DISTRICT NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 April 1907, Page 1

DISTRICT NEWS.

Rtehmcnd. ' BOtOOIHI COUNCIL. The monthly raeeyng of -the Rich* mond Boroivjh Gouneil was. held- on Tuesday,' the 9tlu.ii.st., tit 7.30 p.'m Present: Tho Mayor .(Mt J. M' Croucher) in tl«h chair, Crs Coleman' Hunt, Sheat, Hart. I'asps, and Little. i"he minute* of^iie previous meeting, Uso of two special meetings, were read . aud confirraod. Accounts were submitted as. follows: -General Account, £14 3s 8d ; Water Supply Account, £o Ids 6d; It was .resolved tbat tbo hcootnts be passed for Daymen t. .•;•.-, . Correspondent' was received. as fol- * low.:— ■••';•-'. .-•"•■ t rom Messrs E. .Buxton & Co., Ltd., r j goods ordered.— From the Secretary ' co the Ho.jpitul ' af.d Charitable Aid Board, informing, the Council that the sum of £77 ha 1 been apportioned as the Council's contribution" towards the maintenance of Hospital and Charitable Institutions for the year ending 3Ut March, 1908. — From the Registrar General, requesting to be. furnished with eundry returns for? statistical purposes. The Towh.,Qerk undertook to furnish the information required. From Mr B. Cropp, informing the Council that be was about to build on section ho. 6, HeaTy, aad requesting io have the water IsH on to tie ssa& *ecti«n.— Referred' to the Walwwoais Committee. Mr VV. E. Wjlfees, Csplara of «» Fire Brigade, wai'ed on tire Council ia reference to hrirging .tbe Borjngh under the new Fire Unlades* BdL He thought tbat it might be an advantage to the Borough financially to come under tho Bill, but steps would have to be taken by the Council to do this.— As the Council have not yet "received a copy of the Bill, and were not very clear as to its provisions, it was decided that no action be" taken until further information is obtained. It was re»olvfid,.on the motion of Cr Hunt, seconded by Cr Little, that the resolution of the 12th March* ' levying water rate for tha ensuing year, be .now confirmed, ' ' The Mayor lUggested the aivisableness of keeping a; hydrant in somo con--1 venient place, fo that traction-engine owners might obtain a supply pf.water by paying, say, 2s 6d per "tank. At preseat. he believed, they .sometimes 'took a supply from private services. thereby rendering both themselves and the persons supplying them liable to * heavy fine. Cr Hart ■. reported tbat the trees planted on the recreation ground and on tbe reserve at the beach were, for the most part, becoming well established, >nt some few had died. The work bad bsen done 'almost entirely without cost t > the ratepayers. During the recent heavy gale and high sea the tide bad come all over the Beach, Reserve, and Borne Blight damage bad*' been done. The Mayor said that this being the last time that' he -would preside over. their deliberations, be would tare the opportunity '"of expressing ' : biß--senSe of the kindly and good feeling Whith : had prevaile 1 during bis term of office' They had not always agreed, 'but then they wero not sent tliere merely to agree, but to do what they deemed their duty, and this thoy hud done, and they know how" ' to agree to differ.' He' had served on various puljlic bbdiesifor many yesrs. k and .h<? 1 ad his reward in the^onscionsness that he had tried lo do his best for tbe place. . The time had now '.come when, owing to the demands of hisbusine3.v and "the fact t,bs't years were beginning to tell, be feltUbat be must make way for someone? else. He bad, ' therefore, decided to decline re-nomina-tion. .? A~Xb''P' Or Coleman expressed his regret on he iring the Mayors'decisihn. ' Jletestiuod to the able and intelligent manner in which the Mayor had worked for the good of the Borough, end would be g'.ad, even now, if he could be induced t) change his "mind. Cr Hunt followed on the same lines. . Cr Sheat moved the following resolution}, which was seconded' byUr Hunt, and; carried :— 'Tbat this Council desires, to "place ron'** "record thfeir hrgh appreciation of ;.the Mayor's yeiforta during his four years of office, and their entire satisfaction with the diligence be has . ever displayed in .the: conduct' of .ajfairS of the Borough, and the manner in which he had responded to the many claims npon his time, both inside and outside of the' Council." Tho Mayor returned thanks, and the Council rose.