CITY COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22258, 10 May 1934, Page 5

CITY COUNCIL

FORTNIGHTLY MEETING The fortnightly meeting of the Dunedin City Council was held last evening and was attended by the Mayor (the Rev. E. T. Cox), Crs Scott, Munro, Shacklock, Marlow, Shepherd, Borric, Campbell, Jones, Silvcrstonc, Hindoo, and Hegg. SUNDAY CONCERT. A letter was received from the secretary. of a committee which is organising a carnival in aid of the building fund of the Sacred Heart Church, North-East Valley, requesting permission to hold a concert on Sunday, May 13, in the Empire Theatre; admission to be by silver "coin. The application was granted. GENERAL COMMITTEE. Cr M'lndoc moved the. adoption of the General Committee’s report. Referring to the committee’s recommendation to make alterations at the Municipal Baths to allow coal to be taken into the building from Moray place, he said that the- committee thought it advisable to meet the cost of this work so as to obviate the use of the right-of-way on the north side of the building, the privilege of using which had been costing the council £lO per'annum. Tbe report was adopted. WORKS COMMITTEE, Cr Marlow moved the adoption of the Works Committee’s report. Referring to complaints that had been voiced regarding Cargill road, he reminded the council that during the past throe years more money had been spent on this thoroughfare than on any street in Dunedin. The. principal troubles were the drainage and the tramlines, and fit present the committee vyas attempting to give temporary relief only, but it hoped, during the course of the current year, to have one side of the road as good as the other. The report was adopted. WATER COMMITTEE. The adoption of the report of the Water Committee was moved by Cr Begg, who requested that the clause relating to the sale of a quantity of timber from a plantation in the Leith Valley should be referred back to the committee. The report was adopted. TRAMWAYS COMMITTEE. Cr Campbell, moving the adoption of the Tramways Committee’s report, said that unfortunately he was unable to present a report on the acceleration of the bus services, as promised at the last meeting, as it was hardly ready. It would, however, be brought before the meeting of the committee on the following Wednesday, and the revised time table .would be in operation very shortly afterwards. The report was adopted. FINANCE COMMITTEE. . ’ . Cr Shacklock moved the adoption of the Finance. Committee's report, and in doing so said that the most important clause was that in which the committee recommended that the sanction of the Local Government Loans Board should be sought to convert loans amounting to £2,214,700. He presumed that the council was in favour of this action being taken. There . was no necessity to go into the procedure, which was definitely laid down for them. In* reply to a question by Cr Marlow, Cr Shacklock said that the second hospital rate and the Drainage Board rate had been raised because of the demands of those bodies and had not been raised in order to reinstate 2 i per cent, of the 10 per cent, cut imposed on the council’s employees some time ago. Cr Munro said that these rates would have gone on in any case, ■ Cr Silverntonc remarked that some people would never be convinced. The report was adopted, OTHER COMMITTEES. The reports of the Water, Electric Power and Lighting and Gas Committees wore adopted without discussion. TENDERS. The followihg tender was accepted:— Purchase of one ton scrap brass and five' tons scrap copper, Messrs A. and T. Burt, Ltd., £3O 2s 6d per ton for copper and £2B 2s Cd for brass. / The tender of the Otago Rugby Union of £27 10s, for the sole right to use the Main (No. 1) Ground at Logan Park, with pavilion and all appurtenances, for recreation purposes for the current season, ending on September 13 next, was .referred to the Reserves Committee with power to act.