SYDENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5057, 22 November 1881, Page 3

SYDENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL.

! usual meeting of this body took place ight at seven o'clock. Present—his dp the Mayor, Crs. Joyce, Pavitt. , Laugdown, Andrew, Hall, Niohollj sr and Forrester. The correspondence past week was read as follows :—Letter he Beturning Officer, notifying that Or. had been elected unopposed to the .ffice yor for the coming term. From two yers having frontage on Disraeli street, : that the formation of the said street, ceded with, would not be of anyadvan- » them. The letter was referred to the oommittee. From the town clerk, ira, asking whether the Council had id or were to receive any compensation id taken for the railway line through a >at Methven; also asking whether the ay are bound to make level crossings to booess to land severed by the line, lerk was instructed to enquire into -iter, to report at the next meeting, the Bakaia Forks and Ashburton Bail.mpany in referenoe to the maintenance oes, &o.', on certain reserres. It was id to leave the affair in the hands of b-committee to attend to. From the ton Boad Board, enclosing a petition atepayers of Addington praying for the lent of a nuisance caused by the drain north-west side of the Lincoln road, sard expressed the opinion that a oonte channel should be made, and offered to Jr.. half the _cost. The Council to do the irk, aa the road in question was a boundary ad. The clerk was instructed to reply in 9 terms of the recommendation of the h_b committee, viz., that the Council think |rould be better for the Board to channel | : side of the road at their own expense, ying the borough to do their side, c works oommittee reported that the eathcote Boad Board had approved the acptanoe of Mr Brightling's tender for lower- ? the Ferry road. The City Council had ked for and been supplied with particulars ! : expenditure on the South Town Belt. A ibommendation was made, alluded to above, ito channelling Lincoln road. The comittee having interviewed Mr Marahman Itmd that only 855 acres of the 1200 sores jpposed to be reserved as an endowment for * Council had been gazetted. The smaller ia, therefore, only belonged to the Borough. te oommittee were taking steps to have the lission rectified. The difficulty with the ikaia Forks and Ashburton BailwayOom* by was now in a fair way for final settleint. _ The sanitary oommittee reported that r Brightling's tender for seavengering for a iriod of two years had been accepted.—The nance oommittee reported the receipts for ie past fortnight to have been £205. The -peHditure for the same period was £60 6s I. The credit .balance at the Bank was Os 3d.—On the recommendation of the mmittee, .the salary of the ranger was tiered to.be increased by £16 yearly as |Bge allowance.—Or. Forrester reported a usance existing at certain drain sumps m accumulations of rubbish. The clerk 1 instructed to again write to the ainage Board on the matter.— ref erenoe to the drainage rate, after conJerable discussion it was resolved, on the |fotion of Or. Andrew, seconded by Or. Joyce, IThat a committee, consisting of the finance fcmmifct.e and the mover, take into their con■aeration the advisableness of taking aotion nth a view of testing the legality of the rate ■ levied by the Board; to report to a special Bseting of the Council on Friday next, NoJfemher 25th." It was understood that their igal advisers in this matter on a former fecalion were not again to be employed.— fee Council then adjourned. Before separating B& Worship expressed his hope of meeting all Be Councillors "at the railway station this day 8-1 a.m., for the purpose of taking part in Be .picnic to be given by him.