MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 103, 24 January 1908, Page 8

MIRAMAR BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting v of the Mirnmar Borough Council was held last night. There were present the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Crawford), Councillors Chase-Morris, M'Leod, Bell,- and East.

•The New Zealand Express Company wrote stating that their drivers had experienced great difficulty in watering their horses at .Seatoun, Miramar, and , VForser Bay. The ■writers stated that itywould be a great advantage if the Council, would provide a few troughs. The matter was referred to the Town Clerk.

The Acting-Minister for Public- Works re- ] gretted' that lie had no authority to vary that ] portion of the Ordcv-iii-Council referring to , the time-table to he observed in respect of the , Miramar-Seatoun tramway. This was in reply to an inquiry from the Council as to ; whether the 'Department had any objection to ' th2'-Council's proposal to alter the time-table s bo that cars might' be despatched from each terminus every forty minutes, instead of every thirty minutes. In order to effect an alteration it would he necessary, . the Minister pointed out, for the Council to apply for an amending order in terms of the Tramways Act. The matter was referred to the Tramways Committee. The managing director of the Miramar Athletic I'ark and "Wonderland Company, Ltd., expressed the hope that the Council would further discuss the matter of the deed in cgnnection with the Company, as they were desirous of having the matter settled as early lis possible. The Town Cleric read a lengthy report from the Borough Solicitor (Mr. J. Devine), in which he advised the Council that v Jie deed should not he executed,' unless a cerain recital referring to the Miramar Park was mibedied therein. Councillor Bell moved, and Councillor ChaseKorris seconded, that the opinion of an independent solicitor be obtained as to whether \hc non-insertion of the recital referred to rould in any way prejudice the interests of .he borough. This, however, was withdrawn, &nd a sub-committee, consisting oMhe Mayor, Councillors East, Bell, and M'Leod, was set ip to go into the whole matter. It was decided to confirm the following necial orders:—(l) Making a special rale of Kjd. in the £ as security for the loan of £71,000; (2) the building by-law, 1905, amendnent by-law, 1908; (3) declaring the East liurn,iam Land Co.'s roads to be public roads. The Mayor drew attention to the use of firejrms within the borough, and moved that it ic an instruction to the Town Clerk that the lames and addresses of persons offending in this respect be procured in future, with a viewto action being taken. This was agreed to. Tn reply to u question by Councillor ChaseMorris, the Mayor stated-that the asphalting of the Miramar North section of the tramway iroulri he proceeded with in tlio ncur future. ' Accounts amounting to .£035 2s. lid. were passed for o'-'.nuent, • •