KUMARA BOROUGH

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1932, Page 2

KUMARA BOROUGH

The i adjourfieeL'mieeting .of . the 1 Kutaara Gouhoil-. Was - held, on (Monday "evening.: , Present,' the Mayor, jCrs." •Reedy, Stewart, "• Keating, • - Wise, iMurphy, Burrell, Ingiis. t The ,■ iSecfetery 0f;,.; the ' *Canterbury Progress League wrote regarding motor taxation, asking' the', borough's cooperation, with othe^(j^al in protesting against «|fthfev recommendation of the Cpmjmissipn on highway* ed that the Couhcil^h^d. |s(ib _ the Commission’s ■recommeudatiojjsj' The Chairman of No. 12 Council wrote, forwarding . a list of highway estimates 'for the year. The Inspector of Explosions wrote Regarding 'dangerous goods licenses. The Director of Health ■ wrote regarding hospital subsidy. 1 Mrs E. Wiltcc. wrote regarding rates.—Town Clerk to reply. C. Hunt wrote asking the Council’s permission to erect a slip panel across the old tram road, and offering to pay a yearly fee for the, use of game.— Resolved Mr Hunt -be ihformed that that privilege had already been granted to another- applicant, some years ago. ' ■ The Chairman of the Grey mouth Harbour Board wrote asking the Council’s cooperation ; in protesting against the recommendation of the National Expenditure Corqmijsion t 0 cut the annual : subsidy of i£I2,OOQ a year to the Board. The Mayor said in, connection with the mailer, which vitally affected the whole of the Coaet, he had forwarded a strong protest against the ’subsidy being discontinued. The action of the Mayor was approved. The Minister of Internal Affairs

[wrote ’regretting hie inability to '• reconsider the Council’s application for permission to' conduct an alluvial gold art union.

Resolved jit hat Mr Evenden’s account for. -carting ru/bbish . off the street, be referred back, - and the Chairman of Public Works .interview Mr Evenden regarding, same. A discussion took .place over .a , report that some"'of-, the men' engaged nnder the No. S Scheme were carrying put their duties .in', an unsatisfactory way, and it was resolved -that .the’ overseer report .-any. Oases coming .under his notice. <•, . Cr. Pveedy said-cornplaints had been made , that some - person in the Borough was in the halbit of ; snigging: logs' along the Zig Zag,Road, and damaging same.—Resolvedthat a ■ letter-, be iwritten 1 to th© person concerned , that a prosecution would, follow any further. offence in • this direction.

Resolved that ; l'the Town Clerk procure six balls for fire plugs ; that the Eire Brigade ,be •-a'hed to"” test the sump on the Beach,. Road, with the manual engine. It. was also suggested by Cr Reedy, that a sump be made nt the top .et>4 of M'ain Street in the vicinity of the old' sawmill, Mr McDonald wae granted permia•ion to erect a fence 'from his paddock in .First .‘Street to the - creek * fronting same, to enable stock to procure water. . :

Cr. Murphy asked to be shown the receipt received from Mr G. Murtha for the section in Seddon Street, also"" to know if j the Council was; indemnified, against any .action which m,ay be taken against the Council. The TVfwn Clerk in the affirmative. At a special meeting of the Council, vdhen the same members were present, Or. Burrell moved that the usual (rates' be struck. '••.vCr.' Murphy moved an amendment thiat no rates be struck until'the borough was 're-constructed. Cr. Wise •bonded.

•Cr. Reedy moved a further amendment, that the rate, for the current be one penny in the pound general, one penny in the £ Hospital i4te and one penny in the £ bridge rate. Cr. Ingiis seconded.

On being put to the meeting, the voting w« as follows; For Cr. Reedy’a amendment, Ors Reedy, McDonald, Burrell, Keating, Stewart, Ingiis <and the Mayor; Cr. Murphy’s amendment, Cl's. Murphy and Wise. Cr. Reedy’s amendment now becoming the substantive motion, was declared carried. Cr. Murphy said the Borough" was going from bad to worse. The. rates were not being collected and there was wandering stock tall over .the town. He referred particularly to a butcher’s sheep, running at the top end of Seddon (Street.

Th 9 Mayor said he took/ strong exception to the remarks of Mr Murphy regarding the state of the Borough. When the late Town Clerk was in office, it was quite a common thing for the employees of the Borough to have to wait for ’their money until the license fees were collected, and that state of things .had never happened in recent years. It was resolved that all outstanding rates be 'collected immediately.