EASTBOURNE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 29, 29 October 1907, Page 2

EASTBOURNE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A special., meeting of .the. Eastbourne ,'B.pr'.oiigli, Council .'\vas held ' yesterday I; 'afternoon; Present:■.the Mayor. (Mr. Boltoii) ,an'd Cbun-. cillors , Bannatyno, I'olley, Howdeh, Danks, SJiortij. Uobei'tson, and. Dr. .H'Kenzie..'.. ~. The Mayor stated tliat.it.had been nscer-, t'ained ; that; the..., whole of tho'.'amount (£4500)' ..authorised:'! to 'be'..raised for. street ,'inipr.oveinents, ..,etp., 'could.'not, lie .'obtained' from ,tlie. ..Government,...b'ec'auso.'!tho'' Loans to Local Bodies.-Act did', not' permit",'tlie State, to :.adyance moneys iii respect of. several . items .(tbt.allihg.;£6Sp) on the. schedule of works recently approved by the ratepayers.' There,:would-be only one rate as the whole amount, and it might be expedient to,..borrow, thp .mpiiey. from . private'. sourcßs!.'..The 1 Gjoyernmeuv ,ratq. of interest, including sinking fund, lysis 5 per' cent; for, a term. of. twenty-six years, the ..currency'of tlie /authorised, .loan.. .He felt certain that the 'money .could oasilj'.l>o v obtained privately for ii per, cent., fund.'.lt was not improbable','that the Government would, at,an.'early,dato l . reduce tho rato by! a half,,per cent,. The Council agreed.to prefer' the maiver,,"tb the Finance Committee. v ... A special order, inaliing a..iialfpeiinyAspe-. cial.rato on .the...unimproved, .value of/all. rateable property in,the. borough', to, provide' for .the interest on the loan was. then passed.. . Authority was vested in. the. Town Clerk to make arrangements.-pursuant to By-law No. 53, which states, inter alia, .'that, , , whenever the Council shall contract' for tho removal of,.night-soil, andJias. levied 110.rate for that purpose,' certain regulations shall be enforced, including one to the effect that' occupiers of houses must pay to.tho contractor the sum agreed.on between Him arid the. Council. Councillor .'.Panics I thouj»ht it would be better if a, special rate were struck. ..The Mayor said that, if the system, agreed, oil' did not..'.prove satisfactory,; the cost;of the. work would have to, bo mot'but of the general rate's or a'.'special one. • Personally, ho was hot iii favour of,a lot of small'rates.

ill'. Skerrott, K.C., wrote statin/*,'that'it' was clear, from the ovidchcc which had been submitted .to. him,: that "tho. Marino Parade at Muritiu \ras a: public' highway. He 'advised the Council tb; : pass' a .'.resolution to that ;offcct,.'and put xip notices, at. various points along" the. Parade. .Tho Mayor'.thought that "portions of the Parade might be formed. At Ins instance, the whole "matter was held over until the next meeting. G. Kells was appointed _ .working' foreman! Tlioro wcro thirty-one applicants for.the po'sition. .' : ' ... The Council then, went, iiito committee!. '