PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 46, 23 August 1904, Page 2

PETONE BOROUGH COUNCIL

A meeting of the Potono Borough Council held laat evening was attended by tho Mayor (Mr. G. London) and Councillors Castle, Macfarlane, Bowles, Kidd, Hill, Piper, Wakeham, Nicholson, and Cook. It wav decided, on tho Mayor's motion, to refund to Brquklohumt Bro*. half the fine of £2 imposed upon them recently ior noi paying license focq. The fevs had been paid befoie tho enw went to Court, and the Magistrate, was not made ttwuru of the, fact. Tho Town Clerk waa instructed to sue for »li unpaid amounts due for gas ilttings, eta C. k\ Priest, who had been asked if ho would guarantee ten connection* if tho Council extended- tha watar main nearer bin property by the railway station, wrote containing that tho demand was an unuautu one. Ho had, however, built two houses, and there was over)' probability ot htm building on tho romaiuing fourteen sections. He would bo put to heavy expense, even aiter tho pipes wert laid to «, auitab.c poutl along the cold. The Engineer reported thai the coki of tue extension to tho bottom of tiie Korokoro Hill-road would be £47 9s Bd. On Councillor Wakehnm's motion and on the Mayor's casting vote, it was decided to tnako the cjuena.ou. It wus reported by the Engineer that Mr. T. Pncfl was not adverse to thu creek waters being diverted west of his mi. I provided U) that tho drainage of the hulsido track bo diverted acrusk tho road; (<J) that a Ireo supply ot water bo given from cither tho creok or tho town mam j (6) that a trough bo provided for stock. The matter was ro tuned to the Mayor and Engineer to interview otlwis affected. The (Secretary of the A.M.P. Society wroto asking, uudor an agreement, for pay 111011 1 0f. £170, sinking fund on gasworks and street improvement ioan, which was duo in Fobruar) laat. Several Counqjliors coinmoutuu strongly on » the action of whoovov uas responsible for tbe agreement in question, of which they statucl they wero till now in cornpleU ignorance. The Town Clerk stated that there were no copies ol the agreement in the Councils possession, and ho was instructed to obtain one. It wt»s decided to noiify T. Judd, who asked permission to shoot birds that were doing damage in his garden, that tho Council had no power to authorise a breach of the law, and regretted it cannot assist him. Ihe Engineer (Mr. W. H. Cook) reported having, with Mr. Richmond, interviewed the Secretary to the Harbour Board ro the piupostnl iliam into tho harbour from Patrick streot, in Mr. Coles's now subdivision. The Secretary ugioed to recommend that tho conduit be built in wood providing the Council I entered iuto an agreement that no night- ! s,oil bo hllowed to pass through the pipes or conduit. As tho private streets being formed by Mr. Coles would shortly be completed, it would become necessary to form, metal, and drain the Esplanade along the frontage. Authority was given j tho Engineer to do the woik when renuiied.