BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXX, Issue 5703, 13 September 1911, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING

The monfchly

meeting of the Tau-

ranga Borough Council was held on Monday evening. Present : His Wor- | ship the Mayor (Rev. Canon J or- I dan, in- the chair), Crs! P. Munro, F. H. Hammoml, J. Mur-doch, G. A. Brabant, T. S. Duneanson, A. W r. Carmichael, H. T. Castaing and C. E. Maemillan. *"; ■ ■ ."A WATERWORKS " MATTER si""- ™' Mtsaio b. A. uard, xi. iv. pnarp, R. _s_<Jgt-r and H. _t. Llem_on v\ ailed! oti tne v_ouncil as a deputation -m repaid to vh_ supply oi water for I thj domain and lawn"-; thereon.\A Mr Ward, chairman 01 the Do-; mavh" "Board, acted as spakc<s^an>' anj a_Ked the Council to make a as; favourable conditions as possible in connection «\vith- supplying water to tne domain for tho use of the Board aid the various'clubs now having playing areas thereon. Mr Clemson,. a-s presidt-xi-t ./of. the Bowling Club, asked thai '<>ho Club bo charged under the heading of lawns,.^-2., 10s per year. Mi* Badger, on Lehalf of the Lawn Tennis ana • Craquet Club, pointed out that the Club had expended a c o ns.derabie amount of men-iy in making the grounds suitable foi healthy exercise and in beautifying the: domain. He hoped the .'•' Coimci. as l-casonable men, wouM let the Club have the water under' the lov*. est tariil". , * . A' y Mr H. A. Sharp endorsed. the remarks of the previous speakers. Vi- ! fcitors had expressed themselves as 1 highly pleased with the lawns on the domain: He hoped the Council would -.meet them reasonably. Cr. Munro asked the deputatioriist's what the average consumption" ot water would bt Mr Sharp said he thought' the Tennis and Croquet Club wouklshbi use a great deal of water,- ; butA /the Bowling Club would use more. IR - did not think the Domain Board would use a great quantity. In.CamJjridgt* the Bowling. *C-lub was charged £2 per year. -/aa. -A '<•'' The : Mayor said he thought;; -thy Council would raqfuire to consider the - i-prescntations.'''' *—; " ... Cr. Munro asked would it meet the wishes of the deputation to put? the Clubs en the same basis as power. Mr Clemson' replied "that such a charge would be prohibitive for the Bowling Club. He thought the Club would be / willing to pay £2* * per yeyr- : ' ."■ ''", ■■-..•" \ ■'.':■ V..." In reply to the ...Mayor.;'-Mr y Sharp --.u-ggeated that the Bowling ClUb shot Id pay A! 2 per year for the water. ' In answer to a question Mr Ward 1 iid the Domain Board only roquir>A drinking water for the animals ' razing on the domain. Cr. Maemillan move**—That* tho Domain Board, Bowling Club, and Tennis and Cro-quet Club be charged the sum of" £2 each for twelve, months for tha extraordinary supply of 'water req'oiivd by each. Cr. Castaing seconded. .Cr. Rrabant moved an amendment —That for the first year the Bowling Club Le charged ki, the Tenlis and Croiuet'Club £*I,* an-d the jemain- Boai 1 £1. Cr. Murd-jch seconded. Cr. Hammond supported Cr. -Macmil fan's resolution. Cr. Prabant's amendment was put ■„nd carried by live votes to four.' Tho Mayor conveyed the result of he \ oting- to the* deputation. Ms Ward returned thanks and th*. uputationisls then withdrew. Mr Balger, on behalf of the resii;ivls of K_gecumtc- Road South, as' otl fcr an <*xtcnsicn ol" the wa to that neighbourhood, ne of' the residents had offered to do the trenching if the Borough, pro-' ided the pipes, and he thought live ;ustomors would -be willing to take

