BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5344, 3 December 1919, Page 6

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Gisborne Borough Council met last night. Present: The Mayor .Mr | Wildish), and Crs. H. DeCo&ta, J. j Mount, J. 11. Kane, G. Ashton A. G- . Lawless. D. IV. Coleman, and I. Mu-j 6 Aii apology was received for the i absence of Or. T. Todd. j Mr J. B. Broadhurst, hon. secretiny • of the Citizens' Defence Committee, for- | warded a communication received from j Hm organiser of the fund, soliciting a , donation for the restoration of Ramins ; Cathedral—The letter was received. | Messrs Chrisp and Coleman wrote to the Council in answer to their inquiry ( whether the Council’s debentures can , be taken up by trustees, stating that j it was quite clear that they can. lliOj letter was received. , . . , The Gisborne Harbor Board informed I the Council that £l3 Os 8d had been j passed in connection with the expenses > of the visit of His Excellency the j Governor, and reouesting that m future the Board he given the opportunity ot agreeing beforehand to their portion ot the cost in connection with such matters. —The letter was received. Permission was granted to Messrs ii. Hamon and H. Winiata. Te Hapara, to hold a sale of articles from a hunt and sweet stall and to provide a Christmas , dinner on Christmas Day on Haiti beach, in aid of a church building fund. c< The Poverty Bav Homing Pigeon bo- j cietv asked that By-law 104 be amend- j ed to permit of pigeons being kept in , the Borough, provided that properly , constituted lofts are used.—-1 lie requir- j ed permission was granted, to be re- | voked if there was any abuse of the j liberty or a nuisance was created. ! The" Electrical and Tramway Committee reported that a meeting had been held to consider the managei s report on the running of the trams during Show week. A further report was put in by Mr Buswell asking to be relieved of the tramways, owing to overwork, and after consideration, the matter was deferred, the Mayor, Engineer and Mr Buswell being requested to submit a full report on the subject. The committee reported that a letter from Mr Murray, engineer in charge of the pdwer house was considered, when it was agreed to recommend the Council to allow Mr Murray six months' leave of absence without pay, to take a long sea voyage to improve his health, which is just now not too good. Mr Murray has worked for the Council for the past eight years, and during that time has put in a lot of overtime, especially during the past five years, when the plant was overloaded and the staff short-handed, whilst for the last five years he has only been able to take two of the statutory holidays. The committee therefore suggest that the Council make a grant to Mr Murray of £7O for lost holiday time and for extra services rendered during such period. During the absence of Mr Murray, Mr Badham is to carry out the duties of engineer in charge at a salary of £5 10s weekly.— The report was adopted.