CIVIC AFFAIRS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 2

CIVIC AFFAIRS.

WELLINGTON CORPORATION. ■ The City Council, met last evening. There were present:—Tho Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P.), and Councillors Luke, Smith, Frost, Cohen, Trevor, Atkinson, Thompson, Barber, Fitzgerald, Fletcher, M'Laren, Shirtclife, Morrah, Garmichael, and Hindmarsh. e e COMMITTEE REPORTS. I The Finance and Property. Committee i. recommended that til* strip of land'bee tween Ohiro R-oad and Mararaa Crescent , be taken over as a drainage reserve as recommended by th* engineer, sublet to e the council not being liable for fencing j- by adjoining owners. That the request i. of the Salvation Army Brass Band for s nnancial assistance bo net acceded to. e I hat M lio donated to the funds of the s Sailors' Rest. That Plunket Street be widened at a dangerous point, about four chaius from Upland Eoad. The committee reported that the use of the Toivn e Hall had been granted "to tile Welling- ' ■i ton Wesley an Kindergarten Schools for .. a iestival on December 10, and that they [- iuul decided to charge the Y.W.C.A. .£G r. 6s. for the use of tho Town Hall on if December 22—Adopted. • •, WORKERS' .CARS. . if The Power Stations and Tramway* a Committee recommoudod that the Karori - and Miramar, Councils be asked to cc■L °P erate with the council in instituting ■- the same arrangements with regard to n workers 'cars on their lines as have late- " ly been adopted on the city service. That » no action■ bs , taken regarding'a request v V" the erection of.a waiting-shed at the' £ Miramar- boundary. That. the. following. i> arrangement lve made for the carriage of '■• luggage during the holidays:-"That a e box car for luggage bo run behind the ; car meeting the /heavy traffic' trams," and .tUat luggage' which cannot be carried in tho passenger car bo charged for asfol- !, lows:—All luggage, such as hand-bags of ; e ordinary dimensions and weight, the a sam* rate as passengers; luggage of a i- pulley .nature, .such as large portmanK ?''• an y distance within the citr. L t n. charge'for water used by tne I I Irani ways Department be as heretofore, l- 6d. per 1009 gallons. That the Vogeltown n Ratepayers' Association be informed that [ . the officers have not yet been able to '- report, as to the best route for a "tram- •- way extension to Vogeltown —The report' '• was adopted. r ■'_, CITY RESERVES.' '■' -The Baths and City Reserves Committee ° recommended that permission be granted *}. tho St. Patrick's Day Celebration Comj mittco to Bell tickets for admission and J 1 take up. a collection at.'the gates of: '' Newtown Park. on March' 17,' on the ; oc- ■ I casion of their., sports meeting. That two ; ■' flame arc lamps bo installed at Te Aro Baths: (at an estimated" cost' of .£35), 'in order to give facilities for' evening sports meetings: .That the Island Bay Swimming Club be permitted to take up a * collection on-their gala day, December • 3; rhat the Garrison Band be granted ° permission to give two band - perform- , ances, one at.tho Botanical Gardens arid' » one at Newtown Park, between now and ■■ February of nest year, with permission to take up a collection. 1 ' HOURS OF SHOPS. a The By-Laws, Fire Brigade, and Street . Lighting Committee, recommended -that a certificate be attached to the requisi- , hon fixing the, closing hours of-the shops ■ occupied by the retailers of ironmongery, hardware, crockery, and tinwaTC, at 6 " p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 1 p.m. on . the statutory' , closing day, and 9 p.m. on the remaining' " week day, as it is reported that the re't quisition; represents a majority of the I occupiers of - the above-mentioned shops 1 in .the City of Wellington. That-the-■ application of tho To Ato House Com-' pany for the conncil's consent to an , casement over a' right-of-way off Dixon Street,.so as to.give the.company more. ' room to build upon; Iμ granted, sub- , ' [ ject to the condition's imposed, in the ' '. city engineer's report. 1 Tho committee "reported that, a TTil. ', birnie tdepufatipn, wi\itihg. upon'it, had. asked that a small motor-engine be in- . ; stalled .in that district. The question■'. 1 had been referred to" the superintendent } of the JFire' Brigade or a report on-comr .- plotion ■of his' arrangements for the es-".! toblishment of an additional auxiliary '.- . staff in the district. '" *'" : ' . : ; The report was adopted. ' . . ; Tho Registration and Reclaimed Landf Leases Committee recommended'- '.that • 1 Messrs. Young and Tripe be informed,'. . ' in reply ■ to' their application on behalf- . ' of Messrs. Fuller and Sons for a variation in the building clause in , their lease' • ; of Section 122, Lambton Reclaimed ■ Land, that the council will be prepared! ■ to consider their application when the- • ' plans of the building are forwarded.-^ ; Approved. .. ' ' .', "