TOWN COUNCIL.

Southland Times, Issue 3289, 4 January 1879, Page 2

TOWN COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Municipal Council v, j?' held last night. Present: — His Worst n ' tlie Mayor and CounciUors Kingslat P GoodwiUie, Jaggers, Johnson, and Dunln P A letter was read from Mr T. M. M- ** donald, the Corporation solicitor, signif B1 ing- the manner in which the Coum c ' would have to proceed in taking the \r ° of the burgesses on the borrowing of asi J of money to provide for the bringing i ■* water into the town. ?. Tlie following communication was rcj , bearing date December 23rd, ancl sigt V by the Secretaries of the Agricultural _ § Pastoral Association ancl Caledom ? Society : — " With reference to the me -*| inorial presented to the Council on Tint $ clay last, bearing the signatures of cratepayers, Aye are instructed by : -? managing committees of our socio: * respectfully to ask that the Council will - © pleased to grant the prayer of the memos'&g ists, by giving the use of the grou^*? presently occupied by the Agricultural r, ' Pastoral Association, and Caledom ? Society, for their shows and annual spcr *"- respectively, for a further period of th. * years." • '^ Councillor Jaggers moved that the ■ '- quest of the joint secretaries of the A. v *: P. Association and Caledonian Society v • granted. This was seconded by Cot' - cillor Kingsland. CounciUor Johnson moved as an amer ment that the term for wliich the le-i&ei 3 granted be one year. It would be an e,i Al matter at the expiration of that time f the Council to renew permission, if ■. thought proper, but he failed to see a ■• good reason why the Council should f pledged for such a length of time as thr years. The amendment was second by Councillor GoodwiUie. After some remarks from the jVJh- a the amendment was put, ancl on the vc ± being declared to be equal, his Wor>. gave his casting vote in favor of the gi ± only being for one year. -y Mr Thos. Ford wrote, by his solici ± Mr Finn, stating that he had been un, -• + to complete a contract 4ie had held m the Council, and requesting that bod} , fi return the deposit money — .£l6 odd. - * they did this, he would forfeit any cl I for labor clone. It was {resolved that j matter should be referred to the Eugii for report. \a It was resolved that the matte) ,j invitations to the forthcoming Imnque !- the opening of the railway be relegate!' y\ the Mayor. d A letter from the Marine Depart ii" ;_ t was read, intimating that the survey *!t 7*. of the New River Harbor had been '\ warded to Sir John Coode: -^ The accounts included one of L 36 i ;*jf 9d, for rails and fastenings used on ' siding ii-om the Invercargill Jetty, ancl ( j| tamed from the store department of Pu! || Works. Tliis was passed for payment $r as also were some minor accounts, inc-1' ing the amount of the judgment given ,*" the ease Lockhart v. the Corporation, 1 ] 19s 7d. -. ■ Only one tender was received for wo ,v ] in Deveron street, and Councillor Gc 7] Willie moved that fresh tenders be acb .'\ tised for. This was opposed by Co . { cillors Kingsland and Jaggers, who v - i of opinion that no advantage would ', t \ gained by calling for fresh tenders, co - Y< queknt upon the state of the labor niai»i 'i Subsequently the motion was lost on t 3 casting vote of the Mayor. It was resolved that the matter of I Zl tender of Lochhart Bros, be referred t>t* •** Jetty Committee for consideration. -j The Council then adjourned. - ]