Hastings Borough Council.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5993, 7 November 1890, Page 3

Hastings Borough Council.

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The Council met lust niitht. Present— The Mayor {Mr Burnett), Ore. Foreman, Murdock, Hughes, McKwan, Fit/Roy, and Beilby. Tlia Mayor announced that the overdraft to the general account vr/i» £G43 lo* Id, mid to special loau account £17,i*i>ii 7-< (id. Thu Koiid Overseer reported 'Imt the r<mil between Alenern Douey Bros' und Southland road hud been rendered sufer for traffic by iiti expenditure of £yti 12-> Gi.— The report, which was not of especial interest, wan adopted in itsentiroty without diwfiit. In ivjily to a letterfr-im tli<s Council c./rnpliiitiintT'if thi'ditiih on tin: railway prop rty, thu liaitway Ku/iri':i_'r wror« Hinting thiit iho ditch wus (juito dry, and tSiiit ho failed to sen in vvh'it wity it Wii" 'i miitiuic.', — Din Iviad Ovor->i!'T admit It fl that lit prt'm'tit thnre was n» wnttT tliM.!. — Or. iViein.iii fsiid that might ho .10, l»ut after tho winter ruin*, d>.;o(iyfd VfjjetntJun uauyiv.l ;i niiisince for :i loii-r'tiiuo. Ifu snovod tint ;i ivply to th-it eYun-t he »«ut to rh& Uniiwtiy Cosmnistionors. Of. j'uivloijli (juitn .'i:.M'- j d tvitli (Jr. Fon- ,- ranu, und seconded tho motion.—Letter to b.' i-ent. Mu.isr.H Stuart Bron. iipplii-d to thy Council to Inivii tin; footp'-nh l>y tlu:ir promise (the Alljt-rl, Hotel) Mitiidud nun tar rod, us was hoinif dotin in other parts of the town. — ho Mayor pointed out. thai a poi'tion of thr> footputh ailmlffl to wtiM on private property.—.Vfti-r koiik> dirt<:uti.-ioti Cr Forumati nioviid, atnl Cγ. seconded, "That t!io re quest nf Me.i-i-d Stuart lib (.'runted, on erudition thny pay t.h''ir frtir prop'ittion towurde thu work, the ripi.ir.s to the footpath to include Ihut iti front of Mr Bymouds't! t;oiuh factory."— Ottrriud. A letter was read from Mr Goorjre, secretary o: the Ha.-tings Volunteer lire Brigade, ut-king what the Council intended doii.g , towards supporting tho Brigade Thoy had already expended £30 out of a private fund the lnenili.jra hud earned by their annual sports, &0., in n-pairn of plant and purchasing material.—Thu ?»layot- wtid that it wn» ftated in the letter that the Council had taken over thu Brigade. Waa that so?— Of. Murduuh was uuder thu impi'easion that a subcommittee had recommended it.—The Town Cltrrk aaid that a

cub-committee had recunmofided that XoO a year be ;)!iid the Brigade, uud that the

property of thu Brigade be vested in the Council. An amendment, hosvuver, wan carriei! that i3O bo granted for present

rK'jiiiremeijtsi (iicv hoee), etc , and subse-

quently a further euui of £40 -is 2d whs granted.—Or, Foremar was of opinion that the mini of £2& should bo voted to pay their outstanding accounts. —Cγ. Fit/jiioy said that if the Council were tfoiutf to vote m. i-um annually a balauce-nlioet of t.he should be presented to the Couueil.— Cγ. Foremnri quite agreed with that. lie moved that £'ii hu paid ji, tiio Brigade.- -

