LEVIN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 202, 20 May 1908, Page 9

LEVIN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

/1 Tlio ■ usual ■ fortnightly meeting ; of., the -Borough'.Council was held ! at the Council: 'Chambers on Monday'" night. ' Thero wore .present': The: Mayor (Mr. |B. R.. Gardener), .Hall;.' Williams, Irouat, Levy, 'Ryder; Hankins, and.Hudson. ■ . ■A; iletter. iv.'is received from Mi . .1. Horton, nursferynlari, Pahiatua, olToi f to supr ply tlio Comicil with the necessary trees for '.planting-"tho : reservos, etc., at .£3o, with au •tati'n ; £5 worth of trees' gratis. ThA matter was referred to the Resents Committee: . A lato residont'of Levin,>h(>', liadibe-ch under seVeral operations, in, tho Wellington Hospital, aiidNvho Was iii sore straits, was granted lilsx for:'his train faro back.to, Levin, . v'The'report:.of/tho finance committee, was 'thbri-i'cad,' arid .was 'as ' f6llows:—Tho coluinittce met oil 'May 121 1908, .arid considered;. tlio ■ estimates which showed :---Inc6mo, £1818; expenditure, £1784; balance, £34. ~ • 'It was decided'to accept tlio offer ;qf .Mrs. Ostler, for "the surrender of ill , her interest® in tlio'gravel pit leas© .for the. sum of £420.' Tlio committee decided that to find means to 'pay for tiio 'saino'an 'addition of one farthing in'the pound bo made to the general rate for the oii'suing year, thus making the total 1 general rata lor the-year ljd: in the pound oil the capital! value "of property in tho. Borough." "* ' '•' ; Considerable discussion took place' upon the 'advisability pf increasing, .the cillor Williains niade'ii firm stand ngaiUst tho additional rate.' H6; considered! that for, a young Borough they wore saddling too much on the ratepayers 'and; 'householders, and over-rating: would liavo a tendency to: drive ■liouso builders ioutsido tlio Borough to build 'tlicir• houses, \Vliich , could. not do any good., 1 The JUiivorstated ;that .>iio\v the streets schemes wero in' operation the old pit 'would bo' needed to absorb: all the' wasto soil;from ' th'o:- street'••osc#>'htions.' : •••' The sooner, the liit was' iilletl tlio better.". ;. It: was a'.fine central ' property and: too .valuablo for building purposes to .lie idle.. \ 71 : , .. ■'•. : .The ostimates vyero then.discussed, and the . Toporfi ■ bf/.tlio" finauco committee adopted by 6 votes to 2:..■, • " ■ v.. • •••:

{'Being si -mid-monthly. 'meeting; but few a<y 'counts were .passed for payment, the'total only amounting .to £32 '3s. Gd. ; V ' , > . It wa'S resolved that public notice" bo given ■in'accordance.'with the statutory provisions luider ltlio. Rating Act, 189-1, and the Municipal. Corporations. Act, 1900, that it is tho in-tention:-of- this. Council at' tlio ordinary meetlngto bo held* on June 10. 190S, to strike, a general rato of -ljd. in the ]>ound on the capital valuo.'of' all the rateable property in tho-.boroun'h of-Levin, and that the rate-book .will lie open for inspection as by lav.- provided dunlin ofiin!' hours. '• trßefore the oloso of the meeting the Council tendered its sympathy to tho Mayor, and .Mrs.' Gardener* senior, in' their recent ' family bereavement; (Mr. Gardener's twin brother Walter died just over a week ago, aftor-a painful illness.) . ■