MUNICIPAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2612, 1 June 1887, Page 2

MUNICIPAL.

The ordinary meeting of the Madievioii Borough Council wse held Council Cham tiers Igsfc 6?enjpg (Ifuegjr day). Pras"nt~Cr« Gapper* Miriri Elliinn, Miiuaru, Ifessay, Parsons, Curman, Cullen, and Perry. Iti tho Mayor's gbsance, Or Gapper wijh voted tioi tho diair, -v The minutes of the previons meeting wen'! rend and confirmed, TUB NIGUT SCHOOL A hitter wft« read frons the ISov. W. K," . typing, ou biiliulfni tho voting men of Master* ton for tfao iißa of the Uppfer room of tlui I iiHtitot© fr»of ohsrge, fbr the pnrpoi;n of holding bjj emmr.g eta tansa limcii a west. Ck £mi&m thowgfctj

®&ts@ffl&s&£ A® fmrpOig, If§»«!*!?&&• 4te& ym -im&ik. Or _ -■Half /llsll&i' r «ftd- thm" m&4f «M Cr' ia «g@*i<sgMtf -Kdnti # r t»iM t life*;'!!, _ the ©f 9S s fe|' ' of 2| per sgsfc, %rith n «a p^ a,«KM* favofftU* 6S«,' r 4 " V- -- Or 5l«l?, lit ssooadiag it, «&££ ttel the CobECil were paying 7*p« feeir .ewsrdraft, vbewssw.-iisey now - oi&wsd nsoney at. Ifea b««*.t market? rates,- althoagk ' tk© bssbsj-mfetfeet-fraa said to be ratb* tigfefc - , , "Ths report and' oifer" •Naths d & Co. war® s<loss«l.' *

Finance Comta.Utee.'c report traif' re'ftd rpeommendittg tfisa&tspiaQea ef the antrender .of .Mr l&ms of part.ofacrsilOi, and 4e fnat btMt.a qow lease for 2E y«ns in «Ms9o'rd««ic« with the provisions of Section %0 of flie Fubtic Bodies ' DesuiehoM Ad IBB§. TSat" the applicalaons oi "She Ho«|Ktal and BenoTCiantTruisteea b«not aestded to, ae - the dnmends would oonae tbrongh'the United District and District Boards reajieetivsly. T&st\ the license fee paid by Mr Murray be ncl|refunded. That if be a r*comm«a--dation to the Council to levy s* general' - rate under sub-seetion lof sectkn IS ot tho Mnnicipai Corporations Act 188§, 'and to include in such rate l|d m the JS. for Hospital Kud Chaiit&ble Aid purposes if required. That th« nana! Library rate of one permy. in tha £ be straok, and that the overdraft remain s, ' charge against the general accounte." ! Cr Gapper, in moving the adoption of j the report, pointed oat with regard to the proposed levy, that the Borough 'was put dowa !br,a contingent .liability of .£lO5 bvtho Unitedliistriet Board,, and as ths Couneil .wonld, no <ioubfe, have topaj it,.'the Committee felt bound to recommsnd the rate. CrCari»a.n seconded the adoption. Cr h Pap worth "thought that eotne ■ aieaua sbould be adopted by walsh the CouncinorecouldTje m*4& aware of fcha aubjeotaooutaiued iu th« reDprU/as they W w ere,uAablo, froiti..toe > .T*pt(l manner in which they were r«»d, to grasp pro-' l«rly- fcba, nature of tbo recoransendstiocß tbey contained.

CrMair would like to see them pubUsbod \n the papers, so that XJoßnciUers wouid bo fnlly prepared for iha businese cowing before them. .Hewaeuure the proprietors of the papers VouldGa otsly,too pleased to. publicol tbsin -sa a matter of public inftirtnation, iF Ibey wej» supplied to them. He moved an amendment Uist tho portion of the report referring to the Podr- ratc'be held over for future consideration. Cr Paisons s&cotided- " ' Tho amend was carried, and the report as amended was adopted.

WORKS.

The Works Committee's report «?rb read containing tha Inspeetor'a log, recommending several pieces of necessary ' work in different .parte of the Borosigb. " Cr Gapper CH!!«d,attentiori to tb« bad manner iu which the gss mains, had. been put down, tho, earth, bad not been properly rammed around them, and consequently there was great danger of the pipes snapping if the frost got thiough to them. He hoped the Gas Coram istee would se« that tlaey were properly laid lei future. . The report was then adopted. ALBERT STREET EXTSKSIoK.

A report from' tho Committee appointed by the Council to'consider the extension vim read, which stated that the land in question was purchased by Mr James Wrigley about 10 years sgo from Mr McKwen fo? jgßo, as tho Oouncil lofofled to pw tbo plan of tha Wiigltsy siatate (inless the ro&d was connected with the other ttmdn. Mr Wrigley atatoa tlint the rccsipts, Ac, wcro histidod over to the Council, but up to tho present, although a search had bftcn made among the ok! papws of tho Borough, no trace ol then; could be found, and there appwis to have been no title obtained for the £tmd, Tho Committee reoommsnded the Council to decline the offer of Messrs Cesu]bor# & Co. &n they did iiofc think that tho road rasat present nsosssary. Cr C'ullen movod tho adoptloa of the report and iuformed the Cocncil that after search ing well into-tho matter the Committee could bftog no otbor recomuiendatiori to them. Ce parsons, as : a member of th o ConiQjittee,' was: of the opinion that Messrs Lowes andLCasetherg would in a few years give iho land, with a formed and nietaUed road through it to the Council, as tbey would 6nd ii would be to Ihoir benefit to do so.

CrMuirsatdit didno& rafloot much credit upon the business tactics of the then Council, or they would not allow Mr Wrigley to buy tho land for £BO, and then allow it lb':.:, slip tliroiigb their bauds, . •" ;

Tho report whs ado|?tect,-»ftar the! CiiHinuan hatl vxpreesed his opinion that tho road wkr greatly Qeftded. Ordikary Busisses, The apeoiiil nt fisting-wbich, «ccordi«g 1o thtact, onghi to liftve Imm held en .Tuesday liist: consider the anauisl rt'ccoii nts, w*s |iO!»tj>oned until the n«l meeting of the Council s.s the Auditor Gcaeralbad not returned tfe«m. lis* Clerk wasitJßtriJCted fco gofc thaseetHsati published "m soon as rotnrned, nnJess isorao alterations ware netscmarj. In to Colnmbi* road Or Gupper exprassed his opinion th»6 it would be neceswy to form * porUcm of tho mail to tlte north of Worksop:rowJ, so $8 to a fa!! towards tie creek. An application from Messrs Kwing. ton and Sons for s, portion of tba.>?ork of the Council *?aa referred to the Worka Commit©©, Mr if, Billiii|fcoa wrote to the Ooaneil rnkmy theta to Btay the escecatloii of a sjudgsnenfe given in the B.M. Court, ggemfji bim for rates due, • It wsa that a&" mlim be

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