MIRAMAR AFFAIRS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 70, 22 March 1912, Page 2

MIRAMAR AFFAIRS.

The Miramar Borough Council met lasb evening, the Mayor (Mr. J. Brodie) in the chair. Miramar Ltd. wrote, offering to sell an area of fifteen acres for £500 aii acre, which "was £100 an acre less than the land cost the company. l area in question to be used as a recreation ground. ' ' . ,f", f " , , ' ' *A" Vesideht"complainJed about the depredations of wandering stock. It was decided to take proceedings if evidence can be obtained. ( . The City Council notified 4hat a special car would be put on the Miramar run at 1.8 p.m. on Wednesdays, A letter was received from the Christchurch. City Council, asking for support in connection with the following resolution adopted at a recent meeting :—: — "T)t»t the Municipal Corporations Act bo amended, with a view to extending the period for which a councillor is elected to three years, and that all other borough councils be asked to assist in the matter." - It was decided to reply that the council could not pledge its support, as it was its intention to forward a remit to the Municipal Conference favouring the retirement of a portion of the councillors annually. The engineer reported that a certificate of completion had been granted by the Public Works Department fov the Mira-mar-avenue tramway. CENTRAL MISSION BAND. Proof of the popularity of the Central Mission Silvei Band was evident last evening, when the large Wesley Hall in Taranaki-street was filled. The occasion was the annual concert of the band, and the musicians acquitted themselves with credit. The selection, 1 "El Dorado," and the inarch, "Constellation," . two very old favourites, were specially 'well rendered. Songs were Bung by Messrs. T. C. Newton and Phipps and elocutionary items- were contributed by Misses Arnold, and Lennox, Rev. E. O. Blamiree, Masters, E. and W. Tonks, and Lenord Power. All the items were very well received, and many were encored. The recently formed glee party of the band gave several selections, their "Laughing Chorus" being very amusing. Thanks are due to Mr. J. W. Carr, who played the accompaniments.