PARNELLL BOROUGH COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5636, 9 December 1879, Page 5

PARNELL L BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The fortnightly meeting of the Parnel Borough Council wa3 held at the office, yesterday evening,—ex Mayor Coleman presiding. Present : Councillors Strange, Forgie, Winks, Roliinson, McKenzie, Melton, and Wood. The minutea of la3t meeting, also of a special ineetiug held on December ], were read and approved. Accounts.—The accounts were submitted ami passed, with the exception of the auditors' bill for £4 4j, on which there was c-nsiderable discussion. The fees for auditing the borough accouuts had been fixed by the council, as by the minutes which were produced and r.ad, at £2 2s eaeli per annum, whereas the auditors had in some way understood it tint ttieir fees were £2 2s each time the account wai audited—that is, halfyearly, malting them £44s prannum. Sorao af the councillors were for paying the bill, j? rendered, and letting the auditor under stand that in the future the fees would be >nly £2 2s per annum each ; but, on the notion of Mr. Mackcy it was at last resolved ;hat the matter stand over for the present, tnd thit the auditors should be. furnished by ;he clerk with a copy of the nrinute, so that ;'.iey might understand what the fixed fee •eally was. Upon a motion it was resolved to )ay Mr. McClellan £10 On account, leaving a jalauee of £3 9s 4d. Fencing a Koad.—Mr. Winks state 1 that le had been informed by Mr. Strange that Mr. litiuhauan had fenced in a piece of land >~ :o nging to the borough in St. Gcorgo's Bay. and may mean to claim it. The land ,vas dedicated as a road. —The To vn Clerk ,vas instructed to write to Mr. Hu.-hanau, uid to give him notice that he had fenced-in and belungiug to the Paruell Borough. Jnspkctjk ok Nui~anch.->' Report.—ln lis report which was read, the inspector >i nuisances stated that heaps of manure .vas being kept by some parties for the purpose or earryiog out illegal practice.- 1 , and ilso that the tlust contractors refused to remove to the depot refuse matter, soil and •efnse of gallons, if they thought the heaps ,vore too large —Mr. Melton wished to know .vhat the inspector im ant by illegal practices', is he could not see what purposes the heaps' )f manure could be possibly turned to. The fo«n Cleik was instructed to write to the lispector for some more explicit information >u tiiis subject. As to the complaint against ;ho contractor, Mr. McClellan, who was present, said ho did no' object *.u refuse, but did object to removing bags of garden soil and leaps of oyster shol's, jam tins, and such ike.—Mr. Kobinson suggested that doubtess the parties were clearing up for Christmas. After considerable discussion, it was :ha opinion of the council that the con:r.icto;' was nt expected to take away more :han a reasonable amount of garden refuse md garb.ig-*. fiscUNKEit's Runjrt.—The engineer, John B.iylan, reported that he ha.l taken the eveis of that portion of G.braltar Crescent idjnining the property of .Mr. and Mrs. ivilfoyle, and had ascertained that to far :r.-m the filling shown on the. plan, of that i having been exceeded to the extent of 'our fte" or thereabouts as stale 1, the result )f his examination showed that the crown of ;he roar! way at p*g 5, immediately in froit )f tiic p-operty named, hid btcn raised to the extent of le=s than five -eighths of one inch, and betv.eeu pegs 5 and l! thcro was even less tilling up. The measurements referred to the amended level ; and as compared with the original lev-1, there was 1 foot 3 3 3 inches less filling than eontempla'ed at peg 5. Mr. and Mrs. Kilfoyle bad claimed £100 damages for the excess of lil.ing as stated by them. —Mr. Wood moved, " That a copy of the report b- ferwarded to Mr and Mrs. Kilfoyle for their information, ;o show them that their claim wis utterly without foundation." This motion was put mil carried. The report, as a whole, was read and adopted. DIt.UNAIiE t:l- UfTLANn-STREET.—A lett-r was read from Mr. Cardini r, stating that he iiad, aceirding to instructions, inspected Rutland-street, and suggested two places for drain.g , one of a permanent nature, the :ost or which he could not s-tato accurately, Dut estimated at £73 The cost of the jciupora'y plan was not given.—Ou the notion of Mr. Winks, .Mr. Gardiner was ustructed to ascertain the cost of the temjorary plan, and rep .rt at the next meetAnnual Meetino.—The annual meeting yill take place on Wednesday, December 17, it noon. New Council CiiAMue;:.—Mr. Winks suggested that at thn next meeting the lubject of a new Council Chamber be irought before the Council, to build on ;ueir own site two rooms, which could be lone for £100. That sum could easily be ■aised, he thought, and would b<j better than laying rent wdiere they were.