MUNICIPAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2718, 8 February 1888, Page 2

MUNICIPAL.

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of •the Masterton Borough Council was held in the Council. Chambers last night, .' Present—His Worship the Mayor, (Mr A. W, Renal)), and Crs JVMacara, Muir, Elkins, Hessey, Parsons, T. Chamberlain, Heron, Gapper, Carman, Culleri, E. Chamberlain, and Perry, The previous meetings minutes were read and confirmed, '

Correspondence inwards and outwards was read

From Crown Lands Deparlmeot advising that a vouoher for £l3 10a 2d, for Grown ratus had been sent to the Treasury for payment. From the Minister of Lands regarding a parliamentary return. From Mr J. J.Freelh, ■Clerk of the Licensiug Benoh, recommending that a supply of certain forms which are required to be used undfr the Licensing Act. should he furnished to him. The Council authorised the Town Clerk to confer with Mr Freeth on the matter, ahd report to e future meeting of the Council. From Wm. Neill,'Livery Stable keeper, applying for permission to drive loose horses through the streets.

The Town Clerk here asked that this matter be dealt with later oil.

From the County Engineer asking' the Borough Council to desist from the removal of gravel from the Waipoua River bed. His Worship : I think the gravel should be common property between the County Council and us. I do not know that the law vests the river in them, No action was taken in the matter,

: From Mr Tankersley asking to cut and take firewood from a certain road in Masterton, Decision was left over until Mr Tankersley had furnished further particulars of the road he referred to.

From Walter Pwry applying for a slaughter house license in tho Borough of Masterton.

His Worship: I don't know that iheivj'a any part icular objection although I have certainly had a sniff of the place when passing, Perhaps the application had better stand over until the ones from other people come in. Cr Perryl have acted according to the requirements of the Borough. However, I will agree to the matter being held over. The Council accordingly decided to postpone action.

From W. G. Beard, regarding a right of way through a section of land recently sold by Mr A, Cockburn,

Tho nutter wasrelerred to the Works Committee for report. From the Masterton Hospital, asking the use of the Committee room in the Council Chambers to hold meetings in. The request was acceded to.

Mr W. Neill's application for permission to drive loose horses through the streets was again brought up, and the by-law on the subject was read,

Cr Macara pointed out the impossibility of catching the class, of horses kept by livery stables when driving them back from the paddocks, He thought permission might be giveu .during certain hours. _ Cjr Hessey: I move that leave be given to drive loose horses before seven o'clock, and then not on Queen-street but on the other streets only, provided that if there are over six horses there should be two men in charge, one in front and one behind.

Cr Heron seconded tho motion, which was duly carried. Cr Heron; Before proceeding with other business 1 should like the letter from the Wesleyan Church on which a resolution was moved by Councillor Uapper at last meeting, to be produoed and dealt with.

The Mayor: I thought the matter was settled then, We can refer to the minutes, however, and see, The Town Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting. The Mayor: Ido not tliiuk you can deaf with this mutter without a fresh notice of motion, In uny case I shall object to it as spending Borough money on private property. Apart Irora that 1 think Mr Galloway, the Trustee of the Church, was wrong in giving permission at all. He has no right to interfere with the water to give us leave to erect a dam—the water isn't his. He can givo us leave to gu oil the property that is all, Cr E, Chamberlain: Well it won't do any harm to thank the Trustees for the permission, The Mayor; Oh it does not matter about that, The thanks will keep. Cr Parsons: Who wrote the letter from the Council ?

The Mayor: I don't know who wrote the letter. Some Councillor did I suppose. Did you write it Cr Chamberlain? It was not properly authorised anyhow,

A Councillor; The Firo Brigade ! Committee sanctioned it, Another Councillor; The letter was wag written by the Town Clerk and the copy was afterwards read at a Council meeting. The Town Clerk said that the Firo Brigade Committee had reeommended the request beiug made and their report was adopted by the Council. The Mayor; The mere adoption of the report does not authorise you to take any such action as you have taken. Any definite steps must be preceded by distinct resolution. Look at the rules of Parliament; see what they say on the subject.

