THE ‘WASHING-UP’ UP BILL

Evening Star, Issue 16912, 9 December 1918, Page 1

THE ‘WASHING-UP’ UP BILL

ITS MAIN PROVISIONS. [FIIOU Odb 1/ AKla A'l i-.N i/nti J.toi OIirKB.J MM ill l N B ember 9. The Wash p1 H l° 8 borough councils to 111 1 i Tildes by appointment in ficu ol oitvu.on where any member va*cau«B oiin-u October 1918, and April 30. rarO. Two clause i 1 u t i demic. One legalises tho poKcpoueiiu-m, w .my statutory meeting of a local body _ or other authority, owing to tho epidemic, to any time before February 1. Tho other validates expenditure incurved by tbe local authority or public body for any purpose arising out of the epidemic during October, November, or December. Such expenditure may bo met out of the general fund of tho body or by a levy of separate rate. There is a clause relating to the mining privileges of the Dunedin City Corporation, these dealing with water races at Lawrence. Tho corporation are given the right to hold such privileges, which were purchased for use in connection with tho AVaipori electric