BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 213, 9 September 1896, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS.

• .. DEVQNBOiT, ■■' <;. ~'.;.' The ordinary njeefcine of theDevonporti Borough GounqUwa.a' held, last evening, whan tHero ripre jjr&senti■:.— Meaarji "M/ l^iccol (Mayor), 0. Mays, R. H. Dutler, R, C. Cameron, E;.J)atfcou r ,R. Wynyard, \V. Avenell, S. pi IMacky, and J, 0. Entrican. PEKMra.-r»Mr C. ft. .fitb ofijocted to thq Council '^rantiojar « penaib tq Mr«Oft»^ to build a sfcaJbtlaQear th» o-^eotor'a roaiclence. T^.bQ matter. >?»? referred feq tbe Wprks Commifctee. . ; ■ . '. , '*.

Beach Sanp.'-tA deputation consisting of Meeers Puder, Mays, and Cam.oron wa» appointed to wait.qp tbeAucW6oo' Harbour Board to object to any re;tricbicraa being pluced on their removing sand from Bench Road, wbiqh was referred to'by'Mr Napier at last meeting of tho Board.

DRAINACie,—Mr T. R, Howarth waited on the Council and oxjalained a pew system of drainage which had been introduced with Sflebess.Qa.tJiQ'Cpntipenb, The system was known as the " Jaipur Sewage System," which appeared to Wr Howarth to be specially adapted to, the requirements of the district. Poudretts works were one of the chief features of the scheme, which was in usa at' Am»terda.in and. other places, Mr Howarbh was thanked for. his explanation of tbe scheme,, and he was asked to supply further information on the eubject. Offer of Roao.—Mr J, Daaning wrote offering to open a road 66 feet wide on big land ab Cheltenham, extending from Beach ]Road a distance of 240 feet Jnto his pro. perty. He vviahed the road formed at tha Council's QQsb.-7-Ib was agreed thab tha Fore'manof Works give an estimate of the cost, and thab on Mr Dunning depositing tbe necessary amount the work bo dope. Finance. -~ Toe bank balances at date were reported to stand as follows :—General account (dr.), £390 Us 8d ; interest (cr.), £226 12s 8d ; wa,6er (or.), £332 7s Bd. * A. IHfiW ROAP:, —It waa resolved be instrucb Mr Boylan to proceed with the survey and prepare a plan of A road leading through Mr John Hay's property from Cheltenham Beach to Lake-street, and bhab the borough's' solicitors be instructed bo issue the necessary proclamation taking bhe road under the Public Works Act. It was stated thab the bulk of the ground was a sorb of" no man's land,' 4 and tbab ib had only lately been discovered thab no one owned ib, while a small additional area within. Mr Hay | boundary was needed t>o make the road to its full width, of figfb, JPOFNOKKPPEIK.— Four applications were received for the position of borough pound-keeper.-—Referred to Streets and Works Committee with power to aeb.

Pipes.—Two benders were received for the supply of ten tons of 4 inch iron pipes, and thab of E, Porter and Co., £6 14a 6d per ton,, being tbe lowest, waa accepted/