Ac water. \ ■ - • The Mayor replied that the." Coun.l had not yet taken over th'c'wa-' •works. * TRey woula takt over on Ai.c'tober 26, and he thought thi. Council would endeavour to meet r>. /pests -for extension. ■-'Cr A'Maemillan thought the Couns':ould mov» iv: the direction o-u.t-indn'''_ tne waterworks. Roy/ W. Goodyear wrote re suppl\ oi water to his property on Ei{_htl A-ehue.; He said he hoars ihc-t th. "' pipes have been diverted to -^Ntt, A*.e_ue, which- was not ;he j-:iiculat ed plan of the contract lately ((in plcted, -yvheivas the I^i^ath A\ - uuo was. He trusU-rl th-.i Council will -tc its* way to supply :vim with wi.tei by Eighth or Ninth Av**.iiue. Cr. Murdoch niov'jd—That the lett r he referred to t'ne water work*, committee to report upon. —Second ed by Cr. Hammond and carried. ': Mr'j. J. Picket vvFot? tiuu-.k-.'^ the Clerk for intinntion that th. rale fei* wa-er supply to .hi* l'-.-si 6it.ee building '.v t ,«.r. I i»c. Xi 7 L 7-* ,»3i annum. Mr i'^K-jtt said: "As w. only have two hari_-ba^ias in thi. whole building* (with th_ i>i*obal>ilit\ of perhaps a third) I am afraid thai it will not 'be worth our while tc have the connection. Will you kindly advise me -what the rate wot-Ki'U supposing we wi«-herd the.water con nx'ted to the ccm-emences only, i.e., not to the -building*. Please quote foi A a)"urnals, (b) W.Cs." • Tho.. by.law was referred to, anc. sot out that tho charge for urmah was 10s. and for water closets i:l

per annum. A A The Clerk w a s instructed to reply accordingly. Mr J. Blomic_uist wrote, asking* for an estimate ,of what" it would-cost him to.-get' the water laid on to his residence in Cameron Road. . Cr. Munro proposed--That the communication be referred to the t Water-, works Committee.—Seconded '.-by. Cr. •Maemillan and carried. Mr W; A. Tedder forwarded an account for £_ lis 3d, for repairing damage caused by waterworks contractors to his property, etc. Mr Tedder furnished an explanation in "detail. A" Cr. Carmichael thou_-bt that th? Itt ter should be forwarded to JMo Spiral Pipe Company. Cr. Munro suggested that the matter fe« referred to Mr H. Munro Wilson. / '■ A Cr. Maemillan considered/the matter should fee -dealt with by/ the Council. A/A:/A; a//.-: Cr. Gb rmichaelfprobosc*d---Th,at the communication t*s r>ferred fto th;/

Waterworks Committee to report upon at next meeting. —Seconded by Cr. Munix) and carried. ■ HARBOUR BOARD PROPOSAL. Mr 11. l'hillips, hon. secretary ot the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, directed the Council's attention to •the following resolutions passed at a recent nieeting of the ' Chamber/. (I)' That this Chamber is of opinion it is advisable that a harbour board 'be set up to administer all naMigabjle w*aters in the Tauranga County; and that f such county be constituted the ■ Tauranga harbour /district. (2) That the Tauranga Borough and County Councils and the Te puke and Katikati Road Boards be asked to affirm the above /principle'; that in the event of any of the, above bodies not being / at once .prepared to concur in the same it-be A and is hei*eby asked to appoint a committee of its menTbers to confer with the Council of Tho Chani'Der on the -question involved.a-;.. Cr. Brabant moved—That this7i Council ..'affirms'- the of •forming a harbour board to adminiswaters in the Tauranga County.—-Seconded by Cr. ■ Munro.'. '■• ■■'*."• '■br.-,-Maemillan uhought the "Council should meet o the Chamber of Commerce en tho subject. Cr. Murdoch concurred. ITie Mayor said he was in favour of a harbour board, but he failed to sea where the Chamber of Commerce came in. He considered it -v/as the right of the Tauranga Borough end / County Councils, tand the To i'.-i-e and Katikati Road Boards to discuss the question df whether a harbour h^ard should |be formed <-r-not. Further, he intended to give n-U'-e . 6f motion for next meeting of the [ Council to move in the matter i> 1 d [ ask the various local, bodUs inentionod by him to consider tho tjUus- ;■ turn, but he did not see where the \\ Chamber of Commerce came in. , Cr. Maemillan pointed out that the A Government gave Chambers c'.-Com- [ merce representation on hanbour 4 boards. He naov^id ai*» amendment— )' : That, the Chamber of Co-n.-.,- eice be i advised thut this Council is pi^pared 7 /tb'7hie?tAth_ representati vos of the ;'ra.ivrahga County Council and the Te, * Puke and Katik'ati lioad Boards In 5 conference, "with representatives from I ,the Ohamber of Commerce, and-that' a the' Mayor, Crs. Munro, Duhqanscn j and the mover be a committee to re-

