GORE TOWN BOARD.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 366, 17 June 1884, Page 2

GORE TOWN BOARD.

An ordinary meeting of this Board waff 1 held on Friday, evening jte#„ -when there were present — Commissioners Green (chairman), Pilleiy ■■ Canning Beattie and Hehanq, /],t v kT -; >■{'*# 'a V» It was reported that tho drainage of Mersey and Ordsal streets. was|proceedingsa'tigfairily; L {This, jvforjkT ip the original contract,' but had afc no'e:j_i§a expense to the Board been substituted for drains in otber .streets not in great need

Mr Bews, the Boat's engineer, inti- [ mated that Contractor Hunter had made* I an.oiffiß»'tQ .undertake thif ;s©sk bs[;g}gq|ig^ ! ing and completely putting in house servioe drainage pipes at lld per lineal foot* ! — fr'ffer 'aeee'pte'cl; 'rnembeYs cofcsiieiffelf it very reasonable; indeed; , W. J. Healey applied to transfer the municipal lease ho— acquired the other been in communicatiori with the county membir&''e^ar&ing;'^ ing of the main road through Gore from tjie Criterion Hotel t6*"Mr "Beattie's store, •>.v ynr: ■ .: »fv-;^ ) J-ul' i-VKii'i ;;<} osjl Z'&n Jcioll gidj mo-jUt i.i-s-

.^'itjiijjiU " ~ ~ ~~ •~-^tTvW-erid«nt^t-Shantß4iad-not--fully understood Ithe chairman's letter, and! further correspondence was ordered on * h lt Amoved by Messrs Canning and Pfflar that tenders be called for "kerbing and gjWHWK.. M«sej street footpalb/irom Eraser's, late contract to the Town Hall. This was agreed to, although Messrs Beattie and Heherr were, AeASbM 0»ly> strip of gravejshpuld be laid down in the meantime. -«• , r Two tenders for the leas? of .the lown '-'either was con-! sidered satisfactory, and, on the motion of Messrs Beattie and Heherr it was agreed that : fre*3h tenders' should.be eall'ed, to be in by the 20th inst. At an earlier stage of the meeting a letter had been read -ifuonitM^Wr. Souness,., calling attention . to the difference in the scale of charges fixed for 'tbe ; Oddfellows' and Masons ; but the difficulty could be overcome by -.bs thp.- latter upm tbe hall once ; a..fortnight. If was agreed on the motion of Messrs Piller '^d'' Canning, tbat the Masons should be - granted fortnightly lisevofHthe ''hart- ion (the. same ; te.rms as the Oddfello~/* A , /namely, Ll2 perannum. The following progress payments were 'agre^d'toi^Eldrod and Johnston, .Ll2o; & .Huntery *L30Q;,. , Ey nMcDpnald L 25 Tt was. understood that .the Town Hall was praQtical^ completed excep'tih sofarasthe placing M suitable' design on the front £f *th&building^ .It had : transpired ..that no provision had been made in .the ■ plans for the town's coat of arms agreed upon at a recent Board meeting, but simply a sHiM^itb* a"seibll^n either- side. -When this was putYup the j building could be handed over to the.., Board, and a final Pa ffi"#^4 6 ort!tgA^d bf ftMSpector of Nuisances it was eyjdentj b.e ;wap keeping the matter of an 'open well on Mr J. Stock's prrdplrtyTii'Vs.teadiby m view." He was ordered to take steps in co^ffi't&fc^vitn &/e ,tsrea ; Mn*g up of the IrwellMStrjept,., footpath Jre, Contractor M'DonaWand was' directed' to see" that carters plying foirhire-did not evade tbe , tojm&ylaws, . .,- "; HeJ urfcher, 3nada 0 $ report regarding the registration of dogs ; hinting that whjle he had not. gone out of town iVtise „fe ¥ec%TSoh li '6f " bis duties he riiigtttf W6cMbnaMf ' ha-vd^ pbunded : upbn settlers' dogs brought into town by their masters. He had been spoken to regard^ e^nstalle** Wettvetf*al representing the Gpvpj&r% but had given , that gentleman scant satisfaction. He ! was instructed to endcovor to work amicably with the constable. Mr Beattie moved that tenders be cal- • led for the permanent levels of the town, i but Mr Piller, while quite admitting the j need for "the work, urged "that action j should be delaje^until-ihera was some j jinprovemeniJinC^tfieXßoaras finances, j Verj j«w r buildings , y v?fiEe Y Uke*l^^to. be ; erefe^^Wr!™^ IM 6 ? l°^/¥ s " i eusltfn^ff matter waS A ailowedHo^fop. | The Board then irent into committee j on.firsance.?! jni \> ;l ______ 'i£_ ?. <»<m|