ROSLYN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8319, 20 October 1888, Page 3

ROSLYN BOROUGH COUNCIL.

. , The ordinary meeting of the Uoslyn Council was held yesterday evening. Present-the mayor (Mr A. C. Begg), Crs Duncan, Wilkinson, Lindsay. Scott, Sim, Farley, Higgins, Dalziel, Stewart, and Fraser. ■ s -. CORRESPONDENCE. - The Tpwn Clerk of llunedin wrote stating that the Uity Council was unable te forego its claim to rovalt.v >. on some rotten rock obtained by the Koslvn Council . trom an old quarry on the Town Belt, which mate- " Belt a ßU3<^*d repair r°adS leadiuß to the lowu

rm, nr i REPORTS. " ntmxt.r S omm;tt ee recommended the granting " oFHmr f *ra^ n\ api.lcatioll for a week's eStemiofi " "'Thii- M^' 3 5^ cc. *Q™»tioii contract in Auburn. * *■•■-£?»&..r be Informed the council cannot - 2? Ww e.B^e et formation as far as the northern end V Xi™ X.IT« Aa. b unrn . 2"*' the new road between £ ™?«if^' Hawth°rndale, and Church street south hf^.. f «d,t, he,f? letal tobe taken from the stock &M r . tßro« okyi,lle- That Mr Ford's tender for con- - ' SteS r, °* ou*ver„ ts and roadway in Chapman Jhlfi'- Gle?i_*'-*"£ t £l° ia 6d <*> accented. That the -" fit fof the Ta,eri County Couhcil be directed . to the damage to parts of the Kaikorai Valley road v ?J v.? exceS3lve growth of the thorn hedges fronfc- . >ng the properties of Messrs Patrick and Barr, and ?he council requested to compel the owners to cufc ana remove the same.—The reporfc was adopted. .it, t ; naP? ct°r reported on the footpaths from Boss street to the tramway station, Kaikcrai road, and ««KL street.-In connection with this it was re?™&£«?V T^ ta! t0 the re?orfc concerning the *Cm£ cZL§ %, I rT >r*''>.*">' to the Dunedin tIL 9 0uncil- Wlt^ ™c View Qf.propiiring the work 'fhilr^ B °, T, c°ntributed to by tllen "f (2) " that .the Kaikorai footpath be asphalted for a distance of » i*°Al insfromtheendof the present limit"; (3) w!_,« c rf tejpayers on the West side of Hart street "'_£?___ w^tl*Z lt* an, d- a**cdto contribute half £k- 9 *£• the kerblnS" and channelling needed." 7£ * *>Dan°e . Committee recommended that S ntsam°Mt;ngto£llß 3s 2d be passed for payment.. The bank overdraft amounted to £485.- ---.. neport adopted.

" im. ir- * OPTSTANMNO RATES. * standi^ Pf«. BJated^ at the amo^ut of rate* outKS fIU? J 8t ™eet*n_ was £930, of which £120 , S-a^^S^^**? ba! an- °f «w. *alllt n^lT- ed7" Thal* the clerk- advertise that all outstanding.rates must be paid forthwith."

THE SWEATING SYSTEM IN DUNBDIN;

It will probably be matter of surprise to most oi our readers to learn that something verylike the;perhicions " sweating" system about which so much has recently been said arid written in England and Scotland pre- -:. vails to a- great; extent in this colony. Indeed, there are good grounds for asserting •; that in some instances the system, or rather amodification of i^ prevails in Dunedin even to a worse extent than it does at Home. : :.The matter has been brought prominently under".our;notice by the following letter :. written: by a 'well-known citizen. He writes * • thus:— : ""*."" "J _.7"-J *'. '