R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1620, 27 February 1884, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

MASTERTON-TUESDAY. (Before Mr W. Lowes, J.P.) Jacob Shields was charged' with being helplessly drunk, Defendant was admitted to baillate last night, but was drunk when in court this morning, and was. sentenced to 24 hours imprisonment, and then to appear and answer the charge. A. Wallace was again charged with being a deserter from s.s. British Queen and further remanded. MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. _*. The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor and Crs. Price, Caselberg, Gapper, J. Williams, Chamberlain, and Hessey, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and .confirmed, and correspondence read. THE t'ORONER, A letter was received, from the department of justice, stating that the matter of the coroner' for Masterton was still under consideration, '■';.'< THE LATE FOUND CASE, A letter was received from Sevgt MoArdle, stating that an inquiry would be held as to Constable Leahy's conduct in reference to the above on the 4th March. FEES, FINES, ifcc. A letter wa3 read from the Colonial Treasurer, reporting that the sum of 10s had been placed to the credit of tho borough for fines for breaches of bylaws in November and December. RAILWAY ROAD, A petition was received from realdents interested in the above road, asking that the Council should put it in order before the next winter, The letter was referred to the Works Committee. THE BATHERS 1 COMPLAINT. A letter was received from Mr Collier, asking permission to carry on wool scouring operations on the Waipoua river, promising to take precautions against becoming a nuisance to tbose'interesfced in the river.

Cr Gapper stated that he happened to be in the Council .Chambers recently when a complaint" was made to the Town Clerk that wool scouring was being carried- on- above- the bathing sheds, and creating a -nuisance bycovering the river with filth. He and

the Town Olerk had visited the works complained of, and informed Mr Collier that ho; wis liable to a heavy penalty for carrying on his' occupation without the Council's consent. Mr Collier stated that he was not aware of the law upon the matter, and explained that the offensive matter was only discharged into the river about five in the evening, but that in future he would put this into the ground instead of into the river. ,If the precautions as promised were taken he (Cr Gapper) would move that the application be granted,' " ; Cr Price thought such works Bhould be taken lower down the river.' It might seem hard to refuse permission, but in granting it they would be doing a great wrong to the, numbers who went daily to the river to bathe. ;-. .; : Cr Williams spoke to similar'.effect. He had been informed: that a great lot of offensive stuff had often come down of an evening, Cr Gapper said that the tank containing the excreta and dirt, soap, soda, fa., was opened into;the river at the close of the day's work, which would make it particularly noticeable, Mr Collier now proposed to deposit' it in-the ground.' The matter was an awkward one for the Council, as they of course would not like to'interfere with a man's means of livelihood, while at the same lime they must prevent nuisance and annoyance to a large number of persons using the river. The Mayor did not see how l a wool scouring works eould-bo carried on in' the position proposed without a nuisance being created. They might, however, give the man a trial, and he would move that temporary permission be given to carry on the work.

Or Gapper seconded, Cr Chamberlain thought a Committee should be appointed to deal with the matter.

Cr Price moved Unit n Committee consisting of tho Mayor and Crs Gapper and Williams be appointed with power to grant temporary permission to carry on tho works or to stop them if a nuisance was created, and report to the next meeting. This was seconded by Cr Caselberg and carried. POUND FEES, The pound keeper reported the receipt of total fees for the month of .£5 10s. J-'hVANC'K COMMITTEE, Tho (.vcis-.er submitted his usual report which stated that Mr Bauibcr was. proceeding satisfactorily with his construction of Villa-3treet; tho residents of Cnlumlm road were cutting the gorse and trimming the hedges there. The ruts in Makora-street had been raked in, and ilia channels in Qucen-strcet cleared out, and rocommonded that the ruts be rake J in on a portiou of Railway read. Tho ma! tew referred to the Committee by tho Council woro dealt with as follows: —Tho overseer to make cuttings in Eiver rout to the amount i.f £2; that tho Commttttc cotikl not recommend tin Couacil to proceed with the work applied for by Mrs Hacker *t present. l'lrmksnu was given Mr Pickering t> put pavanent o-i the footpath fronting his shop in Queen-street. WORKS COMMITTEE. A return of rates outstanding was tabled as folluwj;— . .. i Arrears ./. ... £IBO 0 4 Current ~ .. 372 8--.1 l £532 0 ,1

It was rested that prjnp', an I decisive measure.? bj immediate'.}' taken m icaov.r all outstanding rate-'. >'h->. overdraft'w.i» state! to bo £B!>(i (ii 3d Amount jiaid in'o bank sines last raee'.i i : .' £9B >U o'.l. Ace wits amounting to £\2 (h 21 «ut« i> iswd for naymont, It \w wolved tint iwf.rc pmi v of the Park tjraut a statairai of iiij.i a: an t expenditure should b.i j:Jnst; J in-furi the Council. The report was adopted, With regard to Mr.i Hn:ki!r's application, Or Gapper said he would have liked the committee to have given more full reasons for not complying with Ihe request.-.mil he moved that portion o' the report should he held over till ').:- next mecling of the Council, lie explained that Mrs Hacker had offered to give a piece of land as a subsidy towards the work when she first applied to have it done. SANITARY COMMITTEE, The committee reported having received a scale of charges from ' tho nightsoil. contractor, but had decided to offer him the contract at a uniform rate of.Gd per 5-gallon receptacle. If he declined to accept this, then' tho Council was recommended to immediately make arrangements with some other contractor. After discussion, in which all present took part, the report of the committee was adopted. ■; INSPECTOR OP NUISANCES. The Inspector of Nuisances reported a nuisance in the shape of a dung-heap existing near Mr James Macara's stables, Notice was ordered to be given to clear away tho nuisance, : ; r SLAUGHTERHOUSES, . The Inspector reported that various nuisances existed in connection will) tho butchering establishments of the borough, and he recommended: all slaughter houses should be licensed. Referaed to the Sanitary Committee, SLOPS, The Inspector of Nuisances reported that many nuisances existed which he called " back door nuisances," These were difficult to discover, as, though he could not see anything, he could detect a very offensive smell. This was caused by the slops and washing up water being thrown out on to the ground at the back doors. The Inspector was requested to try and obtain some more definite evidence of the nuisance. THE CATTLE BAULKS. Or Hossey asked if anything further had been heard from the Government concerning the cattle baulks on Lincoln road? The Town Clerk replied that a letter was then lying on the table, which had been sent to Mr W. C, Buchanan, to tho effect that the request of the Council would not be complied with. Or Hessey said he asked because traffic had beon stopped for nearly two hours through the "baulk"recently. A dray loaded with fascine 3 for the Government work on the railway had caught on the edge of the cattle baulk and capsized, completely blocking up the road, Ho did not believe that'the Government had erected such a stupid

piece of work in any other town. On a straight road it did not matter, but to place such awkward obstructions right in a sharp bend of the highway was wilfully placing a trap to injure persons using the road. He thought the Council should take up the cattle stops and throw them over the fence, and risk the consequences. Cr Gapper: Hear, hear!The matter then dropped, and the Council adjourned.