MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

Southland Times, Issue 3300, 17 January 1879, Page 3

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

.... — «- — , . .. ■ • A meeting of the Town Council was held last night. Present— The Mayor, and Councillors Froggatt, Goodwillie, ' Kingsland, Jaggers, Roche, Johnson, and, Powell. Telegrams w.ere read from the Marine Department re the holding ol the.first meeting of the New River Harbor. Board, and a communication iritimatirig "that his; Excellency the Governor had,; in accordance with section 52. bf. the Harbors Act, 1878, appointed Thiirsday, January 16, at 7,30, at the' '.Borough Council Chamber, to be the time and place for the first meeting of the Board.— Received.: Mr H. R. Glegg, bf the National Bank of New Zealand, wrote under date January 13, as follows:—' 'I have the honor to inform ybu that the last, of the ' Ann Gambles' insurance money has nbw been received, and credited to your account." Appended to the commu-: ideation Was. an extract feom the, London advices of ;the,bank, > beafmgda;e November, 22, 1878, winch; stated,. "We have now recovered from the -New Zealand , Shipping Company the salvage on shipment per ; ' Ann Gambles,' amounting to £467 5s 7d, which, with the sum already, recovered from the National -Insurance Company of South Australia, £2353 10s, makes £2820 ... 15s 7d leaving a, surplus of £205 15s 7d. The surplus has been paid to the Insurance Company, and the remainder, £2,615, placed, to the credit of the Corporation ; here;' — It was resolved that a request, prepared by Mr Glegg as to theforwai-ding'of the bill of lading, should be complied with. . An application from MrWrigg, civil engineer, Timaru, relative to . : prof essional services in connection with the new Waterworks, was ordered to lie onjthe-table;; The request of Mr J. Seehoff; Tay street, to ■ to be aUowed to erect a ; ,drinking-trough for . horsesiin frorit.of . his hotel was granted, sub- : ject to; the inspection of the engineer. Two. cases of ; f ever in one family in- Tyne. street was reported to the Council. Mr W.B. Scandrett, -as "valuer for the borough, submitted to the .Council the valuation list for 1879. The total rateable value amounted to £47,518. hThe toted for 1878 was '.'.'■ -_S3Bi_2o:"--.' Xyty - YY'-^n. -:■ ■■byybX . On the motion of Councillor Goodwillie, ; Seconded by Councillor Froggatt, it iwasrpY .'solved ! that - the valuation" list .shbiild be. advertised as open for inspectiori,in terms Of " clause 12 ofthe Rating Actj 1876. :;-• The Mayor said Sir John Richardson was ; orie of the trustees ofthe sinking fund bf the" Corporation,' _hd Mr Wood, another trustee,? was presumed to have left, or to be about to-leave,-the: -colony YforY England; ■ Iti^wasj scarcely fair to the-remaining trustee (Dr Grigor). to leave oil;' .'him rtli_ whole responsi-bility-of riianagiiig. the fund, and hes thought the Cburib-Shbidd; recommend the; Governor 'to appoint twambre trustees. '' It was resolved, :V-'wii_:6J(tA;fo!rmal'' motion,; thatthe matter ■•- -ouncillbrk ; tq;sbl&ct^iuj^ia^^iemen^fOT ; tbeipositioriY ~ XbAyX X -'YY'YYr; : YV. ■■ ;' Ylhe balahce-&heet' : fbr'^ December, 1878, andthe gasworks p_o_t;;and; loss ,; account for the : sairie; period were sub-: riiittedtb the;Cburici- \ The forpier indicated the receipts foi 'the; year to .have tieen; £28,145 lis Bd, and the "expenditure i £80,037 6s lid,; the v b_l_nce of^:£I891 ; Iss ; Y -dyeing. in theiorrivof an advance- by Hie V Na_oh "receipt- -were £1852 -ALTab 7d ," - Government •--. subady ; ;Y#3746 Sis rates ; £923 15s i; '.''.; frpmiliceri^gfees ; : £658 18s for contractors' : depb-its;Y:£l4,l_9 17s ; Id ': from gasworks capital account :. _nd^339B :l3s>^d/ from sale of rgasi arid; residuals.' The expenditiire : included, ainbn^ 9dfor the Eire Brig^a_e}; ;£S4IYL3s 4d,fbr sakri^V '^lOi'O 6s 6d} _br:'d-y labor; : ! £.661 . 10s 3d, for publicJwcwks^-ieiap^ 15s Id, for ■„ 'intefest; £703 : 7s 4d,;_ br^Whiriimjpal ch_rgi».; ; £83275,;f0r cbritfactors^depbsife; £822 lis V lid; for; reserves arid^l^ark# £474 12s: lld'; : . . water supply ; '■;• £1926 457 ?d; ;^br ; harbor Y;:- works arid '■ jetty; £9535 108_,_or new plant; ; ori; Gas Works capital account'; '{andtM 3 973 los _ 9d, for Gas Works wbrldig; expenses.; T^ "Gas Works' profit arid loss i-accbrint shbweda; Yp^^ .'-.; yA : _twas resolved that the usu^l; sum of £12 - 12s should - be^paid vfo^each pf the ; auditors; ' Messrs ; Willoughby^arid Memington, 1 and that; ;t_ejMcorints pext meeting of. the- Gd-ridiL A'<A: y "■■'■-■■:. :.yy Z A x^^

