MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1888, 14 January 1885, Page 2

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of. the. : Council was held last night; Present-: Tho 'Sfayor, and Ors Bacon, Mnjr, Heron,. Hessey, Johnston, Gapper, and Perry, \ . The minutes of tho previous moeting were read and confirmoa, CORRESPONDENCE. From District Survey Office stating the Government had decided to clear tho bush on certain roads, and asking tho Council to provide £75 for their proportion on the Bqrqugh reqen e. The Town Clerk had asked for further particulars from the Department, and in reply a plaii of' the road deviation was enclosed, pre! pared by tho County Engineer, The Department intended to fall the road one chain wide and clear 33ft in tho contre of it.

From the Treasury, advising the payment of fees, £3. From Wairarapa East County Clerk, stating the Copty Council was prepared to pay a prqpqrtiqn qf fees towards a .pound fees board, From- T. W. Wrigley, asking parmission to namo a certain street through his property Miriam street. Tho application of Mr Wripley was considered. 'Or Heron thought its present name, OharfeMtreet was'agoqd qne. The Mayor thought if the name of Charters-streot did not appear in the deed's,- it would not be objectionable to change it at tho wish of the owner, on liia. handing it over to the Council. . Cr. Heron said possibly the "plan was deposited in the Land Transfer Office. . •• Cr Bacon gave notice of motion that the reqqest be .cqitjplied with, provided that the name did not appear,, qi} qqy deed. . ;Cr Gapper said hip reasqn for bringing ;t]\e matter-forward was tq give it a legal r name, ■ The. letter from the. Oqunty Clerk was referred to the Pound Committeo, Cr .Gapper moved that the correspondence from the' Survey Office .-be referred .tq a Conynittee consisting of Crs Hesaey, Bacon, Johnston, and the mover, Cr Heron seconded, .. r ,'..- : . The Mayor said the block oonaißted of 746 acres, He : thought it a veiy important matter, and should be reported .upon, by. some of the Councillors who knew something, of. the. land;. Did the proposed. Committ'ee..khow.: anything of- what tjiey. were to;report. upon - ? He thought-some [should be added of Councillors who had visited the-Barough,reserve. -He understood the Council had already.-sent-a

Committee up there to report upon the land.

Cr Gapper said lie had been given to understand that the Committee whoJiad already gone up had sat down wheimey got there on a log, smoked-the ; ir pipes, had a yarn, arid .fiame-'tiack again and reported upon it. i:;'". ' Cr Perry said he" should; litrrto know how he became acquainted witifthat fact; He'declined to ad's on the Committee as he. thought thf appointment of Cr Gapper quite.. (iiaughterJ^'J..^ matter j'it'migjtt.'W a or : not, .and he Tiroiildlike one appoiiited". pn-th'e/Comtnitteti'ifflio knew jioiriethiijgibout ..the :respm.,i"'i Cr thought- they go up and see it! ; . ' . .'V'J'.*'' -I"|' ..; Cr fiapp"er' 'Baid : .lie,TnovOT tnpppo'int.meiitof. thif Oofomitt^ thaMftsy might Upi 'dStioriS,'to adopt them; tir not wanf W discusS-lt-nofr but m'-tdS&ittee, sp that the time of the Council might not be-wasted. "* *•' <

'The Mayor said he' was quite in the dark. .about.the .Borough .reserve, but would- like to--know-something • of the matter. "What power did they intend to confer upon the committee?,: If Cr ■'Gapper had ; intended that haVf-ppwer would for discussion."-'' X& Cr\ .Bacon thought it unnecessary, to visit : tlie land. They , had the minute book .to s'e'e;. what had by those who had already' visitffd'ih'e" block, and if : they had done their duty .that ought to.be.sufficient.,-.■; •The. motion was-put and'earried.' , ;;Dn-the question of,tlie-iecessity, , for a pqwder,.-magazine, ;,-the ]Qoinmittee esti.mated; tlie cost oi a.sultableVuSding would be from £BO to £loo,' and'.th'at the best site .obtainable by .the Gouricikwoul<l be at the back of the gravel -reserve McKenzie'?) section, but in the opinion, of' Jhe-coto mittee the income from'.,the''-magljme would not at present warrant the'wj&ion of such a building. •• 1 Under ordinary business Or Gapper said in connection with the pound, instructions had been given for re-writuigdhe scale of charges on tlie pound board;, -. ::He would also point'out that by the new regulations 2b 6d had to be paid for any notice that may be sent to the owner-of an impounded animal, and he .wished would rocoup the expense arid'trouble to the poundkeeper, ~whoße duty it was to write to the owner, ■ by allowing him 64 on each notice sent, out of'the 2s 64 feo, Another matter in the new Apt; was that the poundkeeper's •. book mustrbe signed by every person taking away an animal from tho. pound. They could'not ask the poundkeeper to do this extra work without extra pay, and he would ask that the Committee have power to erect" a small office for the use of the poundkeeper to keep his books &c in,- and on "behalf of the Pound Committee [ ,he' that this power be granted'thorn..- r .He'!moved in accordance with' tho report^

