CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1401, 18 May 1865, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

The Council met at the usual hour on Monday night. All the members were present. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, The following letters were read :— A letter from the Provincial Secretary, stating that the sum of £.500 would be at once paid over to the credit of the Council, and a like amount on the Ist June. A letter from Mr. John Tulley, calling the attention of the Council to the dangerous state of a portion of Madras street north. The Town Clerk was directed to reply that the Council, at present, had no funds for the repairs of any of the streets ; when they bad, this complaint and others will be attended to. The report of the Inspector was read and considered. Bills to the amount of £188 5s lOd were submitted, and ordered to be paid. The Town Clerk reported that he had received from the Provincial Government the sum of £500 ; from the Collector of Rates. £12 10s ; from the Inspector, £53 6s 9d—total, £565 16s 9d. The Inspector of Nuisances was ordered to serve notices, according to clause 79 of the Ordinance, on all persons refusing to allow ths new pans to be introduced, and. in case of refusal after such notice, to proceed under clause 65, in all cases where necessary. . The Chairman stated that he had advised Dr. Foster to request the Bench of Magistrates to adjourn the hearing of the objections against the Ratepayers' List to the 26th June. He did, so believing the Council would support him in endeavouring to get an amended Ordinance on this and other subjects passed through the Provincial Council during its session. After considerable discussion, it was moved by Mr. C. W. Bishop, seconded by Mr. Barnard—" That a committee, consisting of the Chairman, Messrs. E. B. Bishop, Lane, Farr, and the mover, be appointed for the purpose of suggesting such necessary alterations and amendments immediately required in the City Council Ordinance, as will enable the Council to introduce a short Ordinance into the Provincial Council, at its approaching sitting on the 30th inst." Carried. After some routine business, the Council adjourned to Monday next, the 22nd inst., at the usual hour.