NAPIER MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5542, 20 November 1879, Page 3

NAPIER MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

"^ j ;., :fi / ; "Wednesday, ' November 19.---viva ji-iThe Gojincil met at B. p.m. . ! . :z;la „/ Present — His Worship the Mayor (in ihe chair), Coiuicillora Swan, Faulknor, Ashton, Largo, Leo, and M'Vay. ,V.y,hu_ li;, .ELECTION, .OF MAT OR. | Or. Swan desired, before the ordinary 'W'W proceeded with, to |cpngratulate the Major and the Council; on his re-election', to- the office of ... I( . r; JMay j or,,. r wjthout opposition. ■ ■vi.yi aa - well a* 'he • (Or. Swan) did, '"'^ 'jihi&ffit '.waa Only "af j ter, touch solicitation-*''--,-itjiat ■h'JßYj^pVslHP: ; rWd,con.3<mted to be nominated, and it was ouly on public grounds that the consent was given.

The Mayor expressed his thanks for the kindlyrfeeljngT^lrat'had been,: evinced to-" *wards him.*. "-He had ; had.n^ intention to come forward for the office, but having been solicited te thought he might be of service toVthe borovtgh, and he had there-' fore coflserlted.. He need scarcely! say that he would do all he could for the' advaritage df tHe municipality.- i ... ( GORREsiONDENCK. ._ ' I T.he following letters tfere rekof j— From John Miller, stating that "unless, -the metal he Had broken before he was .told to auspfeiid wtirk be paid for at the end of the month, he would be compelled to seek payment through the Court, as he did before. •' From Mt .Charles T.'OolUs, secretary to the New Eertland Commission of the Sydney Exhibition, \Statl% tliat entries' for the exhibition of wool will - close oil the Ist December; "■•' It was ordered that the attention of wool growers, be .called to the matter by advertißem'enfc. , •From Messrs Jani.es M'Mwpn &nd Co #J advising .that they had drawn for f £220 19s 2d for fire brigade plant shipped by the Futierworth. ,-,-,,,. It was ordered that intimation be given bfy advertiserrieht to. the 'citizens who had promised to contribute to (he payment of qne-thir<jl the cost of tlje plant, that the subscriptions are £ow payable, and that in the meanwhile the plant be stored. PUBLIC works committee's BEfofif. The following, report from the Public Works Committee was read : — The Public Works Committee having met pursuant .to notice, beg to -recommend the Council as follows, viz. — <, 1.- That all existing bye-laws of this Council be compiled into one volume, and 100 copies thereof ordered to be supplied. 2. That the formationjof Priestley-road, and all necessary repairs thereto, be at once proceeded with. " The cost not to exceed £34. 3. That the necessary repairs to Light-house-road be authorised. The . cost not to cxeeed £iB. 4. That no tenders for the purchase of ball cocks,-&c., tho property of this Corporation, having been received, those now remaining be , ordered to be sold in quantities to suit; pjfircha'sers at cost price. ' •,"''•' ' ; 5. That with a view to the further employment' of labor -within the borough, from the Ist December next,, inclusive, the wages of ordinary laborers" be fixed at. "an Uniform rate of. six' shillings per diem. , ; ; . ■ : o. t; That the width of the fdotpatii "in Byronstreet be altered to' Bft>, instead of 12ft. as previously ordered. . . j " 7." That the ■.consideration' of 'the petition for the erection of a gas -lamp; on the £teps leading from -Survey Reserve to Cameron-road be postponed. till the report from' the Select Committee onJightirig the borough.sliall have been ;i'ecoived, and that the petition, be referred to them. "' ' \ "8. That the purchase Of 500 casks cement es;jMay;Queen^ offered, by llr~..Kinrobs, be authorised. ■ ; ._rj -. ', ■■ " ■ ' .• '{} '< \ ■ . 9. r That ]\ii' : Malcpn's offeivto letliis quawy in;thff Shake^peare-i'oad. ,'at, one halfpenny per , load, be accepted/.. „.:;:../.,.',',' - ' 10.vThat,tlK! apfjiicatioit ; of [rake payers- inthe Wellesley^road .toße'sujiglied:' with water jbe; at.onc,e aifthorised, ,and. ordered, to be pro- . cee,ded with so. soon as the necessary material can be supplied. . ,;., . . '•'-.' ■ 11. That the petitioners for water supply to Goa 8ay,.&c., ; be informed that in consequence of the large amount (nearly £350) necessary to complete this work it cannot be authorised at present. ; 12. .That the gas-lamj) at the corner of Hastings and Dickens-streets be removed^" and that a suitable bracket be attached to MrKnowles 1 ' verandah "in lieu thereof. - - - > 13.;That r the>footpath in-Edwards-street be formed 9ft. wide,.. subject ,to the usual conditions., j ■."-... ; ■ -„;■': •:*-■; - ■„ : ; 14. , That in consequence of: the' report' of an insuffibicnt. quantity, of. tar," the works previously authorised from the Spit to Hastingsstreet be. completed; witli rubble and shingle only./ - ----- - : - . •; : -;.-._. .-. j ■ Gt. Ed. Lee, ] _i ... " Chairman. Clause 7. 0 f the report was amended by adding the following words : — ", And that it be an instruction to the committee to consider all. applications for lamp^a"— and as so' am 6nded. the, clause was- adopted. The , other clauses were adopted! without amendment. " LAMP AT CORNER OF. BYRON-STREBT, Or.. Lee moved, by leave without notice, " That the lamp at present at the corner of Byron-street by the Savings' Bank be moved to Mr Lyndon's corner." : The motion was seconded by Or. ; Swan and carried. ALLEGED OMISSION OP BURGESSES '■ PROM THE ROLL. ; The report of the committee appointed to ...enquire into the allegations made byMr O. H. Weber as to the omission of persons' names from the burgess roll who were entitled to be on the roll was brought up. Ihe committee reported---" That no omission has' been made nor" has any irregularity been discovered therein, .and that the provisions of the ' Municipal Corporations" Act, 1879, have been complied with •' and further that the burgess and defaulters' lists. were advertised as ! being open for inspection. for the: period ordered by law during- which it was competent for objectors to state their objections thereto." Or McVay- desired to bear testimony to:u the -efficient, manner in which the Town Clerk, discharged his duty- in respect to the burgess roll. : He (Cr McVay) had ! gone into the matter-and he was satisfied ' that the 'work could not have been' more scrupulously attended to; ! : .. : On the motion of Cr Swan, seconded hj Cr Large, the report was adopted. CHATJCER ROAD ACCIDENT RELIEF FUND. The Mayor made a -statement with re-gard-to the apportionment and investment of the amount raised fortthe relief !of the sufferers by the late accident \n the Chaucer-road. Ifc was decided by the committee that Mrs Clark/ who had four children with the expectation ' of another ■ one shortly, should have' £265. Of that sum she desired that £40 should b|e paid for a section in the Victoria SpecialllSettlement. The remainder would be invested in the; purchase of a section w|th two houses in town, in one of which Mrs Clark would live and the other would be* let for her benefit. To Mrs Quain £165 ;was allotted.- She was desirous of going Home, and her passagawould be paid out, of the amount, the remainder being sent. Home for investment. 1 ' The Conncil then adjourned.; |