BOROUGH COUNCILS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19889, 28 March 1930, Page 19

BOROUGH COUNCILS.

SUAINER. A meeting of the Sumner Borough Council wo* held last evening. Present: The Mayor (Mr W. H. Nicholson), Cm. 0.1, Denham, F, H. R. Neville, D. F. Oldridge, ». F. Sandford, A. Holden, H. W, Harris, and J E. Tait.

The Finance Committee's report stated that at March 93nd the credit balance in the varioua fund* were •» follows District fund, <593411a fid; RedcHfta connexion loans, <Jlß3i6eßd; Redciifie sewage loan, £SO 2« 4d i Interest account, £W! I7a 6d. The Mayor and Town Clark were authorised to arrange for placing ft portion ©£ the district fund account on fixed deposit. The lighting engineer (Mr A. A. Cheehire) reported that since laat meeting gas manufactured Mounted to 1,186,000 cubic feet. Fifty.foux oxide gride had been purchased from the Christchurch Gas Company to fill an urgent requirement He had attended the gas engineers' conference at Napier, which had been the means of atUl further improving hie knowledge. In the electrical department, six electno cookers had been inetalled during the last six weeks. In connexion with the water supply, 6,916,000 gallone were drawn from the combined wells, all being pumped to the Shag Rock reservoir from which 3,150,000 gallons were taken for the supply of the high preesure. Tenders had been submitted for a watt-hour testing meter, and it was recommended that that of Gough, Gough and Hamer' for a 1 to 100 ampere meter at a cost of £34 19s 6d be accepted. Tenders for a ISh.p. motor and starter had also been submitted, and that of As"hby, Bergh and Co. for a Brooke motor at £39 15* waa recommended for acceptance. The report was adopted. A Scarborough resident wrote with reference to the state of the hill road, Mention was also made of the Lyttelton bill roadIt was decided to refer the question to the engineer The invitation of the Sumner Athletic Club to a sports meeting at St. Leonard'o square on 'April 12th was accepted. The Port and City League wrote advising of a meeting on April 10th for the purpose of appointing a commission. The Mayor was apipointed the council's representative. J. Ashworth's application for membership of the Fire Brigade was approved. The Town Clerk was_ instructed to write to the members of the brigade, congratulating them on «heir performance in the reoent inter borough competitione. • _ Cr. Denham submitted a report on the library account, which ehowed that for a period of eight months up to March 11th, subscriptions amounted to 15*, other receipts bringing the total up to £31140 sd. On the expenditure side, £B7 had been spent on booke, arid with other expenses there was a credit balance of £l6 Assuming subscriptions amounted to £5 per month at least, £l2 10a should be available for the purchase of books to Juno 80th. In all, 128 books had beien purchased since the Council took over the library. . , Cr. Neville co'ntjratulated the Library committee on the state of the finances. The question of dumping rubbish on the streets was raised, and it was decided to take steps to prevent a recurrence.