KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 5

KARORI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

' At..last night's meeting .-of"(the .Karon' .Council there, were- present:f-;The .-Haypr,' (Mr. ,0. .1. Dasent),'. Couriqillprs Lis-' :sington, •:Hammond, Cathie;" Raine, Wedde, Harris,-and Bradnook.' ■.■''.'' ';, ; ':"'. ,:■ ' : .Th"e British" Insiirahce.,'.Cp.j : : '.Ltd.,\ ;wrote advising .the, , cbuhqil.:. , that, as'. 'the Workers' .Compensation;.. Act;, 1908,'. provided ; for additional compensation .payable by em.'ployers, ■■it"'h , a'd.' , beehVfoumlv necessary. -to : 'someffhat increase, the pre'raium.; They, asked the council tostat* ■.whether. , , they; wisned,' under these conditions, to-have their .policy.'extended- so as to, cover' the,l9oß,'Acti The council decided to, have -the.'policy' extended.'' ■Ay received from the City elec-' ;trical engineer, regarding the Karori,Council!.s' complaint "as'to the' unsatisfactory state of ■the street-lighting.' - The' letterv-.in quest'ion' stated that, on certain, nights' in ''December, 79 lamps were out, from Lancaster Street onwards, and as the'nights'were ; particularly dark, great, iiiconyenience was. caused. .. In: :reply. tnoelectrical;,'enginee'r'advised that the; fault in the circuit ,iwas due- to the failure .of the ■automatic, and as a new one had. now been' erected, it" Was thought that" ■the defeqt .would, ho,..remedied.,-: , v : ;.".:Messrs..'Bell,' Gully,'Beli; :! and..Myers wrote ; oh/behalf ,<>f..Mrs.';J3.--J , ." j.Cqioper,-. claiming :£450! compensation -for.'land taken, under ■ the Jiiblic .'Works' .Act', : ■ ;fp'r ■'■. the; .;■ widening' of : ; 'Dbiiald Street.'.\The. matter, was-referred to .the.'componsdtipn committee.'.... I .'.,, ■.../.(-.■ ,: A depwtation,. cohsigting.of members of ; the. jKarpri was ihtro- 1 Iduced by .•Councillor .Harris. -The' speakers,' 'Messrs.' R. Caldwell. and'J.Caughley, asked: -the council to.acquirei-land for.'the'formation■of a- road connecting .the' Evelyn,estate "with , of,-the It was. ;decided, tb-i icbnsider the matter before'giving any answer- ; ..The Mayor-..- was" : -appointed to. '.be "."thecouncil's delegate-, at the..-, Conference tobo.held, at the Town Hall pn : January. 27, "for the. ;purpose of deciding oh. /the .weekly 'half- ■ 'holiday.-.for .the'.ensuing; year. '. ... .•.-;. ■