AKAROA BROUGH COUNSIL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 5533, 1 October 1929, Page 1

AKAROA BROUGH COUNSIL.

A meeting of this Council was held on Wednesday evening. Present His Worshipt he Mayor (in the chair') and Councillors iMunro, Taylor, Wright, Pool, Leete, Williams, M'aseifi.eld, Morcom. €OR!R®9EOIN'DBNiCE. The (Municipal Association wrote re next annual conference at Invercargill iiv March next asking for remits to be sent in. Messrs' Meares, Williams and Holmes wrote re wharf enclosing

copi'es of Order in> iCouncil and documents to be signed by the wharfinger The 'Clerk said the wharfinger had the documents and l bad not returned them.

The 1 matter was held over pending' the return of the documents. iConvnodore Blake, H.M.S. Dunedin, wrote that the Dunedin would be in Akaroa from' 5 October to 9 October and would li'ke 5 to meet the Council. The 'Christchurch City Council wrote re establishment of Free Ambulance that no action would be taken in the 1 matter.

The letter was received,

The N.Z. Tar Roads Company wrote forwarding a tin of Colfix containing 4 gallons for a trial on the 1 streets. ■ A vote of thanks was passed to Cr McCaughan who was instrumental in obtaining the sample tin. Mr A. Wilkin offered to pay £3 for the Baths during the comingseason. WORKS COMMITTEE. Cr Wright, Chairman of the Works ComiT.ittee, moved the adop- [ tion of the foreman's report. I

Foreman's Report. "The work done since last meeting- consists of attending to Main road. Have renewed) sewe" on School road, also put on- 1 extra rail and 1 netting at big culvert below the School. Put in an extra stringer in bridge at Hammond's corner where decking was damaged by tractor. Carted tins off Beach road and attended to blocked 1 drains. Also filled in ruts on road beyond Boatsheds and attended l to other general work." Seconded iby Cr Pool and l carried. RESERVES COMMITTEE. 'Cr MaseifieW, Chairman of the Reserves Committee, moved the adop-1 tion of the gardener's report as under. Gardener's Report. "I have 1 to report that the work for the past two weeks consisted of planting the fence and renovating front at' Bank of New Zealand. About one hundred dozen tomatoes haive been transplanted in the glass house, also a good number of other plants and a general clean up of Hospi'tal Grounds. A start has been made on the cleaning and digging of French Cemetery plot. The heating in glass house has been so far satisfactory. .All 1 general work has had. attention." Seconded by Cr. Wright and carried. FINANCIAL ST/. TEMENT. Amounts received since last meeting :— General Rates £37 14 2 Drainage Rates 4 14 3 Waterworks Rates 9 8 6 Improvement Loan Rates 5 19 9 Sundies 18 19 11 76 17 7 Bank Account: District Fund Account, Bank of New Zealand Dr. 543 8 1 Cash in hand 43 8 10 Total debit 499 19 3 Accounts amounting to £108 17s Id were passed for payment. It was decided to call tenders for , &n<&> cgfPrjetL *■. • ■ •, ed He inu.u. nsi the atterttfoftliiM the Chairnian of the Works Comml'tte be called to this matter; second" ed by Cr. Wj'lli-ams and carried. Cr. Pool said that he had been rung '' up by an engineer of the Marine De- ' partment who wanted to kuow if a 1 boat slip were needed in Akaroa, if 1 the Akaroa Borough Council wouW 1 make a grant, what the fees would \ amount to for use of the slip and the 1 cost of the erection' of the slip. Cr. - 1 Pocl said that he pointed out the slit) 1 was needed' urgently and l that at : least 20 boats would use it. The charges in other places were 7s 6d 1 to 15s according to the size of the boats. He asked whether the Coun- 1 cil would make a grant on next year's estimates if the Department erected a slip. He had said the slip would cost about £100. The engineer was ringing hin:< up again when he said he would report the Council's decision.

Cr. Leete asked 1 if the fishermen paid the Akaroa County Council any amount before when the boat slip was under their jurisdiction. Cr. Pool said the slip was outside the Borough and the fishermen never received an account for the use of the slip. Nobody was in charge and the late Mr Bruce had the key.

Cr. Williams said oni two occasion! the cradle had ibeen let run down on to the beach and damaged. In disscusston Cr. Wright said tLe slip with a concrete fairway would

cost £150 complete. The Mayor said the Council should make a grant of £30 on condition that the sli'p was vested in th-? Akaroa Borough and the Council had the fees. Cr. Morcom moved the Town Clerk write to the 'Marine Department getting all information and the Council deal with the matter at next meeting j seconded 1 by C : r. McCaughan and carried. The Clerk said that he received a complaint from' the Bruce Hotel about the din children made on the Britomart 'Reserve. They were breaking down the flotwers and trees. Cr. Taylor moved l the Police be ask ed to take steps in the matter: seconded by Cr. Williams and carried. 'i he Clerk said: he had had a i.ew IfJi'k put on the Pavilion' and the High School boys had l tried to tear the netting off the windows instead of enquiring for the key. The Mayor moved the Headmaster be written to about the matter and informed the boys must obtain a key from' the Town Clerk; seconded by Cr. Taylor and carried The Mayor sai'd' Mr Heinzman called about the path to the Green's Point Memorial. He wanted the Council to carry out the work of putting down the path and making the turnstile. Cr. 'Maselfield moved that the Council would l be prepared' to call tenders for the road' and send on the price for the -lettering; but would take no responsibility after the road was con'.pleted. Seconded by Cr Williams and carried. The Clerk reported the- Shell Company had given two 36 gallon drums of their spray mixture and it was decided to thank them for the gift.