MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 728, 9 August 1878, Page 2

MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE.

(I'Eli PRESS AOEXCV.) Wellington, August 8. [n the Municipal Conference to-day the following motions were carried after considerable discussion : —That boroughs oi districts desiring to join a borough shall not be liable fur any special loan ratiexpended on other purposes than for gas or water supply. That a committee consisting of Messrs.. Moorhouse, Brett. Sutton, and Standish confer with tlnCounty Council delegates with a view of joint action being taken to obtain the payment of all subsidies granted to them by Parliament as endowments since the beg-uining uf the year. That provision should be made out of the'consolidated revenue for the maintenance of hospitals and charitable institutions, as being fair, and the distribution of which would avoid the ; manifold nnfainiesa in adjusting amounts Letweey, counties aud boroughs payahln'-'it'roni local funds; Tiuit the management and control of hospitals and charitable institutions should rest with the Government, assisted by committees appointed by them, and aided by Benevolent Societies, ejected in such manner and regulated by such instructions as the Covernment may deem expedient; the committees to bo assisted by the necessary salaried officers. It is expected that the Conference) will finish business tomorrow.

August 0. The Glial meeting of the Municipal Confcivnee was held this morning, when the fallowing resolutions were passed : Tint the Government be requested to introduce an Act similar to the Brisbane Act, making insurance companies liable for half the ' c/jst of fire brigades and plant, and making the fivtheiprovisiun for the extension of firos in municipalties . a,ud suburbs. T !, fU ynembers of the Conference remaining i& Wellington, he left -full power to take

legal advice and any action necessary for giving to tho recomof the Conference. , Tlial a deputation should wait i?U])on the to ascertain if the ..Governiiienfejis.. willing to introduce ;a Bill effect "to the resolutions and of the Conference. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the: Mayor and Corporation of Wellington manner in which i"they had entertained the, delegates, also to the Town Clerk. After passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the Conference terminated, it being distinctly understood that no permanent municipal league existed, and that this was only a meeting to consider and suggest amendments in the Acts relating to municipalities. " '