MIRAMAR BOROUGH

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 234, 26 June 1908, Page 11

MIRAMAR BOROUGH

MEETING OF COUNCIL. ..The ; fortnightly .• meeting .of .tho Miramar. Borough Council was' held last night, the Mayor; (Mr.' C.- J. Crawford); occupying' th<s. . chair;-;;.-. There were also present:; Qrs. Brodie, Bell, M'Leod, Cooper, and Witt. .' ;It was, decided to strike, a general rate of 1 Jd,.' iii tho £on the unimproved value.' ' .TiieXsecretary ..of the Provincial Christian Endeavour Union (Mr. -L.I J. Clark) forwarded, the following resolution .'—"Believing tho. religious observance of tlie Lord's Day to essential to the moral and spiritual 'well-being' of .tlie community, we respectfully urge.upon your esteemed .Council not to assent to the request of tho Golf Club to run cars to-Miramar on Sunday mornings." It was 'decided to reply , stating that tho, mat-ter-had "been settled. V .■ A;letter.was received.from Mr. E. C. Peers in refcroiico' to tho formation of -new streets. The, matter was referred to tho Public Works Committee.' - ; ■ • 1 Mr.;..W. Stanton claimed to bo remunerated for, damages to his clothing owing to an. accidehtin stumbling over a peg in the road, there -being no light; A Councillor: It is not 'qiifto a, -joking';' matter. Cr. Brodie ■severely criticised the way in which the pegs' had-,'been inserted. On the motion of Cr. it. was decided to compensate the writer to tho extent of tho damage sustained. It : was also , decided to take steps to minimise, the danger. Letters from Townsend and Paul and S. S. 'Williams ' callcd attention to sand-drift at. Worser Bay.'- It was said to have accumulated to the extent; of ten or twelve inches. The Mayor said that there was no question of. this seriousness of tho position. He thought a hit of triangular scrub fencing, iu addition to the. present fcnce, would meet the difficulty, 'the matter was referred to the P.ublic Works Committee.. • The Harbour Board forwarded the proposed Empowering Bill. Tho Mayor poiuted- out that,tho,matter. affected not only tlie -Mint-. mar Borough but' Maraiiui and Roscneath, parts of the city of Wellington. This was not, ho thought, generally known. This work,was only part of a general scheme of harbour improvement-. .Thero was absolutely no suggestion ;of . applying the betterment scheme anywhero else'ill the harbour except .in .connection/with,;t lio Evans. liay .scheme.. The Council dealt with the Bill in committee. Mr. J. J. Devine, solicitor, advised , that Mr. 'Andre'ivatha'a ; claim for £250. as compensation for land taken for, tramwajt purposes would bo heard ■ at the ''.Magistrate'sCourt on July 15/' i Tho Public Works Committee recommended that' the c'orrect;l)uilding-lino bo adhered to in forming tho /foreshoro road from Karaka Bay to-the Seatoun wharf; that tho clectric' light poles oriftbe-foreshore road bo shifted from the centre of the nctf- street formation to tho; curb lino; that the tramway poles from the Seatoun tunnel, to the terminus bo brought into alignment.where necessary; and that the Town Clerk report as to tho surveying of tho Seatoun streets with a view to a uniform alignment boing adopted. The report was adopted.. : A report on tho alignment of the Seatoun streets, was discussed, and was referred to the Public Works Committee. Tlie Public Works Committco was instructed to go into tho matter of the further lighting of the borough as far as possible. Accounts amounting to £1050 Gs. wero passod for payment.

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