WAIKATO NEWS.
— m ■ I. ■■ ■ - ■ BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. The Hamilton Borough Council met last night, the Mayor (Mr. P. H. Watts) pre-i j siding. i In connection with the recent action in the Supreme Court regarding the Pel- j mcrstou Estate, the Council's solicitors' (Messrs. Swarbrick and Swarbrick) j wrote stating that the action had been settled out of Court on terms advanta. geous to the Council. Mr. J. McKinnon suggested that .the ' Council should push on with the work on ! the estate, and put themselves in the ' right in case of further litigation. The matter was referred to the Works ! Committee. j It was decided to give the Education Department a mon-t'li's notice to vacate portion of the Town Hall used for tech- j nical instruction classes, owing to the attitude of the Department in not allow- I ing the Council the use of the room for j social purposes. j It was decided to ask the Valuation ' Department to make a revaluation of the ! borough, as there had been no valuation i since 1914. |
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 222, 18 September 1919, Page 6
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