RICHMOND BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12464, 13 February 1909, Page 4

RICHMOND BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of the Rich ] mond Borough Council was held oj Tuesday, the 9th inst. Present: Th' Mayor (Mr A. Sheat), Crs Wilkes Hunt, Hart, Papps, and Parnzelow. Accounts were presented and'dul, passed for payment as follows :— General account, £54 8s 2d; Wate. Supply Account, £23 5s 4d ; Cemeter Trust Account, £1 15s, In: reference to the culvert, at th junctionof Bateup's and Gladstom roads, the -Works Committee ex plained that according to: the. ar ' rangemerit made with the Stoke Roac Board-as to' the maintenance of boun dary roads, the upkeep of this culverl devolved upon that body, and that they had agreed tb put it in repair. A letter was received from' thi Ocean Accident Corporation notifying that owing to "The Workers Compensation Act, 1908," adding to tiu liability Of employers, it had beei found necessary to increase the pre mium risks, and; that this wouli take effect on the expiry of the'Coun . oil's present policy.' 1 The Christchurch City Council wrot di awing attention to' the fact tha under "The Local Bodies' - Loan Amendment' Act, 1908,^' the PubliTrustee albne may be appointed -thi Commissioner of Sinking Eunds for -any loans raised under "The Loca. Bodies'' Loan s: Act, 1908." This wa.coifSidered to be an undue interf er • ence with the powers and liberties o.' local bodies to manage their financia. affairs i in their own way," and"the co operation of the Council was sough' fco obtain the" repeal of the - sectio:objected to. "" : It was resolved "That this Coui: cil is in full accord with the view, expressed by the Christchurch . Council. . :..-.j;Hf!-V- x-A~x'':A.-.a~a- ' .= The Secretary to the Treasury wrote drawing attention, to the preliminary, steps to be takei unde>"The Local Bodies' Loans Amend-' ment -Act," T 1908," before raising £ loan under its authority. •An application was made for permission to hold a concert in the Recreation. Ground and to make a chargi for admission, on an early date: the object being to raise funds to pay expenses, of a team going to Auckland to! compete ,in the fire brigades' tournament. . .-■-.-' It was resolved that the consent of the Council 'be given to the project. „ - ■'.=■;' A 77j" A Cr Hart reported having visited the reservoir . that, day,- and he was surprised to find the reservoir so far from full. The stream was running^ very low. . „ The Mayor thought the Council should take an opportunity during the present dry season of carefully exploring the several possible sources /<A supply, measure their capacity, and make a 'rough estimate of. the cost of bringing them in, making them report in writing, sd that the data obtained might be obtainable- for future nse. „ . r..,t,i;' , y:-..- : . .y-' - : ■It was resolyed,;on the-motibn of Cr Wilkes that th6 ; Mayor's suggestion be acted upon and.that the Engineer be invited to accompany them on their expedition. ~ . Messrs ' E. Wratten and W. and LSutton applied to have their properties at the top end of Upper Queen street connected with the water service. It was resolved- that whilst the Counoil has, every desire to meet the wishes of the applicants they canrtot accede to their request until it has beeu_ ascertained what improvements it is possible to effect in the source of supply. The opinion was expressed . that good road metal could be obtained from the Council's reserve on the beach Mid it was; agreed that a trial be jiiadc by sinking a : pit. ,_ • It being reported -that the . notices sent to trim and lower _ overhanging hedges etc.; had in certain cases, been disregarded it was resolved that furthere notice be, sent to the'-effect that unloss the work is immediately done, the Council' will have it-^ done and charge the owners with the cost. Several other matters were discussed and the Council rose. '