AKAROA.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13097, 23 April 1908, Page 8

AKAROA.

TJic last moeting of the Akaroa Borough CounciJ was attpndied by Mr G. Armstrong (Mayor), and Qrs. Milite, (liecfclej, Henning, New-toil, liewitt. and Kerridse. Correspondence was read from tho North Oant-erbury Hospital Board, enclosing aji account for £15, and jsuggwrting it should be paid monthly. It was decidled tha-t tie , amount be paid in six mon-tJis' time, usual. The superintendent of t9ie Fire Brigade wrote, asking tin* Couir*cil to rc-consi<3t>r the decision not to grant a messenger-boy to the brigade. Several councihers spoke of tho "good eervioes rendered by the briscado, and a proposal that th* reonost be grain<t«i was carried. Cγ. drew attention to ptork grazim: en t3i« sstreets, ««d asked if ar,vthi»rT h a <l bee n dono to jjijate t-henii&ance. After a longthy ui.sens>ion, it was resolved, on Cr. Chockley's motion, that the matter of persons grazing stock in the Borougli w> roternxl to tho Works Committee, with power to tirosocut<>. At thc-re-ouest of several councillors, J[r Gk>o. Arrnstrons; agreed to seek re-olection as Mayor.