HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1254, 13 July 1880, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Special Meeting. * A special meeting of the Council was held on Friday to consider the resolutions passed at the public meetings of burgesses held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last. There were present, His Worship the Mayor, Crs. McGarrigle, Davis, Vialou, and Jone3. The Mayor said they were present at the meeting on the previous Tuesday, at that meeting a resolution had been carried regarding the bridge tolls, which he did not think would have been carried had a proper poll been taken. The meeting was packed and contained a number of persons ,who were not ratepayers. He did not consider it a fairly representative meeting and, having consulted with several people he had come to the conclusion that the only way was to submit the question of the purchase of the allotment near the bridge, to a poll of the burgesses. He then read an address which he had prepared for the ratepayers. He moved that it be advertised and a poll taken on Friday next. Cr. Jones seconded. It wa9 best to go to the burgesses, because which ever way they as a Council went they were sure to incur blame. Cr. Vialou said the reason he would support the resolution was that the meeting of Tuesday was called not so much for the good of the Borough as for the ends of a factious party, who simply wished to get the Council in a difficulty. They knew very well that the Council was committed to Mr Seddon, and the very men who made such a fuss had 'spoken of the transaotion as the best thing that could be done. Cr. McGrarrigle said they could not apply the bridge fund to the purchase of land. Cr. Vialou said the Government could not help itself. The loan was for the bridge and approaches, and, as the land was required for the approaches, it was perfectly legitimate to spend the special fund as proposed. Cr. McGarrigle disagreed with this. Cr. Jones considered the Council was bound by its agreement with Mr Seddon. Cr Davis agreed that they should consult the ratepayers. Cr McGarrigle said he objected to the Mayor's assertion that the meeting on Tuesday was not representative. It had been called by advertisement, and if the majority of the ratepayers had not attended, they were, nevertheless, bound by the action of tho3e who did attend. He

protested against the terms of the addres", which, he maintained, only set one view before the ratepayers. * The motion was carried, and the address will bo found in our Advertising columns. On the motion of the Mayor, the recommendation of tho public meeting to give the Borough piinting and advertising to the Waikato Times was adopted, aud the Couucil shortly afterwards rose.