CITY COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 656, 5 November 1909, Page 8

CITY COUNCIL.

A,meeting-of the City Conncil>was heH:Ta«t" evening, his .Worship tho Mayor (Dr. 'A. : K. Nevman): presiding.... There woro also presentCouncillors Smith;' Cohen,' Ballinger, Frost,Trevor,:. Atkinson;;' Donne, Fitzgerald, Car- . Michael, Hindmarsh, McLaren, Slurtcliffe, Mopnil, and Fletcher. -, FINANCE. AND PROPERTY. ; i The Finance and Property Commut&o recommended I That tho offer of Mr. T. Warnock to iscJl hio interest m tho, leasehold 'of the pro-* ,;:auso9 .at tho oornor of; Mulgrare.and Aitkoa Streets, be not entertained; that Hibility in . fcho olaim of llr.' P,, E. Childs for'compensation i'pr allegod -damago ..to his : house at .Mortimer ■ -Terrace bo denied.. : The ■; comini tteereported '.that they.,,hive "received . notice' of : /..a" .levy - 'of • .>CS£BT'- 195., being the ■ council's portionot 'the 1 ,<«st of tho proposed new Hospital for : infectious' diseases for the City of 'Wellington, and r«som- • mend-' that; Jjhe District of: ■'Weljingtoji Hospital Hoard be informed: that' the council oannot . i;ote. the moiioy this year;;. The of thi report .was, agreed to. TRAMWAYS AND POWER STATIONS. 1 ;.The Power; Stations and Tramways Commit-. rcoommendedThat' anv animal''■ .Hcket-:.be ■ : iiisued.'.tb the Wellington Hospital Trustees for : ■u'se by their/messenger-when- on'.hospital business, the prioe : of the. ticket to. be Xl 6 ..per annum; that the Miramar Borough Council be informed- that i the'-'oouncil . cannot- see their : .way' to", grantany concessions.. inthe present fares oharged: on the Kilbirme route.' The toi part was adopted. I FLEE BRIGADES 'AND; STREET. LIGHTING. : r -: ; The ByrlawvFire Brigades, and Street Light:i.r:g-.' Committee, recommended:—That Shannon b mid-Freeling' Streets) Island Bay. be-included I-in!, the general suburban.lighting; 6chkne; 'that ■■ petitioners' for: the extwiion .of . the' street, light--' . iiift . ffom- the' tramway'vterminus a£ ; Oriental Bly lo Evans Bay bo iiifornitid .that the-ex'-.' ■psfoditurevwas not -'warranted'at fcitesent;' that' • tho request, of the Island Bay Volunteer 'Fire Brigade for ;; permission' to hold their .annual ; oto'urnament jn-.Dorwent Street,; between Ribble ■ land Humber. Streets,, on, Januar j-'22, bo acbeded to.:but that no donation be made towards .the futids of the: tournament;, that the Kolburrto Volunteer Firo Brigadi be oflerod tho sum' of ■jPJO for the purchase of their fire station' at Kdburne Parade. The recommendations! wor# .- ag;reed ':.to. ■ RESERVES. In regard to the jrotest made by: .ratepayers : of lioseueath and; Oriental Bay; as; to thfe site' ..■Ml'Mted/for -the Oriental Bay Reserve, tho-Reserves Committee recommended that tho work " should, lie proceeded' with; Thfli was 'adopted. 1 ;'•