ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 263, 30 July 1908, Page 4

ONSLOW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

. > Th6i Couhcil .inet last night, thero';being prp'Sgnt iAtlie Mayor';. (Mr. J. G. Watson, PlimoiprA'JliP^?^!^^ fcoiifirmed|,the' special orders of Julyjlf;aiid|l3 regarding! the'levying of rates. - ':Mossrs."Av;;.Jv -Drake and; W.' 'Humphreys to the exjj'enilittifo" pf 'a 'siu'n of' m'oi)ty on a Crofton f.qri a 'footway.'- to benefit a large iliuiitb'fii-'bf'i'pooplp 'oh'-tho- main road fronrllplnies's;Giate to: tho t-op jof. tho cutting anil Gardener's■'instead of th'o> proposal' contemplatpd by the. Council. : V <:•>' , ' Councillor','Apliii "remarked that tho work. wbuli';cbsty£3op;'-. ■ ' ; My. Humplirbys: rl would prefer to take the opinion of, tho engineer as . to the cost. • Tho-V that, tho distance was eighteen ' ami 7a"Tialf chaiiisj" and the cost would bp £232., -Ho emphasised tho necessity of improving tho main road before'going on with footpaths. .. Tho sum pf £95 had been set aside" t'of.'th'6;road, ajid -thfit -was all that cotild be.:'dpiio itjpresent". "The request would receive'fair consideration.' V - The deputation then withdrew.' , Councillor. Kiernan : I do not feel; inclined ■to turn a-,.somersault about the 'matter.. The !C,ouncil: sot .money asido for tho roadj and wo 'should'stick 'to our giins.- Perhaps wo could 'do'tlie'work ilext year. '-, ;' , •Gouncillor'Aplin agreed. ' ' ■ i. Councillor- Watson thought that if tho request were granted, similar ones would follow. Councillor -Lynneberg said that nothing had been donc'to the road for five years: Ho gave notice of motion to tho effect that £.75 on tho estimates for tho main road between Mrs. Peer's property and'the Magazino 1 be transferred to-tho construction of a footpath be-'-tw-een Councillor Kiernan's-and Mr.' Holmes's ;properties. Councillor Lynneberg explained tlii)t this, would'start tho work;asked for by tho deputation. ... : . • The meeting then terminated. •