CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15335, 20 July 1915, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

LAST NIGHTS MEETING

The Christchurch City Council met last night, there being present: The Mayor (Mr H. Holland), and Ors. "W7 H. Cooper-, J. R. Hayward, Georgo Scott. H. F. Herbert, D. G. Sullivan, I E. Peek, J. McCullough, W. -Millar. F. ! Burgoyne, A. S. Taylor. J. W. Bean- j land, A. "Williams, J. O. Jameson. J- ; Reynolds, and H. J. Otley. j CORRESPONDENCE. Mr F. Johnston, a mombor of the Elmwood Park General • Cotiuni-tee, wrote, applying to tbe Finance Committee to reconsider their decision not to pay tho sum of £7 7s lid espouse?* incurrerd relative to the proposed purchase of Elm wood Park. Cr. McCullough --aid the committee had no recommendation to make. Cr. Otley moved that the money be paid. This was seconded by the Mayor, and carried. Messrs Wilding and Acland wrote statine that they were instructed lithe Ileathcote County Council to tal:< steps to recover the cost of effecti::* repair.-, to the Opawa road, made no ■ cessary by the er.trnordin.-ry traffic o' metal carted for tbe lmnefit of_ the city The letter was referred to the YorkComniitteo. -Cr. Otley said th-** the heavy traflß' tax was severely *-*-'* "~v tbe carter I - wbo had to travorr=« -■-•vera] districts T" some eases the tax on on** pair of r totalled -CD :>?r an*-*—* It was sn<_f_*e-.+ ed thnt the Council should fo-oper:it r . with the other loonl bodies i-n imr-ositv* only one tax for tho whole district, ann then dividing up tlio nroeoc.ls. An was from the T.irrwood I'nit o" th? Ci*'-/e**c' Tlofeilfe Corns for .TWiTUS-i*-". to establish a miniature rile ran?.- 1 on a r.oetion in T-i'TTod street. The applicitior. wji/s crantod. subject to the USU-.>* '-on** Minns, j THEATRIC BY-LA W.*-'. J Tho By-laws Committee reporter] that it had been stated to them that public danger was created by tho vestibule oi the Grand Theatre. 'Cathedral .-'(Uaro beins allowed to blocked by th" congregation of per-ous waiting to purchase -tickets. That was especially noticeable on the 12th in.-in.ii_ -r.-e-i persons were unable to set either in or out of the theatre, th.*- crowd pusliin;and jostling them in a disgraceful man ■ ner. Tho committee hod infr rmwl tbo licensee that it was extremely dijssnti.s fietl with the existing state of affair-*, and insisted noon arrange*! on is l-uiii? made to avoid blocking thr- vestibule during the remainder of the currency of the license. i . SU.MXER-LYTTKT/I'ON ROAT>. j The Council's delegates to the I.yt-telton-Sumner Road Conference recommended- the Council to pay a furtheisum of £500 towards, the cost of the work. Tho restarting of the work would be the moans of providing- employment for a number 'of married men with families. The conference also resolved to ask the Sumner Borough Council and thc Woolston Borough Council to consider the advisability of making a further contribution towards the work, provided the Government would subsidise the amounts and that the_• money contributed .by those two bodies wv.? spent in improving the road- on the Sumner side. Cr. Bureoyne said he objected to 'th money being spent outside the city. j The report was adopted. NORTH RICHMOND. The. Works .Committee reported tha'_ thc District Health Officer had recommended, and the Minister of Public Health had approved, of the work_ of oonstructni? concrete channelling in Hill's road, Shirley, road, North Avon" h>ad, and North parade, in the North Richmond special rating area. Tho committee recommended that the loan of £700 required be raised by special order nnder Section 69 of the Public Health Act. The. report was adopted.