CITY COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6149, 2 August 1881, Page 3

CITY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL MEETING.

A special meeting of the City Council wa s held yesterday afternoon. Present: His Worship the Mayor, Messrs. Goldie, Montague, Thompson, Waddel, Crowther, Aickin, Hemus, and Fleming. '■- Street Tramways. —The Mayor said the first business of the special meeting was to open tenders for the construction of street tramways.—The Town Clerk : No tender has been received.—Mr. Wadrtel said tho question was, whether it should be brought up again.—The Mayor suggested that it might be that the conditions were too severe. Mr. Crowther said he would have tendered had he seen his way clear.—Mr. Montague moved that the time for receiving tenders be extended six months.—Mr. Waddel seconded the motion.—Mr. Crowther asked whether they should go to further expense in advertising.—The motion, was carried, and on the motion of the Mayor, it was agreed to re-ad-vertise the tenders, and write to probable contractors intimating the extension of time for receiving tenders. The Milk Supply.—The Mayor, in accordance with notice, moved, "That the Government be requested to .authorise • the inspection of all public dairiesin tho vicinity of the city, and be asked to consider the advisability of introducing a measure this session to deal with the licensing and periodical examination of all public dairies, utensils, &c." In moving the resolution, tho Mayor referred to the report of the sanitary inspector, presented at last meeting, but pointed out that on the whole it was tha outside dairies which required supervision. He referred to barrels of swill being taken out of the city, and the barrels eing brought back in the milk carts.. Since the motion had been tabled, he had been waited on by a gentleman who had formerly been an inspector in the out-districts. He stated that he had found in a building used as a dairy the putrid carcass of a cow which had died, and in another portion of the building a putrid portion of the calf which had been taken from this cow. In another instance the cattle were being fed in paddocks, the stench from which could be felt at 100 yards distance. These circumstances were surely sufficient to induce them to ask the Government to take steps. He would ask the per- : mission of the Council to alter the resolu'tion, by striking out the words from " authorise "to ' ' asked " inclusive. The alteration was allowed.—Mr. Waddel asked how about adjoining districts. They could not guarantee that all milk "coming into the city was pure.—Mr. Aickin, speaking in support of the motion, said an amendment in the Public Health Act was required. It was requisite to get tho co-operation of the Highway Boards.—Mr. Thompson thought examination should be made compulsory in the out-districts.—Mr. Waddel suggested that all milk coming into the city should be subject to inspection. They would have to deal with the butter question also.—Mr. Montague quoted an instance of milk being supplied from a place where two cases of scarlet fever had ocenrred in the family.—The Mayor suggested that the inspection of all public dairies hi made compulsory, and not only the milk but the carts, &c, and that the inspectors be enabled to purchase samples for analysis, and that a penalty be enforced if the vendor refused to sell. The various amendments to the motion were adopted, and it was passed as follows : —" That the Government be requested to consider the advisability of introducing this session a measure to deal with the licensing and periodical examination of all dairies utensils, &c; that the inspection ot public dairies be made compulsory, and that authority be given under tho Public Health Act, to inspect milk brought into the city, also all milk carts, and that for that purpose the inspector be empowered to purchase for analysis a sample of any milk brought into the city, and that a penalty be imposed on any seller of milk who refuses to sell such sample of it."—On the motion o£ the Mayor, it was agreed to telegraph the resolution to the Government.

Sharebrokkrs Act.—Ml , . Swanaon, M.H.R., telegraphed that it was sought to repeal the Sharebrokers Act, and as the revenue was city revenue, he asked whether the Council was in favour of its repeal. — The Town Clerk said the »ity never got any revenue from this source. The Stamp Act was defective, and there was the difficulty of proof.—Mr. Waddel suggested that it would be better that the fee should be reduced to, say, £10, and that power be given to the Council to collect it. He moved that the fee be £10, and the Act be made operative. — The motion was agreed to. Tree Planting.—A letter was received from Mr. Bnddle re tree planting in Hep--burn-street.—On the motion of the Mayor, the standing orders were suspended, in order that it might be received and considered. It was in regard to the proposed removal of the trees from the footpath to the street. It pointed out that the trees had been planted by the residents, and the removal would kill the greater proportion of them, say two out of three. He suggested the planting of young trees on the road instead of. removing these.—Mr. Thompson pointed out that it might be explained that the trees would damage the permanent footpath.—The Mayor said if the trees were deciduous trees, they could be removed with safety.—Finally, the matter was referred to the Tree Planting Committee.