HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5679, 29 August 1905, Page 7

HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Hurt Borough Council met last evening. Present-The Mayor (Mr Mo- ■ Donald), Councillors Clark. Croft. Ward, Mason. O’Sullivan. Baldwin. Clere. Terex, and Hobbs. ’ CORRESPONDENCE.' ' The Wellington Hospital Board wrote in reference to a bill promoted by the Horowhenua County Council fop the purpose of .establishing a separuto hospital district for Horowhenua. aud further stating that the following resilvdion- had been passed .by the Board That the Hospital Board, being an administrative body, deem it right that the several contributing bodies should deal with the matter, it being one of .policy affecting their interests, and that if the pill passed the right of the Wellington Hospital Board to exercise the powers vpstcd : in it to take . land under the Public Works Act. in- Otaki, for the puipbse of the sanitorium would be imperilled, and until the necessary land is acquired, the Board felt that the proposal to create a separate hospital district should not be given effect to.’’—Decided no action Bo taken a i present.

The action of. the Borough Engineer was confirmed in connection with Mr Ward’s plans of a. proposed road to connect Knight’s road with Hautana Street. Mr T. P. Allen notified the Council that . lie was not prepared to exchange land in accordance with a letter received from : the Council, but expressed his willingness to exchange a piece of road formation on his land for a piece on the southern side owned bv the Council.— Decided to lake no action.

Mr J.iH; Wage;wrote in reference to an exchange of Fand for the purpose" of ■securing, an entrance- from AVaiwetu road to the Recreation Grp,und.. He stilted his vvilltoguess to ;exchange .same for a piece iob Bloomfield road near his property.—Referred,to a comm|Heo, : The Publjo Trustee wrote stating that the Governor had approved the Council’s resolution exemuling oertaip roadi- in tRe borough from the provisions fjf section 3 of the Public Works Act, 1903, and that the order had been duly gazetted.—The Mayor said theirs was the first local body in the colony to get that proviso in the Public Works Act, 1903, put into operation.

The borough solicitor forwarded an opinion concerning the taking of land under the Public Works Act for continua-' tion of road from Victoria street to Cuba street. ' " 1 STREET-WIDENING. , Mir Rowers VfftitetJ op the .Counoil- as a deputation re street-widening ip Alicetown. He said a few months ago he purchased a'block of land in AHcetoivh on which he had a ■ permit to erect eight houses, four of which were already built, and they had been set back to the distance retju red for street-widening. £fe was now in an awkward position as a case decided by the Supreme Court laid it down that he must dedicate before he subdivided. He wanted to know what he was to do in the matter.

The Major said the question was on all. fours with that which had arisen in connection w.th the Orr estate. Mr Bowers, had an area of land which was in one block. The land was bounded by four 83ft streets, and the whole area was lesa than an acre. That meant that ISlt 6in would have to be dedicated by Mr flowers. Owmg to this provision the sale of the property could not be completed. fn tho 'paae of the Orr trustees an Prder-m-Council was gazetted agreeing thahthc provisions of the act should not apply, ftud be saw no reason why the same thing should not be extended tp the present case. He moved “That the provisions of section 3 of the Public Works Act, 1903, do not apply in the case of the streets referred to by Mr Bowers, and that the Minister of Public Works be asked for an Order-in-Couucil approving hie resoiut on." The motion was Seconded by Councillor Clark, and carried.