PORT CHALMERS COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 14525, 29 November 1910, Page 1

PORT CHALMERS COUNCIL

The. ordinary moo-ling ];u>(- evening w.■ - attended by the il.wir CS\r F. W. I'jatM. (Ys Sutton, (idjle, .M'Ki'inon, Asher, Tait. Maw.son, Stevenson, and Lunn. —Reports.— The Works Committee rejwrlcd that il.c Muff had been building a retaining wall ;rt Ajax road. The Committee reeomme.n-hv: that >fi- Mulqucen's i-I.iim for reiund <■! cost of putting up fijioutiiig be not ent.-i----taincd.—Adopted. 'J'lio Finance Committee reported that .1 large amount of rule.< were, outetandin_'. and they reconmended the enforcement penaltv ill) all rates unpaid after Fcbiuaiv 1 j.cxt. The tuai of £54 10s' had been n.iiected in dot; taxt* by Mr A. M'Kenzv. whose reappointment a.s collector was recommended." The reappointment of .Mi Charles P>«*fi a.* borousrli valuer was ak'j recommended, he having already given general .«atMactioii in U\nl capacity.—l> Limn suggested that the pioccdure of other brroughfi bo adopted, in that borough valuation be carried out in future by the town cieik. 'l'liLs would nxam a saving of £3O per annum at present paid to the valuer.— Report adopted. The Raths Committee reported that thr piles for the new swimming baths ha<l been driven, and that the timber for the sheathing had been deliverer! on the ground. Meters Millar Rr<«.' tender of £9B for couipleticg the. construction of the, batlifi been accepted.—Adopted. —General.— Cr A.-her's motion to the effect that otieet name-plates l)e provided and put up at- suitable places throughout tlw town was cairied. Cr Asher Kiid that rats had been increacing at an unpleasant rate throughout the town during the paht two year?, and tne borough health inspector was instructed to attend to the nuisance.