HAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14458, 26 August 1910, Page 7

HAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL.

- -—=? ®f§t [Br TEX.EGRAPH. —OWN : : COBBESVOOTDENT.J * I v| - v : Thames, Thursday. M The fortnightly meeting "of the ' Thames/.v S Borough Council was held to-day, Mr. ; r> Lowe (Mayor) presiding. A letter was '/;*? read from Mr. Storey, mining engineer, asking the Council,juot to commit ■ thtefegly selves 'to any scheme for |igbtLng_tbo " ! : borough until ' they received a : proposal-;;; which waS pending 1 for the installation of t ' j *'| an electric lighting plant, which' embrace the' :wfc(tle- district, and meet requirements --at a considerablevirfdcwpfc-p>& on cost to the price at present paid gas. This was agreed to. - The ThamesRugby ' Km&i ; wrote - asking the'; to try to : induce •: the ; business give their; employees ' the opportunity : o£ witnessing, the football match *'• on Safcur-» day afternoon next, Auckland I v:; Thamesi'£||g but : the Council decided that ; they cOuld §§? not comply with the request.- It.was .re-||i|| solved to apply to the Railway Depart- yv ment for permission to fill in a portion ;S;' of the railway reserve, between Mary and'v->ri Richmond Streets. < It was decided to take the necessary steps for taking a vote o£"<|||| the ratepayers on the question of- raising a loan for the construction of a reservoir; f at Jfarawai, to receive the statutory'• suj£§||g ply of water from the county race. 1 i ,|||