Or. Murdoch, while udjiiiritijr the; i-U'orts of : the B-ifwdo to save property, ilnius-'h'.. that ' they wen wmpiy jhn Jsinuriia , ') cciniviniyt). He moved us an uiiiendiiieiit that tho Hiitn of Co b- paid, but that the Brigade be informed thut 1:0 further fum would bo paid by tho Council —Or. FiURoy said Or. Murdoch. .■imeudiuont, if uarcied, would burst up the Brigade.—The amendment was not neenndt-d. — Or, 15.-ilfc>v thouglit.lt ontt'-r to crauo to a .-a'ist'.i'.'tory conclusion at once ;;!;'-.ut the Bri'_ra<'.', and : suggested that n f\;b-r i:niit\[t,<!>' bo appointed to confer with the l!rig;,\d( ; .—Cr. i Foreman coimented to add that .to hi--mution. He niov. d, " That L'lh be yot.«d to the Brigade, and that Ors. Hugh.es, Fi'z Roy, and the mover li<> a committee to coni'ur with tho Kire Brigade and report at th.- imxt Oouncii —S'-comitd by Or. Fiiavoy, nnil ci'ried. ,\ [otter -,v;is ivf;r-;v.:-l from \Fr I), l.fn.-.-Tl'llllUI'i! KfCM!l!j t) i. L : . hi , \:.i{ ;;;.■,-|| ,'i f>llll l,;.Milj:-'.ac;j i-.r'uilowitrf two hoi-,.■•>< U, on Sipt«'inb;:r Dlh, mul ihat hu- |..,.-i..f. ).;,>. ~>t-l, >t -l- I,.l! .-.t.iltUl'i !M '.J0,.!-, til.:!; J,i.' (ill Miu-i,,;f.-!i, i-i)'s) mou h-.'! 1.- , ! , .;.-.'! t-.vo ia.r-.s or; t hit t (iii)', '-Jμ- i'iicl.-i f->. r.-iir ;hr,.. ~i.|. ,i !/!.y ,:,,,r,; Iwd' h.:i:u w r.- -ivv-a. Oi, Con-eii j -.va- 1 n« opioi'M that in ;>ny .m.n. , it lim.l :n> IW ,; f r U) :lfbitl-!V'.O (>::*.■■• i'Oll '-'l" I'-**- '-'-'Hl , '. fun! h f!i.'fuu(laur..--;.i'a.ii , i'ei:..-ivy|. '"(:.-. l-'irz'ioy cclloil ut*'*t-ij.«ti t.i .:.i ov":-- ---||, i> <;1' wati-r from <Ur Knight's i.'u'i'itirk. neftv thi-i-uiwuom^c , — t. 'inn ru-,olved Ui;:t a dfi-.ii. be nuuie ti. CM-rv Uio v/iiti'V iiiio i.i.'.u watur t-ibto at a ciist'of J' ! >t mofo i.lwii £•''• 7">r tuerk wi'-' dinictt-d to writ. to ]>fr Dul.vkim, iJairy reijuwting an )iiiiiifj<liutc repoil upon all t!io dairiws hi tho

town, also that in fu;ure a report must bo presented once. » quarter to thu Oouneil — Or Murfluoh said hv it new that Mr Dauvers ii.id been snim-ly ill lately, and that no ■ loubr. cau-ed iiie delnv — In reply to Cr U'tMw-m, tho Town Cli-rk th:-.t there with thirty r.-gi-sruvod dairies -Or. Fitzßoy bud heard'that inferior milk ivds being sold Several Or*, iilsn spoke on this point. It was said t.hat new milk mixed with skim milk vras being -old, which was a far worx , ulultevation ficin mixing it with water.— Tho police, to In; communicated with on the ■übjeol. - Or. Heilby pointed out that under e.luuse *■■') the Onuneil had power to prohibit ihe suit , of mil:: from any particular dairy if thoy were selling bad milk.

Some time, since permission was given to tho Wesleyaii Church trustees to remove the surplus oarth from Queen street to fill up a creek at the Ivictk of their church They now found that they could not utilize >tny more ourth, and asked to bo relieved from tha aureeinent —Agreed to, on condition that the road and footpath bo left in proper order. Cr. Fitzßoy said that he believed that before the Council met iigain the animal e'pcti mi of Mayor would take plane. He hop- d that Hi*" Worship (Mr Burnett) would permit, himself to be nomin ited again —The iVmtmil unanimously cone.urrvd with Cr. Fitzßoy's request.—MY Burnett said that he would give the matter full consideration, and would decide in :i tl.iv or two.

On t.hf motion of Cr. Hughes, seconded by Cr. Murdoch, accounts to the amount of iJHO tii Ul were passed for payment. The Council then adjourned.