ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7778, 4 February 1891, Page 6

ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the A*uu Borough Council was held evening. Present—Crs Rirrf f°a4w Cuthbertsou, Flower, Kelr Tweed and WUllannon. , ft? ,, gwj was unavoidably absent, and Cγ wffifwr son was voted to the chair. reported that with the exceptk> n T,, small balance the rates and 2V*S reserves for 185*0 had all been «f l?* 8 <* Amongst a large amount of ence was a letter from the Department advising that the sum T 9 f 15s would be contributed toward* m/* 4 of extinguishing a fire that %*** occurred between the trufliu the railway bridge, fii H* *■* Borough Cuuncil wroce with ivf^ , " , *™* the number of holidays JraS 9 9 Council's workmen during the ?? d > pipes that are now beins* iai.i j *b» Ease street for flro prevention L*»** and to facilitate the waterlL m *F**i streets were the subject of a cushion. Cr. Kelr moved und C, ?** seconded a uotiou for exception «£!?* tp laucred street, and erectlngVKflW the corner of Haveluck street aud awl** ac Tailored street. Ultimately .f decided, on die motion of the CuaiL*** to erect a stand pipe only *t iheconS Burnett street, it was decided Si,? provision for placing the newly JJ/K** works ou agriculture iv the Public I nT** rending room, in order lautthmiSS? be easily accessible to runners and who wished to use them for referent , } good deal of routine busing "ij transacted, and after pa«in K account lhe Council sat as a Duma.o tL Deputations were received from thefWT* Club and the Amateur ?3 Club with reference to the use of ,1 traiuiug track and the swimming hJr It was decided to grant the cSv , Club the use of the track, and tbe for two dose days for the euoTofS the Cycling Club to put the traei? repair. The Swimming Club was gSt the use of th« baths tram one o'eKr the ufieruoon of March Uth tha ffi to have the alternative to chawe S public for admission or to make a *mi 2? tion. If it were decided to cIomT Domain and charge the public the ft » to pay the Domain Board the autati* 525. A motion to erect a flre.h| a( v, t 7\ copper for the use of pic nic and mX parties was lost.