MUNICIPAL.

Evening Star, Issue 11499, 16 March 1901, Page 3

MUNICIPAL.

IvOslt.s-.—Cr Kemnit.', prided over last nights meeting of the Rosivr. Borough Council.—Tim Worts Committee reported recomending Infer ;:!>;: that Mr Hill's request to make a charge on new houses for removing ashes and attending !x> not. "Hinted""" but that he bs paid the amo;i:il of the sanitary rate on the n?T v:>k\T.i ions at the end of the year ; and tha: rhr :ii,i>,niia:i of tj ]P ~, n lj ce be called to the nuisance traced br wandering cattle in the borough, with die request- that proceedings be taken offenders. Adopted.—The Finance CoimnittFe reeominended that, the amor.ni. of £225 due on the purchase of Land from. Mr Taine he paid : that the deposit beld from the Duned.in and Kaikorai Tramway Company be returned: and that a resolution anthorisiiv.; the increase of the. Wo-ugh overdraft ><> £1.0,50 be sent to the Union Hank. The Committee reported that the borough overdraft on March 11 stood at, £1,106. and, further, that, the new _ valuations showed an of £1,939, subject to any alteration that might be made in the Assessment Court. Adopted. —Resolutions were passed living the gas rate at in. the £. the general rate at is in the £. and the sanitary rate at. 3d in the £ on ail rateable property in the borough for the year commencing April 1, 1901. and cndiiv March 31, 1902..r-The Secretary to the Department of Agricaltui-e wrote drawing the Council's attention to the sections of the Slaughtering Inspection Act of last rear that dealt with the establishment of abattoirs. The Act came into force on April 1, 1901, and within twelve months from that date (except in speoia.l cases) an abattoir had to be established in all boroughs of 2.000 inhabitants or more.—Consideration of the question of providing a water supply for the borough, brought up by Cr Wilson, was deferred for a month.