MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1855, 3 December 1884, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of. the Cbtol was held-last night. Heron,.".Chamberlain, [Hessey,. Muir, Johnsto.u Perry and Baoon; '■• --" : »' In the' absence of, the Mayor Cr Gapper was voted to the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, A letter was read from Mr C. P, Powles, secretary to the Bishop's Reserve, asking that a plan of the proposed road through the Akura be forwarded,—Referred to the Works Committee with power to act, An application wag made by Mi Mason that the Council would makt good the footpath in front of his pro perty in Queen-street, Cr Heron moved that the applicam be informed that the footpath having been altered by the owner of tin property, the Council can only make i good at his (applicants) cost, Qr Chamberlain seconded the motion Cr Muir moved as an amendment That the application of Mr Mason b( acceded to, Cr Hessey seconded the amendment Cr Perry hoped the araendmen would not be carried. If that wen taken as a precedent there would bt no end to the expense. He had appliei to the Council for a footpath am had to pay for it, and other people also The Chairman said a resolution hat been passed that before a footpath bi made the cost should be paid into thi Council, ■'')■ '■.■'•■' An explanation haWng' been madi that the Council had originally madi the kerbing, and that the late awnei effected the alteration at his owi request, Cr Muir, by permission, with drew his amendment and the motior wsb carried, The Finance Committee's report was read and adopted on the motion of Ci Muir seoonded by Cr Heron. The Finance Committee 'recommended the following' accounts for payment:—wages and contingencies, L4o9s4d; Payton&Co.,-'L3lOs 6d; T. E. Price, LI 3s. Olerjr; was jostruoted to sue forthwith for all ra.tes/due and unpaid, and .also, to take'stops where judgment hid been obtained an'd : the' money,...notrpaid, 'to leyy,- distrew warranti), and if not satisfied, sell the property. for the .fates, cost?, aud fifteeri'.pe'r.cent.interest, according to the Rating Act.,! . . The Works Committee reported-as follow*:—Stevens and Ma'dspn have completed--"Crayne street, -contract satisfactorily and wjlldow proceed with Columbaroad. ' ; the' drays for the season for regular work have been stopped; and the labor stiff reduced,, the men have been clearing gutters and .side walks in Queen street and the side drains in Nursery road have been oleaned. Arrangements have been made for traffic to pass through Mr Selby's section at' the. junction of Hope and Villa street for the present. The clerk was instructed to write.to Mr Bremner re his report on the Wai poua protective works, A repommend' ation was made that Stovens <fc Co. be paid i\ extra on contract. Cr Heron moved the. adoption of th< report andCr Chambeilainseconded.Carried, Cr Gapper moved and Cr Johnstor seconded—That the question of Mi Sullivan's foothpath stand over foi the.... Works Committees reportCarried. , ; : The Chairman brought the questiot on for discussion of the proposed, foot path in Bannister street. The Town Clerk said three partie interested had paid in their share; Cp Hessey *ajd foe was interested t the extent,.of two-thirds of the whol length applied for, and he objected t paying the cost and withdrew from th application for its formation ari> making. , Cr Muir said he intended later o to move the appointment of a commit tee to revise.the footpath regulations. Cr Heron moved that the moriev. b returned to the depositors who *ba , paid in towards the footpath as C , Hessey who owned the principal • pai

..;;.. ~...f* ,i " TT —~~ I - - - in i i '.. ■'. • r ii —^ gf the property, arid/would have to pay .. iti'proportion, declined to do so.;— parried. ■,. A' Or-Muir f moved that a,committee id Muir, be appointed;to.go'into. the"' ijrision : of thei charges for:■footpaths,' ..! !econsidered ? ftrata fair : Vay:lwould .'■'' ito charge a percentage upon the coat,. ' • iv 50..per cent,, iastcad of asnow hav- ■ | lgi-.tb pay or nearly the hole.cost as of Mr Hessey i Bannister street In the return barges made for footpaths in Queen-. ; - ireet, some'had to pay at the rate of alF,isome a fourth, and some a third. "'' Ctf* Muir went through ..ty,Hat of aotpktha. that had been inacle and j hargedfor, ,apd drew attention to v a reat' many cases where the' footpath* r lade had been wholly at' the ejjMnse '•' f the'- ratepayers, ; and it oing on that footpaths-were being ~K lade and charged in sojfe cases and " ;ot in others. \ . ™ ' ~'' Cr Herotf seconded, pro forma. He ' '" aid a good reason could be given why xceptions had been made in some ' ases, where residents applied for a wtpatlu and were willing- to pay for ?•-' ;, the Council ought undertake the .-'. wking "of 'such footpaths,. if funds emitted, '■' '..;:, '".';"' /Or Gapper said it was ..felt at the'' '"' ime the .charges were; .feed that th*'" ~> ate was. a ;/air. one. If'the Council "<■■'■ ad a lot of money in hand'they would - fcv > N eiWilling.tpmakeallfootpaths. ; Their •:■.;.- bject -WB^ffi',«s'mc^' ? wbrk'.as; they Cr.3ac6h' thoughtJthe .-proposed, conk littee might dp'good,.even, as* resent case of he residents heeded a a oh-iesident had'the power to v stop it. *Or Muir hrreply said'fie. B'greed thatf; ; proppftiqn should be paid to the cost/"" f making" footpaths, on the ystem at present laid dowipX'hapel,. lussell, andother streets ha'd;isot been/!: aid for. •■•£ part of .Bannister and )ixoh streeta had been made without he money having been paftipdvanca nd that was tnegrievanber - ' ■ : The motion was camed.'-rvr>- :; ; _ The statement of outstapng liabili-.. ies for footpaths' was also'.feferred to .he foorpaths committee and the meeting adjourned^.'; i ii nui mmmtmmm ' Fhes w bugs*—Beetles, insecta, soaclt&s ants, bed-buga, rats, tuioa, gophers, Jaok' ; ; .'rabbits, otdarad put by " Rough,'.pJ'B|its--7jd... Moses Mois 400.,- Sydnaftl&neri Agents- • , .4 Uon't .Rata"oles« outiattf, mice.beetles,. roaohes, bfl3-bagß, flies', ant'?, jaikabbits, gophers, Drug Company, Mother Swan's worm STRUP.-Infallible taeteleßß, harmless cathartio; for feverishneea. restlessness, worms, constipation, is ■ Moses Moss 4 Co.,' druggist*! Sydney, General Apents, . SB Cured op Drinking.-"A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for , liquor, that had so prostrated his system that ho was unable to do any business; Ha was entirely cured by hop bitters. It allayed all that bupning thirst, took away the appetite for liquor, inade hi; nervej steady, and he has remained a sober and steady, man for two years, and he has no desire to return 'to his oups;"—From a leading R.R.sffloial. - Bead ..'■'■■ \ ! . Well's "uouoh onOorns?'. s»k for Well's'"Rough on Coras." . 7Jd, Quick relief, ccfmplete, .permanent cure. Corns, warts, buuions, Mqses, Moss & Co., Sydney, General Afrents.—Adyt. NEGLECTIS OFTEN AS FERTILE A CAUSE OP SUFFERING as the disease itself. Hqmaii naturo. warned as it is Sy' r ronoite'd examples,, is prone"til forgot the salutary lessons they Inculcata'and apt to lobo by deferment, the good It may redeye from prompt and decisive aotion, When the means a e within our pasp, It Is almost sinful to alio* their escape, mil 1 hose who overlook tho virtuos of'UOOLPHO i WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SCHNAPPS must stand fornver self-criminated and roproadicd.' I - .. .