AT THE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 49, 6 December 1912, Page 3

AT THE BOROUGH COUNCIL

V There v.ere p;e. .. Wednesday i ight's nK;t:.g the Mayor (Mr <J. K. I.awrie), Crs Comrie, HamMton, Ker,nelly, Johrs and Pollock. The rej ort of the Kecreation Committee, which is repotted else -.li re, was received TUftT FIi;E-BEL".. Cr Kenn ily, moved. That the motion pass a i oi November 13ih ie the erection ot the fire-bell tower in Hall street I e res. ir.d d. Cr Hamilton: Are tfceie als reasons why the motion shot;ld be \ itscirdtd? Mr Woods, captain of the Fire Brigade, : aid they wai t'd t» have the ih:d and (ell together. If they (oul<! to have ihe tower at the W?;t end, Mr Abbott had offered a site for 5 years. Ihe Mayor «aitl they had Letn I going on for weeks and weeks playing ith this que-tici ; thev shi.u d take a stand now and settle the site ore way or the other, wt ether the Brigade liked it or rot. Cr Johns seconded, pro form-i. Cr Poliock thought thiy .hould have the tell and the to»er t-.geth.r, and ne saw no reason why they should not have it tn Hall street. Cr Comriv laid they had tried and could not get any place el.-c; he did not thir.k they c.ould do anything better than go on in Hall street. At Mr Alton's it would be at one erd of the town. The motion to rescind was lost. Fur: Crs Kenrelly and Joh s. Against: Crs Hamilton, Connie end Pollock. A BKEATHING SPACE The Major int'oduced the que-ticn of securirg a resene of the p e.-er.t stati n site; he thought that if it were planted, later on a band rotund or something of the sort, might be erected It was decided to wifte to the member for the distritt (Hon W. F Massey) about the matter. FINANCE. The Mayor reported that durig the week ancther £ISOO worth of deher tures had been sold. The bank manager had asked him if the Ccun ii was prepared to accept arothu £SC(jO, at a rate which he cid not inten J to dieck>se, and he had given c rtain instructions. The Mayor's action was cot firmed. iseve.al matters of cetail were considerei End a budget of accounts Tassed f- r payment.