PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 5

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

• -. The ■'Mdnfhed; meeting bf ,Mono Borough ■ ...Council was ■hold last eVeningi and' Was at- . tended ;by. the Mayor tilt, I W. M'JJwaii), I and Councillors Castle; Short, Smith, liafdiDg, , Lodder • Itmng,- andC'olfHihoUn, V. .. I -Ino -borough engineer BUgg«stiid thht .tho ooufioil should level a certain piece- of ground , Oh the edge of .the domain, whereby h quantity t < of I'otsk lor, detailing could be ob- ,- teifl6a.---.He-MCbmih«ttded- ahekteusioii of i≥ 1 chains .iU the f Ail way to the i sanitary debdt. . Shi eastern drainage works \v'er6;bel&g fmshed j ahdadi-rtud,'given fait -weather, the works would.be out-:o{ dnageJ ffoto'inflow of Wntef , Avithm a fortnight, . :..,\ ■■, -../.. i ..- .. , j.'rlie borough ihspeotor repotted that during j, the ( year tljreo, dilapidated dWeHiags had been .I oondEinned. Ninoteeii.bases,of-infeotioiis dis- .• ease, had- bepir. rehorted, tivelve king dtpKthferißi' Dog registrations had' numbered 332, and the. fevelwa had-bten'Jßltift. .-'•-There were ■, 31 -lifcensed Vehicles iirtha' bprottgh, and soven 3 huwktrs licenses-had been issued. '"': ■' •■ Miv. J, It, Staple, seofetavy bf Petorie Brass . Band, niitde applicatiriii for, the council's an' j mial subsidy, which-Was duly. 'authorised.■■ ' '.The Jliiiiijtcr for Intcmnl Affairs asked if I the council wßuld offer: any objections to tile 1 inclusioh T in ; Petono... Borough;' of Section 10, j blook. XIII, Ijelmont Survey District. Tho douneil decided that ltd ' objections would be J YftlSetL-V'Y ', ■'. ■■- ■. : .'■-.- ■:',■■ •,.-■ - I '.-.to; -j. '■ A.. Maodflnaldi.'secretary vl Here■to*H\ Boating Club; apblled for a'lease (21 j years) bf hart of the t'oreslldre at. a pebttefoorii t ten tal. Although not at present able tb do t so, the olUb intended,to erect il JiaVilion, whiuh (. would be a.cri>dlt.t& the town.'- The town clerk t ■ was/instructed .to ihfohn the Boating :Club j! that the council had Bo power togrant their request. , : "■• . .'■-.' . ■ .... , r i'' «,. Jl "W?):early contrlbutien 96. 2d.) '.- Fire Board was authorised.. - : A ,-jpetition from: four: tenants ! was received, . prayiiig for a reduotiori in tent. The p«tiportion ef the stfimd .floof of\ tho.municipal , buildings-A.:ButklHl, Thomas' Potts,' AV. H. ?hZM S0 % Br lt- 3 \F- AValker. In making 1 application, the petitioners, complained Of the Rbnttd depression in trade; The reaUost . was not entertained. •-, ■ ' . , t ' -The Public Trustee wrote that lie was pre--l pafed to sell half ail acre of land for a hW 4 .tohobl, ftdjncent to the Teohnical School/on j .oertnut conditions, It was decided to write informing the Public Trustee that the price t mentioned' in his letter, was considered unt reasonable. ' ' : .'. . .-._:■-. .•. ■■ . ~