BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9187, 6 September 1906, Page 5

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

! MONTHLY MEETING. ! The monthly meeting, of the Hawera Borough Council was held on Wednesday night; present— The Mayor (Mr J. W, Hirst), Ore Pacey, Sargeson, Sufcton, Brunette, Morrissey, Whittington, and Goodson. OKAIAWA AND THE WATEP I i SUPPLY. A communication signed by 10 Okaiawa residents stated that they could not paw more for water supplied than was offered to the last deputation from the Council. In reply to the Mayor the Foreman said that only one person's supply had been cut off. 1 Cr Morrissey mowed, /That these, people be cut off.— Carried. ' j •; . ■.«> .<■ SANITATION; ! ;A Aeifep-walß''¥e&gt<red l frbni R. H. Maehill^ (Dastri^Hea&h,- Officer), stating that 4>bereV'wa*<'3soJ]&e' reason ' to- 'su^ectfbhat a casetof' typhoid! feySr wa&'^ntaacted from a swampWadK,,i^iyga*he effluent from an-foVerffov^iof -%he'';hi«p l ital' septic tank. The tank did not appear to be working «tisf|fctoriiy^hdrdppS^ently Hn ] the briginaJrfdeiign'.ct^i'o^eTflp^'w&s'not ctiiitemptated^aipunip'' having beeri provided? to lift the efflueM'^-thS Sewer. Probably the^ump- was out of 'order. Ib was a matter fifafcr borough engineer should be asfaed'to'look intbr ' ■•'<?" ''• > I ' The defter «was? held 1 ' over 1 - pending a reply ! fr»ia 'Mr kesiie mgyrio&B, who has , beeriT.Bupplieass^riehn details" iat order" "that ■he mights suggest a'jtemedy; -■ - '• ' ;• ;1; 1 " i ; : DNf(^f »|JE^;^OTPA^ A' -petition bearing eight signatures requeste4 the Council to tar and «&nd the footpath .in Union' street, "yv.hic^- was, dan- (- gerotte-orj/acf^uht^ofife Slippery nature, (^'Wimin^rnoyecf, m ths matter be. TOf'«r»ea. f «6f.tße Wlwfcs Committee. »# Bftnke .sealed; * ' . v €Jr Wi&oJ; n&vVCpay 'the .request be notf apc^-to^-.'prie^eide,^ ttie stresfc w&4; alress taßretr,arisl sandea. Ct^Gocdkxn'ti^ugStf*' it" 1 would bej good finance ttf;iio' the' woj-k'i£they ; cooic[l It woiflS jbbvittfe cleaning. ' <2t Bu*i»n said ib had'b£en. found that fcaiiring^ancE -Riding was riot "a success on the 'sfiaaf £ -6iae' of 1 *. stireeV' I -,Cr^W«is*Jn 7 8tiM v "'it Wttld not be fair to do' the }I«d«:yh^'ttie|e'1 «d« : yh^'ttie|e' were' some street tHtfh I |iid» i ;done. . ; •, The'iesolutton was carriedl" ' r ,[Fo^y businessmen* p&Hioned -the" Countylfattfip the,«l©s»g boar? of*tfceuvari6u« '.(with. t&0 usual exceptionsfc.'in t^^wn.-ias.iolJofws,:rM<MMia'y6, Tuesdays, Fmdaysaifop.m. -rWednesI d»S%L|l' p.«w ; an^J&iowlays,-, 9 p\ittis . 1 p^^v^as^jvppvoveii on >ttfau& motion .Wilsbnl i , MMAQERe&^EEORT, The abattoir' manager reporbedthat diuringvA,ugtißt,«3 catt&, 17 calve» ? 218 sheep, ,s{ Jamt®> .andtS^fiwgß weK*«kQleiL» Hoar pjgs and one ehee#f#e*e< wfco% .oocdemn- ,<#. > totalled £58,.5b -increase of 5 on the fees for August>,tvlj9ofc < Tjie average age <»f %©t.catt>'BiaraghJfered-.wa« 4.&.'years, the rtotal, height (hot) 51yl87lbs, 1 asd the heaviest -M^ (hot) 922U».r The manager dapejr ,jtb^(Q(»m<jil'^ wt^tioai.'*o the fact that none of <.the butcher* were licensed' a thieafeemg.cnntaarj toise©fcion 18; of* the, byhtaws. ; > o T^, t !reiHJi!tvi«ra» J tod^ptiejir- . ,: 5 ' MNA6NCE <3O3rfMI*TEE BE^O^T. The Finance Committee reoonHnbnded, That loane'of ,ißi2.«»'ißoa J8550 T d^iri|Ldiie •in January >aM Mart;ti-qieit'be.^Teo6w^d for '*hree 'years bn best^^fcenns" pTocurable, 1 and 'UtatVp^U'W taken on the proposal! tf» reXMWB*ruot 1 ' I tb^ GK>tot arid 'South JDads.