CITY COUNCIL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9745, 7 June 1892, Page 6

CITY COUNCIL.

ORDINARY MEETING. An ordinary meeting of the Christchurch Cit? Council was hold yesterday evening,present—His Worship tho Mayor, Councillors Goss, Bonniugton, Wood, E. Smith, Swann, Gray, Gilder, Ficshor, J. T. Smith, Gapes, Thompson, Eowe, Widdowsoa and Appleby. An apology was presented for the absence of Councillor Cooper. TUB I'UOLIO BAT.'f. His Worship said that since last meeting ho had received a requisition signed by three hundred representative ratepayers, asking him to call a public meeting to consider the question of establishing public baths. He had accordingly called a meeting to be held in the Theatre Royal on Monday next. Tho promoters of tho movement wished the Councillors to attend the meeting, eo that they might hear all tha arguments for as well as against the proposal. Councillor Gapes abked if aR those who had signed the requisition were ratepayers. His Worship replied that most of them were representative ratepayers. FINANCE. Items of finance were reported as follows :—Debit balance at bank, £5874 14s. Receipts since last meeting: General account, £124 ss; cemetery account, £l9 15s fid; suspoaso account, £22 14s 3d; interest account, £3 10a 9d. ExpenditureGeneral account, £490 14s 7d; suspense account, £3 ss; cemetery account, £8 6a Sd. Tho accounts werfe passed for payment. CORRESPONDENCE. The following was read : From Messrs Wardell Bros, applying for permission to store up to 1000 cases of kerosene in the open air, in their paddock in Latimer square, between Worcester and Gloucester streets, containing about four acres. ■ The matter was referred to the City Surveyor to report. From Mr H. Tuck, requesting a building lease on the Glasgow principle, of a portion of the Market Reserve, at the southeast .corner, fronting -Victoria and Armagh streets. . , , . . From Mr F. Notley Meadows, inquiring if the Council would lease a portion of the Market Reserve for, say, three years,with option of renewal, for the purpose of erecting a cyclorama thereon. The sectioWwould require to have fiSffe frontage and 83f b depth. The building to be erected would be circular, 6&ft in diameter and about 70ft high, of brick with iron roof, or, if not contrary to the City regulations, of corrugated iron. Both applications were deferred pending tho decision of the Council on a motion, of which notice had been given by Councillor Gapes, rescinding the motions previously passed relative to tho Market Reserve. SANITARY COM2IITTSE. The following was read;—(l) Your Committee begs to report that fresh tenders were invited for the nightsoil contract. Four were sent in, which were carefully considered. It recommends the Council to accept the tender of the present contractors, Messrs Vegan and Co., at £IOBO per year for three years, from July 1, 1892. (2) Your Committee has received an application from the last tenderers fora return of their deposit (£2O), which it recommends the Council to accede to. The report was adopted. MARKET RESERVE. Councillor Gapes moved—“ That all resolutions and conditions to date, or other dealings in the Council’s minute books, relating to the leasing or letting of the Market Reserve be rescinded.”

On tho suggestion of Councillor Swann, tho motion was deferred to next meeting to enable particulars of tho resolutions proposed to be rescinded to be laid before the Council, THE SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY. Councillor Gos=> obtained have to alter the motion of which ho had given notice, and moved it in the following form—- " That it be an instruction to the Town Clerk to alter tho number cf wards into which Christchurch ia divided from five to four, by including the Richmond ward with tho North-east ward, ihs number of Councillors for each ward to be three, making a total of twelve for the city.” Councillor Wood seconded the motion. Several Councillors spoke in opposition to the motion, and after considerable discussion the mover withdrew it, FOOTBBIDGEB FOB SIDE CHANNELS. Councillor Gray said that at the last meeting the Council had unanimously passed a motion of his that twenty-five iron footbridges for the side channels should be obtained. He understood that the matter had been before the Finance Committee, which bad decided that the Council could not afford the necessary expenditure, and he would like to ask if it were so. Councillor Wood said that the matter had been before the Finance Committee, which had ascertained that the <£2oo set apart for contingencies had been spent. Councillor Gray said that it was monBtrous for an officer of the Council to get a Committee to stop the carrying out of a motion which had been agreed upon by the Council, as he understood the Town Clerk had done in this case. Councillor Wood said that the matter had been referred to the Finance Committee by the Works Committee. Councillor Gray said that a Committee could not recuse to carry out a resolution of the Council. The Town Clerk, though he had informed the Finance Committee that the £2OO contingent, fund had been expended, had not told it, what was also true, that £260 had already been saved on other estimates—in hospital and charitable aid expenditure and ia the nightsoil contract. Councillor Goss said he thought the Town Clerk had been right in pointing out tho financial position to tho Committee. Tho Mayor said that as the Council had decided to procure the bridge;', tho motion must be carried out. NOTJCS OF MOTION. Councillor Gray gave notice of the following motion :—“ That competitive ideas be invited for the utilisation or disposal of the vehicle known as the ‘Corporation hearse.’ ” After some routine business the meeting closed. A JUST AWARD. THE FIEST PEIZE (A Gold Medal was awarded • EADAM’S MICROBE KILLER COMPANY, of Melbourne, as having the BEST PATENT MEDICINE at the Launceston Exhibition. This ia but another prod' o" the wonderful record that this medicine has made for itEelfinAustraliasin.ee its frit introduction bera about eighteen months ago. Thousands of people all over the Colonies testify to its wonderful effects in almost every known disease. F.actorlca have been established all over the ■morlo, and are all kept busy supplying the ever-increasing demand. Tho Medicine is sold ovjly in GALLON STONE JASS, and the public are warned against spurious imitations., A jar lasts a person, taking it regularly, about four weeks, so that it ia a very inexpensive medicine. It is pleasant to take and perfectly harmless, being only pure water charged with microbe-destroying gases. This ia the unhealthy season, of the year, when tho microbes of disease are floating through the air and being taken into the system. 'The use of this medicine will destroy these microbes and prevent the diseases developing in the sy s'-evn. A email quantity of the strongest kind vill destroy any disease germs in a gallon of water without changing tho taste of it in the least.