MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4450, 21 June 1893, Page 3

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

.The regular Mastortori Borough last evening, there ■ being Worship the Mayor and nouheillbrll Dixon, MutrieV Gullen, -ftistf E. ; TE|f .. Ohamberlaln, Yates aiidW.Pefry/i&jl 1 '■■ -.' MlNDm'■■' ■'■.'■:] -^'M® I Tho minutes of the last werd^ • read and confirmed;/.' "-• . OUUIIKaJOHDENOB. "•-' WOO , A letter was received frbitfiir Ho|?i I king, notifying residents in 7 tbes Borough are suffeiihjiilmm typhoid; ■■ P£| ■ A demand f rom the District Oliaritafe • Aid Board fur the sum of £l2O 12s'4djf i |ri four instalments' was receivod, // : P:!| '■' Applications wero received from Hornblow. 0. Pearson, and W/Lenss'tdfj have their names inserted on theßoroughl Ro!I.-The application was ' Messrs OoffanandCo.j London, wrotei' I with . reference'..'to-'the supply'of : g»i'| meterß/—Referred to the Gaa.Commit"^; ■ tee,"-- ■' i\K.~^i.-:--'^lfj.,[~%:!&i : A letter' was received from lington Benevolent Board stating thai! owing to the from Wellington, the unrepresented pn'thaßoard. ' '-. . ?! | Messrs Beethanvand Williams wrote as follows re the proposed Lansdoirno'?! Water,Supply:^' 1 In reply to your! letter of May 26iih, we beg to "placo be- : § fore the Borough Council the conditions for thoir consideration ;-(l.) 'B That the water they toko from the Lans-f downe reservoir for the supplyof Master. S ton, must first; bo' : put into tho dam by'/i bringing n race from (2 ) That tho water level in tho reservoir ■ must.notbe lowered-'belnw'amark-to be?:'; agreed upon. (3) That tho of tho raoe through Lansdowne fromf Messrs Weloh'a boundary to the swamp! at the head of the reservoir, be 'cnlarjjed-r; as to carry the extta water without:';! raising theievel of the .water In the raoe,':{i' and that tho race be carried on tirougb> the swampat the head of tho Ksorvuntfi (4) That Messrs -Williams and Beethamtfbe.not held responsible, or any of their* tenants, or any purchaser of land un tho?) Lansdowne estate, for any drainage that A may run into tho reservoir. ditiona accepted the Borough Council Wormaßnbucß ing basin, near the reservoir, take from the sime to the publioroad, and the / right to enter the property for the pur« :' poße of attending to the valves, sluices, '■■■:: eto. We would point nut to the Council' ' that this offer gives to the town the ad- ■ vantage of our expenditure of over f 600.v We would also draVihe attontion of the Council to the fact that we only hold the; right to the water-race, through the property of Messrs. N Weleh, for twenty.' one years, We would 'draw the' attention of the Council to the ' account of the. opening of the Sumner'' Water Works, in the Weekly Press, of; ' May 4th. The head above the town (Ma«terton) ia higher, by at least tenfeet, than the head at Sumner,. With an inch' nozzle a jet ouuld be thrownfrom 75 to SO feet." . REPORTS, ho reports of tho Qaß, Fire Brigade, and Library Committees wero read and'adopted. TYPHOID MVKR. ' Tho Mayor said this was a matter ro> quiring attontion. .Tho Clerk said that ono thing Dr. Hosking chiefly com plained Of was the -•■ Insanitary condition of a portion of the . town, and the Masterton milk supply, It would be adviaublo to appoint a Health Officer. Cr Dixon moved that tho attention of ■ the Inspector of Nuisances be drawn to that part of tho town complained of by Dr Hosking, ns being in an insanitary condition.—Tho motion was carried..'. ■ irrigatiok.' An account for the survey of tho pro. posed Waingawa Irrigation Scheme, now abandoned, was reeijedjfprtpe BoroughCouncil's shttre^inTlis^r^te^M * initial expenses; The Mayor moved that tho account : (£3l6s 8d) be passed for payment as soon as a copy of the 'estimates be re-..' ceived.—Carried. : ■ •-.,' OnARIWBMiID. '•■ The Mayor said that the basis of lho ! levy, was an unfair one, Crown Lands being included from whioh no roveuue was dorived. He should propose that ■ > the Council object to make payment, It was necessary that some concerted action should be taken by the bodies affected! Or Cullen seconded and the motion/ wasoarried. •■ . : WKIUNGTON BBNEVOIEHT BOAIID. It WBS explained by the Mayor that Mr Hawkins has represented the United Boroughs of the Wairaropa, and it would bencceeaary to consult, them before ap« pointing his successor. It would perhaps be difficult to obtsina representative, as people appeared to objeot to sit. After discussion it was decided to leave the matter until next meeting. , . BATING. ,' jf,' A lotter from the Palmersfcon Boroiigb. Council, asking the Council's co-opera-tion in approaohtng the Government with tho object of amending the Rating Act, to enable Local Bodies to rate on tho unimproved value of the land, was next discussed. The Mayor said it could not do any harm. It would bo merely an optional matter. He would move in the directioi suggested.-Mr-motion waß £ WATER SUPPLY, M

j The Mayor said he was in favor of 1 ,_ Messrs Williams and Beotbams offer, and < ',; wouli give notice of motion for next r meeting, that the offer he accepted, eub» 8 jeot to the approval of the ratepayers. , This would give Councillors an oppor* j tunity of thoroughly considering the t offer mado. f ORDINARY BUSINESS. Cr Oullen moved that the Town * j Clerk writo to the Railway Oomminione era, pointing out tho nucoapilj of a pro» , per foot-path from the road to the Masterfon Station platform, ft was a j| dangerous place, at'present, and several , people bad narrowly CBoaped injury, j particularly at night. Cr Ohamherlain seoonded the motion, '_ It was most dangerous and a disgrace to the Railway, and certainly a most neces* saty work.—Tho motion was canied. Or Dixon directed tho Council's J attention to the state of tho footpath in t Dixon Street, which required Immediate i repairs. [ Or Chamberlain understood that footj paths were being attondod:& njttyo, ■■•■ I Overseer as fast as he could, T|>- r mayor's SAURY. ' . Or Oullen moved that tho Mayor be paid o salaiy of £26,, Tho Mayor had frequently to put his'hand,in his pocket I for many things, and it was only fair. ' that he should receive an allowance, ■ The_ Mayor said that if tho motion was discussed, he should havo to loavs the chair. However, as far as tho Mayors who might coma after him wcro con» •. corned, he was in favour of tho motion, Cr Dixon said Or Oullen had rather taken the wind out of his sails, He had intended to movo in the same direction. He thought it unfair that any person should' be put to expense after gi<" n g ' his services and time. He would second the motion. The Mayor suggested that ho leave the chair. • Or Perry moved as an araendmen that notice of motion he given The amendment was lost, and the Mayor vacated the ch/r #sTeistwas voted to his place,/ ~ Cr Perry, speaking to tho motion, asked why the matter had been brought up on this occasion, Cr Oullen said that there wero many things tbe Mayor was called upon to pay. The present time was as good as any other, The motion was put and oained—Tho Mayor then resumed llnohair. The Mayor said it would not affect him very much, but speaking for his succosBors, he thought tho movement a proper one,'' ' ACCOUNTS j. 4ccouota as submitted were passed forf payment, ( J" The Councd then adjourned h ===== k The United States Government S& refused to arbitrate between fee French UdtheSjainese,