CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2668, 23 July 1891, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Tin-: adjourned meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday, at -I p.m. l'rnsant: The Mayor (Mr J. H. Priestley), Councillors Kirkwoo'J, Webber, D.md, Bach, and R-iberts. OvKllDlt.Ml , . —Tho Ashburton Council asked the Council to supnort an application to Parliament to enable Councils to borrow from private individuals as well as from banks.—Adjourned till next meeting. FlNAXOß.—Overdraft !)th Jimi), t:i77 •")> 3d ; accounts paid dnrinß the month, foil "is 3d; amo'int lodged during month, t127 10s; accounts to pan*. £81 l\-> sii ; ovt-r----draft when accounts aie i:aid, to'.lO 11s lid.

Accounts.—Tho following accounts were i):Bsi..(l for paynifiit :—Crouch and Watt am, IMS 17s 2il;".l. I'. Tli"ms.,n. flli 12s 2 1; H. Preece, JtKi .V; W. Smter and (J'., t:j l-'s sii • K W. Stewart, t'2 10s: AnditorGenerai, £2 3s 1.1 ; J. S. Bond, £1 15s lid ; V. J. S.indors, lljs iIJ; W. D.ivies, :is -Id ; toUl, £8111s ritl. A Rack kou tub Puiii.ic llall.— The Rev. C. H. Oarland, nn behalf of the Wesleyan budy, and Mr G. Dickinson, on behalf of the public library, applied for the use of the public ballon S'jpt=-tnl>or IStli, the date of the horse show.— Both uailies left it Id the Council to decide, and, after tho matter hail Imen di<cus.-ed, it was decided to pivu Mr Dickinson the hall on the datn Mienli-inniJ. Works.—The works rennet simply stated that the .surfaceman had baen employed 2o days, and instanced several minor repairs.—The report was adopted. Cuown Lands.—The i\fayor was requested to wiite Colonel Fruser, re the leasiri" of Crown lands, in similar terms to those forwarded to the Hon. John Brycn. Thh l'uiil.ic ll.\T.t. —Mr Henry Bell wrote coiiiphuninu of the state of the public hall when the Oddfellows' ball was held, iU,d .-iskitiK that the c!iarK« should be low-nid in c-inseqMciic.'.—Tin', caretaker of the hill attended, and explained how he considered the matter occurred.-H was resolved to lira-re the chai-iin t> 25<. and also to suppiv a mat and sc-ap-ji at the do-a-as soon ns'llirt Jnnd C.nitis closed.-Alten-ti.in was also called to the still* of the pill!';, and the nutter was referred to the hall committee. This was all the business-.