KAITANGATA NEWS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 90, 19 May 1916, Page 3

KAITANGATA NEWS.

FBOJJ OPB OWN CCMESPONDENT. BOROUGH COUNCIL. MONTHLY MEETING. fhc moid lily meeting of the Kaitan„,tji Borough Council was held on Wedjjesilav evening, there being present his Worship tin 1 Mayor (Mr R. Aitchison) j councillors T. Cairns, .1. Rutherford, W Wilson, W. Marsh, .1. Pilgrim, J. PeuBf'll, W. Stephenson and T. Gage. COKKKSI'ONDENCE. Ilciirv Cornish asked permission to |, |V ;l four-inch pipe drain from his iiiiii.se t» ihe i ,iv( ' r af Clyde Terrace. He ivas prepared M l' ;l . v 'or the labour of (lie two daymen if the council agreed, w \ tlic work would then be quickly o(l ,iiiilctcil and traffic not interfered ffit |,_Kc(,iiest granted. .Mrs .Mary I'iiiin applied for remission 0 f rates <ui her property at Castle Hill. -Granted. Tiic I'tihlic Works Department wrote j u reply i" 'ii" '•ouncil's application for a lin'ii'C lo erect electric transmission ~-jres in the borough, and asked for particulars in the proposed scheme so that the neci'ssiry license could be granted.— Clerk iiistni-ied in attend to the matter. j aM ic< Hdinic i tenant of the old post ollii'c.i applied for use of vacant section ailjoiiiiiif.'- H granted he would erect „,.«■ f iug and prepare the ground for is? as a garden, provided the council ,m>plifil fencing material.—Granted durjjin tin' pleasure of the council. I Tlie Audit Department forwarded the ! audited balance of the borough.—Received and to be printed as usual. hi reply to the council's request for half-cost of asphalting footpath at the old police residence, the Police Department wrote that no money was available for this cl.is> of work.—Received. Tlie Audit Department Wrote drawing attention to the amount of overdue rates, also that a Jo per cent, penalty had not been enforced; also asking what, stops the council was taking to recover llie rates.—The clerk reported having notified defaulters.—lt was agreed to defer taking action for a month. FINANCE. Accounts amounting to £ti(i 7s Id.l were passed for pavment. REPORTS. The inspector reported that the following works had been attended to during the month: —Blinding metal on Davidson Street, repairs to the Coast Road above the school, cleaning and covering the ash depot, quarrying gravel, repairing- path on Christcliurch Street ami I'oinplcting the cleaning of ditches at G'rantmi. Three owners had been notifif'l to cut back hedges overgrowing footpaths. Two hair- attended to the work, and the other had arranged to do tlie work during the week. An inspection of the corner of Branksea Street failed tn discover a rubbish deposit. Owing to the illness of the contractor very poor progress was being made with asliplalting contract. —The report was received, ami it was decided to write the contractor asking that the asphalting work lie pushed on as rapidlv as possible. The lighting committee recommended that to earn- out the electric scheme on a basis of t |(»l for the work the money be obtained from general revenue for a |ieriod of four years, and that a general rate of Is |u,| ;„ the £ be struck, of '.vhicli amount ::.l in the £ should go to the expense of the scheme for electric litrhting.—Councillors were agreed in accepting the recommendation, but were not prepared to act until the time for striking the inlcs arrived, as doing it WW would entail six months' interest without re-reiving any revenue. It was KCrciM to let the matter stand over until Hi" estimates were prepared, and the rate eon Id then be struck accordingly. GENERAL. Tlie works committee was instructed loliave the weighbridge house enlarged M'l to instal a stove for heating same. The inspector was instructed to have *'"' upper part of 'Market .Street attended to. Tlie lighting committee was instructed to arrange I'or the lighting of the gas H'-iut the eiossing and the bridge. It was decided that for the winter mouths the services of the extra davmau be dispensed with.