LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 6

LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

At a 'meeting, of the : : Lowe- -Hutt- Borough Council, held last evening, there were present: —The Mayor (Mr.- T. A.vPeterkm)/ Councillors J odd; Hollard,' BaldwmjtWard,-'Bussell, ,o'Sullivan, Itossj WildGmith,".and Hodgins. I" •.

A\copy, ofetho Heavy Trafiip .ByJaws waslaid on the tablo, and, on ,I the motion of- Councillor seconded vby: Councillor Judd, the,by-laws were confirmed.: -i. ~

.The . tender''of 'lit., Savage,-'for the; supply of dog-collars. at the rate of sff..Cd: per dozen, was' accepted. t J ' - ' 1 'An - application' from cloven - residents of. the Ludlam: Park -district, Lano, for an extension : .of the gas. r;orv]cc -.-was referred to the Gas: Committee.. ■ Several; applications-. for water servica ,w'ero:received, v and-.-will-be. dealt with in> rotation. '• ' N

Mr. Haywood; wrote a disgraceful condition' of the footpath-'bQtw&n -his residence and that ; of,.'Mr. Kingdon,,v\n.sthe Western Hutt. The 'Engineer :wn'ti - ms\ ! .ructed .to furnish 'a report,, to the <■ next v-inieoting - of-'the Cou'ncil'.as.'to'ithß grounds-,of-complaint; *".• -. i -'Av letter was , received'. fxo'tt"- the Petone I Borough, Couheil,' wherein.- that -of represpntatvven---trom . both councils should; bo held i*at--Petone on.-January 15; af'3 p.m v tor the .puxpose oi considering the auestion,of fixing;the weekly• half-holiday for the' ensuing year, the -.Gbuncil. to nommr ate' one" rppresentative. JJt ~waB: resolved- that the. Mayor the . CounciL-s representative. . His .Worship, >anted: to ,-knovi-/his position.-m the':matter. ■ Aftor 6ome discussion,>it.-was decided that; the -Mayor.;:should>- ascertain . the inirid of : the shopkeepers nn th<). district,- and act % An application from the- Hutt. Valley. Athletic Club . for : the : .use, of: - the pavilion and locreation ground on-the: occasion of. tho club?s annual sports meeting, to'be-held on Saturday, '8, .was granted.\ - » • . , '' .Councillor Russall was appointed as delegate to represent the Council at the election of' a member of the. Wellington Harbour Board, to •take place at the ofhco: of the Hutl County Council, Wellington, on February 10. V" The Eastbourne Borough Council wrote.notifying that .(be-'Mayor (Mr.: IV. G; .Bolton)- had been duly appointed as representative of tho Borough on the Hirtt Park.Board of Control. Consideration, avas given to' the Borough Solicitor's .opinion with:reference to ;a- claim -for compensation in rtspect :of Mr. Sladden's pi-operty, with" regard to , which certain land .had; been, dedicated, bv tho .previous:-owner for street purposes. It was- reSfllvcd that..-the .Council decline, to admit v liability-v for- com.pen'sation.;.' > ; . t \ ■ ;Jlr. G. MUyride, Lieutenant- m:.the local fire brigade, was Inspector: ' ' It was resolved,'in reply ;toi-a communicntion-: from' tho. Wellington ' --arid 1 Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board with .'reference to - the amount, required-' for the:-':'eiieuing' year'-. for chaVitable aid, that application-, be .made ..for £75,; insteail of. J!SO • as-, formerlv, as tho' demandfl.for cKantablo aid-ihad 'considerably increased;

Tho Engineer's roport showed(l) That the reticulation!'of' tho Main Hutt Boad with .water-mains was. ih ..progress:. l ,.''(2) that the puinps - for the waterworks engine-house • had: been, erected, "and that;.':the;'.connecting ;links bot'woeu the supply,.- reservoir,. and delivery were, in .hand;- (3). that various'other matters were receiving ; attention: ;;V .TK<j - expenditure; in : connection..with' works ui'der'(l) the-dis-■tricti' fund ' account, v .(2); £52,00(1 loan; and.' : (3)' Ras . loan, for'-the period of December 23 to 'January' i, amounted to 5s:■ 6d. The re-port-,was'- adopted.; ' " ; -V The ..Waterworks iCommittee.'rego'rted on the .recommendations. of the. Soliqitor, ,with reference to', the draft waterworks by-law. 'Certain revisions ;in', accordance thereto had'been-made,'-;and ;_'the'. '|h'atT;a special: mcoting be-held to consider thej.qupsti'on. The was I ,adopted...; V 1 The ; following.' payments . were . approve'd Accounts ' paid since .r previous- meeting —32179: ' 18s. <' Bd. v -'"Accounts :: for ' payment' —District ;.-f(md acpoutit, iii£s7B -^13s.■■. Jld.; interest-'on loaii;; ~ 18s. 2'd.; r ' gas lOOin,' ; , sariit4tion''loah, -Jtb 2s. 9d.'; total accounts:, fqr payment,: J9GB' lis: ' -