RICCARTON BOROUGH.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 617, 1 February 1916, Page 9

RICCARTON BOROUGH.

i . i U MEETING OF COUNCIL. The Riccarton Borough Council met last evening, the Mayor (Mr J. I Brown) presiding. There were also] ! present: Crs A. D. Ford, J. Munnings, I . I A. E. Steerc, H. Wise, A. Hampton,) l ";W. Dalley. ! d! The Mayor stated that the Ladies' j hj j Red Cross Branch was very anixous I hj to get all the help it could by the j j raising of money. They were getI ting very short of funds and would r I be right at the end of their tether . I in a very short time. He had pro- j „ | mised to bring the matter before j „! the council and would be very pleas- j

Ed if any councillor could suggest anything that would help. The Christ church City Council wrote enquiring if the borough intended to continue to contribute to the Belgium Fund. The matter was referred to the Finance Committee. The Works Committee reported : that channelling on Stratford and Warwick Streets had been finished' and a start had been made on Princes Street. The metalling of the Strat- j I ford Street extension had been finjished, 495 yards of metal having been i'used. The street still required to jbe binded and rolled. The asphalting of the footpaths was now in; | hand. The decking on Hagley Street bridge had been re-! ! paired by putting in several new planks. The nine inch pipe drain! running across Peverel Street had | collapsed and it was found necessary I to renew it with concrete pipes. • The report was adopted. \ The Lighting Committee reported that the Waimairi County Council ■had agreed to co-operate with the I borough where the two systems adi joined, and it recommended that I

the conditions of the Waimairi Council be agreed to subject to the following: (1) That where the county came in contact with the borough's system they do not in any way jeopardise the borough's parallel current with their high tension I current; (2) That £3 per lamp per i annum be the charging basis on all 'boundary lamps, each party paying half the cost. The report was adopted.