Cr Heron: Your Worship always quotes rules of Parliament, Judging this matter from a comnion-senso point of view, the steps taken ivero right enough,

His Worship ; Perhaps the sense was too common to be correct. The standing orders say that where no absolute rule is laid down Parliamentary precedence is to be followed. Cr Heron, you take my advice and tell the - Wesleyan Trustees they have granted aright they don't possess. At any rate I could drink all the water you will get there. (Laughter). Cr Heron : Well, we'll admit your worship's water-driuking capabilities. At any rate a vote of thanks to the Church won't do any harm. The Mayor: I don't know, but I don't think the Council "should take advantage of the Church's mistake, They've simply set their foot in j|,

and that's about the' fact of tho matter, ' ' ■ ■

Or Perry: 1 really cannot under-, stand why your Worship raises any objections. The real cause of trouble is that.the application was not mada through you, and that is why you do not favor it, : Or Parsons: I think that as a matter of courtesy, the vote of thanks should be passed., If it is a wrong permission we are not bound to act upon it. • • ; . The Mayor ;1 think this irregular conversation has gone on long enough, There's no motion before the Council. Or T. Chamberlain • The matter lias not been dealt with, and

The Mayor: .Keep your neat Or Chamberlain,, ;; "

Cr Chamberlain: I say— The Major: Take your seat sir, You are guilty of contempt. (Laughter). If you read your'standing orders you will see that you are entirely wrong and, I don't know that this' obstruction -to me doesn't render you liable to a fine. Or Parsons: I think: Your Worship-—-

The Mayor: You keep your seat too Or Parsons,.

Cr Perry: I would like to—rThe Mayor: Keep your chair. We! want to go on with the business, Or Parsons: I wish to observe--

The Mayor: Keep your seat, I say. You haVe broken standing orders, and it's a pity there is not a line attached, and then you would not be so ready to do it.

Gr Heron: I must submit that order has been kept, and it is not Councillors who are out of order in any case.

The Mayor: Well,'l am not going to allow this matter to proceed any further, anyhow j so go on with the business, Mr Brown. The Town Clerk here read the Library Committee's report. The Mayor asked if anybody would move its adoption. Mo one replying, he did it himself. There was then a difficulty in finding a seconder, and ultimately his Worship observed that the motion must lapse for want of a seconder, and ho remarked that this way of doing business would look rather queer iu the official minutes. A report from the Gas Committee w»8 next read.

His Worship: I may state that on the' report of the Committee being made action was taken in— Town Clerk: That is not the water report, your Worship. His Worship: Thank you, Mr Brown. These fellows—

Cr Hessey; Councillors, your Worship ; respect begets respect, (Laughter.)

His Worship put the report to the meeting, but there was dead silence, and the resolution he himself made that it bo adopted lapsed as in the former instance.

A further and separate report from the Gas Committee was then read.

His Worship; I may say that owing to necessity some expense has been incurred, so that an efficient water supply could be afforded tho gasometer tank, Tho tank is not at present leaking much, but the water levej is very low. With the authority of the Committee fluuiing has been put in along Banniu-ter-strest for a certain distlnce.but the place of stoppage has not yet been detected. There .is, however, not a good flow of water from the creek and the water cart really wants all there is. What I propose to do is to put the fluming down in lengths, with a trap here and there, so that it being divided into sectious, the exact place ot any stoppage which exists can be found. The extra fluming will cost about £1.2 to £l3, and I think Councillors should support tho Committee in what they are doing, 1 will move that so far as the Gas Committee have gone, the consent of the Council shall be given, and also as to the extra 5 chains fluming still required j the old piping to be removed.

The Mayor: To Cr Heron—The Act gives power in a case of emergency for action to be taken in the way it has been done, so you needn't get looking up the atanding orders, Cr Heron: I made no remark, and I presume I can refer to the standing orders without, speculations being made as to my motive.