— jiAdopteid. -''»*l -' v J t « ■' *«. i. . I THE/ OP^IBA HpUSfi. Ore Wfi^m'aoA/P^fc^ri^wlw'in^t,^ darefcteirs on Moj&cbty. as a f*om ; the- Owi«gl J tb-'di^& 1 ewr¥aui>r^ti^^^coi^iecta^<:#^ tl>b C^pjira KBotf^Teport&d' (l) ; Tl^t trvt^o-' pa&^fitieo^en will be in attendance ot'ttll theiiricil performances; (2^gafe"for-'use a*i lautefn peorformonoes will be manufactured in daytime only; (3) tow of lights over back of stage will he protected; (4) the seating accommodation will be ugrered •upcat; by tbe .Qgepiij- Hpu^e , n^anager and the . Borough .wjth^^vfew. to, preventing, otwr- * - OT^SjE^ BUSINESS. - t./A special' order was passed accepting ,the surrendeir of lease*,. to Thomas Ask, Ji. G n Brett,^ and J^mes . Ogilvie: y< cA, letter was-, received from the Pialmter[6ton North Chamber of Commerce 'aeldng jtbie Council Jo pass a. resolution 'requesting the Government to take over the vM^anawatu .railway, and to} appoint a, to"jpre^entative >to ,frpm one. of & deputation ytojwait on,th»-Minis<>er;at an early date.— It ' was raool^e^L' tp > hold the letter , over ,unti^ the ne^t- meeting of • bJift Hai^em (Chamber of Commerce. . t - , . T^i^i acfcioh oi Dixon and Batea in tra»sferring', their .dpterest in a ,borougju leas» ?I was^sanctioned;. v , , , '<■ :■ t H> was deoid&4 (ori account of tt» ata»« .oi;the financeaV not to. acquiesce in tidwdjmi?a . M off rth© - HJawem County Qopafil to opci^se the Cleik of tibia Hawer* Luxa»,iijg " Committee* salary to £20* par ak,jQura . r- 'j' "' c • ■• .' ) I .^fr John Macklam offered as,lu» -.Inrtb-. day gift a park &ot to "be placed ia ,Kinf t jrjrw-, and , Etan , ww» referred to tiie Lifting. Qpmm'^o. •■•..' W '<*#£• -£?. paaid by 'him..fpr a section^ Mi *?» fQggktety^aa. lie f stated; the gHrana^nwl 1 Itweij lly his b¥titfietf;- k••nie* Cierfc' wad; tfeaX Tfcere .wte^jaa- dJg»& tljat'tWo Itori^ls iiad.tafcen plaQB |jh«w>, Ijut^tiieife was'naTecord in the botfea fl»i»t ttfe^grAund^had 'been psaaS for.— Or WslsoViatashie could «c© the 1 ceirtttery fee r bfi'ios had- been' paiH', aiid 1 apparently Mr Stagpoole was vsidex th* •ianJfession that he had 'paid for the free- * -IAjW.' 1 ; Ho' did not think* the ground N had jevfcr'bden paid for. . He moved, That Hr * Slagpoole be informed that there fa no 1 raoqrd on the books of iha amount being k pAid, and that the claim be, pressed. — O T . .Whittington seconded. — Carried. 4 Cr Sargeson eaid that some of tJ» ffltk 1 removed by the borough, rubbish «tft was r idiagraceful, and its carriage through! ihe ? borough was a menace to health. It was .simply liquid filth 3 which, ran out of the i cskrt along fho stteet, and when the sun (dried >it it blew about ttie-town.—Ox-rPacay thought tihab the dust cart was For the purpose of carrying away such, stuff. If ,it were only going to tak<3 away what was sweet and nice it had better leav* tbe lot.— The Foreman said that if the - rubbish were sent auay every week such irth would not at/oimiilate. The only

way to remedy the matter was to go to extremes in some of the worst oases. — 1 The matter was left in the Foreman's hands. 'Ihe Mayor announced that he would i ,be away for a few weeks shortly, and • 'asked that a Deputy-Mayor be appoint- , <?d. — Cr Sutton was elected. The Mayor said tlhat a representative of the Labor Department had suggested ' to him that photographs of the abattoir ■ be sent to the New Zealand ExMhition. — ' As finances were low the councillors de- ' cided to personally "Subscribe the required amount and furnish the photographs j The meeting then rose. j