BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6489, 16 September 1915, Page 2

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

ORDINARY MEETING.

Continued. Band Matters,

A report, prepared by p P ' Chairman of the Bund p,T % was read. This stated that J^lS mittee met the Bandnia3t w ,5 bers un August 27 and disci *> outstanding matters. The r *« made the following recomerri!?*" 11 * deep, be obtained from the k 4 3ft ter to store instruments and ™ • *3* ' in use. This and th* small ennKßo * in the room to befitted win, locks and keys. Total co, *T^ ceding £• 10s, to be paid' f> ** carnival balance in hand. *** 2—That the Bandmaster be -«„ • custodian of all Borough pi?l*4 the hands of the Band and 2 J itt Cleric obtain hi, receipt for t h(? It*" , with an inventory attached • | 3-ThaUhe Council take"' over h. ' undermentioned instruments »!• > c is sUted belong to the Band X 1 | silver-plated cornet and case * p n ! Besson cornet in case, B flat r l i trombone in case, B flat rto t !SSOn tee, B B flat feso" UD b» be paid £25. from Mmi , a| -u» to in hand. fiance •I—That any future annoint»«»..» Borough bandmaster bY Zd e u t °f to the approval of the CouncHaSS* a new rule be made accordingly * In the absence of Cr Day the M. explained the report in' d aj^T moved-That the report bfa p t^ Cr Castaing seconded. In reply to Cr Tanner, the M..' Cr Badger pointed out that the &„. c.l wa S not responsible for the ",L The motion was carrieds. Ten Per Cent Loan. The Town Clerk reported that the supplementary street loan of cinjf ess £8 5s 6d for debentures, etc hß i been received from the Public Trustea also, the supplementary electric In™ of £1,150. .!-« deduction for deb? tures £8 5£ 6d. The Clerk stated t "t he had placed the streets supulemJn tary loan to the credit of JSSS street loan account and the BU ppi e mentary electric loan direct to th e general account, from which account it was advanced. Clerk of Works. The Town Clerk reported having interviewed Mr Kirk re the clerk of works on the town hall contract He reported that Mr Kirk previously estimated that the clerk of works would be required up to August 10 and his reason for exceeding his estimate is that the contractors have not made the progress that he anticipated. Mr Kirk considers it essential that tbe clerk of worki be kept on until October 7. By this time tho concrete work would bs finished and a good start made with the plastering. The matter of wages to Mr Brewer clerk ©f works, was referred by the Finance Comruittee to the Council. The Mayor moved- -That the amount, £17 10s, be paid.—Seconded by Cr Tanner and carried. . The Mayor took exception to the estimate of the architect in regard to the period for which the clerk of works was required. The time b»d been juat about doubled and the estimates were farcical; He would like the architect when they asked for an opinion to give them a candid opinion. He moved: That the attention of the architect be drawn to the enermbus discrepancy of the estimated time the clerk of works would ha required and the time actually, required. Cr Whiting seconded. Cr Badger said the architect cttld not control the weather and the contractors had already applied for an extension of time on account of tho weather. The motion was carried.