KAIAPOI BOROUGH COUNCIL

Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1826, 18 February 1869, Page 2

KAIAPOI BOROUGH COUNCIL

This Council met as usual, ba.Tuesday evening last. Present—The Major, .pot&» cillore Dudley, Birch, Kerr; Middlotoa, Hill, and Oram. * The minutes of the last meeting were ret! and confirmed. Letters from the Victoria, Pacific, Atiste* laeian, and Royal Insurance Compajiicf mac read, stating that ac they had no.agsimkjia Kaiapoi, they could not be espcctel i& eon» tribute to the fire brigade. Or Bibch eaid be had seen Mr Ori%, agetS of the New Zealand Insurance *CoaifaiV| who stated that he would see the other cosi* paniee having agents at Kaiapoi, whom h believed would act liberally in the mate, A letter from the Commissioner of Custaij stating that he had no remembrance of wseiv* ing a letter from the Council 6a &4|ort(l entry question, was read. , The.'Cletl itiJ complied with the request of sending 6 copy of the letter missing. A letter froth the Seoret&fy of Public Wo?!# was read, -• stating that, after seeing the Mufti the Government were williag to gi?fi w* Council permission" to build the bridge o& proving to the Provincial Sbficib* %d ft* necessary* funds would be fotthcomiiig. Another letter fro.m..,the Secretary of Pofelis Works, referring to tner pouadkeeper's eppeia>'; ment, was-read. It was decided to leaw &!■ discussion of this question in abajsaco til next meeting. A letter from hie Honor the ■Superintea^i" , relative tq H.R.H. Prince Alfred® *« laid before the Council, md an eJablasinf fa* the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. • : '' A■■ letted (torn' Mr-; X -W-. : - Writ n»m t asking the Goiinbit td qdaßhia odnttaot exssto between him and the Goiinoil. A maa oamp Clark willing"to up aod-w Ellen) would then be qualified towtms> councillor. ■ r lfc was resoked <s that^Me : EUeWfitftf J* acknowledge with* ttt? Council cannot accede to hie request." cAn> v - ; ejyplioitlon Oram tw». received,-asking for,,|>pmießion tq..e?«ct I verandah. "' '' ''" ,; '" ' y ' ■ ; - -Eefarredto .Cqmwk^m*It was resolved, on the motion of "& S^ Bl * seconded by Or Bimn? *Msh&t the weept « the letter referring """to' tlis removal ot wl Custom Housfl from Lyttelton to ,OhrWebm»» be acknowledged, informmg the I»|ttelvCJi Borough Counoil. that the Council doss w> feel interested in the matter." Carried , • ..Or.DuDunr moved,and Cγ BnCB fl«flnflc—•sThat thelefcter from bis Hojao? the bopaintendent be acknowledged, , ep4 that referred to the reception committee sppess^- , at the public meeting." Carried. s The Bridge Committee brought ep ♦»•• report, and the Council wenfc ioto coffl»wj| to , prevent its being published ia the w?* , papers, and on resuming;, ' ~ - « Cr Dvdzej moved, and Cr OaAK l «foa s *'; —«That tho bridge committee' wp» rt J; adopted, the Council tendering flu**?* , *! for the lucid and careful manaejm wluft* 1, was drawn up.'* Carried. ' , , Cr Bisoh moved, and Cr EsBB eecono* 1 - " That Mr Eobert V7right be paid ifl teres c. paragraph 5 of the Bridge port." , (Darried. „,*., I Cr BiBOH Cr Dudley 88*- — M That in reply to letter of 10lh Few* V} of the Secretary of Public Worke, 6 wpf r the financial echeme- adopted by tho W"* 1 be forwarded for approval." % - , The Eubjic Works Committee sanction of the Council in expending */*■» repairing, a culvert at S»nmett« wr*Granted.'"' '"'' ' '*' > >-'yer e 'f .After a desuUpry discussion motion was carried •: %„!"»« Council—"That this Council Wβ"*;* ,, that it is the intention of the QoTewmjJ; ' remove the Kaiapoi post and telegrapn*" * • from the North road to^Ohariea t *Itft1 tf t fbUowing •• «"-f*s postofeel is dn/. the direct ]mc « north and south of Ksiapoi, end central positioo in the , towa j «wf*

the proposed •Uβ in Charles street, from its to the river, ia certain to be jX in a flood ■«* M J hat of * eb T rJ krt when the present poet-office was free from Sβ- and, 3rd, That there is a government reserve north of the police station on the Z m line of road as the present post-office, n A nsflctlv in the line of telegraph on which SjSS»ent might build/ j< That the Mflvor be repeated to write to the Hon. the Stmaeter-General, enclosing a copy of the above resolution, respectfully request him m con aider the same." % I? was resolved "That the Council by a bye-law adopt schedule XIII. of the Municipal Corporation* Act, 1867." Carried. ■ From the balance sheet it appears that the j Council has a credit at the bank of £226 Iβ I M From rates and river reserve rents £38 I4e 2d had been received in the pact fortnight , Ifibe Council then adjourned. •