THE ABATTOIRS QUESTION.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10919, 19 May 1898, Page 2

THE ABATTOIRS QUESTION.

DISCUSSED BY THiJ KAPIER BOKOUQH COUNCIL At the meeting of the Napier Bjrongh Conaoll laat night the abittolis question was dliouesed. The seoretary of the .total Committee forwarded the following resolution patßed at the last meeting of the committee :— "That thin committee recommend the looal bodlea to accept the offer of Messrs Nolson Bros," The et oratory anbmltted for the favorable consideration of the Connoll the on doled oopy of the terms and conditions cf Messrs Nelson Bros.' iff :r, the acceptai C,s of wbioh was reaommsudod by the committee, Cr. Craib; moved that (he matter be referred to the Pabllo Woxki Committee. Or. Cohen defied that the agreement be read to or noollloM 10 that they might nnderstand the posltlcrt tally. The Town Clerk read the Jmlfl of Meesre Nelson Bros.' agreement. Cr. Cohen moved that the recommendation of the committee be not agreed to by the Cannflll. He pointed oat that the ereoshn of abattoirs b» 'f omoana wonld not meet the requirements of the district, nod the dlstrloti aronud N&pler wotlld anff r very heavily If «noh a proposal were agreed to. He thought) a aommUtee of the Borough Council should ba set tip to go Into the whole qneßtlon. A very large expenditu c wonld be entaJlsil npoa the butchers of the (tlatilC lmnKdlfltely Bnrroandlng Napier If th«v bsd co daughter at Tomoana, The Cmncll wonld not be atndylog the welfare of the town If they Bppioved of tbe present He was Borry that he had to dlrii? (torn the Mayor, having read bU o.j'.alons, oq this question bo fir p.i Awatob'o wgo e-)BO- reed. He believed that Awatoto was most suitable as a site) li fio*, K tlvy 68S!O s ed Hawka'B Bay they son'd not find a ■•pot batter lulled Mid so centra!!? attnited, with every facility, being, cc It wtMi so oloaa to the iea H8 bslteved that their position was quite atrong enough for them to bald euoh olanghter yards as the rcqilrerocnta of Napier necessitated, and no doubt Tomianß, Histingt, find the districts near there would a'so f-r^t abattoirs eul&ed to their requirements. Cr. Biaok aecondfd the amendment, coinciding with Or, Cohen's views, Cr. Faolknor pointed ont that If two abattoirs were erected there wonld be danger cf expense. They had talked about theee proposes qal&e long enough, and t wa» time that they had Sims proper nndetstandlng about it. Tbe Mayor said the jj!nt committee had gone very fully into the mutter, sparing neither tlma nor trouble In coming to a «»tl»f-.otory solution, and they h>id aniwd at tbe eonoluslon that the effdf of NoUon Bros, ahonld be aooepted. Ha was not absolutely wedded to Nelson Bros.' soheme—'lar from It ; but tberir were so many dlfficnltln In the way, and the cost of icdependeati notion wiu'.d be to jjrefitj to the Nipltr borough, that ho hud arrived at tbo co.iolußion that from a financial pMnfc of vhw 1* would ba better for them to aooept this effir, rather than go alng'o handed. He bad always tavored the Whckatn ei'e as b:log the nnst snieabla lor both Hastings and N*pier. Ii was oertsln'y nearer to Hatting* than Nspler, bab being on the railway line, with a elding already therp, the lite wa« a good one. Whakata, he had been in formed by Mr R P. WMlim*, had never been fhoded for 23 years, wl'.h the ex reptloD, of oonree, of tha late seveie fliod. There was good paddaoklng ao oommodntlon qalte Bcjaopnt, and would snlt Hasting find C'lva R3 well at Moanee, Taradale, and Napier. The arguments Bgilnst Wtsskatn, howivdr, were en Btrong thab it was abvjdoned altogether, Ho would bs f.orry to tee this matter fall to the gionnd, b cause it was one of px:rcme Impnrbitioe. He would snpport the proposftl that U be nf>>rrfd to the Pabllo Workß C rumlttao, la order that t! c