted .whether ii mortuary ehapel could not bo built, and utilised for the purposes of amorgue, If a chapel were decided upon, he thought' the various religious denominationsjwould contribute one half tho cost, - Cr Price seconded the adoption of the report as'read, but strongly op-' posed the 'Couijcil having anything.to. do with a mortuary chapel. .... The ;Mayor,'quoting from.the.Act, showed that .the erection of a mortuary was strictly within their powers, : ' Cr Oaselbertf'would support the,, r-report asfea'd. "lie quite approved, of amorgue, but thought the question , : of' : a:n)orliio ;i .€liaperiiad better .not • 'be considwed-asit was a religious point. Catholics and Jews would not, perhaps, taketheii'dcad -into thesame building as other denominations, They had places of their own,? ;In>tlie case of accidents of course the'dead bodies would be taken to. the : mp;gue, of whatever de- . .nomination. He thought all tho "■ public bodies would subscribe.

Cr Periy Saul;'the' Council by tho Act could crectji'"morgue and : compel its use and charge .for it, Cr Heron asked it the' committee had forgotten .that, the necessity of a jury room in .connection wit|i the 'morgiie, The Mayor said the old courthouse had been prepared for jury'meetings &0.. .... . The motion was" put and carried. Cr Capper moved tbafc the same committee be appointed to ascertain the cost of the building, and see if tho County Council and Eoad Board would co-operate in the erection, and to take the necessary steps to carry out the report. Cr Price seconded.—Carried. SIGHT SOIL CONTRACT, Only one jetter was received on this matter, and that was from the present contractor, offering Jp continue tho .work if satisfactory arrangements A'c price ic. could be made. Cy Heron : moved that the same committee be appoint) tp make arranscme'nts with Mr Wood or other intending contractor and report to the Council at the next meeting, APPLICATION for WORK, ' ; Mr J, Ewjngtoii aj)plie,d to tlje Council fqr work for his horse and dray, whic)i wpuld help hiii) to pay his rates., Referred tp the Works Comnjittfift, '".; ■■ '- HEW WORKS OOJIMIfI'EIsifAN. Cr Johnston was added to the Works Committee on (he motion of Cr Caselberg seconded by Cr Hesspy, ■ WORKS COJtMirrEU.CIIAIKJIAN, Cr Heron was elected Chairman of the Works Committee.. -. POUNDICEHPEI!. Six applications were received toi fclfi.s oljjcp, jfiid oil biij|oji jjeing taken" Mr j|ov/;ipi' |ttov«i ilie siiccessfu] candidate, - FlitE JIJHOABB, ( Or Capper statwl that "the. fire engines could not ...be-worked on the stream in Cliapel : stra't, and he moved that tho sluice : be altered so as to render the working of the engino eificipijji.

Cr Perry asked why tho firp brigade had not asked-the Works Committee to inspect the spot instead of Cr Gapperl ' . .., : -• ••■■ • Cr Gnpper explained that he was asked in his capacity as lire inspector. Cr Cljambeiiain seconded,'Or Capper's mbjiion. ". ; •■' , ' ' " Cj. Heroii was cqnyinced tli!|t the engino would work quite well" on tho P4j'.' ' '.'■'.' . '

Or Capper denied-; this when the engine was fully manned; ■ The Mayor pointed out to the Council that at every meeting of the Council .something, was. demanded for the lire brigade, ami-though only to the extent .of.a pound or so,'the amount would come tp;'something considerable in the course -of the year. However, if tho present want was a necessity ho would be in favor of it being attended'to.' '" ■ " Cr Price pointed out that the brigade was a very.effic|eut body, and deserved all the enco'iti'agoment they could give it, The Mayor quite admitted this, while l|e alsp bprcii) mind tjie borough finances, ' ■ , - ' The motion was put and carried, and tho Council adjourned,'