prc.cpnt this Council in discussing the formation of a" harbour -hoard for the administering"' and control of ihe 'Paurang'a harbour.—Seconded by, Cr. Murdoch. The ,amendmf*nt was carried. TOWN HALSL; TA RIF F. The Town--Clerk, Cambridge, .for--warded lanamen'dcdtarilT list for the Cambri-g-e Town Hall. The saiime was laid on the ta'ole. - IMI^ROVEMENT TO A FOOTPATH. Messrs Browneyand Carter, whose business' premises 7 are locate*.'- in Messrs No'rtls and Roll's now buildinjg*, drexy^atk-ntion xothe very uhsaftisfactory/ 'condition of the/foot-;-; .■jJathApn^ buildiUf?;. U'hey hoped/ thaff; the footpath v,'i*.l beas . .yhalted'AA'- "-■ ..a:.7';* ■;'/'.; ' 'S' "-S- A ; Gr. Munro pointed / out/thai there was a resolution already /passed to have the footpath improved. Ho j lo-oos--'d—-That Messrs Browne aud Car- > ■: sfcerifcef; informe--:! that/ the matter.n ill be attended/ to in due I'ourse--—3ec-ohdedf by -Cr. Duneanson and car-. - :"rie_A"' •" .' *■"'"*. ■■'"'*.':f, y. TOWN I'iLANNING BTJJA. Mr; W- AH. Herries, M.P., forwarded a copy of the Town Planning Hill. /The/same.was laid on the table. * /'PAYMENT OE SUBSIDY. ■ '■• The Treasury notaned- remissicn of-' i.119 10s Id, subsidy due to th;* Council for Athe year 1910-11. OPENING A FOOTPATH, Mr7T. McGuire applied for, a . per.mit to open footpath at Commercial Hotel for the purpose of putting a stand- pipe at one of the verandah posts. It was pointe*d out that the work had already been carried out and the same was approved. /* A MILITARY REQUEST. Major-General Godlcy forwardoYl a circular letter, appealing to the Council, in the interest of the trainin-? -of the youth o-f the Dominion and the formation of the citizen army, to I assist him, -by temporarily placing lat Ih'3 disposal of the Defence Department any ' hall, room, or shed under' the Council's authority for the -purpose of commencing* the necessary -drills. "* The - letter -was received, as the Council had no buil-ding available lor the' purpose Indicated. CHANGES ON ROLL. The following* alterations to tli*e valuation roll were authorised :— Lots 483 and 48_, section 2, J. Stewart'to -A. Dickie. Lot 3of subdivision block 24, C.M'.R., section 2, —.' Allely to jVlj-ss E. M. ..orrie. Part lot 52, section 1, —. Amoo 4.0 11. Tanner. Part lot 52, section 3, —. Amos 10 .1. W. Mathieson and A. Dickie. Lot 55, -section 1, —. Amos to Mrs A. Floyd. Lots 28, 24, 25, section 2, Bickers electors to M. Hai-ve**.. » Lot 189, s.ction 1, —. Commons .o E. E. llauA Lots 93 and 94, section 1, Baker to Tauranga County Council. Lots 758, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, section 2, ; Loder, to L. C Freeth. Lots 755 and 774, section 2, Loder to* T.. C. K/nighL. Lot 532, . section 2, C. Biggs to EL T. Hollington. Lot 77, section 1, —. Castaing io A. E. jSewsham. Lots 100 and 101, section ,1, A. Amos tc T. S. Alex'andnr. Lot 471, section 2, P. Collins to J. C. Drewett. Lots 30. 31 A, 32, section 1, T. Stuart to H. V. C. Shearman. - Lots 29, 31, 33, section 1, T. Stuart to C. Trigg. Part 234, section 1, Chadban. Milliard room, shop, Norris and Bell's building-, Eots 600/3. section 2, G. Moore to W. Fountain. Lots 775, 776. section 2, J. Oon. way to A. Dickie. IMPROVED ACCESS WANTED. Nurse Brown, "The Braes," wr o te asking that tbe western part of Hunter Street -he improved ; also, that the hawthorn hedge now half-way 'across* thy street b_ rcmovt'd and.

the old ditch and bank levelled. The writer also asked permission to erect a notice board at the junction of Cameron Roaid.

