BOROUGH COUNCILS.

4 i /■, NEW BBIGHTON. I M The New Brighton Borough Council met i.JSftls night. Present—Th« Major (Mr F. j Kibble-white), and Ore. E. A. Leaver. J. sfsKll Gunablo, R. Stokes. F. Muirson, J. W. Bis- j t. C. J. Bellamy, and F. j fep| It r.-as Te»oiTc-('. tii.it Brake street bo ic- ' jg£3 r.anu-d Scott street, and Herring Bay rood ; ||5p re-nwned Richmond terrace. j Er C. J. Alien was granted a further term fig? o; three months of tho of tho site occopied by him for 'he. purpose oi a eawmii! in the Ilawhiti .Domain. I In conformity with tho wishes of tee Pr n - > micr, it was docidcd that Armi-stice Day t£y should be commemorated by ail work, etc.. ! •ceasing in tho borough for a period of two ] E|£, mir.ntes on Thursday, at 11 aan. . j pf Tho, invitation, of tiie Presbyterian Church j fojjj Committee to bo present at evening servio I g&i or. Sunday ne-rt., at their unveiling of a ' fgfe T{.">l: of Honour, was accepted. I T'jo Postma«ter-Goneral stated tlvat the |gg* Fn-.-n (£2000), shown on tho Estimates, did IK® not necessarily indicate that that- was all jv|g the money which would be provided for the gra purpose of tho new Post Office at Xew Brigh- pgH ton. * W® Tho Forestry [Department advised that j|£|j j Sir Francis Bell, Commissioner of State pPy Forest 9, hoe had before him the proposals re- ~™j garding co-operation in a forestry planting 1 gss pcheme in tho borough, and that Mr D. J. Kg Buchanan, Superintending Xnrseryir.au of gZSj tho Sotith Island, -would ""kit the boroueh Kg nnd make a thorough examination of the project. The By-laws Committee reported that 110 liiJ building permits had been is-ued to data, f~J| ha-ving an aggregate value of £."I,3jS 10s. p>> Cr. Bellamy furnished a lengthy report upon matters 'dealing with tho silting lip of the river, which was rapidly becoming raj a very serious problem, and «. menace to navigation, both for yachting and for com- m/ mercial purposes. Owing to tho clearing of V ; S tho uppor reachcs of the river during tho I «1 past twenty years, particularly so m the last • ;ivo years, it was felt that if this was al!o-r- Kj.7 ed to go on, all navigation would cease, and tho fig river become mora or less a wretched and Kg unthinkable dmin. In order to placo tho BK; waterway in anything like a navigable con- jj™ dition over a distance of a mile and a half, a sum of not less than £100 would need Kg to be expended, and this was too big- a sum j® altogether for the Council to tako in hand. S§ Other bodies interested should co-operate. Ej> He instanced the river Liffey, in Ireland, ||| which had been allowed to silt up in a BS similar manner, and in consequence what was onco n very valuable asset to tho City of £3 I>ublin had now bccomo a most objectiond able open drain. Ife a Acting upon Cr. Bellamy's report, it -was lo decided to get into touch immediately with tg; U the Xiyttelton Harbour Board and the Christ- re f. church Prainoge Board, and tho River Com- fe mission recently set up, urging immediate g. attention to the state of tho river, and suggetting remedies. fri; ll » Permissions was granted two applicants Mi 19 to erect two tents at Pleasant Point for a igj co period of one month, at o ice of 10s per '• tent per month. •?" Cr. Israelson Toported upon tho congestion of motor car and other wheeled traf- !& , fij on v holidaya and Sundays on the Esplan- i| ■>' ade, in the vicinity of tho Pier. This waa becoming a very serious danger to pedess trians and others. It was decided to draw tho attention of the polioe to the matter. d' :n There being no applications for the Conn- |v j cil'a loan of £52,000, it was resolved that ( »|i 30 ! tho Council apply to tho State Advances fi; 10 i Department for a loan of £10,000, fin- the , 16 purpose of carrjdng ont essential work. tj'-i a - E I i«