The Mayor: Will anyone second my motion.

Cr Muir: I for one shall not second it until the motion about the Wesley an Church is disposed of, The Mayor; Oh that question's settled long ago, and if you won't second the present resolution my motion mast lapse. You cannot box it up, or anything of that kind, so of course it lapses,

Cr Parsons: The standing orders allow in an adjourned meeting the business to be resumpd where it was previously left off.

His Worship here explained that the Act over-rode the standing ordere, and referred to the absence of.a quorum at the last meeting prevented any motion being put to adjourn it. The last meeting simply lapsed that wasall. Councillors should look up Parliamentary rules on the subject and they would see.

Cr Hessey: It seems to me we have to be members of the House,of Kepresentatives to understand the standing orders.

His Worship: Of course you do. What a nice lot of pupils I have to educate,

Cr Heron: I suppose Your Worship would like to introduce the hour glass, and Sergeant-afc-Arms you referred to in a Parliamentary explanation just now,

. The Mayor: The Sergeant-at-Ams is necessary, at any rate, to keep you all in order.

The Act was here read by the Towu Clerk, at his Worship's request, who said, "I wish you'd read the Act and let them all uaderstand."

Cr Parsons: I want to ask what happened the other night after the quorum ceased to be present. His Worship: I think you'll find i 6 in the minutes. You should ask Mr Brown.

Cr Parsons: I think we ought to address your Worship. ' vThe Mayor! All right, you can across me—through Mr Brown. ■ Cr Heron; As a matter of fact,

although the meeting lapsed it was on the understanding that business was to be resinned whero it left off,

■The Mayor: Well, 1 will admit that, but all the same I have disposed of tho are all trying w .argue. who authorised any application totlie Wesleyau Church 1 OrMmr: The letter to the Wesleyan Church was written officially by the Fire Brigade Committeo. The Mayor: Weil, they should write their letters here, and not in their own establishment Cr Muir: The leMor was written in the Municipal office by the Town Clerk. Your Worship, as Chairman of tho Gas Committee, in the matter of taking up the flaming in Bannisterstreet, has spent £lO or J315, and that •is a far moro unauthorised proceeding. The Mayor : Now are the two cases applicable? One was an urgent want; the other is not. If you wished to write that letter, the affair should have been brought specifically and separately before the Council. Cr Gapper hero explained what lie co r " i derer'.?fcd been done regarding the wiiu. 'rater of tho Wesleyan Church up to date. His motion had ' been properly put, duly seconded, and 5 had not been dealt with yet By tho : standing orders business should be resumed at tjjrifijioint it was at when the previous BKeting was adjourned.

The Mayor: The mooting was not adjourned. I had a right to do as I liked regarding such a motion and did so at the time it being ultra vires. If you want to do the same you should occupy the chair. Cr Gapper: I should be ashamed to tako it after some of those who have have been in it,

Tho Mayor: I should think you would. (Laughter), You are all going out of your course. The minutes of last meeting have been confirmed and that settles everything- You, Cr Gapper, should have been here when they were passed if yon wanted to object, and not came late and make this Bquabble Well I suppose there's no one to second this gas affair. 1 think I am running the whole concern. You are the most unruly set I have sver come across, You keep raising up old questions that are settled long agty like a man who has been hanged comimito life again. Go on with the othowpusiness Mr Brown if

