BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7658, 17 June 1896, Page 4

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

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of toe Borough when (here V 'V)'orship the ftjayor Hepburn, K^f«B^»y V§r,Vtiardiugt and Johnston. pft^leFOlerk/iiitimated that the farmers' kCo-Op^eratiye were complying l^itfrthVbye-l^wsin the matter of erecting !^;brtek,*;walt in the construction of the sraidition'to ffieir premises. ; from the School asking to be acquainted, with ijjthe iiames "6t families in which there were gjDphtaglouk. djsases, in order that .they I'jDoight be in a position to Bbop the attendI'irice of from families so affected. ! «|ji The following letter was received from granted. IPwraSlWeSiand Day :— " We are ingyjtructed ;:by ; . Mr, Malcolm McLeod, of claim from the Council irjtho Bum of 3J300 for injuries sustained by 'step-son, Malcolm Phillips, 14 years sjbfiigef by- teaßon- of being kicked by a rjibrae whilst crossing the reoreation ground ?lJpfi;"ffio.evemng.df-tho 4th insbV-' Wle are ' instructed to claim the ' sum g[Of. LSO as special damages for medical ;. 7 a|tendance, medicine, and nursing." ;■«:■ The Chairman said the accident was a fvniost unfortunate one, and he thought r'they could hot pass over the matter slightly. They were not in a position to at present, and he thought they Rjishquld. appoint a committee to inquire fcintbrthe matter and consider it and report SgfeJtnV' Council. He would move thab SCii vTph'nstdn, Lewis, and Nolan be a i^^niittee.'to. inquire iuto the matter. — w^3^pettet:wii>s.!;Moeiyed from Mr John feTojraey, enclosing copy of a resolution >*oirried at'a public meeting in Gisborne : •dfi^the 10th inst, with reference to Mr Wi %Pere'a Easb Coast Native Land Board *Bil£also a copy of the Bill. Mayor said thab the Bill before &ihsijs',.Wßß the Bill with the amendments and it was in the form in which J.ib; was, intended to forward the Bill to g!P(wlianient. So far as he knew the Bill pfrSaV one they, could- reasonably support. Kltrwas a good one, and proposed to take gpharge of. lands ab present looked up. A gjjootjUmany.'of the blocks were wibhin ■iiVj reasonable distance of Gisborne, and gwould be of great advantage if opened |,np. He-had made every inquiry into the ¥aa»iter,,and had.been told by people that something about it thab it was ■ (necessary tot-, legislation of some sort to ■ enable the land to be cut up. If this Bill g -were the means of bringing the matter .Parliament only and letting them Sknow what the state of things was, it fw¥aid\elogood, r ' referring to the Board, ?, raid -that he did not know whether it fewdnld; not be better to have an elective XuEJoard appointed by the County Councils, ;Sbat that was a matter much better left to Ki>ftlianjent. .: iwK' Or Taylor moved and Or Lewis seconded, ?^That the Council approve of the Bill ||lta4 give it all theßupport they can."— On jput to the meeting the motion was ■^rietf unanimously. :J?i'^Applications were received for five 1 boarding house licenses.— The Clerk said I :on examining the places he found that the houses had no fire escapes. pfH^ had told the owners of this, and they Enjdlijll agreed to procure ropes and Kladdew.— Applications granted. Inspector's report was as follows :— ;|,*^The' : work.at the upper end of Gladstone ;|«»a,: : ieoommended at last meeting, has §6eeS done at a cost of L 4 19s. Sanitary .Sifißpection.— l have inspected a number of igpfeinisesi and where any suggestions have Soeen v -made by me there has been a readi;iSneSs>t6 comply with them. I have to cases of diphtheria and one of within the'borough. These are r;freßh oases einoe my 'last report. Three leases .of fever in town and four in the are being attended to. With the p&Ujeption of one, all the patients will soon gbeioonvaleacent.— Payments Ll6 9s, as PBetiyouohers."- ■ ' ' '$oO^Hftrdingaskeo O^Hftrdingasked if digging a hole and pbttry'ing ;rubbish and covering it over ijj Bgain was carrying out the bye-laws. He i^flaid it was no reflection on the inspector, ptfnVone or ,<jwb oases had come under his S^His^Wprship 'said suob a course was ;j£^e'rtainly contrary to the bye-laws. fetvCrLswia .said he thoughb the Council tspaght . to: d 9 the" same as other Councils 8 and send round dust carts from house to ghouße to -collect the rubbish, the cost to £/be charged to the ratepayers as a body. Or Harditjg said thab the matter he sgreferred to was the burying of fish heads gpihid'o'tber such things. He did not say it paras'* -'nuisance or offer any comment on ;#;it^;^He merely mentioned the matter that if the question might be ventilated. MfyOe Jteyila said that such things would bconßtitute a nuisance within 24 hours, but gjLnnleas they had & rubbish cart going round S what were the householders to do. |s?fHia Worship said that if they were to |Jjbave x rubbish carts they would have to Hatrike a special rate, then dropped, it?;:. Accounts amounting to £.64 6s 4d were ■.fepasaed for payment. j*ASOs Hepburn mentioned the matter of a V,: culvert near the Government buildings, i«Whioh was too, small and contrary to the -He did not think in a matter |? like this an exception should be made tfjgjrith a Government body.— The matter ;;|Bas referred. to the Overseer. l^rCr Harding brought under the notice of pthe^V Council the matter of effective igjdrainageof the Masonic stables. Ie was g..'ge.jiting very objectionable, but the proffipyietora' bbuld devise no satisfactory Insolation of the difficulty. They were ab a to know what to do with the water. ;s^li(flowed"down to the end of the section, ; ; 4 arid found an outlet on private property. pgfie^Cr Harding) was interested in the incase, and he applied to the proprietor of it'theArgyle Hotel for permission to take ohe water through the Argyle drains, but 4j permission was refused. He asked the NGciunoil if- they would allow Mr Wilkinptonjto inspect the place and see if he could ijauggesb; any means of getting the water p>vay#' The proprietors were willing to =;;Mb. anything that was reasonable to get rid teofttje'water; flftlt : waß decided that Or Taylor and the g^Ojrerßeer inspeot the place mentioned by r-?C?p Harding. ' ; Sfe^Tbifl. being all the business, the Council ■^adjourned.