CITY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20336, 8 September 1931, Page 11

CITY COUNCIL.

LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. 'The- City- Council mpt last evening, when there were present: —:The DeputyMayor (Mr J. K. Archer), and.Crs«J. S.' Barnett, B. Parlane,-G. T. Thurston, T. H. Butterfield, E. H.. Andrews, J. W. Beanland, M. E. Lyons, A. A. MeLachlao, A. I. Fraer,' W- H. Williamson, G. T. Baker, P. T. Evans, E. R. McCombs, and A. E. Armstrong. . Abattoir and Besewcs. The • Abattoir, Reserves, and Milk CommitteaTeported that with a view to providing shelter.Lfor stock held in io abattoir yards it had- becii suggeste that the sides of the yards should be enclosed.. It bad also been suggested that lofts should be constructed over the stock yards in which fodder could be stored. This would obviate the necessity of driving held at the or. three days to and from paddocks. The committee proposed _to give effect to both suggestions at a later d< Tbe abattoir -manager had that a stand-by be provided for use in the blood in the event < the original pump breaking down-during working hours. A recent experience of a breakdown ef the original pump resulted 19 off material being flooded over the of the killing room/ and a second P P was therefore desirable. The- committee requested: authority, to" expend up to £IOO for this: purpose. . nlir . ]inSo a . ' It would be necessary to purchase number "of trucks for th"e_carriage offal from the abattoir budding, anticipated that twelyp of these ttnete would be sufficient in the me f ™ j resting approximately *l2 each,^and in view of the fact that the clmnge-mer To the ; new building «hortlv. -they - were urgently- req -■ The inStee therefore requested^authonty to Accept a tender. Authority waf 2so requested -to place ordej for the supply of hooks, wheel

and Samson trollies for whiph tenders hadi been invited.

Over 60,000 sißedling pinus radiata had been lined out into nursery rows, and;there Wai3 still" another 60,000 to be lined out. . The work of raising thousands of annuals and bedding plants; was now in full progress. Qver' 30Q0 pinus laricio (Corsican. pine) ■ had been' planted out on the: reservoir site; on.;Huntßbury Hill. ' The report was; adopted. By-Laws - and Finance. The .Finance, .arid, Departmental Committee reported; that a sum of £l2l had been provided on the cur-; rent year's .estimates for Widening St?in-' more road and rounding tho. 1 south-east corner of that road and Hereford street. The owner of the property concerned was,prepared to sell the necessary, land to tho Council for the sum of £l3O, plus half cost of- erecting a corrugated iron fferice •on the new boundary. ; . In view of the small additional cost entailed, the committee recommended that the owner's offer be accepted. The total cost to the Council would be £137. 10s. ■ There was a shop on-the property, •and this the owner desired to : remove to promises No. 182 Olliyier's road, to be added to an existing shop. The committee had granted this request, subject to the removal and re-erection of tho shop being carried out in accordance with "the by-laws. : _ . Mr J. L. Davis h£id applied on behalf of Mrs S. M. Wilson Mr B.: Steam for the Council's corisenr to a right-of-way at the comer of Papanm road and St Albans street. The cost of constructing the right-of-way. and erecting gates at the entrance thereto was estimated at £ The committee: rjecommended:that consent be given subject; to certain conditions. , . , report was adopted. , . .., Electricity Committee. The Electricity Committee recommended that the iender of v tha ,British;, <?eperal. &SriVcomp«»y t«M» »• cepted. for the supply and delivery of pilot cable required for proposed ring main protection scheme for the central a rpjjg recommendation was : adopted.

Town Planning and Housing.' The Town Planning, Housing, and Health Committee reported that an application had been received for permission to soi back a seven-roomed house, situated at No. - 249 • Cambridge terrace,to within 10 feet of the rear of the section, and to construct a 12-roomed building in front thereof, the whole to be used as a boarding-house. As the 'Municipal Corporations Act provided that an - open space of- at least 20 feet, should be provided for the full width of any site containing a building exceeding 15 feet m height, the committee had rofused the request. Mr W. C. Sanders had applied for permission to. erect two sheds, each measuring 13ft. x 33ft—-one in Betreat road, Ayonside, and the other in Matson's road, Papanui—-for the purpose of housing his buses. The' committee had granted the ap- 1 plicatipn' on, the understanding that weatherboards would be used in the construction of the buildings, which must be set."back'to the rear of-the sections. Mr A. W. Palmer had applied for per- i mission to .erect a two-storeyed house and a motor shed on a section in Carlton Mill road. The section was , only 33 feet in -width, and the. builder desired to erect the motor shed near the front of the section, in which case it would overlap the house, The house was, however, to be set back 72 feet from the, road, and the mo*' shed would not in any way interfere - with the light or air-space. Section 8 (4) of By-law No. 15 provided that where a dwelling-house had been erected at a distance from the frontage of a no person, without special leave from the Council, should erect a building of any kind in the space between such dwelling-house and the frontage. As it was impossible in this instance for the motor shed to be erected-else-where, it was recommended that the special permit referred to in the by-law be granted. ' ' The following subdivision of land was) approved:—Henry Berry and Co. Ppty, Ltd., Harper street/City (leasing purposes only). : . The report was adopted. . . Water Supply and XWorks. The -Water Supply and Works Commit-

tee reported" that the Tramway Board commenced its operations on the High street reconstruction work on August 31st. It was the intention of the Board to relay the track on the south-west side first, starting at Hereford street, and going right through to Madras street. To complete the Council's portion of the work in-.good time-it was proposed to start immediately the Tramway Board had the bitumen placed over the full width of its tracks from Hereford street 'to Cashel street, the Council's work to be then started on the north-east side. In connexion with the work it would be necessary to purchase considerable quantities of shingle and sand. Quotations were therefore being obtained, and, as • the matter was urgent, the committee asked that ;the ,chairman be given authority to accept a quotation. The report was adopted.