BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2054, 8 January 1887, Page 3

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary forti.ighllv meeting of the Borough Con-ctl wis hehi 1 st evening Fr sent —His Worship ilte Mayor and Conncilorslliiuldswortli, Riley, McAriney. and JcUvman. east WARD. The Returning Officer wrn'e informing the Council that Mr E. Bvthell had been elected to re res nt East Ward. Mr Bythell made tltc formal dce'ara ion and took his Scat.. 1 TI.NDEKS. Tlio following tenders for till ng in n hole in Nicholson Terrace were opened : - R. Register L2!) 19s fid. W. Go-ling L*J5. J. Bttbb L 23 10s. .The lowest to del* was accepted. LEAVE OT ABSENCE. Leave of absence was granted C'r Cl irk for one month. FINANCE. A le ter w.ts’read from Iho Proper y Tax Commissioner advising the payment of L2Bljss, subsidy due to the Council. TIIE I’OUNIJKKETER. The F undkeeper ask d for somo concession from the Council, the exp rise lie was put lo in driving cattle to the pound being far and a«av in fxee's of the fees. Unless the Council coidd assist him lie would bo compel!, d to i* sign. . Cr Jelly man thought the Council could do nothing in) the way of subsidising the poundke- per, especially as the Council ha 1 refused to assist the late p uindkeoper. His Worship suggested that the matte should stand over until the poundkeeper sent in his resignation. This coii'sejWasJugreed to. ST,OKING lIKICKS. Permission was refused Mr Stenhonse to stack a quantity of bricks on vne nt ground opposite the Cri.erim Hotel Alfred-street. SECTION 28, OMAKA. The Under'S eretarv of Crown Lands wrote’stating Ilia*, afeer further consideration, the Hon Mr Billince was of opini n that it would be better in the interests of the local bodies, ns well as the public, that the Lard Board should issue license fot the removal of s'onc and gravel from this bin 1 under the provisions of the 2:20 Ii section of *‘ The Land Act. 188.). n His Worship said the Town Clerk had interviewed the Commissioner of Crown Lands, who had informed him that if permission were obtained from the Omaka Road Board and the River Board be would issue a license. The Town Clerk was instructed to apply to the Boards named for the requisite permission. NUISANCES, Mr J, Mulligan wrote ii (.imating that he had instructed his agent to abate a nuisance on his property. The Inspector reported nuisances on Andrew Henderson’s property, east side of Grove Road, and at the Commercial Hotel. Ordered—That the usual notices ho served. Cr Riley pointed out that in n nrtice which he Held in his hand the owner of a property on which existed a nuisance was warned to abate the same, hut no time was specified. He moved without notice, that ;v fresh nytice he issued ordering the nuisance to be abated within 7 days otherwise legal proceedings will be taken, —Carried. cr. ching’s MOTION. The Town Clerk reper'ed tint he did not know of any stree s in the Botough unnecessarily wide, THE GAS WORKS, Messrs Sinc'nir and McCallum, wrote stating that it vnis too late to introduce new terms in the contract ami, therelore, Mr Pri chard must decline to *‘ guarantee the ne-.v gasholder for three months The letter further stated th*t Mr Pritchard was not disposed to assent to auy modification of ihe contract for sale, except such as was contained in Messrs Sinclair and MeCalJum’s letter of the 3 Ith Nov., and the Council could, therefore, elect whether it would accept Mr Pritchard’s proposed modification or take possession on the Ist July under iho original contract. The Council went in'o Committee to consider this letter. ACCOUNTS, The following accounts were passed for payment : —\V. Crook LM 10s, F. McHu'o L.*3 10a, S Mahon L 3 10s, F. G. Costello L2 lfis, gas LI 1 19s 7d, water LI 16s, Returning Officer L 3 3s, Fire Brigade L 6 ss, Shipping Company L2 6s, Hospital Board Lll 0s 3d, J. Dempsey L 5 3s, Earil and McKenzie L 3 3s, H Daikee 19?, E, Thomas Lft 3s 7d, C. Ching L 3 15s,jJ. G. Lusty L7B 10s, J. Renfrew Lf> 15s, B. Penney and ' o. 17s, Furness and Boundy L 3 I2s, D. Dobson L 4 4s, E. G*. "Walsh L2O, J. Renfrew L2O, D. Wcmyss L2O. '1 lie Council then adjourned.