BAY TOWN BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 14633, 1 August 1911, Page 8

BAY TOWN BOARD.

■! The Bay Town Board met last c-vcriing; ! present —.Messrs T. Somerville (chairman), lA. Youngiou. F. T. Anderson. T. F. ! Duthie, and T'. Pryor. 1 r iho Town ('lork. Duriediii. notified that ! the Water Ommitlce were not prepared ; to fall in with tin- hoard's proposals re ; laying a water service to the Anderson | Bay Cemetery, but would be glad to know | if the supply would bo taken in the near : future from" the vicinity of the cemetery ; in lieu of the private service pipe origia- ! ally nroposod.— Ft was resolved to inform i the G'ity Onr.ril U;,it there was no pros- | pert of'extending lire main to the ccrneI tm-y. i Eight resident.'; at Fcrgnsson street, Taii nni, made applications for water services, j In connection with the same subject, tha I Town Clerk. Dunedin, notified that the ; council had no objection to the board exI tending their water supply to tho Tainui diaitrict. —The Chairman pointed out that the | City Council-had formerly refused to allow I the board lo supply residents outside their j district, but bad reconsidered that mutter. } .He thought- that as s, public body it was j their duty io give- relief to those resident ; in the district who sought it. but they j must first see that the wants of their own ! ratepaj ers were .safeguardad.—The appli- ' cation for supplying Tainui residents was referred to the engineer for report, The Minister of Internal Affairs notified i that the 1,-oaid’s application lor £75 as a 1 CniT.iialinii subsidy for the erection, of a ' public hall had been approved, i Other minor matters arising out of the I correspondence were attended to. j It was resolved to vote £2 2s io the local • school committee for expenditure in con- ! ncction with tree planting on Arbor Day. i The surfaceman reported that ho had spread 642 yds of mouil and 106 yds of screenings, etc., on various roads.— Adopted. j The board went, into committee to conj full- with their engineer (Mr B. B. Cous- | ton) re road and drainage works.