NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 429, 7 August 1915, Page 2

NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Napier Borough Council met lum nighi. Present: 11 is Worship' the Mavor (Mr. J. V. Brown, M.P.). Crs. J.H. ’Sheath, P. Ashcroft, G. W. Venables. Geo. Latham, R. ( . Runciman, 11. Plowman, and M. J. Met! rath. Leave of absence was glided Cr. A. McCarthy. ( ORRESPONDENCE. Cr. McCarthy withdrew his notice of motion. —Received. Cr. J. P. Williamson, regretting inability to withdraw resignation.— To be thanked for his past services. I From the Hon. the Speaker, retliat he could not provide Parliamentary papers for the Muniicipal Librarv. —Received. • Public Works Department forwarded draft license for erecting electric lines.—Referred to the ( omloittee. _

The Director of the Napier Technical College thanked the conned for grant.—Received. T. T. McCarthy agreed to assist in selecting books for Municipal Library.—T<> lie thanked. The Napier Harbour Board stated that the contract for the re-erection of the C.D.K. dredge expired on September 17.—Received. The Greenmeadows Observatory forwarded report with regard to the climate of Napier. — Received; Marist Brothers to be thanked. It was also decided to get 20,000 or 30.000 copies of the report printed and arranged in a booklet form. G. S. V. Wenlev, secretary of the National Reserve, asked for an arc lamp to be erected in the vacant section of Clive Square. —The Mayor reported that this had been done. D. B. Frame, architect, askerl permission to erect suspension verandah on the City Buffet.—Refused. G. R. Foreman and Co. asked for alteration of the council’s contract vvith them.—Referred to the Finance ; Committee.

Rev. ! Archdeacon Ruddock requested remittance of water rates on property in .Burlington road.—Referred to Waterworks Committee. The Matron, Bethany Home, requested remittance of water rates. — Ileferred to Waterworks Committee. E. M. Ingram requested permission to connect residence with Borough Park well.—Referred to the Waterworks Committee with power to act.

Mrs. J. C. McFarlane offered a piece of land to widen the corner at Gladstone and Clyde roads. —Referred to Roads Committee for report. W. H. Tylee and others stating that the corner at the junction of Elizabeth and Lighthouse roads had b- en widened.—To be thanked. J.. S. McClurg drew attention to the state of the water channel in George street. —Referred to Roads Committee vvith power to act. The Rev. T. Tait, secretary of the Ministers’ Association, asked for use of Municipal Theatre for service for men leaving for the camp on the 17th. —Referred to Theatre Committee with power to act. John Griffin asked that an inspection be made of building in Clive Square that, is at present being renovated. —Granted.

William Ward objected to the report of the Public Health Inspector re state of building in Napier South. —Letter to he forwarded to Public Health Officer.

IL M. Didsbury thanked the council for the use of the Municipal Theatre, and asked that the rent be given to the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund.—Request to be complied with. G. C. Clothier asked when water would be procurable at the corner of Carnell street and George’s drive. — Referred to “Waterworks Committee with power to act. G. A. Fairbrotlier offered to donate, io a Napier institution, a life-sized oil portrait of the late Inspector Scully.—To be thanked, painting to be placed in theatre. C. Melby complained that the engines of the power house caused a nuisance to his house, and also that the continued vibration was damag-

ing his property. —Urs. Latham and Venables to visit the property. T. E. Shirley, librarian, complained that bocks had been disarranged and mit'pla. ■ i ■.;hdor wrong authors between the 21th and 26th July.— Referred to the Library Committee. With regard to the above, A.

Pinder, caretaker of the Athenaeum Buildings, stated that the books had not been interfered with after library hours. -Referred to Library

( 'ouilllitt Cf. The tramways manager (Mr. J. W. Callaghan) reported for the four weeks ended 21 st .Inly as follows, the figures for the corresponding month of last year being shown .in parentheses:- Passengers carried 102.H32 (1)3.432/. revenue LG6!i 2 S ( L’fiJs lit), ear miles, i j.-fts, <in. 171), car hours I.’>2!> (1 11o). COMMITTEES 11 E( CM MENDAT lON'S.

"'flie folk ,wing recominendat ions from various committees were adopted That I lie dedication of Shamrock street Napier Somli. be accepted as asked for by Messrs. | Nelson and Kennedy. and that an. agreement be intered into in accordance with the agreement lietween the vendors and the kite Napier j South Town Board: that considera-1 tion of the offer of M.r. J. N. .Anderson to sell bi- section on Milton road be held over until after the poll of ratepayers has keen taken on the proposed Milton road trams ; that in regard to Mr. A. Frederickson’s lease of part markm reserve, the lease he put up for ain't ion ~ix months before the expiry ol the present lease for a term to tall in' with the existing, lenses of the block ; that a month's salary be paid to 1 he estate of the late Mr. Wundram, Mrs. Kopp, the deceased's sister, to sign the receipt. Accounts amounting to £1.572 1 it were passed tor payment. j