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HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Monday, June 23. Present : Or. Eume, in the chair, and Ors. McDonald, Potter, Knox, Beale, Gaudin and Dawson. THE TOWN BELT RESERVES. Before commencing business, ifc was resolved that Ors. McDonald and Knox should go, with Mi* T. G Sandes, over the town belt. West Hamilton, and Crs. Potter and Dawson over that on the East side, to resolve what plan should be adopted in laying out that reserve. A lebtor was received from Mr

LeQue.sne, asking' for reclamation, of injury doue to his property on the river bank.

Or. -Potter explained that the injury was the cause of Mr own act, who had cut a ditch, and led the w-.tar into that channel. It was proposed to 'put some 2000 yards of soil, taken from the Hamilton East approaches, and fill in the holo with it. : '

Or. McDonald said, the damage was the result of the act of Mr LeQuesu9, and he did not see why the Boroucrh should *be pub to the CO3C of Gd per yard carting, to all up this hole. The matter was. ultimately re-', ferred tj the Works Committee, Ors. McDonald and Beale votiug against the motion, and Grs. Potter, Dawson, Gaudin, Knox and Hume for it. TIIE BRIDGE. The following l telegram was read, from the : Premier : . Wellington, June 13th, 1879.—T0 the .Mayor of Hamilton-r-In reply to your telegram of 10 th, when you saw me about the £3,000 to be advanced for tho bridge, I was not aware of .details of agreement signed by you and Minister of Public Works, from -which it appears that the monoy is payable from time to time, and in such" Sums the Engineer in' charge of works certifies to be required for work done.—Gr. I*ray.

Tt was stated that the certificate of the Engineer certified to a sum of. «£3,oso'having been spent on the bridge, by the borough, and it was resolved to v apply at once for the money.

RESIGNATION OP CR. GWTNNE.

The following letter was read from Cr. G-wynne : • To the Mayor and Council, Borough of Hamilton—

Gentlemen, —I beg to tender you my resignation, as Councillor for the Borough of Hamilton, and to respectfully request you to appoint another Councillor to perform my duties in connection with the borough.—l am, &c, R. G-wynne.

It was resolved to allow the letter to stand over, and request Cr G-wynne to remain in office till his term came to a natural end, in September.

A letter was received from the contractor for the culvert in Clarencestreet. Ordered to stand over for consideration when the . contract is finished, when the Council could fcake into consideration the difficulties he has had to contend with.

The following opinion respecting the establishment of a public abattoir, was read from Messrs "Whitaker and O'Neill, Solicitors : "With reference, to the question submitted to us by Cr. Potter re establishing an abattoir for the borough of Hamilton, on the Education Reserve of Hamilton East, we are of opinion that the borough cannot erect or establish an abattoir within half a mile of the outside boundary of the borough, and that consequently the slaughter-house on that reserve being within the half-mile, it cannot be established as an abattoir, but having been erected before the coming into, operation of the Slaughter-house Act, 1877, it may be licensed as a slaughter-house.

Cr. Potter said he had pressed the matter, to bring the position of the Borough, with that of the Counties, to an issne. Another site could not; be got within accessible distance of Hamilton, and the next step was, now, to apply to the Legislature for an amendment of the Act. The want of an abattoir would soon mean ,£2OO a year loss to the Borough. Or..Knox pointed out that there was already an agitation to i prevent Boroughs establishing nuisances outsido their own boundaries.

Or. Gaudin thought the time had not arrived for establishing private abattoirs in Hamilton.

Or.-Knox said, the movement was made none too soon, some of the slaughter-yards in Hamilton were flltby places for meat to come out of.

Or. Beale said, he spoke professionally, when he said th it some nf slaughter-houses were kept in such a filthy condition that they had already induced disease. Or. McDonald said, it was necpssary for health, and necessary to prevent cattle stealing, that there should be more control over the slaughtering of cattle.

Or. Potter promised to prepare a notice of motion for next meeting The following report was received i'—-

Gentlemen, —I have been to see Mr Gardiner's property, accompanied Cr. Knox, who informed me that he and other members of Works Committee had also seen it, in my absence in town. The water lately led into his ground is doing serious injury, and requires to be attended to immediately, and will require a wooden shoot sufficiently large to convey the water for a distance of about 100 yards, more or less, but we think a different course for the wooden channel could be advantageously adopted. We would recommend that a few planks be laid across the drain in Anglesea-street, to continue the pathway into Hood-street' the street crossing being very bad at this' place in winter. The foreman could do this for a very small outlay. The heavy rains are telling on the streets, and, wherever water accumlates, requires attention almost daily. The drain across the road, near Mr Brown's property, has been completed by the workmen. The outlet would require a little more deepening, through Mr Vialou's property.—Richard Gwynnb.

It was resolved to refei the matter of carrying the water through Gardner's Gully to the Engineer and Works Committee, with power to act.

Certain accounts were then passed, and the business was concluded.

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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1092, 24 June 1879, Page 2

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HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1092, 24 June 1879, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1092, 24 June 1879, Page 2

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