HUNTERVILLE TOWN BOARD.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11439, 2 December 1915, Page 4

HUNTERVILLE TOWN BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the above Board was held on Monday evening. There were present: Crs. T. Taylor (chairman), Berry, Ashworth, Me A Hoy, and Street. The New Zealand State-guaranteed' Advances Office wrote that the sum of £IOO for the Porewa Footbridge Loan has been remitted to the PostOffice.—Received. Notification of the transfer of the Hunterville' Hotel property on the Hunterville Rate Roll from J. A. Pawson to A. Hatrick and Co. was received.

G. Hannigan, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, wrote stating that his Chamber has decided to ask the Board to make a by-law under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1910,” providing that itinerant traders (other than hawkers and. pedlars) shall pay a license fee of: £5.

The Chairman stated that it had previously been stated at Board, meetings that the by-law might be a hardship on owners of empty shops, and who might thereby he in a position to apply for a remission of rates,

. Or. Berry thought the Chairman’s argument was fallacious. The matter of £5 would not stop any trader coming; it was only to get something from a man who was taking advantage of the town to sell his wares. Most local bodies had a by-law to the-effect suggested, ami there was no reason why it should not be in force here.

Cr. Street said he agreed as to the possibility of a few rates being lost, but that was quite offset by the loss permanent tradesmen might suffer by these people coming in for a few days. He gave notice of motion, “That a license-fee of £5 be demanded from any trader who temporarily takes a shop for the sale of goods, such license fee to be refunded if trader continues in business for three months. ’ ’

A. A. Morris wrote applying for reduction of two-thirds rates on one of his shops on account of the same being uutenanted. —Refused.

The Chamber of Commerce wrote complaining of the manner in which the dirty water was disposed of from the cellar of the Argyle Hotel.—Notice to be sent to the incoming tenant that the practice of throwing the water on the footpath must be abandoned.

The Board’s solicitor wrote regarding the liabitlity of the Crown for special rates on the Post Office and Courthouse that he was of opinion that the sections were not liable. They did not come within the definition of rateable property as given in the Rating Act, and special rates are made on rateable property.— Received.