snbj ct) mlgh!) be faithjr ciscusßed. Cr Crfttiby tf.ii be wsb qnlte In tym* p'Jthy with Cr. Cihen's moilon, Hla object web that tha question ml^ht be fully con-.ldeud by tae Pab!!c Woik« Comonlttee, and es to whether they should have an abattoir for themselves. Cr. M'Vay d'ffare.l from the Mayor'on the qiestlon. H« dlstlooUy demnrted as to the Idea tha?) Awatoto wsb unmltabie for the purposes (■( aa aba'tilr. Prom a BaDitsry poiat tf vluw they o^nld choose no better Me. No plaos In Hnwke's Bay was to well Bolted as tho old slaughter y»r3B site, beiDg bb hw m in n high »pot, with magDlfioant drainage, obuDdaco? of water, with a awe6t atmoepbtre, acd he fal'ed to ccc altogßthet how the »üboommittße of the Joint Abattoir Committee could siy that thab there was nothing at all la favor of Awatoto. Hs re'rnladed the Connoll that tbe voting far Nelson Bros. 1 scheme at the meeting of the Jalot Committee was cn!y fup sgilcst fou", to it wob apparent that tho Awatoto »lte wna not to generally oindemnpd by tbe oommlttoo. There had always tneti a atroog feeling in favor nl Awitoto aa suiting tbe rrqnhemeDts of Nipler and tha districts oullpaon* to It. As be had remaikad the other day when tha question, a mbteke had bsen mads in oonslderlog the matt°r with a joint obj»ot la view : tha' was to sar, moctlng ot tha Bomi time tho r(qitrement3 of the whole country and thu to^n Ceitalnly It would bB oonvenlent for thtm to have a portion of thd oounty dlpirtot In the dlstrloJ propOßßd to baseived hy these sb-.ttolts, but the distance between Hastiogs and the adjacent dlsttlot and tbe filstrlob within the lmnr-dlate vlcialty of Nipler borongh wbb to groat that he fatled to Bee how It was poedbta that ore abattoir at Tomoana oou'd meet the rt qalrementß of both endß of the dlatrlot. Hln view of the matter was borne out by the letter ftom the butohers that t^ny had sent to the Jo'nt Commute?, 01-jjctlng to any Bite farther away than Awatoto. All the bntohers who had tigned that petition were opposed to Tomonna. At the first meeting of the Joint Committee the Whakitu Bite was referred to, end he said then that ho would opptte abattoirs being erectf d on the o : !i«r tils of thn Ngaruroro beoanso of the difficulty tbat the bntoheis od both Bidps luufl'i experlenoa In taking the ir stock them. 15 had been Btated that «uoh an UTdertaklpS!Blnp;le«hntidad would bo too o?Bt!y for Napier That had not been proved, Persons with a sufficient knowledge of the question had deolared tbat abattoirs for the NBples boronph and adjsoent districts oonld be ercoted at a cost not en very hep.vy atter all. With regard to ths matter of Inspection tblt bjrongh would bftvs to fsoa the question sooner or later, They would be compelled before lorg to bftvo a properly qualified d ilry inspector. The saVjeoi wob f orolbly brrnght borne to them by the slaughter of n. large nnmber of oittls in this district, foiF-)Mng from tnberonlosld Tbero was not tbe Bllghtegt intention of this question belncr shelvprf, even If the Council rejected the offer of Nelson Bros,, becsuse ho wqb prepared to give notice of motion to set up a committee at once to deal with tbe matter xo far as this borough was concerned. He did not believe tbat It won'd coat bo many thousands as anticipated. The proposal to lefer the reoommftnda» tlnn of the committee re Nelson Bros. cfF'r to the Public Works Committee wes lost, and the amendment pub bb the original motion, that the recommendation of thfl oommlttee borrjotod, wos then carried. At a later Btpga Cr. M'Vay cave rntiro to move that a oommittee bo appointed to oonsldfr the question r.l on abattoir for the borongh, to cmalst of the Mayor, Crs Coherj, Ed' ward*, Cranby, Smith, and tbo mover, thfl committee to have authority to Incur exppnne to provide plans and pr' care the necessary Informitlon.