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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9890, 17 January 1895, Page 4

< • REPORTS. The Public Works Committee made the following recommendations, which were agreed to : — 1. Drainage, Marino • parade. — That tho Wollesloy-road aowor bo extended to tho south ond of Hostingß-strcot about 21 chains. Cost not to exceed £SG, 2. Burlington -road Drainage. — That tho sewer be oxtendod so as to drain the houses between Burlington and Solwyn roads as per plan horowith forwarded. 3. Cleaning Storm-water Sower. — That the wages for this work be fixed at lOJd por hour for surface work, and Is 3d per hour for pipo nnd drain work. That tenders be invited for this work for this once as an experiment; 4. Hardinge road, Filling-in Hollows.— That the hollows in tho roadway opposite two sections bo filled in. 6. Spit Recreation Ground.— That tho olub bo notified that no footpath can bo made until the section be either filled in or boards put down beneath the fonce to support it> 6. Wages; Fortnightly Wages.— That tho vouchers herewith forwarded, £66 12s lOd, bo passed and ordered to bo paid, The waterworks committee recommended as follows : — 1. Payment for Clearing out Four Artesian Wells.— Your committeo have carefully inspected tho wells, and find that tho flow of two of them is only moderate. As it seems, however, that this is thiongh, no fault of tho contractors, but is caused by tho pipes not having been sank snfflclently low in tho first instance, and as the flow from tho other two is very good, your committeo beg to recommend tne payment to tho contractors for the work in ftill. 2. Site for Now 6-inoh Artesian Well That the new well be sunk on tho south-west cornor of town section 289, provided the Education Board will grant tho Council pormisaion to do so. —Agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS. Cr. M'Vay drew attention to the manner iv which the bulling by law was being disregarded by a number of youth?. Be moved that the police be asked to prosecute offenders, Cr. Faulknor seconded.— Carried. A communication was received from J. Asplnal), enclosing a summons in respeob to a claim of £50 12a Gd and cos(b £2, for work alleged to hive been done for the Counoi l . — Decided that the Borough solicitor be instructed to defend the case. The Council he'd a special meeting for the consideration of the half-holiday question.— The petition bearing on the subject was read showing that 85 tradespeople advocated Wednesday, and 60 Saturday.— The Mayor thought that the wish of the majority should weigh with the Council in the final decision. — Cr. Neal regretted that the majority had signed in faror of Wednesday, as be felt that the Saturday holiday once established, the injury to trade anticipated would not ba sustained. The Govern* meat shonld have fixed the day in the bill, and not left it to be wrangled over by people claiming one day for one part of the colony, and another day for the other. No doubt Saturday was the day which should have been fixed. The holiday in the middle of the week broke the connecting link, and did more hnrm than good to all concerned. However, ho had said at the meeting of tradesmen that he wonld stand by the majority, and accordingly he moved that Wednesday be the day selected.— Cr, Weinman said the iact that every town in the colony had decided for Wednesday showed that this was universally accepted as tho better day. — Cr, M'Vay combatted Cr. Welsmnn's statements. The question shonld bo con* eidered from the employe's' point of view, as the Act intendei it shonld be, but he was not going to push his views down the throats of people who thought I they would be rulued if Saturday was selected. He would say that many people signed for Wednesday who were not entitled to do so. Ho hoped if the question came up again it would be discussed generally with a little more common sense than it had been in the present instance. — Cr. Cohen said he agreed that Saturday was the proper day, bnt he thought it would be a very bad thing to seleot that day until it was universally adopted. The town had quite sufficient competition to put up with without going into conflict with the tradespeople in the surrounding districts. He did nou agree tbat the tradesmen should havo no voice in the matter, and he did not think the Government desired that.— Cr. Black was in favor of Wednesday. — Cr, Faulknor did not agree with the holiday at all. It was a perfect farce. However, if there must be ono, he was in favor of Saturday, bnt would not vote for it as ib would be prejudicial to the interests of the town. —The motion was put and carried. The Council then sat as a special meeting to alter the by law in reapect to the water-cloßet system. — Cr. M'Vay moved, in accordance with hla notice of motion that by-laws 418 and 174 be amended by the addition of the words "or on the wafer-closet system " between tho wordß "system" and "according" in the third Hue of the by-law.— The Mayor seconded. He felt sure that vnry many people would avail themßolves of the new system.— Cr. Black thonght there was danger that the sewerage would not get away propbrly, but he was lo favor of tho establishment Of the system. — Cr. Cranby was in favor Of the system, but they would have to use discrimination In allowing connections to be made.— The motion was agreed to.