Nightcaps Town Board.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 711, 14 January 1919, Page 3

Nightcaps Town Board.

At the monthly meeting of the Town Board held m the Board's rooms last .night there were present i Messrs" R. J. Irwin, C. Sinclair, senr., I Thos. Todd, W. Excell, F. Capitaneas. Mr 'Jas. Furguson still being unable to attend Mr Trwin was voted to the chair. A letter from the Clerk of Wallace County Council relative to taking over Sanitary service was dealt with. The matter of Labour. Department re statutory half holiday is to he attended to at a special meeting which will be held on the 24th January. j Messre Jas. Ritchie and Jas. Grant I wrote expressing a wish to be relieved of the trustee-ship of the > Coronation Hall, Messrs Ritchie and Grant "to meat Board on 24th January at their special meeting. Messrs Irwin and Sinclair put m their report of the inspection, by theni of the most needful repairs to the streets and* sewers. Leith street main sewerage will be an expensive piece [pi. work but most necessary.

Johnstone's Road wants repairs m several places, and Yarrow street sewerage, watertables and culverts need attending to. Pipes are needed '■ at Mr Brazier's corner. Bridge, daugeious, alterations needed on north side. Johnstone's road (Wakeling's conier) i. a dangerous place, and tho owner of the corner section be asked to do something to lessen the danger by reducing the size of the hedge, (i ravel is needed for general lepairs on all the thoroughfares. — It was moved and seconded that all these most necessary works claim immediate attention. In relation to the fixing of the statutory half holiday it was resolved to follow the usual custom of advertising for 7 days before the time fixed for settling the business. ! A complaint from a ratepayer, re j lative to pipes" being too near surface, j and. therefore getting broken, the j person to be informed that the work ] will be attended to. j Applications to be called for a surfaceman to attend to the necessary works and get improvements started immediately.. The matter of immediate finance | was discussed to some length and it j was eventually decided that the Clerk ; wait on the "Wallace County Council i -and ascertain when they will be able to hand over the amount agreed on at the last meeting of the Council. The^je were several accounts passed ; for payment as soon as funds are available. The Clerk was instructed; to make- inquiries regarding the; royally derived from the coal carting. "Enquiries arc also to be made m regard as to who pays for culverts leading into private property. The Electric Power Scheme is unanimously opposed by the Nightcaps Town Board. In the opinion of the members that instead of the estimated cost of three quarters of a million three millions will be nearer the mark. Mr. Sinclair attended m Inveicrgill and he mentioned a few of the points which struck him as jiot satisfying. Fivht of all there was the 2o per cent business. There was the penalising of those who refused to participate ii the scheme was passed There, was a very wide difference m Mr. Hay's estimated cost per unit id, ond Mr, A. W, Rodger's £ of a penny per unit. Mr Sinclair's opinion was that the whole business was cut and dried before the meeting, Mr Rodger's wish was ludicrous m the extreme when he stated that he would like to have 80 per cent of the ratepayers to present to the liouse. It would look better than 2o per cent m favour of the scheme.