AKAROA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12604, 21 September 1906, Page 9

AKAROA.

At the ordinary meeting of tho Aka.o.l Borough Council oti Wfdnesdav, tht ■xuiitaiy Committee submitted the foi-.on-ing recommendation as an altemar cive ftohonio to the proposed construction of additional storage chambers tc remedy tho defect in the septic tank uamago j-ystem, caused through thi iic!-t« mterlcting with tho discharge 01 tho effluent:—-rhat tho Council writ*. lo the Health Department, with a view co obtaining their concurrence in ejectors for lifting sewage from tlu. ee-ptic tanks, and uiat in tho evenv or tnich concitmmce being obtained, a trial of the ejectors bt> made before enlarging the storage tanks." Cr. Checkloy, m moving the adoption of the report, said that if the proposed scheme proved successful they would spena al/out £20, and save, about £250. He thought that it would be woith a trial, inspector Keiihaw, on his recent vioit to Akaron, was consulted in regard to the proposal, and ,tho opinion thiit «us tar an he could sco there could be no objection to the scheme provided that Lack action valves and traps were used to pivvvnt any chance of contamination through syphonage if water mains wi-re «t any time empty. The .Mayor (Mr Orbrll) ecconded tlio motion, and, after corroborating what tho previous .speaker J Lad saij, pointed out that perhaps tho proposal might affect the extraordinary waUr supply of the borough for -driving motors, etc. The ejectors would use- about 7000 gallons per day, but tho re-jervoir had a capacity of 200,000 gallons, and ho thought tho amount lu-etl would not be felt. He thought they should give the recommendation a thorough trial, provided that the Health Department did not object, boforo the proposed storage tanks were constructed.

Mr F. A. Anson, late of Piraki, but now in England, has "written to the Akaroa Borough Council offering to erect a flag staff on the historic spot at Green's Point, where the flag was first hoisted at Akaroa, provided the Council undertakes to see that the flag Ls flying from it on August 10th and 11th, and other fitting occasions. On the former date tho olTioers of H.M.S. Britomart firsts hoisted tho flag at Akaroa, and on tho 14th it was hoisted at Pixaki. Anson added that .ho is sending a Union Jack frem England. The letter was load at the last meeting of the Borough Council, and after a discussion, during which the opinion was expressed that tho Council would not l>o able to fly the Union Jack from the proposed flagstaff, ns that vraß a privilego -which only naval and military authorities had permission to use, a motion was carried accepting Mr Aneon's offer, and thanking him for it. A good deal of interest is manifested in the next sitting of tho Magistrate's Court «fc Akaroa, on October 4th, <ac there are quite a number of oaees Bet down for hearing, among them being the case against motorists for driving over the County roads after sunset. Tin's will form a test case ac to whether the County Council's by-law is legal.