HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2183, 6 July 1886, Page 2

HAMILTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tmk usual monthly ir»etmg of the council was held la<-t night. Present: — His Worship the Mayor, Cts. B irfrm, Scott, Tippen, Ih'v, Ed.reeiiinl> j Wi Knox. Thk Fitk/k Xi^\ME.-Mr Xorthcroft wrote ('rawing the attention of the council to tlie danger of allowing the furze to grow on the load between the allotment occupied l>y hun and the Government reserve Xt>. X. If u fit o occurred much damage would* he caused. The furze had spread from the revive. — The Mayor said the reserve m <\ ie~?>on w v - "lie that the council hid jdst .tpM.i.'.l b> the (Government to hand over.--Lu answer to Cr. Tippen, the t i ■ n ciitk ■> i.'l tii. ii.i/e nuisance was not ('." »lt \. iti in tin n< \ \i_tnii\\ befoie Parliament. — Cr. Ku >x s.ud Hamilton appeared •■" he t!i»* only pine wheie the local u;ti)Mnth'> vue .ifiul to tackle the> >pie^ti. u —d. YAg uunbe said the ii'!ii"dy hint, d it l>y Cr. Knot could not .iiF.'i t the pie-t nt cause, as the i.tnd fn'Mu which the ntn-anee *piangwasa ' Jov'i uiumi*- ie-oiv.\ He would move that me i oid !>• il '.in d.— This was .seconded by <~v 1 )«-v .i.nl limii^i, n b Mng agreed to call foi t n<le^ foi t'euing liosstievor-street at the s sine time. R' mo v \rro\ or Coi noillohs. — Messrs Y. (J. Saudt--. .u\ 1 A. Bach wrote, resigning 1 ,mr s.'dts tt th > couii';il, and the Town Cleikw.is duected to take the necessary Kiel's foi tillimr the vacancies. Tm; Puuur liunniNc;^— The "NEayor rei)»it<\l tint, seeing a sum of £2000 on the H-ti n tte» for pub.ic buildings, Auckland, !ie had telei,'raphrd to Mr Lake to know if t'ns sum wis intended for Hamilton. That iijoriiniif Mr L«ke had wired a reply in t!u- nojritive. He further -tated that ho and Mr Whvte were endeavouring to get the sum i>l,iced on the supplementary estimates. He -ugg.^ted that Sir J. V»gel iw communicated with, as there was no iccord of any promise to subsidise the local contributions either in Land* or Postal Departments. The Mayor .said he had at once wired to Mr Ballance, as that gentleman had made a distinct promise of assistance. While <«n this object he might >.tate that he had that day seen Mr D. A. Tole, the Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands, who is on a visit to Hamilton, and that official had informed him that he was !!■ >\v strongly f of opinion that Crown^land .sale;, .should be field at Hamilton. Street Impko\ cm lnim.— The works committee reported th it the main streets footpaths &c hid been gravelled, and tho ■ippiouch to the Public Hall had been much improved, pipes had been laid down and the ditch in front filled in.— Cr. Knov pointed out that the cost of the impro\ement to the hall would be borne by the trustees.— Cr. Bat ton drew attention to the necessity for some fuither improv merits in Victoria.stieet, which the Chairman of the Works Committee said would be attended to. Satisfaction was expressed at the condition of the streets in the borough generally. — It was decided to clear and form portions of Grey and Fiith-atreets, Hamilton East.— ln connection with this, the question of preparing specifications ciopped up, and Cr. Barton said it was time the council considered the advisablene.ss of appointing an engineer, but nothing was done in the matter. Thk Annum. Rate.— On the motion of Mayor, seconded by Cr. Edgecnmbe, it was decided to le\ y a rate of Is in the £ for tho current year. Thk (tR vvkl Contr vet.— Mr J. Coombes wrote stating that when he took the contract to supply gra\ el at lid per yard, ha was under the impression that he could obtain mateful fiom the old pit in Hamilton We-it, but alter he had removed a few loads the pit was el-wed. He a-ked the council to allow him 3d a yard on the gravel he had cuted across the mcv from the east side.— After borne discussion, the letter was received. Evnow mknt Lr\sK._ The town clerk was instructed to inform the lessee of endowment X<> 10M that if all arrears of rent; were not paid before the next meeting, the council would re-enter. ThkCvitik in uiKSruEKT-!.— Cr. KnoX «?iid since rending a letter and a leading ai tide on this subieet which appeared in The Waikato Times, he was quite satisfied that the cattle shourd be kept off the ->tieets between sunset and Minrne. He therefore moved that aftei a week from date no cattle oi horse* be allowed to be at laige in the boionurh between the hours of -unset and «iumw\--Cr. Ruton moved a* an amendment tint a committee of tne whole council be formed to consider the sublet and repot t on Monday evening next, thie<» to fonii a <pi.>iiim; the committee to meet this morning. — Cr. Knov withilnuv his m >tioi> and the amendment was carried. Arcoi M's, A: i\ —A number of account* une pissed for p i\ment, and the council adjoin ned till Momiav next.

Tuovo \Villum I\kry Wallm, G. ('. P> , the .senior admi i il of.the fleet, has jus -itt lined his 9.5 th year, having been Ix'ii Halifax, in Nova Scotia, on April 1-\ 1711. Tho pall mt voteran fir»twent to sm pi 180 1, but was borne on the books of the navy since 170.). when he was only four years old, hip f.ither havinjy ocenpied an official position in tho nnvil yard at Halifax. i(e took a prominent part ia tho rnomnmblo action otF Boston between thp Shannon (of which he w,ib the second lipiitemnt) and the American frigate Chfs.ipeake, which was captured after a desperate .stni"jrlf» of ll f > minutes, on Juno I, 1815, nearly 73 years ago,