ONEHUNGA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9139, 22 August 1888, Page 6

ONEHUNGA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The ordinary meeting of the above Council adjourned from Monday night, was held "' the Council- Chamber last night Tl-'" were present: Messrs. Tapp (in the chair!'' Goldsbury, Burden, Jackson and Shaldrick Bad Roads.—Mr. Roberts wrote draw-in attention to the bad state of the road >\. " ing his premises, caused by laving" water pipes The matter was referred S the Streets Committee. Road Repair.—The foreman of Wn ,i wrote, stating that about ten load* If scoria were necessary in two or ti streets, and urged the" Council to attend? the matter. It was agreed to engage AW t0 Bray and Son to supply scoria a=f requir J . , G . AS .\~~ The ®as Company wrote, static that it was their intention to break portion of Queen-street in order to sun-,!* gas. *" I'-1 '- Compensation Claim.—A communicate was received from the Auditor-General follows "As intimated in my I do not propose to enforce the disallows,,, of the £330 paid by way of compensator Z the Waterworks contractor for breach ' contract. Having referred the matter t the Attorney-General before taking let,'? steps to enforce the surcharge, "j advised that the action of the Council w— not outside the powers vested in it bv thterms of the Municipal Corporations\\ot At the same time I cannot but hold th-V although the action may be technical' within the law, yet the entering ",' nt , a contract more than a year °befor° the money was obtained to pay or it and when doubt existed whether the loan could be raised at all without the security of special rate, and in the certain prospect of heavy loss, should the necessary fund nobe forthcoming when required, was an exercise of its powers by the Council in a manner not contemplated by the Act; and that the resulting loss was not a n'r ODe , charge on the funds of the borough, or thi> pockets of the ratepayers. It will' be my duty to lay the matter before the Government, in order that Parliament may. if it \ 0 think fit, make such alteration in the law as to prevent any similar misappropriation of borough funds in future." The Waterworks.—A lengthy communication was received from the clerk of th*» waterworks, through the borough engineer' relative to a memorial sent to the engineer by the Opposition party, alleging that ;• portion of the work was not done "satisfactorily. On the motion of Mr. Jackson seconded by Mr. Goldsbury, it was resolved that the engineers be requested to furnish the Council with a copy of the memorial as they knew nothing of its origin. Financial Statement.—The Town Clerk reported that at last meeting the amount to the credit of the borough account was £609 6s Id; paid away during term, £11 i s . paid in, £17 Os 9d, leaving a credit balance of £615 5s lOd. The waterworks account, credit was stated to be £198 2s 3d.