ARROW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Lake County Press, Issue 624, 27 September 1894, Page 3

ARROW BOROUGH COUNCIL.

An ordinary meeting of above body was held on Tuesday evening last and attended by His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. Butler) and Ora John Jenkins, L. H. Preston, J. Reid, and G. H. Romans.

The Dayman’s report was read and considered satisfactory. He reported some wilful damage to street lamps.

Or Gomans said it was a remarkable thing that so many acts of mischief took place' in the town and no one saw the perpetrators. The Clerk said some horrible language had been used by some persons at the Presbyterian Church corner lately. The Mayor said that, if this kind of thing were permitted to be carried on unhindered, the nuisance would get worse. He hoped the Press would mention the matter. The Returning Officer notified the election of Messrs W. Jenkins, John Jenkins (new member), and G, H. Romans. R. Pritchard wrote, applying for permission to erect a verandah in front of hia business premises, known as the Monster Store. —Granted, subject to non-interference with public convenience, on Or Romans’s motion. Or Romans brought before the Council the matter of an application by the Hospital Trustees to get a piece of

1 n : in the borough extension fronting the institution endowed to the institution. It had originally been reserved as a right-of-way, and, as the Council was the local controlling authority, their permission was necessary to secure its being closed. After discussion, it was resolved— That the Council have no objection to the closing of the right-of-way. The Mayor thought the Council should again write the member for the district as to the necessity for a new Courthouse in Arrowtown.—Agreed to. Tlie Mayor reported the acceptance of Mr M. Iloulihsn’s tender at £2 10s per year for land lately held by Mr R. Cotter in the borough extension, but there was a hitch owing to Houlihan’s objecting to pay the cost of a lease,—The matter of arranging the difficulty was left in the hands of the mayor, and Ors Jenkins and Preston.

The Clerk reported the overdraft on the general account to be £263 4s ; and on the water-works account, £49 17s—total, £313 17s; but the cemete: y account was £33 17s 6d in credit, leaving the nett amount of overdraft at £276 3s 6.1. £B7 10s, waterworks loan coupons, had been paid on Ist inst. A sura of £3O would come to hand from Government before next meeting. Or Preston drew attention to the state of Arrow Lane, and Ilia Worship said attention would be called to it.

Sundry small accounts were passed for payment.

Or Preston remarked that the cemetery fees for infants’ graves were high, and the Council agreed to look up the scale of charges.

A vote of thanks to the chair closed the meeting.