KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 3

KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Karori BofOlish'.. Coun6il mot last night- Present:' Th'o Mayor (Mr. -A.i.'G. •Po'ar'ce), and .Councillors AVedde, Lissiiigt'on, •Cathie, -Spiers, Smith, Clark, Hammond, an'd Putmali. , ' . ; ' •fho -Stnlidoii Estate Syn'dicat'o -forfrarded a "ch'eqiie 'for .'£so as required -by 'tho Courioil -for work to jbe ..done : to ; chan'nbls on . the roads', before the bond would bo released. .-A- resolution .releasing' tho bond was passed. '•■ ' ■'.'/ . • The City 'Council intimated : that it had 'ere'eted "Sis'teeh 'of "now' lamps •'required,'-in Karpr'i, ,andi that, it wished -to bo :infdrmcd;as"-^oon; , as possible'.where the other .five were'to be placed. It was resolved that "the information; bc;suppli«l. . . Messrs. Morton and Richardson,' consulting tramway'criginefers tij the Gity Council, asked "tho"'Council t-b 'furnish, them' with "plans showing the formation-of -the*'roads over which the'proposed 'extension-'of the'[tramways'is to bo" laid,/'also sectio'irshowing tho'.-graiiiphts and the position of terminus desired. : The particulars required .were ordered tb ho sup.'pli'ccl.... ' ,"-■' ; .. /Messrs.' Skerfett. "arid 'Wylie forwarded fresh cheques for £o6 'for ratc"s,due by two Iclibhts.iii .place of cheques '.'stolen -by : burglar's from ,the Council- offices ■'. in> November-.. • The Council, passed-a'-resdlutioh,' as : requested, /indemnifying the' writer's.; • • >Tho.'Minister 'for' Justice wrote appointing a'date."on .which; lid-would meet a-deputation ,-jfrom tho Council with' reference'to its' pro.posal\thnt a~constable, should", be istationed in the Karori district. ■ The town clerk' mentioned- thijt- the-letter -had- arrived too' late, an'd -that' lie had written - asking ' tho Minister to fix a fresh-date. - , . ' ■ ; Tho Chief, Engineer to the. Department of Roads wrote' with' referencb to the applicaition of. tho- Council that '-certain streets be exempted from'the operations'of Section 117 of. tho .Public Works :Act, • 1905. Ho pointed out that the original, application was for the exemption of the. whole street in each case, 'and that the' Minister's approval was .based •on.that assumption. It now appeared that' .the . requiredonly. one siae exempted in certain'cases. If that wore so, the matter I woiild haye "to bo;further considered, and tho Cbiincil Wohl.d have "to" shbw : cftuse" why one side only should !bo exempted. It was difßfcult-, he -said, to see -how such exemption could-be'givon effcct'to, biasa-usc,' if a 'rfreet ought ..to. ne exempted:,at> all> it -would, ■to. follow that the Exemption /should . apply to. .the., whole,vstree.t. ' .'was.'referred,' to.,,the , Compeneation . Com-•mitt-ee. ;' ' , , , ; The Mayor..,mentioned 'that < a numter :'of residents lit' Northland; had-- approncliwl ;,tKp '.City Engineer,with a/view of obtaining sqpj•plies.' of .water. Mr. .Morton had agreed', t<i supply water :to them 1 , 'but,'had suggested tjiat ■ the • ;shpuld . obtain : tho .water .through tho.Karori Council. ; t '/• . _ , . • .Counoilior Spiers: /All.-we -want, ! is a- watercart.. Tliero is better'.water-in and'around Karori-'.tlian/the City;can- supply."':: 't' ' , .The 'Mayor. -aB follows That the Town Clerk make application to tfio City. Engineer for; the loan'; of a,water-cart,' an'd tliiit a : man . with- a ' hbrso' bo; employed to isiipply water, from...the South ,K'^rdri,;stream; .to rpsiddnts ~if; tho dpmand; iis>°ascertained* per .'advortiseraent ' would- • justify, tho expenditure." Subsequently, the Mayor • said, ..-ho ■felt, ceriaiii' numbers• of residents ill Northland and in other,parts of; the bor,ough would jump at the offer. ", t , :; . . .. Th'o .motion was/carried; unanimously. - Councillor 'Lispington- moijed,? and Councillor Clark "sebpndcul, .tliat tho. City Council bo requested :to'.ruu,H. ten miriutes sorvice oh Saturday evenings to-Knrori. Councillor Wedde moved . an amendment tliat tho ,'mattor ;:bo reforrod ,-ito the Tramways Committee. : Ho pointed .out. that, although tlio car mileagd on - tho Miramar section for the last'four weeks .for . which returns wore 'available, was 800 . miles .loss than for the Ivarori section, the.'rotunis were greater. Before going to tho expense, of'increasing the car mileage, tho committee should, lie thought, consider tho matter.fully, 'and report to'.the'.Council. . Tho '-'amendment," which ■ was- seconded by •Councillor Cathia, was osrried. ' Tkia concluded'the 'businus,