AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2148, 30 April 1897, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Thiß Oonncl hi Id i ! s neaai foi'ti.iijhtly ', meetir* «>" 9 8tt» mat, nt th»ir office. P<esent — Hh Worship th« Mnyor (in Mi-- ' chair), unci Crs Penlins-boti, McGregor, T»jlor Vanaioni,. Pi«nr>, U<*ath, Orh«H Harrison. Or Vmgio'i signed the u-oftl declaration and t<-oU r-i* *c fc, M*DTER. The of tn« previous were a>i:l ootifin'ipd. OOBKKSrONDICNOE. ■ A. I , tter was received froi«a the Return--injer Officpr, ssying that Mr Jop. Vangfioni had bet»n duly elected k councillor in place of C: Ch('ck!»y, deceased. From the Wharfinger, enclonng a cheque for »ha unm of £56 ll« 7d; bfingf amonot of wharfage for quarter ending 3lst Maroh la«r. CV McGregor, ac Chairman of the Wharf Oommittoe, aeked in what position the matter of comparing freight lietH with the wbarfingei'a books stood. Hβ understood thiifc at the end of thd ynar Mr Spurr 1 * office <!ea»ed« If it won not quifri oleftr. he now would move that the Town Clerk perform tba work done by Mr Syurr a the same reownention, viz., £2 2*. Seconded hv Cr Hvirison and carried, APPLTC; TION3 FOB LICENSES. The truaim of the Ak»ro» Hope Lodge applied for a ' cenee to nee their Hal! as a Pablic Hal!. On the motion of Or Taylor, seconded by Or Orbeli,th> pplioaiion wee granted. A.'license to etc keroeene in Churoh etreet v> rs, on tiio motion of Cr Perm, seconded by Cr V»n on? granted to Mr J\ Arming, the Inep tor's report feeing favourable. Mte Collett applied for .1 license for two drays, which on the -notion of Cr Orbsll, neoonded by Or Perm was granted. WHARF INBDBANCE. A letter wan reopived from the Agent of the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Co., re the policy of insurance on the new wh-arfr and ched-. It w«s reeolved on the motion of Cr McGregor, seconded by Cr Hef>tb, that a fie.h policy be tsken forthet>nm of £300 at the new sca'e—£2 6f, being 10H3d leee thsn the old tariff. BANK ACCOUNT. His Worship the Mayoi whb authorised to *-ign the eorporaiion'e halancee in the books of ihe B nik at ulto. r»« oorrfet i viz.. £59 15s Hi Borough Fund Aci count, and £9 5a Contr»ctoi«' Deposit Account. HEALTH ACT. Dr. Leing wroie tjning notice in tertne of the Act viafe he had a cam uf diphtheric sore throat under hie charge, and more recently that hie p&t'Mit was sufficiently - w«ll to return home te Wainni. The In»pect"r reported that th» rooms occupied had been properly di>:infeoted. VlSi'f OF TB.fi VOLUNTEKRB. Cttpt. D<y of the College Rifle", wrote thanking tbe M-iyor and re ident* for courtesies shown the Volunteers during their East-r visit to Aharon. Hin Worship acid he had previously acknowledged tbe lettpr. queen's jubilee. The acting cleik of ihe AkaToft County Council forwarded the toliowiDg ree.>lntion curve to by Coumil Xt i c lust :—"That the Council forum i >to a oomunt'ee to art wiih tho i Borough in collecting wubfciptione for the cerebr."tiofi of the Kocoru r< is?n, and ; tlist a local memo*in of tbe i hi i<tnii> of the Biti*b flag io 1840 be 1 suggested as the most suiub't* in which botn these bietoiical events on-y be cotn-im-inor-ted,

Gr Orbeli moved, end Or Pdnn seconded that the httpr be received end handed over to the Jubiiee'Committee, wliich was oariied unatjimoowly. HOSPITAL BOARD. Thin body wrof. istitmgj rnt the Boiouglra contribution tor (lit* connug ye&r would be £13 2h 6dFINANCE. Receipts finoe laet dueling—Rent £25. doge £1, petroleum £1, wherfago £56 lla 7d, wuavengering £4 8-t S J. refuodtt Mβ. Total £88 Hβ. Cr Bank of New Zealand £173 tie sd. On the motion of Or- Perm, heuondfld by Or H&rrißonj the foLowing hcoouMh weft paeeed for payment :—Foreman £4 ; J. staples £2 16* lid; W. J»fin«ori £1 1» ; F. Wight 111 l< 6.1 ; T. E. r«yl<.r 5e j sd; J. Pbitlips £24 6a 7d Total-£33 19» |sd. SHIRQLE i Aα offer from Mr E. F. Le'ievro for a quatitiiy ut fhingle atacked n«»r Bruce'* bridge at 2-) 6i per yard wae. on the 1 suggestion »f tbe Oheiruian of the Works (Jominittae, directed to be purcbnse'i and snicked in tho Coutjcil'B yard. BEOREATIOK RESBKVfi!. Cr Orbeli t*ro»uh( up ti>e of a oleiui of £18 0* 7<l owing to Mr W. H. Henoing fnr labour and mnteti'l be had expended on the Recreation Ground to itu- * prove tbe cricket pilch, beir>£ led to do bo as a member of a deputation who !>nd waited on the Oouncil on tbe enbject, by a half promiHo thiit the Council would «ub- : fidiee the work to the extent of £1 for j £1. Hij WoMiip ruled tho subject being one which would squire tde leß'.inriing of a pnor recolntion of tbo Oonoeil could not be disciißHed «t tlitit m««-tirig. Cr Orbeli then gave notce of the following mi/tioo for nt-xt of the Council.— *' Th«t thai pottion of the Reserves Committee's report dut'od 21et Oi tober, 1896, recorded on page* 129 and 130 of the Committee's Minute Boot, referring to the improvement of tho Rocrp<i~ tion ground be rescinded to allow the Oouncil fco reen»»idar Jffers from Mr W. H« Henr.'ing of iilht nnd 22<»d December, 1896."'

Tiio Council-then adjourned