LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4540, 18 February 1880, Page 3

LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual meeting o£ this Council was held on Monday night, the Mayor in the chair. The following were present—Councillors Eeed, Hawkins, McClatchie, Wood, Grubb, Wejbmrn. The receipts since the preceding meeting were £203 5s 2d. An application from Mr Strouts, architect for the Ljttelton Harbor Board's new offices, for permission to put in areas in front of the new building for fight and access, was granted. A report wae read and received from Mr O. Cuff, informing the Council of certain surreys made of the Hawkhurst road, the Voelas road and the Little Brenchly road, a tracing of -which was enclosed. Messrs Brown and Thompson, licensed porters, presented a petition against J. Wooleey, a fellow-porter, objecting that the latter resided in Corisfchurch. The i Council considered that there was no comI plaint made against the character of the porter, and they would take no action. The Ire inspector's report was read. It informed the Council of the work done by the Lyttelton Fire Brigade daring the past year, and that the plant was in good working order. The foreman of works reported that he had teiteci the water mains by shotting off the supply for eight hours, bat had found no leak. He could not account for the great waste of water otherwise than that it was caused by consumers' neglect. Leave of absence, on the motion of the Mayor, was granted to Or. Macdonald. Account* to the amount of £162 13s were passed fer payment. The engineer at the pumping station reported that 17,800 gallons of water hed been drawn from the reservoir between Friday, at 7 p.m., and Monday, at noon, rather an unusual consumption. The inspector of nuisances reported upon the nuisance caused by pig pens kept by Messrs Oldfield and Elingworth, and that he had taken action respecting them. That portion of the gully through the Albion property was in a bad state from the drainage of the properties aboTe collecting there. This was left with the works committee to deal with, and the pig nuisance with the inspector. The committee on abattoirs reported:—" We do not recommend a renewal of license to the slaughter yards at Corsair Bay unless the following improvements are made: pigs removed altogether from the enclosure; the floor of the slaughter house to be of concrete, and tie cfEal to be removed each day from the premise*." The Mayor dissented from the report. He thought the place was as well kept aa places of the kind usually are, ard as to the pigs, they were rather a benefit tflaa otherwise in their capacity v scavengers. Should the report be enforced it would result

in closing the yards, which, in his opinion, would be a public inconvenience. The adoption of the report wae put, Messrs Hawkins, Weyburn, McClatchie, and Grubb votins "aye," and Messrs Beed and the chairman against. It wae then declared carried. The Council went into committee on the high level water suDply, end afterward* adjourned.