Civ. Castaing proposed—rhat. the application be referred to the' Streets j Committee with power to act.—Seconded by Cr. Brabant ani canned. REMOVAL OF SAND. .Mr A. F. 'i'uhks,; haroourmaster, wrote re, removal of--soh'd' 'f'*o".u. foreshore. He no tided that.' no.- sand, shingle or shell :is to be removed/ from the foreshore, -Tauranga, between the end of Spring -Street and a point: a chain further south than the end of Tenth Avenue, nor from any other part Aof the beach in the harboui* %ithout the consent of thy Marine Department',- application for same to be made through the har.bourmastejr. The attention^ of th 6 Council was drawn to section f-tt, oi "The Harbours A mendmeht' Act, 1910,". whioh pi'oyiides. that persons removing sand, shingle, or other material -from any f f breshorp, without the consent of',the Minister, in u-.ses where the foreshore belongs Ato the Crown, as in the case at this port, are liable to a' fine not exceeding "£2O. Mr Tunks stated that if anyono, tak*es th© material in future without authority to do so, pvoceedings , will be i^akon imder the abo vefnehtioned Act, and a. substantial penalty pressed for. Civ Macrnillan proposed—That' tjhe Council make applications-to the Minister of Marine for permission; to remove from the foreshore any material for the' streets, the Council b-md-img "itself to -do no'damage.—Secon-d----cd 'by Cr. Murdoch and carried. ... THE MARKET RESERVE. A -. S-.-Mr C. Trigig* wrote offering to lease lot 289. ".-a, ~. In answer to a (question,/; it was stated that the allotment was known as the market reserve. Cr. Brabant' proposed—That the letter be referred* to the.Endowment Committee to report upon.—Seconded by Cr. Carmichael and carried. , OPENING; STREETS. V Mr Wm. /West again wrote in regard to Grace and Harvey Streets. Ha. said he was 'disappointed at not hearng •anyt'hiT-.g further irom the Council and that-nothing whatever, has teen done towards opening the aoove roa!ds. , Mr AVest said : "The djlay in removing the illegal obstructions in these two streets is damaging to my property, and uri-. less the matter is attended to witr.in 14 'days from this 'date the Council will compel me/ with great reluctance, to /reiqjuest my solicitor to take proceedings.>"■ . '-."Cr.. Maemillan ifiroposed—That the owners of lots 31 and 504, section ybe requested to remove the obA stiyuctions of noxious weeds fronting their properties and Harvey Street.----...'.-A.Cr. Castaing seconded pro .forma. Cr. Munro poinLted put that the Streets Committee were instructed tq interview Mr West) and he thought they, should 'do so. A > Cr. : Castaing moved—That A the,: / Streets Committee act in the matter as previously Trequested./ .// , ; A A TheA Mayor thought it was ;better for the/ Streets. Committee to go; out ■ ai_d visit tine locality, a;' At the; suggestioiv-of the Maypr th-a: Streets Committee agreed to, visit the locality next Thursday alfeernoon, a;nd also interview Mr West. - Cr. MacmillaTU's proposition -was then put and caxnod. • .A TOPPINGr TREES. Mr T; Kay, First Avenue, rrquti?ted: perniissi«on7 to top two trees in front", of, his property, Fir^t Avenue. Cr.. 'Brabant / prdposod—Thatthe r application be referred to the S i reel ,A Committee with powe* to act.—Se***-; onded by Cr. Murdoch and ca.vi.oi. ■-'.''.. A TOARI^QEACCOUNT/^^ A Mr W. Slane returned an account for wharfage, and stated, if pa^'aiWu, same is payable by ;t ovei:nment/ in - tne ..Public Works, Department.A' / The May or prop o sed—That, thy 1 c-1 - tor be referred tp the; Wharves A., De- '.•" partnient to report upon.--Secondq-d; by Cr. Castaing. -:/:" 7 ;/'■'■/.' . Aaa Cr. Brabant thought the ftioycrn-v m«fht wbuldnotpay -.any account for ■-wharfage^as/t'hey wqim .e^s.mpt. .. .;. \ The rh o tioh' was .put and carried. O-.'; 1 A NEW APPROACH. A■C V, Messrs J/C. Adams and Son wrote" ■asking permission' to Jix a eu)yi rt in the /watertable in Spring '-"St reet /to form an appr-qach to the new Coronas S tion Hall. /A~;' ''~;' '■>/.-:..£ Cr. Munro proposed—That p»-rmis- A a.-A (Continued on Page 3).