there is any, The Town Clerk read the Works Committee's report. The Mayor: There's a passage in that report that refers to me. The foreman has no right to put in any hearsay tales about me, and Imovo that that portion of it be expunged, It refers to the water-cart and pump and says" Darley saw the Mayor who told him to use it his own way," His Worship here detailed what took place between Mr Darley and himself and referred to Cr trapper to corroborate .him, Cr Gapper: I am not going to give any opinion on the present matter, until the subject of my motion is settled. The Mayor : Sure-ly, Gapper, you know that when the minutes were confirmed to-night, the Wesleyan Church letter was quite settled, and if it is to bo brougbA) again a new notice of motion muscle given. Cr Mjjjr; This is not doing business, tyfiat 1 should like to arrange would be some way of making progress, The Mayor: Well, you are only interrupting it, so sit down, Cr Muir: I do not wish to retard the business, and I am not doing it. Tho Mayor: Well, that'll do, sit down and don't say any more, Go on Mr Brown, or else we shall be here all night, Yes, by-the-way, that remark that Mr Croad makes about rae is perfectly contemptible, How can he know what took place between Darley and rae, and I request that this portion be expunged, and I ask you simply to second .the motion on the subject, Cr Muir: I wish some— The Mayor: Sit down Cr Muir and allow me to go on with the matter under discussion. There ought to be a fine. I at first thought there was one in the bye-lawg, but unfortunately there is'nt, and you can turn this Council into a bear garden, it seems, Does any iMf&er wish to move the adoption of t$T report, I have done enough iu that way this evening, and I think it is your turn now, No one replying His Worship ro* pass it in, Mr Brown, I suppose it will do as well that way as any other. 11 . The Town Clerk then read the finance Committee's report. The Mayor: Cr.Gapper erected that Californian pump without authority, and with the Borough labour, on another man's property. Cr Gapper: I beg Your Worship's pardon, You are under a misapprehension. Tho Mayor: Well, that doesn't matter, tha Auditor-General can deal with the unauthorised item afterwards, 1 move the adoption of the report with tho exception of tho Californian pump item of 18s, Cr Muir: I second the motion so , that I can speak on the matter. I think that it iaarery hard on the employees, that oWig to a deadlock on a trivial question their wage 3 should be stopped. The Mayor: Well, look here, you can't wander about all over the place talking deadlocks and all that sort .a? rot, Why sir, you would disjppie a Road Board 1 You must sties to what's in the report, Cr Heron: I am in favor of the resolution, but it is rather hard to be called to order by your Worship when you yourself are causing all the trouble. The Mayor: Well, does anyone olse wish to speak to the motion, The question is that the Finance Committee's report be adopted, and the accounts for wages etc., be passed for payment, This was seconded by Cr Muir and carried. The Works Committee's report was then read, « The MayorTwrae, Cr Gapper, you arc Chairman of that Committee; why don't you move tho adoption of the report ? Cr Gapper; the previous question fftst, your Worship, The Mayor here banded the report

baolc to the Town Clerk without its having been dealt with, Tho question of appointing a Gasworks Manager was then brought before the Council by the Town Clerk, A Councillor suggested that tho Council should go into Committee on the subject. It gave more latitude. The Mayor: Why I should think you have surely had enough latitudo for ono night, I see no necessity for going into committee, however I will put the motion, His Worship then put the resolution which being curried drew forth the expression, " Well there you are in committeo now, J will still keep the chair, although thero is no Parliamentary precedent for it, just to see that some great hulking fellow does not monopolise tho whole of the talk."

(A Councillor at this stage remarked that as they were in committee lie supposed they could smoke, He thereupon lit a huge cigar, and his example was quickly followed by the appearance round the civic circle of pipes, cigarettes and cigars of all descriptions)

Cr Heron: I think it would lie «s well that strangers should withdraw during the consideration of the gas managership question, and tho applicants' testimonials.

The Mayor: Well the testimonials need net be handed to the gallery, you can read them to yourselves. Tho Town Clerk then proceeded to read applications from various candidates for the appointment. Cr Gapper: Considering the number of applicants I think the matter should be relegated ,to the Gas and Works Committees to consider, and report upon, I move accordingly, and also that a special meeting of the Council be held on Tuesday next at 7.30 p,m, to receive the report and deal with it,

The motion was put and carried. Accounts for printing and advertising were then passed for payment. Cr T. E. Chamberlain gave notice that he would move tho following resolution at the next Council meeting :—" That a vote of thanks lo accorded by the Council to Mr Galloway for giving his consent, as a Trustee of the Wesleyan Church, to them to put a hose-box on the Church property, for the use of the Fire Brigade. The meeting then closed.

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