KAIAPOI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8350, 8 December 1892, Page 2

KAIAPOI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of this OmnoiS waa held otr Tuesday c yon ing. Ptesaßi-w The Mayor (Mr Doubleduy), Crs Werttw, Butt, Bugg, Lissarnun, Hopkins','Aud»rs6& , Letters were read—From Coloniitl Secretary ackuowlcdging receipt of uotifeatioti ot Ux ' Doabt&day * re-election as Major. Esoa Secretary for Public Wot-ks aekrsowiedgls* receipt of application of grunt ia oictof fe bridge. From Cliristchucch Councii ki information regarding ndininistrattuK d charitable aid. From Hospital XSo-u'd,. !te contiibuifeioa. Ordered to bo paid, The Surveyor reported au amount > for wbtch judgment had becu given in the MajjLv crate's Court had nub bocn paid, sxA Iks ordered to take out & distraint. The Bracts street cuhrort r/ua now ia progress. 'Ifes Inspector of Nuisances reported tfiat tin Kuieance on North road drain h?4 ! been abated. The Finance Co»u&il> tee reported receipts, £5 7a; presets overdraft, £621 Is 3d ; loau .iccoutrf, credit, iSa. Accouate, £W 3i 4d, weft fasaed for payment. Tho amoitut of £275 2a 4cl for rates wpm outstandujg. A tender for 14,000 ft birch planking at 14a 6d( fit 100 ft waa accepted from, Mr J. liign«, Oxford. The Mayor dicvtr attention tofto necessity. for repairs to csphnit footpathsIt waa decided that all rates uofc puidliy the esd of the mouth bo sued for. It' ; was agreed that outside kiujß bo nui lighted on such uighta ua tho ifghtiEjj Committee may deciile. Ci*. l£opkiua ; moved, Cr. Matnewa seconded, " lliat llw I be gruutcd a half-holiday, m j making up the time during the week." Cr. Butt eonaiderod it was paltry t» wtuiw tk time to be made.uj> j lio UKivod " Ihat we questioa be adjourned." Gr. VVcstw I seconded, because the half-holiday ytil Jifil yet a settled thing. Th« ;%«' said if tho forcinua was granted > half-lioliday on Satiny tho by-tew prohibiting persons irom throwing nw* bish 6n tho Btreeta and eiile-chitoecp ought to be enforced. Cr. LiMsttau w' served that from September Slat to Water? 21st only three holidays couid b.a granted ia terms of the motion, bocauao in iho wata months the foreman could not make up Us overtime. Tho motiou \rm carrku, the Mayor and Works Committee to about same. It Was decided to obtain eiTeft for dog collars. In tho case of J, Suaton f the Gowffikj claim £46 for alleged ia and 1892 to crops through aa ws«»»; cient culvert on Ohokfi road, to ha «» the E.M. Court on Monday, it was dociaj-. the CouaciU it'a eoUcitor, kc Kfttdec to appear. Tho Council th« «». journed.