OTAKI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Otaki Mail, 16 June 1922, Page 2

OTAKI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

MONTHLY MEETING. ! „ I The ordinary monthly meeting of tho above was held on Wednesday. Present: His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. P. Brandon). Crs. C. Kilsby. U. Taylor, H. Cockrell, A. W. Broadway. K. Carkeek, and J. K. Bills. Correspondence. Correspondence was read and dealt ' with as follows: I'tom G. L. Glover, asking to be allowed three pipes to connect with tho water scheme when installed.—-Left to Clerk and Chairman of Works Commit- | tee. | From R. F. Blair's solicitors, iu regard to tile 500 acres required by the 'Council for water purposes, agroeiug-to sell iiie land in question tit a price to I be fixed by valuation by two arbitraI tors, provided the Borough completed the survey of lite property prior to the valuation being made.—The Council decided to ask Mr Oscar Mourad to act as arbitrator. From liecre and Seddou. surveyors, stating survey work in connection with the wtiter scheme would be commenced ..n Tuesday. Received. From Hutt County Council, desiring to sell pipes left over from the Paekakariki water works. —Keceived. From 15. .1. Staveley. asking permission, to erect a house tit Haugiuru.— Permit held iu abeyance till by-laws were complied with. from Spiral Steel Pipe Co. (Wanganui) inviting Councillors to witness au exhibition of pipes made, and offering ( to defray expenses.—Trip to be mado . on or about 20th or 27th inst. Prom W. 11. Pi,.ld. M.P., stating ho j hail got into touch with the State Ad- | \anees in respect to the £SOOO loan, and thai a payment would shortly be made. I - Received. I Prom Bank of New Zealand stating i thai tailing the Council being unable | to obtain a loan locally the Bunk might i be able to assist in raising £2500 t<> I clear the Antecedent Liability. Such loan with a currency of seven or ten j year- inigli) be raised al til per cent. j The commission for floating would be I "tie per cent. A later letter -fated the I Bank could place the loan of £25(10 for ■ten years at fiJ per cent, at par, and j that the money would be available as , soon as the legal formalities were comj pleted and the debentures printed and executed.—Received. Prom Pabnerston North Hospital ; Board, stating that the ambulance from Otaki had (.roved quite unsuitable for { it- use, il being 100 big. The Hoard \ had tried 1... sell the ambulance as a motor lorry but tiller spending £BO on j it failed to gel a purchaser. The | Board admitted thai it was purchased | by the efforts of the children of Otaki, j aad donated by them lo the Hospital Board, therefore it could not be return | ed utiles, to those who sent it.—The Mayor pointed out that Nurse Lewis was the main one concerned, and sag (rested the matter be left in his handsel the Clerk's. They could the,, i„ I terview Nurse Lewi.- on the matter.Prom I'.W. Department with rclerI once to a proposal lo exempt portions of Jti and Aotaki Streets, and stating it was pupated to recommend the Minister to approve of I lie exemption of Aoti ki Street, subject to the building line being set back for a distance of •"■•': feet from the < ire line of" the street. Regarding Jti Street, it was pointed out that ii was barely 25 feet in width, and that there appeared no good reason why the street should be bo narrow, and that it should be at leant 33 feet. 1! the Council would arrange with the owner of the land affected to transfer to the Council for street widening a -trip of land sufficient to widen Jti Street to ::.'! feet, the Council would be prepared to recommend the Minister to approve the exemption subject to the building line being set bad: lor a distance of 25 feet from the new centre line of the street. Upon receipt of advice that the transfer of the strip of land had been registered and upon receipt of the written consent of the owner of the land being subdivided, agreeing to the building line being set back as mentioned, the requisite Order-in'-Council could be prepared. Miscellaneous. Cr. Kilsby -aid it had bee,; decided to increase the rate.. fo 3gd, and this j he thought was "bumping it up" too j Cr. Taylor stated that when he agreed special rat,- nJiouM be -truck he never realised what would happen. After consideration he thought the ri.se in rates far too big, and suggesting reducing if possible. Other Councillor:-; agreed. Cr. Kil.-by pointed out that if the rate- w t _-r<: increased it would hit some ratepayers very bard, and on bis motion it. was agreed to leave the antecedent liability as it was and to cut out the hospital and lighting rate. Relative to the Antecedent Liability I Cr. Bills moved that arrangements, be made with the Bank of New Zealand for necessary money, with power to redeem £IOOO or upwards at six months' notice.—Agreed to. Complaint* were made against the inactivities of the ranger, and it was decided to issue a final warning, A suggestion to have a lamp on Domain road was not entertained.' Clerk's Eeport. The Clerk reported:— ' • f have very little to report since the recent special meeting of Council. Tenders have been called for supply of 1200 yard* of metal, closing in time for consideration at the ordinary meeting. The Inspector of Explosives inspected the Boroagh recently, and as a result several licenses will be issued under that Act, and for this office. A meeting of the library committee has not been called (as directed at last meeting) for the reason that I wish to discuss with Council, a combined library, fre. stau&i, hall as.d cmaicipal, offices*

The plan submitted by Messrs .Torgen- > pen arid Jamicson is only a suggestion.' and unless the Council go further there j is no liability on our part. Details of j Native rates arrears are now complete, | showing those of four years and over. ' During the month Mr Monk and Mr Overton, Chairman and Engineer of ' Horowhenua Electric Power Board, in- ', spected the town for the purpose of j securing data re the reticulation of the j Borough. Plans are practically com- j plete re water works. The relative heights and pressure along route of pipe line can be readily obtained up to {he Post Office. Levels have been taken further up stream; these will be shown on a drawing for future reference should such extent ion be neves- , sary. It will, however, be noted that I the maximum pressure is plenty high j enough, being 1391b5. per square inch | •it the Pot Office. t propose next j week to start laying the pegs re details of sewage level;;, and the Council : should consider the raising of a loan tor thi> purpose. — P. O. Davies.