*^-"' (Continued from PapT2). sfon be granted under the usual ccnditions.—Seconded ny. Cr. Dau.:anf>o n and carried. A RATING QUESTION. Messrs Wai-dl and Sharp waited'-.on the Council in regaM to The rating of the domain. '•Mr-Ward acted as spokesman- and asked the Council to looki into the. question of whether or not rates were to be levied on -the domain. Hi* pointed out that the vq venue of tho Board was very small, and if the Board had to pay rates their work would be at a standstill. The„ Mayor moved—That the question, be looked into b.V tne Council.— Seconded by Cr. Carmichael and carried. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. Mr A. E. Xewsham waited 0 n the Council in reg-ai^d to the re^istravion of vehicles. He thought it waf-a. bit rough to have to pay 7s 6d on small buggies. .- The Mayor referred to the by-law, which set out that 7s 6d was the charge for vehicles used for passengers. Cr. Munro pointed out that the charge originally proposed was 15s per vehicle. Mr New_h#.m s-tlated that the charge in Rotorua for buggies was 2s 6d each. A number of his buggies were used exclusively for coastal work. He aslce-d for a reduction in- the light buggies The Mayor intimated that the Council would look into the matter. Mr Newsham thanked the Council and withdrew 7. OVERSEER'S REPORT. The Borough overseer reported on work 'done during the past month, as under :—Widened Elizabeth Street West ; laid pipes corner of Cameron , Road and Elizabeth Street. ; railed culvert on Cameron Road ;•' rounded up Cameron Road w*ith' .grade*: (from Harington Street'to town boundary), Devonport Road (from % Spring Street to Fourth Avenue), First Avenue (from Devonport Road to Cameron Road), Spring Street (from Willow Street to Ciameron Road), Willow Street (to Monmouth Street) and Grey Street: The Mayor moved—That the report be received. —Seconded by ■■■. Cr. Brabant and carried. WHARF. STORAGES, ETC. ' The wharves storeman forwarded statement showing wharf storages, etc., collected, amounting to £21 18s i LIBRARY MATTERS. Ihe librarian forwarded., list/show--in_ 90 subscribers, 11 new. Mrs Price, librarian, wrote asking the Council to consider the advisability of increasing her salary. In connection with the application the Library" Committee recommended that the salary be raised irom _0s to 12s 6d per week,, to commence from September. 1* The cammittee stated they considered Mrs Price .worthy ol more consideration, but think that the funds at the present time will not permit of further increase than the amount recommended. Tho Mayor moved—That Mrs Price's letter.,he - recf-ived and . that the committee's 'recommendation. be adopted.—Seconded by Cr. Murdoch. t_r. Castaing referred to the destruction: of -papers- in t*he reading room/and thought a notice should.'be displayed notifying that any persons destroying papers should be prosecuted. Cr. Munro proposed an amendment: —That Mrs Price's salary be increased to 15s per wesk.—Secon-ded by Cr- Oastaing. The amendment -'was.negatived and the Mayor's motion was put and carried. •ACCOUNTS. . Accounts, totalling £172 3s, were *passed for payment, ADJOURNMENT. At 11 p.m. the Mayor moved— That the meeting ibe adjourned till 7 p.m. on Monday, 18th inst.—Seconded by Cr. Carmichael and carried.