Or Bacon seconded. ' Or Perry hoped the not bo left in the proposed Or Bacon suggested it be an instruction to the Poundkeep'er to talte' hcunsj every night, Tho resolution was carried with the instruction added, Or Gappor drew'the. attention of the Council to the unsafe state ; of the first Waipoua bridge. . The Mayor asked : whose*• duty it was to keep it in repair."' ' The Clerk, said the Council had the charge of the bridge in'the past, but new regulations had since come into force. Cr Heron,- as chairman, of , the Works Committee, said the bridge certainly wanted attention, but if. would be better tg wait until the bridge was' yestecj in tlie Borough or County, so as to see which body would have to do tho repairs, ' ' Cr Perry did not think there was any great danger .111. tlie state .of-tfie bridge. Or Bacon- differed froiuT'Ors "Heron and Perry as to.tho'' condition-.Of^the bridge.' The under, planking was" rotten befo,re it was sheathed, and there wasi great daqgpp of a" horse putting his foot' through ifed conning to grief. He did jipt.like to move a resolution over the lieadfc Pommittee,' but. if they toqk rotten planks up they would seeflptww state of the planks underneath, rendered new planking a necessity, Or Muir said he had gone over tho bridge and thought it very unsafe. A horse would .be in danger of getting its fqtjt ii] a l)plq capsizing and breaking it's nook. - .' ' '

Cr Hessey thought it might be done by the Wqrkp. Cqmmitto'e iujdjhey coulq arrange with tlie County . ; Gounoil as to sharing the cost afterwards.; Ee did not think the County Council/would repudiate the liability. .. . Or Heron was willing for the Works Committee to do it if they .were instruo'tetT'to do' so by the Council, but they knew the state of the County funds and they'might not be able to pay their share oven if willing. . Cr Bacon moved'thafrtKe'County Council be written to and "asked to bear half th'6'cost of'sheathing' the bridge. • Cr Hessey seconded,.- v-v. ■

The Mayor in relation to'tjie magazine, said'jhe had'hitherto-kept a large quantity of gunpowder on his premises, detached! from tho'building,' and-the! geant had' drawn his ' attention (jfijs infringement of the Act. Other stoi®eperß were similarly situated. . If'- the. Council did not erect a magazine the Government could. To keep an assortment of gunpowder meant a stock of 150 weight at tljo veiy least, The ccjst of a b|jil4ing would not," he was inforrijed, bo io oxpeni siv'e as estimated by the report, if thoy only wanted to store gunpowdor, but to store kerosine &c, as well, tho cost of a building would be large. He was thinking of applying, for permission for his firm to erect premises for themselves. No action was taken..

The Mayor reported that he had received a notice to attend a meeting to grange a banquet for 'the- fillister of Lantjs, f)i)d %y fished hiiif tq attentj iij his official Rapacity . plained to Mr Hawkins tnat ho "\voi|l(j have to get the consent of the' Council, but that difficulty was'got over .by Mr Hawkins stating he did not wish that he should go in. his official capacity, .but as plain Mr Caselberg, Ho. ha 4 got ft tfefe for 7s Gd, (Laughter),-/He didMfl| wish to make the same, mistake ari-Jus predecessor, Mr Bish, on the occasion of the visit of the, Governor., He would like the Council to move In the matter, and'give expression their wishes. | Cr Gapper thought the usual coJts.e adopted in such matters was to invite the publio body to take part dp, arranging auch an event.' As a pktter qf fapt they liaq been completely ignored jn-. tl)e matte?, and in conpeqijence they should take no agtion in the 1 affair as a body, but let each one that ohose-to.do :.80 payfor hia tloket, attond'the banquet", and air his eloquence, The Mayor said he, dicljjnot wish to be placed in a. false .'position' He did not wish the burgesses to think. he had gone there in his office of, without his haying a vote reco'rddd tVthat effect,. In answer- to' Or. IJuir the Mayor stated that he onlyijaa been, officially invited, but it might haVSjjeeii' intended in the expression auspices -.of public bodies to He did! not knptf meant, itji; ' perhaps ;Gr krißj^/ffLaughter.) -. • ; affrnf y iie was concerned was willinE: to let Mr,l|awkins have

fi&llance all to himself and feed him too (laughter). : Cf Bacon moved that tho Mayor attend officially, provided the Councillors bo permittcd to enter after the dinner (Hear, hear). . Gr Gfapper moved, amidst considerable laughter, That the question stand oyer until the next meeting of tho Council (after the banquet). Tho Mayor would like a serious opinion " "Cm tho matter given. If tho Council desired it,let some one move that as the , Council'had not been' consulted in the " matter, the Mayor should not attend in ' 'his official capacity. j ".'..Cr Gapper said with all due respect to j "Hia'Worship he did not think the Council | upon the'.'affair as important j enough to" require a motion.TheythJ-i ........npkeare.. to restrict the .liberty- of-'tfc;" ' .Mayor, but upoii this question of -th:, 1". theQeuhcil m-'thi;; "Z .'jnatte'r.!was bn'e,of;in'dilserenie'father thuv-' •: .3ytt3hg'e)se.' .He moved.the.'adjourii 1 * the meeting.'. .- ■