DEVONPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12211, 5 March 1903, Page 7

DEVONPORT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

AN ordinary meeting; of the Devonport -Borough Council was held last evening under Ifte presidency of the Mayor (Mr. E. W. Alison). There were" also present: Messrs. H. J. Baulf, J. A. Walker, W. Handle J. Harrison, and F. E. Mason." - , • -

'- Afraid Of Typhoid: Mr. \\ . Crosher wrote calling attention to the horrible and dangerous escape of sewer gas in his bedroom. _On the motion of the Mayor, it was resolved to inform Mr. Crosher that the sanitary inspector and foreman would investigate the matter. A Handsome Gift: Av. M. A - Jenny.wrote offering to Present to the borougn a drinking fountain. . The Mayor remarked that ? Mr. Jenny's liberality was a-, good example for others, lie moved, -That the drinking fountain be accepted, arid the auesbon of finding. a suitable site for its < erection be referred to the Streets and Works Committee. - . A Case of Typhoid: The foreman of works retorted that a case, .typhoid fever hadl occurred, the patient beini a six-year-old girL It was not known :how the disease had been brought about, but every precaution had been taken to prevent , its. spreading. ..^jA, ; " - Financial: The report of the .*™™™"» d Legal committee; which : included a recommendation that accounts amounting to £iw % 4d be passed for payment, was adopted.