been received A i^ tf ; MtfCoiiyeife. re the bpehf ; ing of the Duhedin line oh Wednesday ; hext> 'The telegram intimated thatiio. ladies ; were gome-, which was a veryimpbrtaut part of the;: matter. The Council would theref ore see^that ; this celebrated opening was coming very close, to hand at last. -The committee to whichthe matter; had^ch:; relegated had met that v afternbony aiid they ; bad bten making all thb. necessary preparations 1 f or a suitable denibhstratiou, and for the reception: of visitors. --'•■■ : With respect to the application of Mr Finn, on behalf of Thomas Ford, for the .re-;-turn Qf a deposit .for Z&\% A%^communication was read from the: engineer, Mr- Dawson, : in which . he stated ; that from the fact of the. contract" haying been taken too low, he had every reason to believe that Ford had been a great loser by the transactiou. Such:; being > the case he wbhld respectfully recommend that Ford -request should be complied: with as a. concession. : ; .-, Councillor Johnson protested agairis; the return of the money on the ground that they were adopting the course -under ; a legal threat. 'It -was resolved '.-ultimately. that Mr. . Thomas Ford's deposit on the Nith street contract should be returned to him on condition that he. gave a receipt in fuUbf all de-:: mancls on the. Corporation. ■'; Councillor Kingsland : drew. att eh tion ,to' . the difficulty respecting; the supplying of gas: to the Empii-e Hotel,. in Tay street. : bM.rA Whitaker had provided gas fittings Avithin the?" hoiiiie' »at cbnsiaerable ;^cps' t y , ; and ;f the ; .speaker^^thbiight'it was'a^grcat^hardsh-p.'tha he should be debarred from i-eainng the bene-; fit of them, especially, as he was. willing to cut off any number of lights, or makebther,alterations that "might be^ nece-ssaiy. : He also: adverted to the application of ' the Corpdratibn-; of East ; Inyei-cai-gili; mto thej supplying of, that municipality with gas, and expressed the* opinion that some decision should be come to; and^a decisive ; ansy> -iv. giyen both : : to-|hat; bbdy'ahd to "Mr WKita_er> 'V : ; ■ -^ V ": ; rt^'*; : .-. Aiter a short conveisation it was resolved; that the matter -6f supplying -__ Thomas Whitaker with a gas meter shoidd be referred to the Gas Committee. The Council then adjourned. : •