ST. KILDA BOROUGH COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19966, 7 December 1926, Page 10

ST. KILDA BOROUGH COUNCIL

The regular meeting of the St. Kilda Borough Council was 'held last evening, and was attended by Crs Edgar (in the chair), Leary, Lougworth. Beattie, M'Ourdy, and Accounts amounting to £147 11s 3d were passed for payment. The Assistant Under-Secretary, Public Works, writing with regard to a protest against the appointment of Mr F. J. WilI'ams to the Appeal Board to No. 12 Motor Omnibus District, stated that the protest had been noted. Both Mi Williams and Mr Hall had been nominated by the local authorities concerned, and as two nominations had been icceived for the one position. the Minister of Public Works had been constrained to recommend his Excel lency the Governor-General to appoint the man considered the more suitable tor this particular position. Local inquires had been made before the appointment had been decided, and the writer had no doubt that Mr Williams would be found in every way satisfactory.—-The letter was received, Cr Leary saying that they had recorded their protest. The part he did not Uxe m the letter was that stating that local inquiries had been made. Mr Williams was not a f£reSat“e of any body -The Chairman said that the man appointed should be a member of a local body.-lt was further resolved that strong exception be taken to thS Tho ’of the Dominion Federated Sawmillors’ Association wrote m connection with the stipulation by' th« Borough Council that New Zealand timbers should he used For certain drainage works rather than imported timbers Pitv and borough councils, etc., were ver; users of timber, and other varied products, which might, with a little forethought, be secured almost wholly Lorn Dominion production. many grettable tendency on the part of many local governing authorities, and then agß&Sftsty stalls etc., the amount claimed being iSa-■ have the sSlls The motion was ag The d Foreman of Works, in his report works be done.—The report was approved ° f L was resolved that the attention of the th ? t resolved that the gang that had finished Market street proceed to reported that the water consumefore an increase m cost of M is Received.