HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9434, 5 September 1907, Page 5

HAWERA BOROUGH COUNCIL

MONTHLY- MEETING. I The monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Wiednesday night; present— it<he Mayor (Mr B. C. Rabbins), Ors Morrissey, Brunette, Boyd, Whittington, Hurrell, CampbeiU, Wilkinson and Pacey. CORRESPONDENCE. Martin Petrie, South rood, Hawora, wrote requesting the Council to either asI phalt or sand iihy footway in Main South. j woad from Regent street to Milmoe street. He complained- that fh&re was a. lot of traffic from, the children attending the sicihool, and that the path, was very soft. ' nothing but mud. — Or Wilkinson moved, I That the letter lie on the table.—Cr I Morrissey movtd, That as the estimates had been considered Mr' Potrie's appil"cation could not be considered jusfc now, and that lie be notified, to that effect'. — Seconded by Cr Brumette and earned. The Secretary of tlhe Egmont Racing I Claib applied for a reduction in the rent [ of £25 per annum paid by the club for its office. — On the Mayor's motion, seconded by Cr Pacey, it was decided to infiomn Uie ciub that the Council regirets it .cannot [ sco its way. to accede to the request. Jas. H. Stevens wrote, applying for house connection with the borough drainage. — Granted. Mr Budge, . County Clerk, wroto witib. rofevence to th« resolution passed a/b last | Saturday's meeting in connection wlith the proposed tramline, Hawera to Eau- [ pokonui, asking the Hawem Borough Council to sanction the laying down of a tramway through such streets as may bft ! afterwards agreed upon. He explained [ that -Iho application was premature, for i until the means wSbarfcby the iine could be constructed were provided, tfo.e que*. | tion of construction" and location of the works was immature. Ho trusted, however, that when tho- tame aacrived it would meet with .the favorable consideration of the Council. — The Mayor tnov«d that - tSi*»' letter be acknowledged, and that the County Council b& unarmed tJhat this Council will bo only too pleaded to assist the County in tihe laying of the tramline ' when the ttimei arrives. — Seconded by Or Whittingten and carried. The Cbunty Clerk (Mr Budge) wrote, suggesting September 5 as the date for the proposed conference wijth wsference to the boundaiy roads. The date was adopted. The Secretary for the Hawera Hospital and Charitable Aid Board wrot» requesting to have arrears to end of July, amounting te £30 19s 4d, forwarded.— Tho amount i 3 to be paid. The Valuer-General forwarded a new valuation roll recontfly compiled by tbfl department. The letter covering the roll hoped that the Council would find it satis^ factory When tho borough was valued in 1903 the figures were. £328,239, th* present valuations being £396,135, which tho Valutir-Genejra-1 said appeared to show that satisfactory progress had been made in the borough during the past four years. LIGHTING COMMITTEE. The Lighting Committee recommended that tfoo Electric Company be written tJ drawing their attention to the fact that tho lighfe are not satasfaotory, and requiring thiom tb rectify.— Adopted. WORKS COMMITTEE. Tho Works Committee recommended (11 ijiat the foreman report at next meeting of the Council respecting all extatordinairy water supplies not at present treated =iv such. (2) That all property-holders not connected with drainage system be notified to connect within one month.— Adopted. THE ABATTOIR. The manager (Mr Worthy) reported the number of stcck slaughtered during tiie past month as follows :— Cattie 84, calves 16, sheep 232, lambs 5, pigs 47; wholly condemned— cattle 1, pigs 1. [ FOREMAN'S REPORT. I Tho Borough Foreman (Mr Mabpherson) reported as follows :— During the past month I have had the f ootpatns and water tables cleaned. , I am now stripping the borough pit for the purpose* of obtaining gravel for binding, etc. With, wsfarenee to the complaint of the Fsr& Brigade that a numbw of .fireplugs were ever* gr)own or coveored up, I made a careful inspection next day over the 'whole town, and found only one plug covered up. As. to the indicator post at' corner of High and Victoria streets, this was cut off level with the path four or five mfcnfchu ago, whien I was instructed by t&e Council that in future " posts Were to be replaced by a 9 x 9 white tSle on the footpath. I have to diayr your attention to the foot that t-He following premises ar? not connected with tho drainage system, viz : M. O'Sullivan (Milmoo street)} H. R/udge (Dismeli street); I. S. Hardley (High street).— The Deport was adopted. RESERVES. The Reserves Commilttee submitted the following recommendation: That Dr Sloan's rent be reduced to £15 per annun... to take effect from October 13.— The Mayor moved t»hi& adoption of *fche nepon. —Seconded by Cr HurreM.— Cr Morrissey mioved an amendment, That the request be not acceded to.— Tho amendment was carried and the motion lost. DEPUTATION. Mr H. Foy waited on the Council, in fcupport of a largely-signed petition, requesting iliat the west side of the Wi'son streeft footpath should be tarred aiid sanded^ and generally put in order 1 , ia preference to the east side. He said that the east side had only three houses, whereas there wew aK>ut 14 on tihe west. The Mayor informed Mr Foy that th.« Council nroposed tarring and sanding the east sidia from the High street corner and forming and gravelling the west side f ron Surrey stifco>t to Glowr rood. Mr Foy. resuming, said if an improvement could be made it would confer a great benefit up.en thie resLdentfi of thatside. Having thanked the Council "Mr Fov withdrew. Subsequently it was decided to inform Mr Foy that WKlson street was to be put. in ordeT. THE ABATTOIR AREA. A description of tlhe proposed extended Jlawera abattoir area was received fitom tho County Clerk as follows.: —^"Bounded on the wesfr by tho Waihi stream ; on the north and north-east igewemUy •by the Glover roacJ from the Waihi sTafeam f« the Waihi road, tJience northward along the WaihS road tb junction with. Fanthnm | street, thence by 3Paaatnam v stoee^ ' to ! junction with Tarutnra road, theno© ak>n? Turutum road to Tkwhitt stueam, thence hv the Tawhiti stream to jonetion with Whareroa road; on ilne east md southe&at t hy ih© WharWoa roecl and a diroe* ftne'in extensilon of the Whaieroa road

to the Tasman Sea; on the south by the Tosman Sea. The Abattoir Committee recommended the above. The Mayor said the recommendations were the outcome of a conference befcwteen the two bodies. Cr Whittington moved, That th& recom., mendations be adopted. Cr Brunette seconded. Cr Morrisscy moved as an amendment, That the old boundaries be retcincd. Mr Wilkinson seconded. , . The amendment was. negatived, and . Or Morrissey. then moved. That the Minister for Agriculturo be asked to define the area. This motion lapsed, and the Mayor's motion for the adoption of the report) was put to the meeting, and carried. / ' 1 . THE BATHS. , The Council wont into committee tr» deal witJi a tender for the lease of the Borough Baths, and upon tihej Council resuming the Mayor reported that the committee recommended acceptance' of Mr Worcup's tender for tho lease of the bathtf for the season, at £5. The recommendation was adopted. . ■ > BOUNDARY ROADS. . ...It was Tesohieid ( (in committee) to hold a special meeting on Friday evening , to consider th© /tenders for tho supply i'J v metal for the boundary Hoods." i \ The Council then nose. . : -