CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL.

LAST. NIGHT'S MEETING. An ordinary meeting of tho Wellington 'City Council was held last night. Present: His Worship tho Mayor (Hon. T. W. Hislop), Councillors J. Luke; Smith, Cohen, Ballinger, 'Haynes, Shirtcliffe, Biss,' Fletcher, Carmichael, Hindniarsh, M'L'aren, Morrah, Murdoch,. Godber, .and Fisher.' : REPORTS' OF. COMMITTEES. The Abattoirs, Milk Supply,' and Public Health, .Committee, reported tuat. they* had' completed a report . dealing with the whole of/tlio.. milk supply of trie; city, and. that they desired ~ to submit an alternative schomo, which. they had not time to prepare.''They proposed to report fully oif both schemcs at the next meeting of tha Council. ' . ... ■

The Baths and City Rcsci-yos Committee 'recommended that tlio application of : tlio Wellington Amateur Club for' permission to hold an evening sports meeting on the Basin .Reserve on March 4, and the application of the Port Nicholson Athletic Club for the grounds . for' a meeting on March 11, be granted;. that the Council allocitb a further sum necessary to complete -the work of topdressing the Kclbiirno Park with soil. . The Committee also ,reported that they, had acceptcd the tonder, of Mr. A. Raven to supply bread to tho "Zoo" at 3d. por loaf. They further. stated that thore was no ; evidence of tho lessees of the Town Belt sections taking steps'to crailicato' 1 the gorse •is provided in terms of their, lease,' aud tho Committco asked for instructions from tho Council as to what steps shall bo taken to ensure tho .work being carried out.- llio report was adopted.. ■Tho By ? laws arid- Street Lighting Comnrittoo _ recommended- that all applications for additional lamp 3 be postponed until the beginning: of next financial year. .Tho Committco also recommended that a Gamowell indicator' for tho Central Fire Station bo purchased; that the rianio of "Park Street,'''' Goldiesbrae, bo changed to " Grant Road North," as . requested by tho residents of such street; that the application of'.Messrs. Williams and-Meredith "for tlio consent of the Council to a proposed right-of-way off Lambton Quay -to Messrs. ' M'Ewen and Churchill's premises, be granted,.-subject to the conditions imposed by tho City Engineer; that tho application of Mr. H." P. Hanify for permission to construct a street G6 feet wide off tho upper end'of Arlington Street be granted, provided tho line of tho proposed sewor is slightly altered, arid subject to the City Engineer's requirements being satisfactorily carried, out. Tho report, was adopted, with the. exception ( 6f ' tho recpriimendation, to purchase a. Gamewcll indicator. INCREASES IN SALARY. The finance and Property Committee regretted to report that it had come, to the opinion that tne "application of the 'Eastbourne Borough Council for... the, services of tho City Engineer: for a report oil tho Eastbourne water works, must, in view of tho work now being done by him, be-refused. The Committee also recommended that)accounts amounting to £10,881' Is. 7d.; bo passed for' paymont; that the following increases ,in salary be granted: — M. ,'J. Casey, £156 to £182, as from January J, 'and to be appointed permanently clerk in charge of City Engineer's office; A. Lafferty, £2 14s. to 583 per week, as .from January 1, and to bo permanently appointed clerk ill City Engineer's office'; H. L. Godbor, £225' to £250, as from- February 1; A. H. Stevenson, £1'65 to £190, as from 1M)ruary 1; .H. Ca!verliill, £115 to £125, as from February 1. A further recommendation was made that tho offer of the Joseph Trustees to accopt £25 per acre for the land taken' at Karon for catchment area be accepted. The report was adopted. Tlio Libraries Committee recommended that tenders .bo called for the bookbinding contract for one year only,. instead :of for two years.' The resignation -of Miss •N. Sampson as library assistant had been accepted. The report was adopted.