CITY COUNCIL

Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL

Iho fortnightly meeting was held last evening, and attended by tire Mayor (Mr V). Bc-gg:, Crs Wilson, Hancock. M’Donald. Cakler, Hayward. Scott, Shaddock, Thorn. Bradley, Larnach, Walker, Green’ Jolfeiy, and Taverner. ELECTRIC POWER. COMMITTEE. Cr Shaddock, m moving the. adoption of this committee’s repoit. «aid that the departmeiit had now get some advantage from the water rights purchased last year Even if there was no rain for the next six or seven weeks the electric power department would be able to go on comfortablyThe report was adopted. TRAMWAY COMMITTEE. Cr Scott, in moving the addition of the committee’s report, said that "advice had now been received from the Public Works Department, Wellington, that the alterations in the Mornington Order in Council permitting the us? of electricity as the motive power had been approved, and the new order would be completed within a few days. Or Larnach raid the coniTestion_ in front of the Stock Exchange was getting so great that he w-as sure there would be an accident there before Inn-*. He suggested that it would be a good idea to run some of the cars into Manse street. The repoit was adopted.